A CANADIAN UNDERGRADUATE CONFERENCE
APALA is a 2-day undergraduate conference for students in anthropology, physical anthropology, linguistics, and archaeology to present research they have done, hosted by the University of Saskatchewan's Archaeology and Anthropology Students' Association (AASA). The conference will take place March 6th and 7th, 2020 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Undergraduate students from across Canada are invited to submit abstracts about their research to present at APALA 2020. The conference usually includes presentations from nearly 30 undergraduate students over the course of two days.
Undergraduate students from across Canada are invited to submit abstracts about their research to present at APALA 2020. The conference usually includes presentations from nearly 30 undergraduate students over the course of two days.
Accommodations |
© Holiday Inn and Suites
The Holiday Inn and Suites is conveniently located across the street from campus at1838 College Drive; Saskatoon. Complimentary shuttles to campus, breakfasts and parking are available.
Click HERE to book a room at $139 per night. Or call the following phone numbers: 1-800-HOLIDAY (1-800-465-4329) Hotel direct 1-306-954-1250 Note: Rooms are available March 5th-7th. You may book until Feb 14th
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Keynote Speaker
Dr. Tina Greenfield
Dr. Tina Greenfield is an archaeologist whose interests lie in the earliest cities and empires of the ancient world. She has worked on archaeological sites in Canada, Serbia, Romania, Israel, Iraqi Kurdistan, Southern Iraq, Turkey, and South Africa. Currently, she teaches Near Eastern Archaeology at St.Thomas More College at the University of Saskatchewan. She is a co-director of the Near Eastern and Biblical Archaeology Lab at the University of Manitoba, and is also Honorary and Active Research Scholar at the University of Cambridge. Dr. Greenfield has recently taught archaeology as part of a US State Department program in Kurdistan, and as part international archaeological teams from the UK and US. She continues to work with numerous other excavation projects in the Near East including the Universities of Pennsylvania, Boston, Munich, and Ariel in Israel. Recently she has been awarded a SSHRC IDG for her project “Mobile Economies: A bioarchaeological approach to food economies and mobility in Southern Mesopotamia in the 3rd Millennium BC”. It is a holistic approach to building a model for the understanding of food production, socio-economic, and ritual behaviour, and mobility within, between and across complex ancient societies, that can be applied to archaeological studies anywhere in the world. |
Student Awards
Prizes will be presented to the top presenters at APALA 2020
A first place prize of $200 and a runner up prize of $100 will be awarded to the top presenters
A first place prize of $200 and a runner up prize of $100 will be awarded to the top presenters
APALA Sponsors
Gold
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