On the occasion of the bicentennial of the prehistorian Gabriel de Mortillet’s (1821-1898) birth, the Musée d’archéologie nationale and the French research centres “Natural History of Prehistoric Man” and “Archaeology and Philology of the East and the West” are organizing an international conference entitled: Préhistoire et anthropologie entre science, philosophie, politique et internationalisme. À propos de Gabriel de Mortillet (Prehistory and anthropology between science, philosophy, politics and internationalism. About Gabriel de Mortillet).
The conference will be held in Paris (École Normale Supérieure) and Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Musée d’archéologie nationale) on 25-26 November 2021.
Organizers are currently accepting submissions for this event’s three thematic sessions:
- Penser et faire l’anthropologie et l’archéologie préhistorique au XIXe siècle
- Les archives du sol et les archives documentaires : un regard croisé et multidisciplinaire
- Gabriel de Mortillet préhistorien et voyageur scientifique sans frontières
Interested speakers are invited to submit their proposals online (via the registration section). The deadline for submissions is February 28, 2021.
More information about this event can be found here.
Reproduced from the HOAN December 2020 Newsletter
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