Of interest to those working in the Bronze Age? First Announcement International Conference Cultural Mobility in Bronze Age Europe June 6-9 2012 Aarhus – Denmark During the Bronze Age societies became linked in new ways while at the same time regional traditions were formed. Intense and dynamic relations between local and large-scale processes of change coincided with increased mobility in different domains and forms. An influential factor in these processes was the exploration of spatial restricted metallurgical sources of copper, tin and gold, and the connected trade mechanisms that enabled bronze objects and associated technologies and ideas to become widespread across Europe. The aim of the conference is to nuance these propositions by debating new results in the broader field of Bronze Age mobility and to identify the agenda for future scholarly inquiries. The conference is marking the end of the FP7 Marie Curie Initial Training Network Forging Identities – http://www.forging-identities.com – and is organized in co-operation with the 12th Nordic Bronze Age Symposium. Conference location Dept. of Archaeology, Aarhus University, Moesgård Sessions Cultural Interaction: modes and channels of transmission Geopolitical configurations, boundaries and transformations Economic & political foundations of interaction Materiality & the construction of identity The Nordic Bronze Age and Europe Call for papers and further information will follow in October Organisation Prof. Helle Vandkilde, Aarhus Unversity, Denmark – [log in to unmask] Prof. Kristian Kristiansen, Gothenburg University, Sweden – [log in to unmask] Prof. Svend Hansen, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI), Berlin, Germany – [log in to unmask] Prof. Johannes Müller, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany – [log in to unmask] Senior Lecturer Marie Louise Stig Sørensen, Cambridge University, UK – [log in to unmask] Prof. Kostas Kotsakis, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece – [log in to unmask] Senior Lecturer Joanna Sofaer, Southampton University, UK – [log in to unmask] Conference Secretary Birgit Rasmussen Aarhus Unversity, Dept. of Archaeology Moesgård DK-8270 Højbjerg Tel: +45 8942 4579 [log in to unmask] Jacqui Mulville (PhD), Follow my Leverhulme Artist in Residence at Osteography http://osteography.wordpress.com/ School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University, Humanities Building, Colum Drive, CARDIFF, CF10 3EU http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/share/contactsandpeople/academicstaff/K-O/mulville-jacqui-dr-overview_new.html Tel: + 44 (0) 29 2087 4247 Fax: + 44 (0) 29 2087 4929