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Apologies for cross-posting The deadline for submitting your abstracts for the next The Connected Past Conference at Imperial College London has been extended to 4 July 2014. Please note there are also bursaries available for UK-based researchers. --- CALL FOR PAPERS The Connected Past: archaeological challenges and complexity When? 8-9 September 2014 Where? Imperial College London CFP deadline? 4 July 2014 A one and a half day multi-disciplinary meeting to explore how concepts and techniques from network- and complexity science can be used to study archaeological data. These challenges include the use of material data as proxy evidence for past human behaviour, questions about long-term processes of social change, and the fragmentary nature of archaeological data. We aim to bring together physical scientists and archaeologists in order to highlight the challenges posed by archaeological data and research questions, and explore collaborative ways of tackling them using perspectives drawn from network and complexity science. The meeting will take place on the afternoon of Monday 8th September and all day Tuesday 9th September at Imperial College London. A hands-on introductory workshop is planned for the morning of Monday 8th September – details to be announced. We are looking for 20 to 30 minute contributions and are inviting researchers from any relevant field to submit a one page abstract in pdf format. This should be sent to: [log in to unmask] The abstract should contain the title, name of proposed speaker and names of any additional authors and their associated institutions, along with a brief abstract (200-500 words). Any additional information (figure, links, bibliography, etc.) may be included within the one page limit. Extended submission deadline: 4th July 2014 Decisions announced: 11th July 2014 Keynote talks: The meeting will feature keynote talks by Alan Wilson, University College London, and Ulrik Brandes, University Konstanz (a further additional keynote will be announced soon). Shorter talks will be given by other invited speakers and from researchers submitting abstracts. Finally, at a later date we will issue a call for some quick fire (five minute) talks to allow researchers at all stages of their career to participate. Registration Fee: The registration fee is £45 (£22.50 for students) as a contribution towards local expenses. This will cover lunch on the Tuesday, coffee/tea breaks plus drinks at the informal social event on the Monday evening. Registration will open in June. Travel Bursaries: Some support is available to cover travel and other costs of UK-based researchers attending the meeting. If you wish to be considered for such support, please send a request explaining why you should be considered for a bursary to the same address as for papers with the subject “Bursary application [your name]” ([log in to unmask]). Bursaries will be given out from 4th July 2014 onwards while funds remain. Further Information: The meeting is organised as part of The Connected Past series of events, funded in part by EPSRC. Full details are available on the web site at http://www.complexity.org.uk/events/conpastlondon2014/ On Twitter follow the hashtag #tcp2014 Organisers: Tim Evans (Chair), Ray Rivers, Tom Brughmans, Anna Collar, Fiona Coward.