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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past (ToP) Open Seminar\, 7th May\, 2025: Discussing mobility and cultural change in the context of Aegean Neolithization\, speaker Mehmet Somel
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nMehmet 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 in West and Central Anatolia dating to c.10\,000-8\,000 years ago. The researchers further compiled a digitalized material culture dataset comprising 58 cultural elements\, from architecture and tools to burial types and pottery styles.  The dataset revealed that the westward expansion of the Neolithic was much more diverse in its dynamics than usually assumed. \nBy 10\,000 years ago\, in West Anatolia\, they found cultural adoption of Neolithic elements\, but without genetic evidence for mobility. By 8\,500 years ago\, they found mobility from Neolithic core areas in the east\, where the incomers mixed with local foraging groups in West Anatolia. Later\, the descendants of this genetically mixed population expanded into Europe to establish the Neolithic there. \nSecondly\, Mehmet’s group performed a quantitative comparison of material culture similarities among settlements with their genetic and spatial proximities. This showed that genetic history had no explanatory impact on material culture similarities after controlling for spatial similarity. This supports the notion that material culture similarity patterns are shaped by background mobility rather than migration processes. \nRelated article (pre-press):\nKoptekin\, D.\, Aydoğan\, A.\, Karamurat\, C.\, Altınışık\, N. E.\, Vural\, K. B.\, Kazancı\, D. D.\, … & Somel\, M. (2024). Out-of-Anatolia: cultural and genetic interactions during the Neolithic expansion in the Aegean. bioRxiv\, 2024-06. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.06.23.599747v1.full \n  \n \nMehmet Somel is a professor of biology at the Middle East Technical University\, Ankara\, Turkey\, and the Human Past Senior Fellow 2024-25. He will deliver the ToP seminar on his current research project. \nYou can read about the fellowships and other research projects here.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/talks-of-the-past-top-open-seminar-7th-may-2025-speaker-mehmet-somel/
LOCATION:Blåsenhus\, UU\, lärosal 13:028 (plan 1)
CATEGORIES:Seminars,Talks of the Past
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250423T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250423T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T020826
CREATED:20250320T113816Z
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SUMMARY:Human Past Journal Club
DESCRIPTION:Cesar 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 Genetics\, Volume 112\, Issue 2\, 2025\, Pages 261-275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.12.015 \nSimões\, L.G.\, Günther\, T.\, Martínez-Sánchez\, R.M. et al. (2023). Northwest African Neolithic initiated by migrants from Iberia and Levant. Nature 618\, 550–556. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06166-6 \nCarina Schlebusch and Luciana Simões will present the articles. \nPS \nTwo pieces of additional reading related to the discussion topic: \nLipson\, M.\, Ringbauer\, H.\, Lucarini\, G. et al. High continuity of forager ancestry in the Neolithic period of the eastern Maghreb. Nature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08699-4 \nSalem\, N.\, van de Loosdrecht\, M.S.\, Sümer\, A.P. et al. Ancient DNA from the Green Sahara reveals ancestral North African lineage. Nature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08793-7
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/journal-club-discussion-2/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Journal Club
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250409T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250409T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T020826
CREATED:20250320T153837Z
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SUMMARY:Biomolecular Humanities Practical Workshop & JC Discussion
DESCRIPTION:The workshop\, led by Jerome de Groot\, Ester Oras\, Jess Thompson\, Christopher Vardy\, and Matthew Williams\, follows up on the discussions from last year. \nThis interactive workshop will begin to explore collaboration and possible Biomolecular Humanities approaches. Through a consideration of approach and disciplinary practice\, we will begin to establish ways that we might work towards answering some of the pressing questions arising from developing biomolecular approaches within the humanities. Everyone is welcome to contribute and participate in what will be a generative and productive meeting! Building on the work that we began together at our initial meeting last year the workshop looks to develop ways of rethinking and reworking our approaches to new data and techniques. Our leading contributors are drawn from Archaeology\, Biology\, English Literature\, Archaeochemistry\, and Cultural Genomics\, and together we will outline some of the new thinking in our fields and the challenges (and rewards) of working in multidisciplinary ways. \nSome initial thoughts on Biomolecular Humanities are outlined in the following paper: Oras\, E.\, de Groot\, J.\, & Björkstén\, U. (2025). The ‘Biomolecular Humanities’? New challenges and perspectives. iScience. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004224029067 \nThe workshop will be followed by a discussion.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/human-past-journal-club/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Journal Club
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250402T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250402T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T020826
CREATED:20250204T093807Z
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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past (ToP) Open Seminar\, 2nd Apr 2025: Uralic spread\, Seima-Turbino and flower pots\, speaker Outi Vesakoski
