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May 2008

Dear colleagues,

since the EAA conference at Malta is approaching (16 - 21 September 2008), let me please draw the attention of those who have not yet registered to the deadline for early booking and contribution submission, both until the 31st of May. After this date, registration fees will be considerably higher and no more paper proposals will be accepted. Please have a look at
http://events.um.edu.mt/eaa2008/eaa_14.html for the list of approved sessions - should you be interested in speaking in one of them, please contact the session organizer directly; in case your contribution does not fit in any session, please send your text to the Head of the Scientific committee at nicholas.vella@um.edu.mt If you have not yet paid your 2008
membership fees, please register at non-member rates. Members of the EAA can newly enjoy a wide range of benefits, including discounts on books (please consult the members only section) etc. 

Best wishes from the EAA Secretariat,

Sylvie Kvetinova nad Magda Turkova
 

March 2008

Dear EAA members,

let me draw your attention to the web page of our conference at Malta (16 - 21 September 2008, http://events.um.edu.mt/eaa2008), which has now been updated with details regarding registration, accommodation, programme etc. You are welcome to submit your contribution proposal, register and pay on-line or by bank transfer – please take advantage of the early rates which apply until 30 April. As current EAA member, please select the „member rate“. The registration fees have risen in comparison with the past years, but I am sure you will agree that such an attractive venue and the archaeological riches of Malta deserve it. Do not forget to book your access to the Hypogeum (link to be found under „social programme“) soon. Delegates from former socialist block may be eligible for grant support if our application to the Wenner-Gren Foundation is successful.

Looking forward to seeing you at Malta, and best wishes for the Easter holiday,

Sylvie and Magda

EAA Secretariat
 
 

Elections to EAA Boards and Nomination Committee

Dear member of the European Association of Archaeologists,

It is the time of year when we need your help in selecting the members of the Executive Board, Editorial Board and Nomination Committee of the EAA. This year too sees the need to elect a new President (to serve from 2009) and Secretary (to serve from 2008). The election process is the basic way in which each member can affect the running of the Association. You are therefore urged to participate in the election for the good of the Association and its members.

You, as an EAA member, can not only vote in the elections but in this first stage you are encouraged to become a candidate yourself or propose a colleague. Nominations must be received at the EAA Secretariat not later than 15 April 2008 to be further considered in the election process. Candidate forms must be accompanied by a statement and a short biography. 

Executive Board and Editorial Board

Candidates running for a position on the Executive Board, including those of President and Secretary, must be supported by 10 full members of the EAA. Candidates running for a position on the Editorial Board must be supported by 5 full members of the EAA. In their statements, candidates should say what experience they would bring to the Board; in the case of the Editorial Board, they should also indicate in what special areas they are expert, and in which they could act as peer reviewers of papers submitted.

Nominations received by 15 April will be forwarded for consideration to the Nomination Committee which will produce candidate lists to be sent to all full members in July together with ballot papers. You may then vote by post, fax or e-mail; alternatively, you may vote using your ballot papers at the Malta conference.

Nomination Committee

To broaden the democratic principles which form the basis of the election process, you are this year for the first time encouraged to propose also candidates for the Nomination Committee itself, which will then be voted on at the Annual Business Meeting in September.  This procedure is an innovation which the Executive Board decided to implement this year for the first time.  Candidates running for a position on the Nomination Committee should be supported by 10 full members of the EAA. Please send nominations to the Secretariat by 31 August; these will obviously not be sent to the current Nomination Committee but brought to the Business Meeting.

The chart below represents the current situation in the EAA boards and committees - positions that will be available for election in 2008 are highlighted in green italics. If you are interested in serving the EAA in any of the positions or if you have any suggestions for candidates, just send the filled out candidate form (attached) to the EAA Secretariat.

Please participate for the future of the EAA!

EAA Elections in 2008_letter to members.doc
EAA Candidate Form nomination by members 2008.doc
EAA Regulation on Candidate Statements.pdf

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Dear colleagues,

Thank you for becoming EAA member in 2008. You will by now wonder why you
have not recently heard from the EAA Secretariat about the on-line administration system which is shortly before launching now. However, I have to beg you for more patience, since I just learnt that the data-base administrator who is in charge of the system has suffered an injury and is in hospital, waiting for an operation. I believe you will apologize the inconvenience. Since everything is nearly ready to become operational, I will be e-mailing you the updated information after the system can be launched. 

