FASR Archaeological Student Conference

Forum for Archaeological Student Research poster (2024)

The Forum for Archaeological Student Research in Copenhagen is a one-day conference during which UCPH students are invited to present their past work or current research to their peers and which is intended to promote dialogue and collaboration across the branches of archaeology and related fields.

The conference is a collaboration between the student associations of Prehistoric and Classical Archaeology (The Saxo Institute), student representatives from Near-Eastern Archaeology (Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies), and the UCPH School of Archaeology.

The organizers, presenters, volunteers and chairs are all current students or recent graduates, making the conference completely student-based. The keynote is presented by a PhD student from the UCPH School of Archaeology. Presentations will be in both English and Danish with the title indicating the language of the given presentation.

Everyone is welcome!

Programme

9:00

Arrival

 

9:15

Welcome

 

Session 1 - Gender and Culture in the Public Sphere (Chair: TBA)

9:30

Zeenat Haroon (BA-student, Classical Archaeology)

The Pyramid of Cestius: A Bridge Between Egypt and Rome?

9:55

Natacha Bodil Ægidius Bengtson (BA-student, Ancient Greek; BA, History)

Nye perspektiver på athenske kvinders borgerskab: Offentlige repræsentationer som historisk kilde

10:20

Coffee Break (lounge with student organisations)

 

Session 2 - Contemporary Issues in Archaeology (Chair: Sandi Rizvic, MA-student, Classical Archaeology)

10:35

Oskar Bruvik-Hansen (MA-student, Prehistoric Archaeology)

En flydende vidensbank

11:00

Thomas Cosgrove-Sonne (MA-student, Prehistoric Archaeology)

In the Shadow of Urbanisation and Gentrification: Cultural Heritage at Amager Beach

11:25

Sandra Philipsen Jørgensen (MA-student, Art History; BA, Classical Archaeology)

'Den hvide race' set igennem hvidt marmor

11:50

Jakob Þrastarson (MA, Prehistoric Archaeology)

Real Consequences of False Histories: Misrepresentation in Film and TV

12:15

Lunch Break

 

Session 3 - 'Hitting' and 'Missing' Archaeological Objects (Chair: Emil Lau Holmstrup, MA-student, Prehistoric Archaeology)

13:30

Rikke Søgaard (MA-student, Prehistoric Archaeology)

At finde værdi i det ‘værdiløse’

13:55

Andreas Schäfler (MA-student, Prehistoric Archaeology)

Lokale Variationer i Fægtestil: Slidsporsanalyser på otte Sværd og en Spydspids fra den tidlige Bronzealder i Nordjylland

14:20

Alexander Grove Lauridsen (MA-student, Prehistoric Archaeology)

How (not) to do Experimental Archaeology

14:45

Coffee Break

 

15:00

KEYNOTE: Asta Salicath Halvorsen (PhD-student, Near Eastern Archaeology)

What is the point? Approaching the functions of worked bone assemblages from the Prehistoric Levant

15:45

Conclusive Remarks

 

16:30

Reception (open for all)

 

Partners

  • UCPH School of Archaeology
  • Chronolog - Student Journal
  • CURIOUS THINGS - Student Journal
  • Fagrådet på Klassisk Arkæologi
  • Fagrådet på Forhistorisk Arkæologi
  • Studenterrådets Aktivitetspulje
  • Academic Books
  • COM
  • KUMAG
  • Klassisk Arkæologisk Forening
  • Nærorientalsk Selskab