Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Jaime Almansa @jaimealmansa.bsky.social · 1d

Oh! So sorry. Big hug 🤗

Reposted by Jaime Almansa

The Conversation ES @es.theconversation.com · 1d

Las telenovelas y series turcas están conquistando el mundo audiovisual. Pero su influencia va mucho más allá de la pantalla.

La industria audiovisual convierte a Turquía en un destino de telenovela

Las telenovelas y series turcas están conquistando el mundo audiovisual. Pero su influencia va mucho más allá de la pantalla.

theconversation.com

2 1

Jaime Almansa @jaimealmansa.bsky.social · 6d

Hoy pudimos presentar el libro «Conexiones Mediterráneas» en el MAN y fue una tarde extraordinaria… compromiso para sacar adelante la Escuela de Atenas :)

Mesa en el Museo Arqueológico Nacional sobre el trabajo que se hace desde España en Grecia, a propósito del libro «Conexiones mediterráneas». Con la directora del MAN, la directora del Instituto Cervantes en Atenas y la Directora General de Bellas Artes; los editores y tres colegas más.

1 3

Jaime Almansa @jaimealmansa.bsky.social · 7d

Today has been a very happy day as my PhD student Jesús earned his degree at the University of Amsterdam. So proud of him :)

Handling of the PhD title of Jesus Martin Alonso… my first doctor. In an old church of the University of Amsterdam, the candidate receives the title with her defendant, and on the right the committee witnesses with joy this happy moment.

The committee and the candidate and defendant after the ceremony posing with his thesis.

1

Jaime Almansa @jaimealmansa.bsky.social · 8d

Este jueves a las 18:00 tenemos una cita en el MAN para presentar el libro «Conexiones mediterráneas» y resaltar el excelente trabajo que hacemos desde España en el país heleno. ¡No te lo pierdas!

MESA REDONDA
Conexiones Mediterráneas.
Arqueología española a ambos lados del Egeo
MAN
MUSEO
ARQUEOLÓGICO
NACIONAL
Bienvenida y presentaciones:
Isabel Izquierdo Peraile | Directora del MAN
Ángeles Albert de León | Directora General de Patrimonio Cultural y Bellas Artes
Pilar Tena | Directora del Instituto Cervantes de Atenas
Participan:
Horacio Gonzalez Cesteros | Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Jaime Almansa | Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
María Paz De Hoz | Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Paloma Guijarro | Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Juan Signes Codoñer | Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Jueves, 2 octubre 2025
Serrano, 13
28001 MADRID
Salón de actos, 18:00 h
Asistencia libre y gratuita hasta completar aforo

1 1

Jaime Almansa @jaimealmansa.bsky.social · 9d

The program for CHAT Botxo @chatarchaeology.bsky.social in Bilbao is now out! Registration will be available soon :)

botxochat.chat-arch.org/program/

Program – CHAT Botxo 2025

botxochat.chat-arch.org

1

Reposted by Jaime Almansa

Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 9d

Call for papers - hopeful pasts for hopeful futures - a session at Nordic TAG 2026 (in person, Kalmar, Sweden) 6-9 May 2026 - deadline 15 October.

I'm organising this with Daniela Hofmann and @arkeostrida.bsky.social

How do we story the past? As many of us are trying to address cascading environmental, political and social polycrises through our work, reflection about the stories we tell, and why we tell them,
is more important than ever. Yet, certain kinds of stories – often involving origin/ancestry, warfare, inequality or ecological degradation – seem to enjoy a broader reach than stories of multiculturalism,
coexistence, cooperation, or integration. While this work outlines the scope and history of the problems we now confront, it rarely offer alternatives to the status quo or paths to a better future.
In this session, we discuss the implications of our narrative choices and how we can choose more actively to shape the approaching future. The past was diverse, comprising manifold social processes at various scales. The past was lived by people other than elites and warriors, and the dominant trends we observe were variously resisted and adapted. The past was not just human, but material and otherwise animate. In sum, the past has an innate capacity to surprise us, a property we can use to imagine different ways of being and relating.
We invite participants to reflect on how we might foreground work, both in scholarly articles and in outreach, to shape the future we want. Do we have moral and ethical obligations? And to whom (or to what)? Are different ways of telling more suited to different kinds of stories (articles versus images, computer games versus podcasts, Science Fiction versus childrens books)? Can we extract tales of hope to inspire better futures? Is that just idealistic dreaming or unscientific? How do we represent uncertainties and ambiguities? How do we turn our eyes from past to future with a better world in mind?
• The workshop will be structured around blocks of short presentations (6 slides in 6 minutes), followed by panel debates.
• Interested participants should contact us at daniela.hofmann@uib.no
• send a max 200 word abstract

1 10 16

Reposted by Jaime Almansa

TAG 2025 @ York @tag2025york.bsky.social · 15d

📢 Registration is now open! 📢

Sign up for in-person attendance before 31 October 2025 to get Early Bird prices.

