EUROTAST fellow Ryan Espersen had returned to Saba, a Caribbean island governed as a Public Entity within the Netherlands, between May and August to continue writing his PhD dissertation and create maps of excavated sites from the previous year using a differential GPS. During the last week in May, the Saba Archaeology Center, a non-profit organization…
EUROTAST research fellow Cesar Fortes-Lima just completed a month-long position as a Visiting Researcher at IPATIMUP, the Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology at the University of Porto, Portugal. He worked with Luisa Pereira’s group to reconstruct complete mitochondrial DNA genomes from Africa. From this training he learned how to estimate genetic variation and geographic discrimination of mtDNA.
EUROTAST fellow Sarah Abel updates us about her PhD fieldwork of the past several months: Over the past four months I have been based in Washington DC, where I have been carrying out the second stage of my PhD fieldwork, into the social impacts of DNA ancestry testing in the USA. As with my previous…
Jessica Hendy was highly commended for the Patrick Nuttgens Award for 2014, awarded by the York Georgian Society. The award is designed to encourage research into Georgian period society and culture. She will use the award to attend the Society for the Social History of Medicine conference in Oxford in July.
EUROTAST project co-ordinator Hannes Schroeder is speaking at How Sugar Changed the World, a workshop organized by Alex Bentley, Mark Horton and Phil Langton at Bristol University. How Sugar Changed the World The workshop brings together researchers for a discussion of sugar as a food substance that changed the world. Sugar is a key substance…
EUROTAST Experienced Researcher Dr. Temi Odumosu is curating an art show with performances in Copenhagen. The show opens June 6th and features art from: Liliana Angulo Cortés, Florine Demosthene, Jeannette Ehlers, Michelle Eistrup, Sasha Huber, Ayana V Jackson, Luanda Carneiro Jacoel, Patricia Kaersenhout, Ope Lori, Hellen Nabukenya, Eneida Sanches, and Mary Sibande. For more information, visit the website: http://newshelterplan.com/project/possession/…
5th – 16th April / Legon, Ghana; Gorée Island and Dakar, Senegal EUROTAST were hosted by the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana and the Laboratoire d’Archéologie, Institute Fondamental d’Afrique Noire (IFAN), Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal for a training initiative and symposia dedicated to Exploring the Memories and…
EUROTAST Research Fellow Sarah Abel will be discussing her research on genetics and identity and the rise in public access to genetic technologies on Blog Talk Radio with Bernice Bennett. The podcast will air at 21:00 (EST). The podcast will be accessible in full afterwards. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bernicebennett/2014/05/02/exploring-the-history-of-archaeology-genetics-and-the-transatlantic-slave-trade
From EUROTAST PhD fellow, Sara Abel: I am a PhD student in history and sociology, and I am looking to get in contact with people of African descent who have taken a DNA ancestry test, in order to discuss their experiences of genetic testing and the impact it had on their life. The study consists…
Curious about how scientific research is conducted? Or how our ideas about ethnic origins, ancient diet, and cultural identity are discussed and interpreted in the lab? Further, how are decisions made that may change our fundamental viewpoints on the past? As the incoming Marie Curie Research Fellow for EUROTAST, I attended a mid-term meeting at…