Sorry again for the inconvenience, and best wishes,

Secretariat
European Association of Archaeologists

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Dear Colleagues

You will have heard about the dreadful train fire in Bulgaria last week.  What you will probably not know is that one of the victims was the Director of the Archaeological Institute in Sofia, Professor Rasho Rashev.  Professor Rashev only became Director last year, but had already taken a number of steps to improve the situation of archaeology in Bulgaria.  We in the EAA had started a dialogue with him, and were looking forward to continuing our fruitful collaboration with the Institute. 

On behalf of the EAA, I have sent a letter of condolence to the Institute, asking also that our sympathies be passed on to Professor Rashev’s family.

Yours sincerely

Anthony Harding
EAA President

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Discovering the Archaeologists of Europe
http://discovering-archaeologists.eu/

Discovering the Archaeologists of Europe is a transnational project that is providing an examination and profile of the archaeological profession across twelve countries of the European Union. It is funded by the European Commission through the Leonardo da Vinci II fund. The project will run from 2006-2008, with progress and final reports being posted on this website.

EAA is a partner in this project which is being managed by the Institute of Field Archaeologists in the UK.  The project which seeks to identify barriers to transnational professional mobility will achieve its objectives through the collation and dissemination of discrete national surveys, conducted by each of the project’s twelve national partners.  These surveys are profiling the archaeological profession in each country and the results, in turn, will feed into an integrated European report setting out the principle findings.

The project is seeking to improve understanding of the requirements for, and future capacity to provide, transparent qualifications and professional mobility for archaeologists across Europe.

Through EAA, and its Committee on Professional Associations in Archaeology,
 the project has created a very successful transnational network of organisations with common interests. National surveys by the project partners are currently nearing completion and are defining “What is an archaeologist?” and “Who is an archaeologist” in each participating country.  This is being achieved through surveys that seek to define:

• the number of archaeologists employed
• age profile and gender
• qualifications and skills
• nationality
• professional titles and roles
• salary profiles

The results of the national surveys will be presented the 6th World Archaeological Congress in Dublin in June 2008 and will inform a final integrated report, to be prepared by IFA, which will be presented at the EAA Annual Conference 2008 in Malta and which will be published subsequently in the European Journal of Archaeology.

As the results of national surveys become available in June, these will be hosted on the project’s website in their national languages and in English, with the final integrated report ready for circulation some time after September 2008 and will be accessible through a link to the project website from the EAA website.

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January 2008

EAA 14th Annual Meeting - September  16-21, 2008 - Valetta, Malta. 1st call for papers

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Dear Colleagues

I am very happy to be able to tell you that Sylvie Kvetinova, EAA
Administrator, and her husband Petr Kvetina became the proud parents of
Klara on 21 December 2007.  Sylvie and Klara are both fine, and Sylvie
tells me that Klara is a very good baby.

Since Sylvie is now on maternity leave, I hope you will forgive any
delays that may occur when you communicate with the Secretariat.
However, with Magda Turkova filling the gap as part-time Assistant
Administrator, membership services should remain uninterrupted and you
will soon be able to see improvements in the services we offer,
including the on-line administration of membership records and
personalized access to a range of information sources.

 I am sure you will join me in congratulating Sylvie and Petr, and in
wishing Klara a long and happy life!  Petr said in one of his messages
that they intend to enrol her as an EAA member at the earliest
opportunity - so maybe we should have a membership category for babies.

I wish you much happiness and success in the year just started

Anthony Harding

EAA President

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Dear colleagues,

2007 is coming to an end and together with it your membership of the
European Association of Archaeologists. Thank you for your involvement in
our Association this year; I hope you have benefited from it. If you have
not done so already, I would ask you to renew your membership for next year
on-line at www.e-a-a.org/member_form.php, or by returning the completed 
membership form (PDF/WORD). 

2008 will see major improvements in the membership services, for instance 
individualized access to your personal account, an on-line membership database, 
access to the new jobs service, etc. You will be notified how to proceed upon r
eceipt of your payment. On the EAA web page or at events.um.edu.mt/eaa2008/
you will also find the latest information about the 2008 conference, to be held on 
September 16 - 21 in Malta.

For now, please let me wish you a very happy Christmas and all the best for
the New Year.

Yours,

Anthony Harding, President, on behalf of the EAA Boards and Secretariat

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December 2007

Journal of European Archaeology - all articles and reviews that have appeared in the years 1993-1997 now fully accessible online to the EAA members. The abstracts are available also for non-members in the EJA section.

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November 2007 

TEA 28, Winter 2007/2008 - new issue of the EAA Newsletter (accessible only to the EAA Members)

Benefit For Members: Save on Books!

New service consisting in discounts on books has been launched for members of the EAA. Learn more about particular offers in the Members Section



 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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