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2018 Annual Meeting Student Presentation Prize Competition

Submitted 7 February 2018 by Leslea Hlusko, Chair of Student Programs

The submission page for AAPA's 2018 Student Presentation Competition at the annual meeting in Austin is now open. There are eight prizes that come with a monetary award. The deadline to enter is March 1, 2018.

This year we will implement a trial-run at providing feedback to all entrants. Every …

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Congratulations to the 2018 Pollitzer Travel Awards!

Submitted 7 February 2018 by Leslea Hlusko, Chair of Student Programs

The winners of the 2018 Pollitzer Travel Awards have been announced. Seventy five students submitted an essay that was scored by a panel of judges. Due to the generosity at the auction held during the 2017 meeting in New Orleans, in combination with support from AAPA, we were able to …

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AAPA To Hold Open Forum to Discuss the Development of a Formal Mentoring Program

Submitted 6 February 2018 by Robin Bernstein

Please join us in Austin for an open forum to discuss the development of a formal AAPA mentoring program for all biological anthropologists. The forum will be hosted by the AAPA Committee on Diversity Women's Initiative (COD-WIN) and is scheduled for Friday April 13, from 12:15 to 2:15 pm in …

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Field School in primate behavior, ecology, and conservation in Brazil (July 5-July 28, 2018)

Submitted 5 February 2018 by Paul A. Garber

In conjunction with the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Brazil (Dr. Nicola Schiel), I will …

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Register NOW for workshops at the Austin meeting

Submitted 4 February 2018 by Leslie Aiello

A number of workshops, training events and discussion panels will be held at the Austin …

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Sexual Harassment in the Sciences: Steps Forward

Submitted 3 February 2018 by Leslie Aiello

Join Kate Clancy, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois, as she discusses …

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Field Notes: A Journal of Collegiate Anthropology--Extended Submission Call

Submitted 2 February 2018 by Jessica Skinner - Field Notes Editor

Dear Colleagues,

Field Notes: A Journal of Collegiate Anthropology, the University of Wisconsin– Milwaukee’s anthropological …

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Transylvania Bioarchaeology 2018 Field School

Submitted 1 February 2018 by Kori Lea Filipek

Transylvania Bioarchaeology, in collaboration with the Romanian Institute of Archaeology and Art History (Cluj-Napoca), are …

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An International Workshop for Women Biological Anthropologists: Mentoring and Work-Life Satisfaction

Submitted 31 January 2018 by Andrea B. Taylor

An International Workshop for Women Biological Anthropologists: Mentoring and Work-Life Satisfaction Saturday, March 10, 2018, …

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The Evolutionary Medicine Summer Institute (EMSI)

Submitted 30 January 2018 by Charles Nunn

We invite students, faculty, public health practitioners, physicians and veterinarians to the first annual Evolutionary …

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Forensic Anthropology Field School in Albania and Romania; May 15-June 7, 2018

Submitted 30 January 2018 by Thomas A. Crist, Ph.D.

Albania’s magnificent archaeological site at Butrint National Park is one of two primary locations for …

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Astypalaia Bioarchaeology Field School July 2018

Submitted 29 January 2018 by Simon Hillson

Applications are now open for the summer 2018 field school and all the details are …

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SUMMER INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED COURSE PORTUGAL OSTEOLOGICAL PROGRAM: OSTEOLOGY, PALEOPATHOLOGY AND PALEOMEDICINE

Submitted 26 January 2018 by Francisca Alves Cardoso

The Portugal Osteological Program (POP) aims to provide participants with knowledge and practical experience in …

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Photogrammetry course, May 21-25, Barcelona, Spain.

Submitted 25 January 2018 by Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno

Transmitting Science is offering a new course: “Introduction to Photogrammetry and Laser Scan”, which will …

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More rooms are now available for the 2018 Austin meeting

Submitted 23 January 2018 by Leslie Aiello

There are now rooms available for the 2018 Austin meetings at the Radisson Hotel & …

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Field School Pozzeveri in Archaeology and Bioarchaeology

Submitted 20 January 2018 by IRLAB - Institute for Research and Learning in Archaeology and Bioarchaeology

The Field School in Medieval Archaeology and Bioarchaeology at Badia Pozzeveri (Lucca, Italy) is an academic program aimed at training students in archaeological and bioarchaeological field and laboratory methods. Excavations will take place at the church of “San Pietro a Pozzeveri” in the municipality of Altopascio. Badia Pozzeveri is located …

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Acquiring and post-processing 3D data in Anthropology and Archaeology

Submitted 19 January 2018 by Department for Cultural Heritage - University of Bologna (Italy) - Campus of Ravenna

Dear Researcher/Colleague, we are glad to announce that applications to the forthcoming Summer School “Acquiring …

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Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute

Submitted 16 January 2018 by Stephanie Meredith

Announcing a new, Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute (DISI) at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, from July 29 to August 12, 2018, directed by Erica Cartmill, an evolutionary anthropologist and developmental psychologist, and Jacob Foster, a computational sociologist, both at UCLA.

DISI will bring together promising graduate students and postdocs …

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2018 Field School in Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology

Submitted 13 January 2018 by Adam Netzer Zimmer

This UMass Amherst field course introduces students to the role of the biological anthropologist, archaeologist, …

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AAPA needs student volunteers to help at the 2018 Austin meetings

Submitted 13 January 2018 by Leslie Aiello

Applications are now being accepted for student volunteers to help at the meetings (and have …

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