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DESCRIPTION:Tim Murray will speak at the Seminar in Cultural History on Wed
 nesday\, October 7\, 2015. His talk is entitled “Building Transnational Hi
 storical Archaeologies of the Modern World.”  The purpose of Dr. Murray’s 
 talk at Bard Graduate center is to explore some particular aspects of cont
 emporary research in historical archaeology\, a large and complex field th
 at has grown swiftly in North America\, South Africa and Australia since i
 ts inception in the USA in the early 1960s. The late Jim Deetz\, whose boo
 k In Small Things Forgotten remains one of the best introductions to the f
 ield\, defined historical archaeology as “the spread of European culture t
 hroughout the world since the fifteenth century and its impact on indigeno
 us peoples” (1977: 5). Given its genesis as the archaeology of the Europea
 n colonization of North America\, at its core historical archaeology has a
 lways sought to deal with two major concerns. First\, how to make a contri
 bution to cognate disciplines such as history and anthropology (and to per
 suade the practitioners of either that the archaeology of the modern world
  has something significant to offer). Second\, how to articulate local\, r
 egional\, national and global scales in interpretation and analysis. In hi
 s talk\, Dr. Murray has chosen to focus on just a few issues and context o
 f this very broad field: settler indigenous relations\, the establishment 
 of colonies\, the transfer of agricultural\, manufacturing and managerial 
 technologies\, the movements of people and material culture\, and the deve
 lopment of cities in the modern world and\, in so doing\, to explore both 
 national and transnational issues.Tim Murray is Charles La Trobe Professor
  of Archaeology at\nLa Trobe University. A practicing archaeologist with a
 n interest in history and\nepistemology\, his research and publication has
  focused on the history and\nphilosophy of archaeology\, the archaeology o
 f the modern world\, and heritage\narchaeology. His most recent books incl
 ude World Antiquarianism Comparative\nPerspectives (co-edited with Alain S
 chnapp\, Lothar von Falkenhausen and\nPeter Miller\, Getty Research Instit
 ute\, 2013)\, An Archaeology of\nInstitutional Confinement. The Hyde Park 
 Barracks\, 1848-1886 (co-authored\nwith Peter Davies and Penny Crook\, Syd
 ney University Press\, 2013)\, and From\nAntiquarian to Archaeologist: The
  history and philosophy of archaeology (Pen\nand Sword Press\, 2014). His 
 current projects are based around the general theme\nof transnational arch
 aeologies in the long 19th century\, with particular\nfocus on ‘contact’ a
 rchaeology\, urban archaeology and technology transfer\, and\ndemonstratin
 g the importance of the history of archaeology for building more\nrobust a
 rchaeological theory.​​
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SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: Building Transnational Historical Archaeologi
 es of the Modern World
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