This is a monthly update about the Evolution of Cultural Diversity Initiative (ECDI) activities and upcoming events.
News
- Congratulations to Zali Boyd on her first publication with Ben Shaw. Zali was a student on both of the ECDI Mornington Peninsula and Papua New Guniea fieldschools led by Ben, and on the back of those also went on to undertake ARCH8030/8031, a 12 unit project contextualising an assemblage of pottery collected from a burial cave in the Milne Bay Province of PNG, on Panaeati Island where the PNG fieldschool was held. By contextualising the social aspects of burial and maritime networks in the region at this time she was able to suggest how and why the pottery was placed with secondary burials. A great outcome for Zali and the fieldschool program.
- Professor Evan Kidd is an expert in psychology and linguistics, and TEDx speaker – 1 Aug – ANU CASS media
- Meet Dr Anna Florin, the new Lecturer in Archaeological Science – 22 Aug – ANU CASS media
- CAP researchers help protect royal tombs, stonework villages and more in the Pacific Islands – 21 Sep – ANU CAP media
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Outreach
SYNAPASE
Upcoming SYNAPSE Seminars:
- The Commensal wilderness within – Peter J Matthews – Monday 30 Oct – register via Eventbrite
The seminar series will be held monthly in-person and via zoom. All available seminars for registration can be found on our Eventbrite collection.
Previously recorded seminars are available on our YouTube channel. Recent additions:
- Ancestral remains in the Southern Massim – Simon Coxe
- Variation in Australian sibling terminologies – Ian Keen
- Tracking the Tombuk Eruption of Kuwae Vanuatu – Chris Ballard, Stuart Bedford, Sonke Stern, Shane Cronin, Sandrine Bessis & Alice Kaloran
Please also share our upcoming seminars with your networks.
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Tok Pisin Lunches
Our informal Tok Pisin lunch gatherings bring together anyone interested in the language or in Papua New Guinea. If you’re happy to forget about English for an hour and chat in Tok Pisin instead, just come along. Your proficiency level doesn’t matter. Just bring your coffee, or lunch, or just yourself! We catch up every Thursday at 12:30pm in the barbecue area to the left of Menzies Library.
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Seminars, Workshops, Conferences
IMERRSIA, CHL ANU
5-30 Sept 2023
The last week of events are this week. For more information and to register for events see here: https://immersia.anu.edu.au/
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2023 Vocabulary Symposium – FAIR Vocabularies for All
14-15 Nov 2023
A two day hybrid event bringing together people from domains across multiple disciplines spanning research, government and industry, including those from the ARDC Thematic Research Data Commons. The aim is to communicate and promote approaches to using, developing, publishing, and maintaining vocabularies. The Symposium will cover Australian and international initiatives that demonstrate the impact and value of FAIR vocabularies for maximising the re-use value of data within and across domains. The Symposium is led by the ARDC, in partnership with ADA, AHRA, APPF, AURIN, AuScope, AusTraits, CODATA, IMOS, LDaCA, and TERN. Registration and more information: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/2023-vocabulary-symposium-fair-vocabularies-for-all-tickets-641760903137
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ANU Anthropology Seminar Series
Program for 2023 is now available. Seminars will be in person and via zoom unless stated otherwise.
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Linguistic Futures reading group
Once a month the linguistic futures reading group we will be reading papers which have an eye on the future of the language sciences with a special focus on comparative approaches to language. The group will be held on the first Wednesday of every month in the Engma room (3.165) in the Coombs Building from 11am to 12noon. All are invited to attend, research students are especially encouraged to come along. Any questions contact mae.carroll@anu.edu.au
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Opportunities
Postdoctoral Fellow, MPI Evolutionary Anthropology
Applications close: 1 Oct 2023
A fully-funded three-year postdoctoral project on “The Evolutionary Dynamics of Multilingualism”. This postdoctoral project is the core modelling component in the multi-sited ERC-funded project “Multilingual worlds – neglected histories. Uncovering their emergence, continuity and loss in past and present societies” (MULTILING-HIST). More information here
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Lecturer in Linguistics, UQ
Applications close: 8 Oct 2023
The School of Languages and Culture at the University of Queensland is recruiting a full-time continuing position (level B or C) in linguistics. More information here
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Lecturer (Linguistics), ANU
Applications close: 18 Oct 2023
The School of Culture, History and Language in the College of Asia and the Pacific is recruiting a Lecturer in Linguistics (level B or C) full-time continuing position. More information here
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PhD in Multimodal Language Department, MPI Psycholinguistics
Applications close: 1 Oct 2023
Four-year fully funded PhD position in the Multimodal Language Department – Multimodal reference and social cognition across languages. The project will be led by an interdisciplinary team. More information here
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PhD in Linguistics, Radboud University
Applications close: 31 Oct 2023
Are you interested in how word meanings differ across languages and how we acquire and use concepts in a second language? Then start your academic career within linguistics as a PhD candidate. In this project, you will investigate how people talk about pain in different languages. More information here
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Postdoctoral Fellowship, Swiss National Science Foundation
Applications close: 2 Dec 2023
The SNSF is launching a new call under the transitional measure SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships for people of all nationalities who were aiming to apply for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA PF). The scheme is open to all research disciplines and topics. This funding scheme will offer applicants with a PhD and no more than eight years of postdoctoral experience a position at a non-commercial research institution in Switzerland for 12-24 months. More information here
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Publications
Boyd, Z. & Shaw, B. 2023. Indirect dating of secondary cave burials in the Massim region of Papua New Guinea reveals last millennium reorganisation of social practices. Archaeology in Oceania. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/arco.5305
Shilton, D., Passmore, S., & Savage, P. E. (2023). Group singing is globally dominant and associated with social context. Royal Society Open Science, 10(9), 230562. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230562
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