Tag: cultural landscapes

MSCA results are out! 4 new postdoctoral fellowships for GIAP

Great news for GIAP (ICAC-CERCA) in the 2023 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) call from the European Union. We were awarded 4 new postdoctoral fellows to join us, one of which is Faidon Moudopoulos, who we celebrate will be able to extend his stay with us for another 2 years! The computational team will expand on mountain environments, pastoralism…
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Open call for papers! LAC2024

Submit an abstract to the session we are co-organising in LAC2024! The conference will take place in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid, Spain) on the 10-14th of June 2024. Deadline extended to 1st March. Submit your abstracts here: https://lac2024.com/call-for-abstracts/ Bridging historical landscape ecology and landscape archaeology: common questions and challenges in a rapidly changing world A…
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A Landscape Archaeology for All

Today, Marta Flórez is presenting in the “I Congreso de Ciencia Inclusiva” (I Inclusive Science Congress), which is taking place on 2-3 October 2023 in Madrid, organised by CSIC. “Una Arqueología del Paisaje para tod@s” (A Landscape Archaeology for All) The talk presents the ArqueoPirenaia Project. “Social transfer, didactics and mediation of heritage in a…
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Prominent representation of GIAP (ICAC) in the EAA2023!

Yesterday started the 29th EAA Annual Meeting, which is taking place in Belfast (Ireland) from the 30th of August to the 2nd of September. This year’s themes incorporate the diversity and multidimensionality of archaeological practice, including archaeological interpretation, heritage management and politics of the past and present. GIAP (ICAC) has 12 contributions to the conference,…
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Enhancing the values of the cultural landscape of Aristi, Zagori, NW Greece 

Last May, a dedicated group led by Dr. Faidon Moudopoulos-Athanasiou undertook a remarkable project in the village of Aristi, NW Greece. Comprising international volunteers and local residents, they worked tirelessly for a week, focusing on enhancing the cultural landscape of the area.  Clearing Pathways and Enhancing the Cultural Landscape Their efforts centered on two vital aspects:…
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Archaeoroute: a guided tour to the cultural landscapes of Vall de Núria

Today, Josep Maria Palet was invited to the field day of the 6th European Conference on Permafrost (EUCOP 2023), which is taking place in Puigcerdà in June 18th to 22nd, organised by the University of Barcelona (UB). Together with Marta Flórez, they will guide the participants on a route showcasing not only geological aspects but…
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2 newcomers and an upgrade!

This month, we welcomed 2 new postdoctoral researchers, Drs. Laura Strolin and Faidon Moudopoulos, and we celebrate that Dr. Arnau Garcia-Molsosa started his Ramón y Cajal fellowship with GIAP, after finishing his Beatriu de Pinós-Marie Curie cofund project (also in GIAP, from 2020-2022). Dr. Arnau Garcia-Molsosa Dr. Garcia completed his PhD on the Archaeology of…
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Archaeological weekend at the nature reserve of the headwaters of the Ter & Freser rivers

On September 17th and 18th 2022 we celebrate an archaeological weekend in the headwaters of the Ter i and Freser’s Natural Park. A unique opportunity to explore archaeological remains of Núria Valley by the hand one of the major experts of the area: Josep Maria Palet (mountain archaeology, ICAC’s director and GIAP’s co-director). Starting with…
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Rome and the Pyrenees. The formation of cultural landscapes in high mountain areas

ACADEMIA MARGINALIS is a project promoted by the professors of the Department of Art History of the University of Barcelona Juan Miguel Muñoz Corbalán and Núria Torras Benezet that consists of a series of conferences, presentations and social gatherings that will take place from February to May of 2022. You can check out the full…
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The many wonders of the Kambos: revisiting the cultural landscapes of western Thessaly, central Greece

The next webinar of the GIAP ‘Recent Advances in the Study of the Ancient Mediterranean’ series is tomorrow, 19th of May, at 18.00CET. The presenter will be Dr Nancy Krahtopoulou (Ephorate of Antiquities of Karditsa – Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, Greece) and she will be talking on the cultural landscapes of western Thessaly, in…
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