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n\nThe 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 dialect continuum whose breakup formed the Finno-Ugric language families. They suggest that the vector for Uralic spread was the Seima-Turbino trading network (ST)\, within which the Uralic languages ​​were used as lingua franca. The key hypothesis in the Sejma-Turbino scenario is that the trade network would have consisted of representatives of different Eurasian cultural groups for whom a common language would have been necessary. Timing of Proto-Uralic disintegration would have occurred during the ST\, which was an intensive but short-lasting period about 4200-3800 years ago. \nIn her presentation\, Outi Vesakoski will summarize the assumptions this hypothesis poses and discuss them in light of new genetic and psycholinguistic studies. The talk is based on a forthcoming paper on Uralic archaeolinguistics (Vesakoski\, Elina Salmela & Henny Piezonka) in the Oxford Handbook of Archaeology and Language\, edited by Martine Robbeets and Mark Hudson. \n\nMap of Uralic language speaker areas at beginning of 20th century (drawn by BEDLAN member Timo Rantanen). \nRelated reading:\nGrünthal\, R.\, Heyd\, V.\, Holopainen\, S. et al. (2022). Drastic demographic events triggered the Uralic spread\, Diachronica 39/4: 490–524. \nVesakoski\, O.\, Salmela\, E. & Piezonka\, H. (2025). Uralic Archaeolinguistics. In M. Robbeets & M. Hudson (eds) Oxford Handbook of Archaeology and Language. (Forthcoming) \n  \n \nOuti Vesakoski is an associate professor of Finnish\, Finno-Ugric\, and Scandinavian languages at the University of Turku\, Finland.\nShe is also a vice-director of the Human Diversity Consortium. \nAreas of expertise:\nBEDLAN\, Evolutionary ecology\, Environmental (cultural) adaptations\, Language evolution\, Cultural evolution\, Genetic evolution\, Human past studies\, Human diversity\, Finnish dialects\, Lauri Kettunen\, Uralic language speaker area\, UraLex – Uralic basic vocabulary\, UraTyp – Uralic typological database\, Uralic Areal Typology\, URHIA Uralic Historical Atlas\, Digitized Database of Finnish Archaeological Artefacts\, Quantitative methods\, Spatial methods\, Invasive species\, Marine biology
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/talks-of-the-past-top-open-seminar-2nd-apr-2025-speaker-outi-vesakoski/
LOCATION:Blåsenhus\, UU\, lärosal 13:028 (plan 1)
CATEGORIES:Seminars,Talks of the Past
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250317T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250317T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T020826
CREATED:20250301T124641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250901T133152Z
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SUMMARY:HEAS seminar with Mehmet Somel: Social dynamics in neolithic Anatolia. Paleogenomic insights.
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/heas-seminar-with-mehmet-somel-social-dynamics-in-neolithic-anatolia-paleogenomic-insights/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Seminars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250305T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250305T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T020826
CREATED:20250204T092231Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250225T143528Z
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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past (ToP) Open Seminar\, 5th Mar\, 2025: Prehistoric plant DNA and the agricultural history of the Canary Islands\, speaker Jenny Hagenblad
DESCRIPTION:Abstract \nThe intimate relationship between humans and crop plants means that traces of human cultural practices become embedded in the crop genome. Aspects of past cultures not documented in written records can consequently be studied with genetic analyses of archaeological crop remains. Such analyses\, however\, come with their own particular set of challenges\, not the least in finding suitable material to study. Some of the best preserved prehistoric crop remains in the world can be found in the mountains of Gran Canaria\, and Jenny Hagenblad has used these to study the effects of societal upheavals. \nFive hundred years ago\, with the Hispanic conquest of the archipelago\, the Canary Islands went through a rapid transition from neolithic isolation to a globalization hub\, with dramatic consequences for the insular society. Jenny will give examples of how the genetic analysis of crops and crop remains have illuminated both the islands early prehistory\, the agrarian consequences of the Hispanic conquest\, and an influence of Canarian agriculture reaching well beyond the archipelago. \n \nComposite image: Jenny Hagenblad. \n  \n Jenny Hagenblad is an associate senior professor at the Linköping University.\nHer main scientific interest lies in analysing genetic data with evolutionary and population genetic methods to learn more about the evolutionary history of species.\nAs the study system\, Jenny uses crop plants\, which are not only of the utmost\nimportance to human sustenance but have also experienced very rapid evolution since their domestication.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/talks-of-the-past-top-open-seminar-5th-mar-2025-speaker-jenny-hagenblad/
LOCATION:Blåsenhus\, UU\, lärosal 13:028 (plan 1)
CATEGORIES:Seminars,Talks of the Past
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250226T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250226T235959
DTSTAMP:20260424T020826
CREATED:20250225T150822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250225T150822Z
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SUMMARY:Journal Club discussion
DESCRIPTION:Article: “The genetic origin of the Indo-Europeans“
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/journal-club-discussion/
CATEGORIES:Mini-Seminars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250225T101500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250225T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T020826
CREATED:20250204T091013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250204T102955Z
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SUMMARY:SCAS SEMINAR - Pastoralists and Agriculturalists in the Rigveda and Beyond\, speaker: Axel Palmér
DESCRIPTION:Our Human Past Fellow Axel Palmér will deliver a talk on his current research project at one of the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) seminars. \nWelcome!
