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Talks of the Past (ToP) Open Seminar, 2nd Apr 2025: Uralic spread, Seima-Turbino and flower pots, speaker Outi Vesakoski
Blåsenhus, UU, lärosal 13:028 (plan 1)Abstract The seminal paper by Grünthal et al. (2022) advances a new scenario of Proto-Uralic disintegration and spread. They suggest a rapid spread of Uralic languages through Common Uralic, a […]
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Biomolecular Humanities Practical Workshop & JC Discussion
Villa Lugnet von Kraemers allé 8, Uppsala, Sweden, SwedenThe workshop, led by Jerome de Groot, Ester Oras, Jess Thompson, Christopher Vardy, and Matthew Williams, follows up on the discussions from last year. This interactive workshop will begin to […]
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Human Past Journal Club
Villa Lugnet von Kraemers allé 8, Uppsala, Sweden, SwedenCesar A. Fortes-Lima, Mame Y. Diallo, Václav Janoušek, Viktor Černý, Carina M. Schlebusch. (2025). Population history and admixture of the Fulani people from the Sahel, The American Journal of Human […]
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Talks of the Past (ToP) Open Seminar, 7th May, 2025: Discussing mobility and cultural change in the context of Aegean Neolithization, speaker Mehmet Somel
Blåsenhus, UU, lärosal 13:028 (plan 1)Abstract Mehmet Somel will present some recent results on the first steps of the Neolithic expansion westward, “out-of-Anatolia”. For this study, his group generated 30 new paleogenomes from six settlements […]
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SCAS SEMINAR – Genetic Insights into Social Organisation of Neolithic Societies in Anatolia: Kinship and Gender Roles, speaker Mehmet Somel
Thunberg Hall, Linneanum Thunbergsvägen 2, Uppsala, SwedenMehmet Somel is a professor of biology at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, and the Human Past Senior Fellow 2024-25. The abstract will follow.
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Mini-Seminar: Graves & Grammar. Interdisciplinary approaches to changes in material culture, burial practice and language in Upper Dalarna 500-750 CE, with Joakim Wehlin and Yair Sapir
Villa Lugnet von Kraemers allé 8, Uppsala, Sweden, SwedenSpeakers: Yair Sapir, PhD of Scandinavian Languages, Senior Lecturer of Swedish, Kristianstad University Joakim Wehlin, Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Archaeology, Uppsala University Summary Recent archaeological studies demonstrate changes in the material […]
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UppTalk with Mattias Jakobsson
Mattias Jakobsson is the guest at the next episode of the Uppsala University podcast series, UppTalk. Link to listen (Zoom): Vad kan forntida DNA avslöja om människans evolution? Mark your […]
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Meet & Greet by CHP
Villa Lugnet von Kraemers allé 8, Uppsala, Sweden, SwedenInformal CHP event with FlashTalks to allow the participants to get to know each other better and learn about their research projects.
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Human Past Journal CLub
Villa Lugnet von Kraemers allé 8, Uppsala, Sweden, SwedenDiscussion paper: Zeng, T. C., Vyazov, L. A., Kim, A., Flegontov, P., Sirak, K., Maier, R., … & Reich, D. (2025). Ancient DNA reveals the prehistory of the Uralic and […]
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Talks of the Past (ToP) Open Seminar: Human skeletal remains of Ilin Island, Mindoro Occidental, Philippines, speaker Tanya Uldin
Blåsenhus, UU, lärosal 13:028 (plan 1)Abstract Ilin Island, located off the southern coast of Mindoro, possesses favourable geological features, such as numerous caves and rock shelters, that enhance the preservation of archaeological materials. Recent surveys […]
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Mini-Seminar: Studying urban inequality in the past: lessons from Pompeii, with Samuli Simelius
Villa Lugnet von Kraemers allé 8, Uppsala, Sweden, SwedenAbstract The study of Roman social stratification has often focused on social and legal status within society. Other dimensions of inequality have been largely sidelined, although interest in economic inequality […]
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