Events
Conferences
An annual conference organised by postgrads for postgrads, providing a stress-reduced and supportive environment for first-time presenters.
2 to 5 September 2024, Perth, WA
The annual conference of the Australasian Society for Classical Studies. With a wide range of topics represented, there is always something new to learn.
3 to 5 February 2025, ANU, Canberra
Australasian Association of Byzantine Studies Biennial Conference
During its long history, the Byzantine Empire and its institutions held grand ambitions of power and influence across the mediterranean world. We invite papers and panels from all disciplines related to the Byzantine/Mediaeval Roman world and its neighbours broadly conceived, from the 4th to 15th centuries to consider the conference theme.
7 to 8 June, 2025, UoN, Newcastle, NSW
The annual conference of the Australian Early Medieval Association, this is another welcoming and supporting group.
26 to 28 September 2024, ACU, Canberra
The call for papers is now closed.
MAARC is intended to facilitate a sense of community and encourage interaction, communication, and collaboration between those researching the archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean, in the broadest possible sense.
The call for papers is now closed.
16 to 19 July 2024
Antiquity in Media Studies has run this annual conference for the past four years, during which we have brought together scholars and creators from various disciplines to discuss their work seeking to uncover the ways that antiquity is reimagined across different media: comics, video games, film, TV, analog games, podcasts, YouTube, music and music videos, among many others. The AIMS virtual conference is a free event and open to all.
9 to 15 November 2024, Australasia
The call for papers is now closed
Tracing Globalisation: The Circulation of Material Culture in the Iron Age Mediterranean
This two-day conference explores the circulation of material culture and the role of objects in connecting
and disconnecting communities and groups around the broader Iron Age Mediterranean. It seeks to
explore new approaches to bridge disciplinary divisions, exchange expertise and lay the foundations for
potential future collaborations among Australasian researchers by bringing together advanced HDR
candidates, early career and more established scholars across the disciplines of Classical Archaeology,
Near Eastern Archaeology, regional Mediterranean prehistories, Ancient History, and History of Art.
12 to 13 September 2024, University of Sydney
Public Lectures and Series
AAIA Classical archaeology seminar series.
The AAIA Classical archaeology seminar series, ran in collaboration with USyd SOPHI, cover a range of topics to do with the archaeology of the Classical world.
See this link here for dates and registration
The Cultural Heritage and Art Crime Reading Group (CHAC)
CHAC, run out of Macquarie University every month, is an opportunity for researchers and HDR candidates of all disciplines to explore the wider ethical and legal issues that surround the collection, study, and trafficking of fake, stolen or illegally excavated cultural property.
Access the landing page via this link for dates, readings and more info
In 2021 we established a new online reading group for AWAWS members.
This group connects members for regular discussions in a social setting.
We set readings about a month beforehand, on a range of themes within the AWAWS purview. Such themes might include the role of women in our disciplines today, challenges affecting women in ancient world studies, the contribution of women to the disciplines, the ways in which women approach the past differently and how that has benefited the discipline, as well as feminist approaches to the past and women in antiquity more widely.
Register your interest in the reading group via this link.