Archaeology and Linguistics in the Andes

UK Phase: September 2008

The UK phase is based around three main events:

• Cambridge Symposium : Archaeology and Linguistics in the Andes (i.e. the pre-Columbian period)
11^th-13^th September 2008 McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge [by invitation only]

• London Symposium: History and Linguistics in the Andes (i.e. the post-Columbian period)
Monday 15^th Sept. 2008 Institute for the Study of the Americas, London [by invitation only]

• British Museum Day of Public Lectures: The Pre-History of the Andes: Archaeology and Linguistics
Tuesday 16^th Sept. 2008 Sackler Rooms, British Museum, London [free to members of the public]

Individual detailed programmes and descriptions are available for each of these three events by clicking on the .pdf links in the overall calendar below.

The overall calendar also includes some other events open to participants, such as tours of Sutton Hoo and the British Library.

You can also click here to download a .pdf version of the overall calendar.

Cambridge symposium		▪ Archaeology and Linguistics in the Andes McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge download .pdfs of the detailed programme, description or list of participants.
Thursday	11^th	Arrival and check-in to college accommodation (from 2pm). 5.30 pm: welcome and wine reception, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 7.30 pm: informal dinner at a local ‘gastro-pub’
Friday	12^th	9.00 am - 5.30 pm: symposium sessions, day 1 (lunch and coffee breaks provided) 7.00 pm - c.10 pm: drinks followed by symposium dinner, Corpus Christi college
Saturday	13th	9.00 am - 5.30 pm: symposium sessions, day 2 (lunch and coffee breaks provided) 7.30 pm: informal dinner at a local restaurant – for relevant participants: working dinner to plan the 2009 meeting of the European Network for the Study of Andean Languages

Sunday	14^th	Free day, though with optional visits: morning: walking tour of Cambridge afternoon: minibus trip to the Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo Trips will end by dropping participants off in London in the early evening for check-in to hotel.

London symposium		▪ From the Incas to the Present: History and Linguistics in the Andes Institute for the Study of the Americas (School of Advanced Study, University of London) download .pdfs of the detailed programme, description or list of participants.
Monday	15^th	9.00 am - 5.30 pm: symposium sessions (lunch and coffee breaks provided) 6.30 pm: reception at the Peruvian ambassador’s residence 8.00 pm: informal dinner at a local restaurant

Public lectures day		▪ The Prehistory of the Andes: Archaeology and Linguistics Sacker Rooms, British Museum download a .pdf of the detailed programme or see the webpage.
Tuesday	16^th	10.00 am – 5.00 pm: a series of six lectures by leading international scholars in a range of disciplines (with lunch and coffee breaks) 5.00 pm – 6.00 pm: wine reception for symposium participants and invited guests 6.00 pm – 7.30 pm: tour of the treasures of the British Museum led by the curator of the Americas section, Dr Colin McEwan

ancillary events		for extended stay participants
Wednesday	17^th	Free day, though with optional visits for participants to sites of interest in and around London (to be announced).
Thursday	18^th	morning: Expert-guided tour of British Library, Treasures and Andean collections afternoon (tbc): planning meeting at SOAS with the administrators of the Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Programme 7.30 pm – 10.30 pm: performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
Friday	19^th	morning: planning meeting for project publications, with a member of the Publications Committee at the British Academy afternoon: planning meeting for the organisation of phase two events in Peru in 2009.

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