Estella Weiss-Krejci Sebastian Becker Ladislav Šmejda This session is the second part of “Deploying the Dead” which was successfully launched at last year’s EAA in Maastricht. It explores the question of how the bodies of the long-dead and the material [...]
Ladislav Smejda was recently interviewed by Deutschlandfunk a German Radio station which was an exciting way to let the wider public know about wider ecological implications of the Research Project. The interview discusses how death can be both helpful [...]
By Sebastian Becker Maastricht is surely known as one of Europe’s most sought after tourist destinations, but this summer it also became a meeting point for archaeologists from Europe and beyond. The occasion was the annual conference of the European [...]
Ladislav Smejda “Every puff of wind … may blow the father into the sons eyes… Every grain of dust that flies here, is a piece of a Christian…” John Donne, English poet and cleric (1572-1631) People have always been intrigued [...]
Deploying the Dead Interdisciplinary Dialogues Session 402 EAA Maastricht August 30 - September 2 2017 Organizers: Estella Weiss-Krejci, Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology, Austrian Academy of Sciences Sebastian Becker, Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology, Austrian Academy of [...]
By Miriam Edlich-Muth Recently I attended the ‘Parchment, Paper and Pixels’ conference in Maastricht. Set under the glorious arches of the former Franciscan monastery that houses the Regional Historical Centre of Limburg the topics of the conference skirted both the [...]
Do you remember the Bowling Green Massacre? This mysterious atrocity was introduced to the world by Presidential Counselor Kellyanne Conway in an interview on Thursday 2 February. Justifying Trump’s immigration ban, Conway reminded us that “two Iraqis came here to [...]
by Miriam Edlich-Muth 21st century excavations of dead bodies usually only impinge on the public consciousness in the context of violent crime or atrocities. My area of the DEEPDEAD project will be dealing in part with the ways in which [...]
