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📣 Our workshop "The Ethical Challenges of the Study of Ancient West Asia" is this week!

Find our final program below ⬇️
(Please note that no Zoom or Teams link will be provided.)

June 8, 2026 at 8:11 AM

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📣The NetSAP is pleased to announce its workshop taking place this June 11th and 12th in Liège, entitled: "The ethical challenges of the study of ancient West Asia. On the issue of accountability in research"

You can find more information about the workshop and the preliminary program below ⬇️

May 19, 2026 at 2:09 PM

Imane Achouche

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Merci à @passionmedievistes.fr et @fannycomo.bsky.social pour cette super discussion dans le cadre de son podcast Passion Antiquités ! 🏺🆕

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April 28, 2026 at 7:45 PM

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⌛[NetSAP Webinar]
Our 2nd webinar this year is in a month!

We will be joined by Dr. Joseph A. Greene (Harvard University) for a discussion on the formation and division, consolidation and dispersal of the entire Kheleifeh excavation archive (Jordan).

📆 April 29, 2026, 6 PM (CET)

This is the poster announcing the event. In the upper part, there are speaker’s name and the title of his talk: “Nelson Glueck’s 1938–1940 Excavations at Tell el-Kheleifeh, Jordan: The Excavation Archive—Formation and Division, Consolidation and Dispersal.” by Joseph A. Greene from Harvard University. On the left, there’s an image of the site being excavated, with a plane flying over it. Then, on the right side, there is the conference's abstract, and a photo of archaeologists working on pottery. On the banner at the bottom are the information to register to the conference.

March 25, 2026 at 6:57 PM

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📣 [NetSAP Webinar]
Join us for our 1st webinar this year!

We will be joined by Dr. Julia Schoenicke (German Archaeological Institute & University of Zurich) for a discussion on the archaeology of the anthropocene and the material traces left by archaeological fieldwork.

📆 Feb 26, 2026, 6 PM (CET)

February 19, 2026 at 12:48 PM

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[CALL FOR PAPERS] The NetSAP Workshops: "The ethical challenges of the study of ancient West Asia by the West"

📆 11-12 June 2026
📌 Liège University (Belgium)
▶️ Deadline for abstracts: November, 28th

Call for paper for the NetSAP Workshop in Liège:

‘Ethics’, a philosophical reasoning first, is the study of the balance between action and moral conduct. In the fields of history, art history and archaeology, ethics appears as an established concept, as in every academic discipline. However, archaeology in West Asia presents very specific challenges that other facets of history do not face (engaging with local excavators, the need for huge budgets, destruction and restoration processes, etc.). On the philological side, which most relies on museum collections, specific questions arise due to the enormous number of inscribed tablets obtained through irregular excavations (provenance of collections, decision to publish or not, museum bias, etc.).
When asked about the value and significance of their so-called ‘useless sciences’ (ironic title given by Jean Bottéro), researchers working on Antiquity generally answer that it is important to move forward into the future by knowing the past. However, the responsibilities inherent in these praiseworthy objectives are not necessarily addressed. These include facing the fact that our fields of study are confronted with the manipulation of archaeological findings for political ends, culturocide, the monopolisation of data by those in positions of power, collaboration with communities that have been weakened by the colonial era,…We could also question the lack, in historical sciences curricula, of lessons on ethics and appropriate behaviour when conducting excavations abroad.

In light of this observation, the workshop organized by Network for Sustainable Archaeological Practices humbly aims to address the challenges of Westerners studying West Asia and try to offer meaningful perspectives. What is ethical can be defined as ‘dealing with the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct; being in accordance with the rules or standards for right conduct or practice, especially the standards of a profession’1. Defining good conduct in our profession may involve, among other things, what position to take when faced with certain issues:
- How do archaeologists and historians engage with conflict? How can archaeology meaningfully engage with conflict?
- How do archaeologists and historians deal with museums: their history and the way collections are conserved, especially outside countries of origin? How should one deal with the incessant production of data, and implement sustainable approaches to managing it?
- How do archaeologists collaborate with teams of “workers” in unbalanced working conditions and a colonial tradition? What about the paternalistic relationship to local teams?
- How do archaeologists and historians position themselves in the looting of antiquities and trafficking market? What about the study of artefacts with questionable provenance?
- How do archaeologists respond when modern development projects threaten heritage sites,
ecosystems, and communities? What role should they play in safeguarding cultural landscapes and in advocating for those displaced or marginalised by such projects?
These are some of the questions we would like to address, but we welcome papers that explore other angles and perspectives we may not have considered.

Send to netsustainap@gmail.com

November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM

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⏪NetSAP was at the 14th ICAANE in Lyon, with a workshop entitled: "Digging through the Stores: Challenges and Prospects of New Research on Old Collections"
With 10 presentations by curators and researchers, the discussion was rich, focusing on the future prospects for museums and their collections!

