British Academy: The UK's National Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences

EVOLVING SOCIETIES 2008

Tuesday 11 November 2008, 4.30 – 6pm

Presentations and panel discussions in two parallel sessions, followed by a drinks reception (6 - 7.30pm)

The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH

Following the highly successful Evolving Societies conference at the Barbican Centre London in November 2007, the British Academy is pleased to announce Evolving Societies 2008, a showcase for the work of its sponsored learned societies and overseas institutes in two important international research areas:

1. Managing migration: policy perspectives from the Mediterranean and Middle East
2. Benefiting local economies and societies: case studies in cultural heritage management

Managing migration: policy perspectives from the Mediterranean and Middle East

Home for the homeless: the history of a refugee settlement in Piraeus
Dr Renee Hirschon, Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Oxford on behalf of The British School at Athens

The past is prologue: understanding the integration of forced migrants in the Middle East
Dr Dawn Chatty, University Reader in Anthropology and Deputy Director, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford on behalf of the Council for British Research in the Levant

Fortress Italy?
Professor David Forgacs, Research Professor in Modern Studies, British School at Rome

Benefiting local economies and societies: case studies in cultural heritage management

Vesuvian archaeology in a local context
Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, Director, The British School at Rome

Knossos: protecting, managing and developing an archaeological resource in a contested landscape
Professor Todd Whitelaw, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, on behalf of The British School at Athens

Negotiating traditions and transformations in Jordan's tourism
Professor Mike Robinson, Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change, Leeds Metropolitan University, on behalf of the Council for British Research in the Levant