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Spoon, silver, taken by Holocaust survivor from the Warsaw Ghetto when she escaped from there (top view).

Spoon, silver, taken by Holocaust survivor from the Warsaw Ghetto when she escaped from there (underside view).

Such everyday things speak so poignantly. Brings to mind this object (below) with an interesting biography. Spoon taken from the Warsaw Ghetto (Leszno 71) by an escapee, used in a Berlin forced-labour camp, a DP camp in Austria, taken to the USA. Later donated to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.

I know exactly what you mean.

Geoff Egan Memorial Lecture 2024. December 15, Bournemouth Uni (UK TAG45 2024), 4.20-5.30pm, free. Professor Laura McAtackney ‘The potential and limits of conducting archaeologies of the Northern Ireland Troubles and peace process: reflections over 20 years’ BOOK NOW VIA EVENTBRITE. The event is followed by a drinks reception

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Yes, that rings true, good point.

Would you miss them if they weren’t there?

I see what you mean!

Front cover of Journal of the Society for post-medieval archaeology.

Do people still read/find useful book reviews in academic journals? As book reviews editor for Post-Medieval Archaeology I struggle to get reviewers, everyone is so busy I know, but is there something else going on here?

Thanks 🙏

Merci!

Agency, artefact, assemblage, ontology, materiality. Also probably shouldn’t omit ritual!

PhD people, when you were writing up roughly when did you have your 1st complete draft and then final draft done in relation to your actual planned submission date? Asking for me! 🙏

Yes 👍, I’ll message you!

Merci!

Planning to be in Carcassonne in a few weeks time, any recommendations?

Courage!

PMAC25 - Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology The seventh annual Post-Medieval Archaeology Congress will be hosted by the National Maritime Museum and the National Archaeology Museum in Lisbon 11-13 April 2025. The annual Congress is open to all ...

🏺Call for papers! spma.org.uk/pmac25?fbcli...

Otago peninsula?

Heading there next month for a wee holiday, any tips?

Merci! I‘ll do that.

Hello Benjamin! I’m trying to trace a biography a Hunter College alumna and Holocaust survivor deposited at Hunter I believe. Grateful if you could point me in the direction of who to contact about this. 🙏

Merci!