On the 23rd of May 2023, our group successfully organised a workshop meeting at the “International Conference on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East” (ICAANE) in Copenhagen, Denmark. What started out as an idea for an online conference transformed into a workshop at the biggest conference on the Archaeology of West Asia. In this […]
Cancelling the conference and moving on
We have received many wonderful abstracts and saw, that the topic of decolonisation is arousing interest. The response has been great, especially among European and North American scholars; unfortunately, we had only very few applicants from West Asia despite our efforts. Our goal was to stimulate a more thorough dialogue, including as many scholars from […]
We extended the deadline!
Hey folks, some very exciting abstracts have already found their way into our mailbox, but we decided to extend the deadline for another four weeks. We hope to find more participants from Western Asian countries, familiarizing us with experiences and discourses in their countries. The new date is 2022/02/21, please spread the word!
This is: West Asia in the Center
This is the website for a three-day workshop on colonialism (including Orientalism) related to the past and present of West Asia. For a detailed description about the workshop, please refer to the Call for Papers (also in Arabic, Turkish and Farsi). We welcome researchers, scholars, students, heritage experts, activists and anyone with an active interest […]