The Third International Congress on Underwater Archaeology (IKUWA3)
 The Third International Congress on Underwater Archaeology (IKUWA3) is to be held in London in 2008. Organized by the Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) in conjunction with project partners, the Institute of Field Archaeologists, and the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, IKUWA3 is shaping up to be the largest conference on underwater archaeology ever held in Britain.
IKUWA3 explores the theme of challenges in underwater archaeology: how underwater archaeology can be interlinked across boundaries, whether real or imagined, institutional, environmental, political, legislative or other.
Underwater archaeology in the early 21st century is  undergoing a period of unprecedented change: new technologies allow access to ever more numerous and more inaccessible sites, sites which are, paradoxically, under ever greater threat. Remote survey and diving technologies, the mapping of wrecks and submerged landscapes, and familiarity with undersea deposits across the globe increasingly place underwater archaeology in the middle of a new era of underwater exploration. Meanwhile, public involvement and interest in the underwater cultural heritage is at an all-time high, and tools such as the UNESCO Convention may lead to unprecedented changes in the management environment.
Concurrent sessions will discuss:
° Research Trends and the Future
° Techniques and Scientific Methods
° Managing Underwater Cultural Heritage for the Public
The Congress will be preceded by a 3-day Professional Development Field School, and followed by two days of optional excursions, and is supported by the British Academy, English Heritage, DEGUWA, Gesellschaft für Schweizer Unterwasserarchäologie, the Römisch-Germanische Kommission, part of the German Institute for Archaeology, Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology and the Underwater Archaeology Research Centre at the University of Nottingham (UARC).
Event dates
Professional Development Field School
° Monday 7th to Wednesday 9th July 2008
IKUWA3 Congress
° Thursday 10th July to Saturday 12th July 2008
Optional Excursions
° Sunday 13th July and Monday 14th July 2008:
Call for Papers
If you are interested in submitting a paper that falls within one of the above three themes, then please download our Call for Papers. The Call closes 30th September 2007.
Call for Papers
(119kb PDF)
Provisional Programme
If you are joining the Congress, please view the provisional programme for a preliminary timetable of events. This will be updated as more details are to hand. Registration is expected to open on the 1st November 2007.
Programme
(177kb PDF)
Visit the IKUWA3 website for more information
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