Program of the NetSAP Workshop at the 14th ICAANE:

09:00 - 09:30 | The Re-edition of Mesopotamian Celestial Divination: from Tablets to Internet
Maria Teresa RENZI-SEPE - Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
09:30 - 10:00 | JUMP (Tall-e Jari B & Tall-e Mushki Pottery Restudy Project): Shedding New Light on Old Collections in the University Museum, the University of Tokyo
Takehiro MIKI - Keio University, Japan
10:00 - 10:30 | Old Conflict, Old Collections: Working around the Cypriot Problem to study the Early Bronze Age Transition
Maria HADJIGAVRIEL - Leiden University , Netherlands
10:30 - 11:00 | A Case Study on the Handling of "Old Collections". The Seleucid-Parthian Period Pottery from Babylon in the Vorderasiatisches Museum (VAM) in Berlin
Elisabeth KATZY - Berlin, Germany
11:30 - 12:00 | ‘Minor Objects' and their Stories: Reassessing and Reinterpreting Clay Figurines from Ur in the Collections of the British Museum
Enrica INVERSI - Freie Universität Berlin, Germany - The British Museum, United Kingdom
12:00 - 12:30 | Something Old, Something New: Recontextualizing the Assyrian Roundel from Tell Tayinat
Kiersten NEUMANN - University of Chicago, United States
14:00 - 14:30 | The Halaf-Ubaid Transition in Northeastern Mesopotamia: The Potential of Museum Collections
Michael CAMPEGGI - University of Milan, Italy
14:30 - 15:00 | Urartian inscriptions in the museums of Iran: Challenges and results
Maryam DARA - Assistant Professor of RICHT, Iran
15:00 - 15:30 | Re-assembling and re-telling Kish: new approaches to research and display in the Ashmolean Museum
Nancy HIGHCOCK - Ashmolean Museum, United Kingdom
16:00 - 16:30 | Impressive impressions: Seals and their impressions in museums and what to do with them
Pinar DURGUN - The Morgan Library and Museum New York, United States

June 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM

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Ama-Mater

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📣 Dans une semaine se tiendra le colloque Ama-Mater au Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille !

Le programme est disponible ici : halma.univ-lille.fr/detail-event...

Pour s'inscrire (gratuitement) : my.weezevent.com/colloque-ama...

Nous vous y attentons nombreuses et nombreux !
Cc @meshs.bsky.social

Affiche. Image : sculpture en marbre "Moïse savé des eaux" de Jean-Jules Allasseur.
Colloque Ama-Mater. 11, 12 et 13 juin 2025.
Mères et maternités antiques : représentations, pratiques et réappropriations de l'Antiquité à l'époque contemporaine.
Mercredi 11 juin : 10h-18h
Jeudi 12 juin : 9h-16h
Vendredi 13 juin : 9h30-16h30

Auditorium du Palais des Beaux-Arts. Accès par le 18bis rue de Valmy.
Logos : Ama-Mater, MESHS, région Hauts-de-France, Université de Lille, PBA, HALMA, IDG, GAUL

June 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM

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📣 Save & share the date for our 5th webinar!

"Heritage of Colonialism in Archival Research" with Heidi Miller & Erhan Tamur

📆 May 14, 6PM CET

🔗 Flash the QR code or register at [email protected]

Miller's abstract:
The discovery and publication of the Bronze Age civilization of the Indus River Valley took place during the early 20th century while the Indian Subcontinent was under British colonial rule. I contend that the first interpretations of the Indus Valley Civilization (also referred to as the Harappan) reflect the orientalist ideals of a static indigenous culture. This view was perpetuated by the colonial government which emphasized the unchanging nature of both the modern and ancient populations. In this presentation, I will describe the orientalist view of culture and history in South Asia, and then detail how the first interpretations of the Bronze Age Indus Valley Civilization reflect such ideals. Following this I will deconstruct the premise of the unchanging nature of the Indus Valley Civilization by using the same collections and documents (now archived) that were used to create this interpretation. and thus illustrate how variable the Indus Civilization actually was."
Tamur's abstract:
"How meaningful are efforts to decolonize Ancient Western Asian (“Near Eastern”) art and archaeology—a discipline that is inherently a product of nineteenth-century European colonialism? Rather than dismissing such efforts as futile instances of “incremental change,” I regard them as potentially meaningful sites of intervention. In this talk, I will take as an example the foundational and still resilient narrative of the “discovery” of Mesopotamia, featuring a European archaeologist operating singlehandedly in a presumed terra incognita. By drawing on my recent research on Tello (ancient Girsu), I will explore the relationship between coloniality and the archive, and demonstrate the potential of critical engagement with systematically neglected sources and histories."

May 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM

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Ama-Mater

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Vernissage de l'exposition "Latence", 2ème sortie de laboratoire de l'artiste plasticienne Élodie Wysocki en résidence sur le projet Ama-Mater !
📆 24 avril 2025
🕡 18h30
📍 Galerie des 3 Lac, Campus Pont de Bois, @univlille.bsky.social
@meshs.bsky.social
culture.univ-lille.fr/agenda/saiso...

