Mapping Ancient Africa: Schedule of events
Quaternary International Special Issue
The submission of articles for the Mapping Ancient Africa special issue of Quaternary International will take place between 30 April and 30 July 2024. Submission is via the Quaternary International submission site. Submitters should make sure they select the “SI: Mapping Ancient Africa” option when indicating the manuscript type for the submission. This will ensure that the manuscript is sent to the correct guest editors. For further details click here.
Writing workshop: Nairobi (Kenya) 2024
An in-person writing workshop is being planned for authors contributing to the Mapping Ancient Africa special issue of Quaternary International. The workshop take place between 4-7 June 2024 at the Jumuia Conference and Country Home (Limuru) just outside Nairobi (Kenya). For further details click here.
Upcoming seminars
A series of online seminars associated with the Mapping Ancient Africa project commenced in 2021. The purpose of these seminars is to promote and stimulate discussion among participants, talks will be delivered via Zoom and are open to all. To obtain the Zoom link please contact one of the organisers. Talks are recorded and can be accessed via the Ecology of the Past YouTube channel.
Talks are typically around 20 minutes followed by a discussion.
Seminars 2024
- 20 June 2024 (17:00-18:00 CEST) – Akilesh Kumar (Director, Sharma Centre for Heritage Education (SCHE), India) “Introducing the PALEOHOME project”
- 10 July 2024 (17:00-18:00 CEST) – Solène Boisard (University Montreal) “Chrono-ecological frameworks for the Middle Stone Age and Later Stone Age in Northwest Africa (70,000-12,000 years ago)”
- Further talks to be confirmed – if you would like to volunteer a talk please contact the organizers
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