Current News - ASHA Inc.

ASHA Awards Nominations due by 31 March 2010

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -1100

ASHA members are invited to nominate recent work for consideration in the ASHA Awards program. Nominations are sought for work in the following categories:

R. Ian Jack Award for Best Honours Thesis (for theses completed in 2009)
Maureen Byrne Award for Best Post-Graduate Thesis (for theses completed in 2008 or 2009)
Judy Birmingham Award for Best Historical Archaeology Heritage Report (sponsored by Comber Consultants) (for reports completed in 2009)
Martin Davies Award for Best Public Archaeology Initiative (for projects carried out in 2009)

Nominations are due by 31 March 2010. Click here for more information.

ASHA Conference 2010, Brisbane - Call for Sessions (closes 1 April)

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -1100

Proposals for themed sessions are invited for the upcoming ASHA Conference in Brisbane (30 September to 2 October). Sessions are invited on current issues and research in Australian and New Zealand archaeology, as well as sessions of interest and relevance to Australian and New Zealand archaeologists more generally. This may include overseas work being undertaken by archaeologists based in Australasia.

All session proposals must be submitted before 1 April 2010.

Click here for more details.

AHA 2009 issued

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -1100

Volume 27 of Australasian Historical Archaeology was issued to members in January. It is a special issue in honour of the journal's founding editor, Graham Connah. For current members, if you didn't receive your copy contact secretary@asha.org.au to check your membership status or login now. For a list of contents for this issue click here.

National Archaeology Week, 16-22 May 2010

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -1100

National Archaeology Week 2010 will be held between 16 and 22 May. For activities, events and lectures in your area, visit the website: www.archaeologyweek.com/.

National Archaeology Week 2010: Volunteer call out

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -1100

The National Archaeology Week Committee is looking for volunteers to assist with a range of activities, event, lectures and websites to be launched during NAW (16-22 May 2010). Contact Luke Kirkwood (luke.kirkwood@gmail.com), NAW Webmaster, or your NAW state representative if you want to help out. See the website for more details: www.archaeologyweek.com/.

Society for Historical Archaeology annual conference, 6-9 January 2010

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -1100

Registration for the Society for Historical Archaeology's 2010 Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology conference is now open. The conference will be held on 6-9 January at the Amelia Island Plantation, Florida. For conference information, please visit the SHA website at www.sha.org or contact the SHA at hq@sha.org.

Talks on The Rocks - Jan Bowen, Friday 11 December

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -1100

Jan Bowen, author, will speak about her book The Sydney Sailors' Home as part of the Rocks Discovery Museum's Talks on The Rocks series. The talk is free and will be held at the Musuem in Kendall Lane, The Rocks, on Friday 11 December 2009 at 12 noon. For more information click here.

Talks on The Rocks - Wayne Johnson, Friday 18 December

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -1100

As part of the Rocks Discovery Museum's Talks on The Rocks series, Dr Wayne Johnson will speak about the 'big dig' site, following the opening of the new Sydney Harbour YHA. The talk is free and will be held at the Musuem in Kendall Lane, The Rocks, on Friday 18 December 2009 at 12 noon. For more information click here.

Talks on The Rocks - Grace Karskens, Friday 6 November

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -1100

Dr Grace Karskens will speak about her new book THE COLONY: A history of early Sydney as part of the Rocks Discovery Museum's Talks on The Rocks series. The talk is free and will be held at the Musuem in Kendall Lane, The Rocks, on Friday 6 November 2009 at 12 noon. For more information click here.

2009 ASHA Awards

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -1100

The 2009 ASHA Awards were presented at the conference dinner on 26 September. Congratulations to the winners: Sarah Kelloway, Anne Mackay, Richard Mackay, Liam Mannix, Liz Holt, Edward Higginbotham, Belgenny Farm Trust, Camden Park Environmental Education Centre and Camden High School and last but not least Aedeen Cremin! To see details of the winning projects click here.