AMA-MATER : LATENCE

Seconde sortie temporaire de laboratoire - Elodie Wysocki - HALMA Du 22 avril au 26 juin Vernissage le 24 avril à 18h30

culture.univ-lille.fr

April 16, 2025 at 8:31 AM

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[CALL FOR PAPERS] XVIIe atelier doctoral d'archéologie antique (3rd-6th of June 2025)

"Archaeologies of Colonialism – Past and Present"

Deadline : 22nd of April 2025

All info. (English) below ⬇️

XVIIe atelier doctoral d'archéologie antique - Casa de Velázquez

www.casadevelazquez.org

April 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM

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Tim Waterman

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CFP: Who Owns Heritage? Local Communities and the Fight for Historical Monuments in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Masaryk University Brno, Czechia, 6 November. Deadline 22 April. www.phil.muni.cz/en/zamestnan...

Call for Papers: Who Owns Heritage?

Call for Papers: Who Owns Heritage? Local Communities and the Fight for Historical Monuments in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Masaryk University Brno, Czechia, 6 November.

www.phil.muni.cz

April 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM

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Morgane Pique

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It's tonight at 6PM (CET) !

Webex Link ▶️ fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j....

Network for Sustainable Archaeological Practices @netsap.bsky.social · Apr 7

📣 3rd NetSAP Online Webinar "Thoughts on Archives" part. I

Georg Cyrus (Freie Universität Berlin) "Squatting Nimrud – an Assyrian metropolis in postimperial times"

📆 April 18, 6PM (CET)

🧭 Please register by mail

April 9, 2025 at 8:07 AM

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📣 4th NetSAP Online Webinar "Thoughts on Archives" part. II

Jean-Jacques Herr (Archaïos-Unistra) and Barbara Couturaud (Musée du Louvre) will present The "Archives of Khorsabad" Project: An Archaeological Investigation

📆 April 18, 5PM (CET)

🧭 Please register by mail

April 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM

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📣 3rd NetSAP Online Webinar "Thoughts on Archives" part. I

Georg Cyrus (Freie Universität Berlin) "Squatting Nimrud – an Assyrian metropolis in postimperial times"

📆 April 18, 6PM (CET)

🧭 Please register by mail

April 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM

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The days are getting longer and we are happy to share our spring program 🌸

📆 Save the dateS!

👉 To attend the online webinars, please send us a direct message or an email at [email protected]

#archaeology #sustainability #culturalheritage #archives #antiquities

April 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM

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Isis Naucratis

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Tired of witnessing the complicit silence and ongoing coloniality of disciplinary associations, from the AHA to the SCS and AIA? Us too! That's why we founded the @socstudyofthepast.bsky.social: JOIN US! societyforthestudyofthepast.com

March 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM

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Ama-Mater

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🔊 Ama-Mater participe aux Nocturnes de l’histoire

Sylvie Donnat et Laura Battini proposent une conférence et un atelier intitulés « Regards sur les maternités d’Égypte et de Mésopotamie »
📆 mercredi 26 mars 2025
🕘 17h-19h
⚠️ inscription obligatoire ici : bm-lille.fr/BMLILLE/doc/...

March 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM

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Association des doctorant·es des mondes cunéiformes

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Ce 26 mars de 19h à 21h, rejoignez les étudiant·es de Paris 1 pour les Noctures de l'Histoire ! 🏺

Évènement ouvert à tous·tes, organisé par l'Assyriologie Brigitte Lion.

⌛Entrée gratuite et inscription obligatoire à l'adresse : [email protected]

Affiche verticale décomposée en 2 parties.

Moitié supérieure :
Un fond bleu duquel se détache une pyramide à degrés jaune devant un cercle rougeâtre représentant le soleil. Devant ces motifs il est écrit en orange en grand "Nocturnes de l'Histoire" et en plus petit "Filouterie, escroquerie et portraits de malandrins détestables en Mésopotamie antique. Mercredi 26 mars, 19h-21h, amphi Lefebvre, Sorbonne mère".

Partie inférieure :
Du côté gauche, une représentation schématique d'un Assyrien portant un baluchon sur son dos et semblant s'enfuir vers l'extérieur de l'affiche. Du côté droit, un individu similaire les mains menottées devant lui et attachés à un canon de prisonnier.
Entre ces deux personnages il est écrit: "Prenez votre place par mail à cette adresse : nocturnes.histoire.mesopotamie@gmail.com" Se trouvent également les logos des Nocturnes de l'Histoire et de Panthéon Sorbonne.

March 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM

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Association des doctorant·es des mondes cunéiformes

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Dans un peu moins d'une semaine, rejoignez nous pour la projection-débat du documentaire « Ainsi parle Tarām‐Kūbi, correspondances assyriennes » en présence de l'assyriologue Cécile Michel ! 🎬

⌛Mercredi 12 mars à partir de 17h15

🧭Campus Pont de Bois à Lille

☕Pause café prévue

Gros plan tiré du film au moment des fouilles archéologiques. L'archéologue Fikri Kulakoğlu prélève une tablette d'argile.

March 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM

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Sonia Mzali

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En novembre dernier j'ai eu le plaisir de parler de mes recherches, plus précisément de la fameuse Enheduana, dans le podcast "La nymphe et la sorcière". Si ça vous intéresse, c'est par ici :
lanympheetlasorciere.com/2025/02/21/e...
#Antiquités #Assyriology