Presentation

Conference for a pluridisciplinary approach of ancient landscape, territory and cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean.


With the main goal of increase and encourage contact, debate and relationships between young researches working on different aspects of the study of the Ancient Near East, we encourage you to join the 3rd Broadening Horizons conference. The conference will take place in Barcelona (Spain) between July 19-21st, and it is an opportunity for dialogue, discussion and exchange of data and ideas in a relaxed and friendly environment.

Goals

 The conference targets to young researchers and it is organized by young researchers too. The main purpose is to gather young students and scholars who can present their research and discuss about it in an appropriate scientific but also relaxed/informal framework. The main goal of this conference is to encourage a debate between the young scientist who study from different disciplines the relationship between the landscape and the societies who peopled/settled the Eastern Mediterranean and the Near East. It is the intention of the BH3 conference, to make new and old theories and problems arise and stimulate an exchange of information and a free debate. In this way, the main goals of the conference can be summarized in the following lines:

  • Stimulate new and young researches to expose their work and common problems and propose the solutions required to solve them within an interdisciplinary and international framework.

  • Encourage debate and dialog between young researchers who work on same disciplines, issues, subjects or methodologies.

  • Favour the presentation of data, studies and results obtained which integrate, combine and compare different disciplines, issues, results and working dynamics.

 Geographical Area

The geographical scope is restricted to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Near East. There is no restriction to any particular time period.

Themes / Sessions

The main themes of the congress are mostly linked with natural and cultural reconstructions of the ancient landscape. Although in this 3rd edition we have still broadened a bit more our horizons opening the meeting to new topics.

  • Exploitation of the natural environement and subsistence strategies.

  • Impact of human dynamics on landscape evolution.

  • Socio-economic reconstruction of ancient societies based on archaeological, historical or environmental records.

  • Settlement patterns and exchange networks.

  • The application of new technologies in archaeological research.

 Audience

The conference mainly targets to young researchers, MA students, PhD students and young Doctors. The main purpose of the conference is to provide a scientific framework where young researchers can freely present their first works, expressing their common difficulties and problems facing any kind theme related with the conference. The different sessions should be useful to put in common their opinions, share their knowledge in an specific interdisciplinary framework during the journey (conferences) or during the debate sessions at the end of every day. However, in order to encourage discussion, the organizers also wish to invite more established researchers. Between 3 and 5 keynote speakers will be invited and will give precise points of view on their specific research aspects. BH3 wants to encourage dialogue and contact between young researchers working on different projects and disciplines, exchanging experiences, ideas, discussions and problems.

Languages

The conference’s working languages will be French and English. Arab, Catalan and Spanish will be presents as well.

The Organizing Committee does no provide translation service during the celebration of the conference so we would like to encourage the use of most common languages to ensure the widest possible comprehension of the presentations given.