UCL Institute of Archaeology 75th Anniversary

Videos of the 75th Anniversary Debates with key public and professional figures are now available to view on the Institute website.

The series of five 75th Anniversary Debates followed a 'Question Time' format where panels of key public and professional figures considered a series of major themes relating to the role of archaeology in the modern world.

The Institute is very grateful to CgMs Consulting for their sponsorship of these events which form part of the range of activities being organised to celebrate the Institute's 75th anniversary.

The next anniversary event 'Archaeology Showoff' takes place on 24 April.

Monday 20 February 2012

• Archaeology and the Media

  'Archaeology and the Media' is a debate that will consider the ways in which the public thirst for the past is satisfied - or not. Issues surrounding the commissioning, content and presentation of the past will be discussed by key figures working in print and televisual media.

  Panel

  • Maev Kennedy (Chair)
  • Alexander Langlands
  • Charles Furneaux
  • Caroline Norris
  • David Keys

Monday 27 February 2012

• Archaeology and Politics

  'Archaeology and Politics' brings together prominent figures engaged with the political environment to comment on contemporary heritage policy and the implications for the historic environment of future party political policies.

  Panel

  • Mark D'Arcy (Chair)
  • Bridget Fox
  • Jenny Jones
  • Neal Ascherson
  • Tim Schadla-Hall

Monday 5 March 2012

• Presenting the Past

  'Presenting the Past' considers and questions the way that museum and heritage professionals present the past to an increasingly diverse public in a challenging economic environment.

  Panel

  • Chris Chippendale (Chair)
  • Lisa Westcott Wilkins
  • Robert Bewley
  • David Clarke
  • Dominic Tweddle

Monday 12 March 2012

• Archaeology and Contemporary Society

  'Archaeology and Contemporary Society' examines the ways in which the human past plays a key role in the current socio-political environment.

  Panel

  • Sara Selwood (Chair)
  • Nathan Schlanger
  • Tiffany Jenkins
  • Neil Faulkner
  • Ben Cowell
    

Monday 19 March 2012

• Archaeology into the 3rd Millennium

  'Archaeology into the the 3rd Millennium' will approach the potential and vision of archaeological enquiry in the future, exploring the central role of a discipline at the heart of social science in long term perspective.

  Panel

  • Kristian Kristiansen (Chair)
  • Stephen Shennan
  • John Barrett
  • Marilyn Palmer
  • Martin Carver

View the UCL Flickr Gallery of images to commemorate the Institute's 75th anniversary»