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/scas-seminar-pastoralists-and-agriculturalists-in-the-rigveda-and-beyond-speaker-axel-palmer/
LOCATION:Thunberg Hall\, Linneanum\, Thunbergsvägen 2\, Uppsala\, 752 36\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250205T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250205T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T020826
CREATED:20241209T113646Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T102839Z
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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past (ToP) Open Seminar\, 5th Feb\, 2025: 6000 years of ancient foodways in NE Baltics: biomolecular methods and social implications\, speaker Ester Oras
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nBiomolecular archaeology has taken a leading role in ancient dietary reconstructions. The molecular- and isotopic-level information gained from ancient skeletal remains and pottery can reveal a more cohesive but also nuanced picture of past foodways\, thanks to its higher-resolution analytical capacities in terms of both obtained information and context-specific interpretations. \nThis talk will exemplify the benefits and possibilities of multi-proxy and -analyte biomolecular approaches\, particularly put into use for creating long-term overviews of major dietary changes. I will use case studies from Estonia and build on the results of recently finished research project creating a  6000-years of regional foodways in NE Baltics. \nWhilst doing so I will explain the main principles and analytical approaches of biomolecular dietary analysis from different archaeological materials\, but also reflect on the importance of thorough archaeological and socio-cultural contextualisation when it comes to interpreting biomolecular results. \n  \nPhotographs: Ester Oras and Tõnno Jonuks.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/talks-of-the-past-top-open-seminar-5th-feb-2025-6000-years-of-ancient-foodways-in-ne-baltics-biomolecular-methods-and-social-implications-speaker-ester-oras/
LOCATION:Blåsenhus\, UU\, lärosal 13:028 (plan 1)
CATEGORIES:Seminars,Talks of the Past
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20241211T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20241211T000000
DTSTAMP:20260424T020826
CREATED:20241121T145839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241121T150521Z
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SUMMARY:CHP Event (by invitation only)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/closed-chp-event/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mika Norling":MAILTO:chp-coordinator@uu.se
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20241204T141500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20241204T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T020826
CREATED:20241114T141121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241127T143403Z
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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past (ToP) Open Seminar\, Dec 4th\, 2024: The Language Families of the World: Current State and Future Perspectives\, speaker Harald Hammarström
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nThe approximately 7\,000 languages of the world is currently divided into no less than 422 lineages (= families + isolates) by the orthodox evidential criteria of Glottolog (glottolog.org). \nShould we believe this number?  To what extent is it subjective\, consistent in meta-properties and dependent on the amount of research and documentation? The time-depth of the families so far established do not reach more than 10\,000 years back in time whereas human language arguably goes back at least 300\,000 years (probably further). \nThe inherent rate of linguistic change puts a limit on how deep linguistic data alone can probe\, but are there combinations using evidence from other disciplines and general geospatial considerations that may take us further?
