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GUEST BLOG: The Romans on Tour. The Roman Empire: Power and People Exhibition
After a significant break, last week the Romans returned to Coventry. Today little is visible today of the Roman presence in the region: the most noticeable remains are the Lunt Roman fort (remarkable for the presence of a gyrus or training ring for horses) built in c. AD 60 in connection... -
GUEST BLOG (Conference Review) – European Social Science History Conference, Vienna 2014
The tenth biennial European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC) was held in the opulent halls of the Universität Wien from 23 to the 26 April. This anniversary year witnessed the largest gathering in the conference’s history with over 2,000 delegates speaking in a staggering 475 sessions spread over the four... -
TRAC/RAC 2014 Friday afternoon summary
Hello all. Darrell Rohl here, Chair of the TRAC Standing Committee. I’m taking a short break from today’s afternoon sessions to give a quick welcome and summary of the events so far. In addition to the conference representing both TRAC and RAC, this year we have been joined by a... -
TRAC 2014 Bursaries Reminder
This is just a quick reminder that the application deadline for TRAC 2014 bursaries is the end of tomorrow (28 February, 2014). Details are below. Generous contributions from the Roman Society and Barbican Research Associates allow us to offer a limited number of bursaries for TRAC 2014. Bursaries are open... -
New TRAC Publication (TRAC 2013) Available to Pre-Order
The TRAC 2013 Proceedings volume is now available to pre-order from our friends at Oxbow Books at the special discounted rate of £28. TRAC 2013: Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, London 2013 The TRAC 2013 Proceedings volume includes eleven papers by scholars from across Europe on... -
New Bursaries for Pompeii Poster Session
Five new bursaries to attend TRAC 2014 are being offered by Munich Graduate School for Ancient Studies ‘Distant Worlds’ to present in their poster session at the conference. Posters are invited on the theme of Roman housing in Pompeii. Posters should address the multi-faceted issues of the coexistence of otium... -
TRAC 2014 Program Now Online
The full program for TRAC 2014 is now available to download from the TRAC/RAC page on the University of Reading website. http://www.reading.ac.uk/web/FILES/archaeology/RAC2014_Handbook__v11.pdf -
RAC/TRAC 2014 call for posters now open
Posters are invited on any aspect of Roman Archaeology. We will have display boards in the Palmer Building atrium on the Friday and Saturday with space for 20 posters. The poster session will be on Friday lunchtime when authors will be encouraged to stand by their poster. Poster sessions are... -
Further information about TRAC bursaries for speakers
Generous contributions from the Roman Society and Barbican Research Associates allow us to offer a limited number of bursaries for TRAC 2014. Bursaries are open to speakers in TRAC sessions (not RAC sessions) who are currently post-graduate students, studying at institutions in the UK and abroad. The maximum amount awarded... -
Booking for RAC/TRAC 2014 now open – ‘early bird’ reduced rate available until 31st Dec. Limited bursaries available for TRAC speakers.
The booking page for RAC/TRAC 2014 is now live. Click here for the booking page and for further information about the conference. ‘Early bird’ reduced rates are available for bookings made before 1st January 2014. Limited bursaries are available for speakers in TRAC sessions, kindly sponsored by the Roman Society...
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