Hello histarch folk. This conference already has several interesting  
looking histarch-focused sessions lined up (check the website for  
details). It should be a fun time. Abstract submissions are due the  
15th of November.

Cheers,
Bryn



Stanford Archaeology Center is pleased to announce the second US  
meeting of the Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG)
May 1-3, 2009
Stanford University, Palo Alto CA
http://archaeology.stanford.edu/TAG2009

Stanford University will host the second US meeting of the Theoretical  
Archaeology Group (TAG) on the weekend of May 1-3 2009.  The intention  
of this TAG conference is to provide a forum for the diverse and  
interesting theoretical perspectives that exist in the United States,  
and to bring together both Classical and anthropological archaeology.   
TAG was founded in Great Britain in 1979 with the aim of exploring  
inter-disciplinary theoretical issues, promoting debate, discussion of  
their application and use for archaeological interpretation.  It has  
always been an exploratory venue for progressive and innovative  
archaeological research.  The annual conference meeting is an  
important part of the TAG mission and these meetings have recently  
started at universities in the United States, with the 2008 meeting  
being held at Columbia University in New York City.

TAG is centered around a plenary session in which a handful of  
scholars will comment on this year’s theme, “The Future of Things”.   
Our speakers include Rosemary Joyce (University of Berkeley), Stephen  
Shennan (University College London), Webb Keane (University of  
Michigan), and Michael Schiffer (University of Arizona).

Sessions on any theoretical theme are welcome and are not dictated by  
the plenary session.  Session organizers will be responsible for  
selecting speakers and organizing abstracts. There are several format  
options, such as sessions, workshops, or roundtable discussions and  
these can either be half-day (6-10 papers) or full day sessions (12-18  
papers).  Individuals should contact session organizers for  
participation in a specific themed session.

If you are interested in organizing a session or submitting a paper,  
the final deadline for session abstract submissions is November 15th,  
2008 and the deadline for paper abstracts is February 15th, 2009. The  
list of sessions is regularly updated on the TAG website http://archaeology.stanford.edu/TAG2009 
. If you are intending to submit a paper abstract rather than a  
session proposal, please review the list of sessions, choose one whose  
theme fits your paper, and contact the session organizers directly.

Stanford TAG 2009 organizational committee

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