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/talks-of-the-past-top-open-seminar-dec-4th-2024-speaker-harald-hammarstrom/
LOCATION:Blåsenhus\, UU\, lärosal 21:136\, von Kraemers allé 1\, Uppsala\, 752 37\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Seminars,Talks of the Past
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mika Norling":MAILTO:chp-coordinator@uu.se
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20241127T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20241127T000000
DTSTAMP:20260424T020826
CREATED:20241114T133631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241121T150908Z
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SUMMARY:Mini-Seminar (by invitation only): Baltic kinship terms in Finno-Ugric\, Indo-European kinship terms and their family structure
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/mini-seminar-by-chp-baltic-kinship-terms-in-finno-ugric-indo-european-kinship-terms-and-their-family-structure/
CATEGORIES:Mini-Seminars,Seminars
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mika Norling":MAILTO:chp-coordinator@uu.se
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20241113T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20241113T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T020826
CREATED:20241108T080919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241111T123220Z
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SUMMARY:Carina Schlebusch inaugural lecture: “Mapping Human History through African Genetics”
DESCRIPTION:“In my research I use genetics as a tool to investigate human history. My special interest and expertise in the population history of Africa allow me the opportunity to investigate both recent population movements\, associated with farming\, as well as deep human history\, which is rooted in Africa. My research group is positioned in the Human Evolution Program\, at the Department of Organismal Biology\, UU.” \nCarina Schlebusch profile page \nFind the venue on Maze Map
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/carina-schlebusch-inaugural-lecture-mapping-human-history-through-african-genetics/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall IX\, Uppsala University Main Building\, Biskopsgatan 3\, Uppsala\, 753 10\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Lectures
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20241106T141500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20241106T153000
DTSTAMP:20260424T020826
CREATED:20240905T124837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241114T140645Z
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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past (ToP) Open Seminar\, Nov 6th\, 2024: New linguistic and archaeogenomic perspectives on the origin and spread of the Germanic languages\, speaker Guus Kroonen
DESCRIPTION:Synopsis\nThe Germanic languages\, including English\, German and the Nordic languages\, are widely assumed to have dispersed from Southern Scandinavia after the Pre-Roman Iron Age. However\, the demographic processes behind their diversification are not yet fully understood. In addition\, it is currently not known when and from where the Germanic language group arrived in Scandinavia. \nTo understand the prehistoric and historical distributions of the Germanic languages\, I contributed to a paleogenomic study analyzing 710 ancient genomes and 3\,940 published genomes from western Eurasia. Results indicate a Late Neolithic cross-Baltic maritime migration and significant genetic shifts during the Migration Period\, impacting populations across northern Europe. \nIn this talk\, I will discuss the challenges of interpreting archaeogenomic evidence at clarifying language origins and dispersals. \n 
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/talks-of-the-past-top-open-seminar-nov-6th-2024/
LOCATION:Blåsenhus\, UU\, lärosal 21:136\, von Kraemers allé 1\, Uppsala\, 752 37\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Seminars,Talks of the Past
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mika Norling":MAILTO:chp-coordinator@uu.se
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20241023T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20241023T000000
DTSTAMP:20260424T020826
CREATED:20241015T065834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241121T150942Z
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SUMMARY:Article Discussion (by invitation only): Steppe Ancestry in Western Eurasia and the Spread of the Germanic Languages
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/article-discussion-steppe-ancestry-in-western-eurasia-and-the-spread-of-the-germanic-languages/
CATEGORIES:Mini-Seminars,Seminars
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mika Norling":MAILTO:chp-coordinator@uu.se
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20241016T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20241016T000000
DTSTAMP:20260424T020826
CREATED:20241015T062920Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241121T150635Z
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SUMMARY:Mini-Seminar (by invitation only): Blinded by the light - Bifacial points and human mobility in Västerbotten\, Sweden
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/mini-seminar-by-chp-blinded-by-the-light-bifacial-points-and-human-mobility-in-vasterbotten-sweden/
CATEGORIES:Mini-Seminars,Seminars
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mika Norling":MAILTO:chp-coordinator@uu.se
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20241008T101500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20241008T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T020826
CREATED:20241004T112726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241004T112726Z
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SUMMARY:SCAS symposium with Human Past Senior Fellow Yoko Yamazaki: Working and Eating Together – Uralic=Indo-European Contacts in the Bronze Age Working Communities
