Conference: CHAT 2007

Conference: CHAT 2007

Faith, Hope, and Charity: Finding Belief, Desire, and Benevolence in
Archaeologies of the Recent and Contemporary Past

Friday 23rd November - Sunday 25th November 2007
University of Sheffield

Venue: The Showroom Cinema, Paternoster Row, Sheffield, S1 2BX UK
Organized by: CHAT Conference Group - Contemporary and Historical Archaeology in
Theory.

The fifth annual meeting of the Contemporary and Historical Archaeology in Theory (CHAT)
conference group meets in Sheffield this November. The conference explores three themes -
'faith', 'hope', and 'charity' - from a variety of archaeological perspectives, in papers focused on
the archaeological of the recent and contemporary past (c. AD 1500-present).

CHAT 2007 runs from 9.30a.m. on Friday 23rd November 2007 until 1.00pm on Sunday
25th November 2007. All sessions are plenary. The full programme is online (URL below).

The Session Chairs and Discussants will be Dr John Moreland (University of Sheffield) Dr Harold
Mytum (University of York) Professor Mary Beaudry (Boston University) Dr Dan Hicks
(Oxford University) and Dr Eleanor Conlin Casella (University of Manchester).

The Keynote Speaker at CHAT 2007 will be Professor Henry Glassie (Department of Folklore,
University of Indiana).

For information on registering and links to timetable and abstracts see:

http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/conferences/chat-2007/index.html

Further details from Dr Jim Symonds: j.symonds@shef.ac.uk