Events and courses

Since its official launch in 2004, the Centre for Human Bioarchaeology (CHB) has been involved in public outreach on a number of levels through a combination of tours, lectures, academic presentations, conferences, educational workshops and a taught course.

Osteologist showing skeletal remains to visitor on open day

Excavating post-medieval cemeteries

Saturday, June 20, 2009, 10:15am-5:15pm

Discover what post-medieval cemetery studies tell us about the past through discussion of excavation results from St Marylebone, Westminster and Old Church, Chelsea. Speakers will discuss different strands of the evidence and examine historical, documentary, artefactual and osteological clues to the lives of past populations. The event also provides an opportunity to examine human remains first hand, under the supervision of our osteologists. Attendees will meet the authors of the MOL Archaeology publications on these sites, while delegates will receive a 25% discount on each book.

Duration: 7 hours 
Ticketed event
Fee payable  £35.00, concessions £30.00
Location: Museum of London Docklands

Box office
tel: 020 7001 9844
email: groups@museumoflondon.org.uk

Student examining skeleton at the London bodies course

Papers and conferences

In 2009, CHB staff will be presenting at the: 'Re-defining disability' workshop (University of Leeds), the Paleopathology Association meeting (Chicago), and the IEMA workshop on 'Archaeology of Violence: An Integrated Approach to the Study of Violence and Conflict" (University of Buffalo).

Courses

For the past three years, the Centre has been running a short evening, targeted specifically at the public.  The 'Bare Bones' course aims to provide a basic understanding of human skeletal anatomy and palaeopathology.

The Centre aims to build upon this relationship with the public, by continuing these activities and organising more events including further educational workshops, and new exhibitions in conjunction with external groups.

Child being shown plastic skeleton during an open day

National Archaeology Week

For the last four years, the Centre has taken part in the National Archaeology Day/Week programme, opening up its laboratory to the public and demonstrating how and what bioarchaeology can tell us about past populations.



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