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT \nThe recent advancements in archaeology and archaeogenomics are elucidating dynamic demographic movements\, or migrations\, since the 3rd Mill. BCE\, involving Indo-European and Uralic speakers in West Eurasia. In particular\, Northern and Eastern Europe saw the expansion of the Indo-European associated culture\, Corded Ware Culture (ca. 2800 – 2200 BCE). Subsequently\, the metallurgy and trading network called Seima-Turbino Transcultural Complex emerged (ca. 2200/1900 BCE)\, and rapidly spread in the wide range including Eastern Europe and Fennoscandia. This is associated to the Uralic speakers’ expansion. \nThus\, Indo-European and West Uralic speaking peoples probably came into contact as the Seima-Turbino Transcultural Complex grew\, engaging in trading and metallurgy labors. This is indicated by Indo-European loanwords in the Uralic languages at various chronological stages. Even the \ngenetic evidence can be integrated in this context\, too. It is reported that the admixture of Indo-European ancestries and Siberian ancestry component is found in several individuals from two of the Seima-Turbino burial sites. The Siberian ancestry is strongly associated to the Uralic speakers. \nThere is a Balto-Slavic word *talkā ‘a community of workers that was treated with a feast after work’\, which was loaned in West Uralic. The implication of this loanword may tell us some aspects of their life in contacts\, i.e.\, “eating and working together”. This talk will explore how this loanword can contribute to piece together the picture of the life of those speakers in contact.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/scas-symposium-with-human-past-senior-fellow-yoko-yamazaki-working-and-eating-together-uralicindo-european-contacts-in-the-bronze-age-working-communities/
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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past (ToP) Open Seminar: Oct 2nd\, 2024: Toward Professional Ethics of Ancestral Human Remains Research: from Tissue to Biomolecules\, speaker Rita Peyroteo Stjerna
DESCRIPTION:Original photograph by T. Ketola\, 2004. Used with permission.\nSynopsis\nAncient human remains are highly prized research subjects because of the wealth of information they can provide about past lives\, which otherwise would be difficult to uncover. In recent years\, the astonishing development of biomolecular techniques such as residue and stable isotope analyses\, proteomics\, and the breakthrough of the next generation sequencing of ancient DNA\, propelled Biomolecular Archaeology to a leading field of research\, crossing major disciplinary boundaries between the Humanities and the Natural Sciences.\nWhile the study of human remains is just one portion of the vast tool kit of biomolecular research\, its rapid development aggravated a number of already existing challenges and underlined the ethical entanglements of research using human remains in a highly unregulated field.\nIn this seminar\, I will focus on the biomolecular dimensions of human remains in research\, how researchers approach this legacy\, and how it differs from handling hard or soft tissue. By focusing on this aspect\, I aim to highlight that biomolecular archaeologists not only have unique professional responsibilities\, but also are exceptionally positioned to lead the debate forward.\nThis study is part of a larger research project – Ethical Entanglements: The Care for Human Remains in Museums and Research\, which seeks to strengthen the competence and awareness\, among museum professionals and researchers of the complex ethical dimensions of research and curation of human remains.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/talks-of-the-past-top-open-seminar-oct-2nd-2024-toward-professional-ethics-of-ancestral-human-remains-research-from-tissue-to-biomolecules-speaker-rita-peyroteo-stjerna/
LOCATION:Blåsenhus\, UU\, lärosal 21:136\, von Kraemers allé 1\, Uppsala\, 752 37\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Seminars,Talks of the Past
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mika Norling":MAILTO:chp-coordinator@uu.se
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SUMMARY:Mini-Seminar (by invitation only): Archaeolinguistic perspectives on the Proto-Indo-Iranian homeland
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URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/mini-seminars/
CATEGORIES:Mini-Seminars,Seminars
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mika Norling":MAILTO:chp-coordinator@uu.se
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20240904T141500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20240904T153000
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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past (ToP) Open Seminar\, Sept 4th\, 2024: The genetic legacy of the expansion of Bantu-speaking peoples in Africa\, speaker Carina Schlebusch
DESCRIPTION:Canoe floating in the Loange River near the port of Kabombo  (photo by Peter Coutros\, Ghent University)\nSynopsis\nThe Bantu expansion\, a defining event of Holocene Africa\, profoundly transformed the continent’s linguistic\, cultural\, and biological landscape. This talk integrates genomic data with evidence from other disciplines to explore the migration of Bantu-speaking peoples\, which began around 6\,000 years ago in western Africa. By analyzing DNA from modern and ancient populations across Africa\, we reveal how genetic diversity diminishes with distance from the origin\, pinpointing key regions like Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo as interaction hubs. Our findings underscore the complex interactions between migrating Bantu communities and indigenous groups\, offering fresh perspectives that bridge the natural sciences and humanities\, with implications for understanding African history and human variation. \nA short film on the Ghent University BantuFirst project’s fieldwork can be viewed here (YouTube)
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/talks-of-the-past-top-seminar/
LOCATION:Blåsenhus\, UU\, lärosal 21:136\, von Kraemers allé 1\, Uppsala\, 752 37\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Seminars,Talks of the Past
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mika Norling":MAILTO:chp-coordinator@uu.se
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