Waged delegate fee is £110
Unwaged delegate fee is £40

More information and links to register can be found on the TAG York website: tag2025.hosted.york.ac.uk/en/registrat...

1 9 11

Reposted by Jaime Almansa

Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 12d

New paper. Recording the female experience of UK archaeology 1990-2010. Anne Teather and I document how an industry EDI agenda evolved in the 1990s and was dismantled, uncovering the ramifications of that for women archaeologists over the next decade.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#openaccess✅

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology

www.cambridge.org

17 85 210

Jaime Almansa @jaimealmansa.bsky.social · 12d

Maybe today is a day to remember for the history of European archaeology, with the signature of Madrid Manifesto, the first step of what will hopefully become a federation of European professional associations… now it is time to carry on working :)

Representatives of five European associations of professional archaeologists from Spain, France, Italy, Portugal and Germany (plus me) with the signed copy of the Madrid Manifesto.

Our colleague Susana del Rivero, co-president of PEPA, signing the Manifesto.

1 7

Reposted by Jaime Almansa

Rafa - ArkeoClio @arkeoclio.eus · 12d

He sido testigo de un hecho histórico. #LaPEPA

3 6

Reposted by Jaime Almansa

Andy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · 13d

“This Oxfordshire hoard, buried nearly 2,000 years ago, really belongs to all of Oxfordshire residents.'
Angie Bolton, curator of archaeology, Oxfordshire museum service

But the sad fact is, under current legislation, Treasure Hoards can be sold for private profit, broken up and never seen again.

Time running out to save metal detectorist's hoard

Time is running out to help Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum acquire an Iron Age hoard discovered by a metal detectorist near Henley.

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk

14 22

Jaime Almansa @jaimealmansa.bsky.social · 13d

De vuelta en Madrid, estos días están siendo la culminación de meses (y años) de trabajo que esperamos ayuden a seguir mejorando la profesión. Mañana cerramos con la firma de un manifiesto por la arqueología profesional y la semilla de una plataforma europea que nos ayude a trabajar juntas.

Cúpula del edificio Metripolis en Madrid. Art deco? Piedra blanca decorada con cúpula negra y dorada que culmina con la estatua de un ángel.

Foto de grupo a la puerta del Museo de Arqueología y Paleontología de Madrid tras la jornada de trabajo para el proyecto con los colegas internacionales.

Mesa de debate de la jornada de cierre del proyecto ‘Creando redes europeas para la arqueología profesional’ en el Museo Arqueológico Nacional.

1 2

Jaime Almansa @jaimealmansa.bsky.social · 15d

So, today woke up at 4am to attend a meeting in Brussels for an exciting new project. Won’t be home before 2am tonight… so tired. But ‘sarna con gusto no pica’

Light between the clouds somewhere in Belgium. From the plane.

The Mannekin Piss or however it is written. A statue (fountain) of a child peeing, very famous in Brussels.

The reflection of a glass-building-bridge into another glass building.

A waffle with chocolate in front of the BXL letters in a central street of Brussels.

Jaime Almansa @jaimealmansa.bsky.social · 16d

Had a meeting with a Brazilian team a few days ago… great kids, great ideas. Still don’t know what FLL is XD

1

Jaime Almansa @jaimealmansa.bsky.social · 18d

Con tanto lío se me olvidó compartir este hallazgo sorprendente en medio de Cantabria. El Partenón de Las Fraguas, iglesia de San Jorge. Al lado, por cierto de un palacio bien chulo. Pasé el otro día y no me lo esperaba para nada.

El Partenón de Las Fraguas, en Cantabria. Una iglesia que se hace pasar por templo clásico, con cinco columnas corintias al frente y una quincena de lado. En un entorno natural precioso.

1 6

Reposted by Jaime Almansa

Elenatadu @elenatadu.bsky.social · 18d

Agárrame el cubata!

3 10

Reposted by Jaime Almansa

Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 18d

“The big perspective change from ancient DNA study is that people living today are almost never the descendants of the people in the same place thousands of years before”

news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette

Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.

news.harvard.edu

16 170 430

Jaime Almansa @jaimealmansa.bsky.social · 18d

En medio de la tormenta de noticias malas que nos llegan de ese régimen autoritario todos los días, esta me ha llamado especialmente la atención hoy. Miedito lo que se viene.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18d

Breaking news: The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered scientists in at least one of its research offices to immediately pause almost all research and stop publishing their studies.

EPA tells scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say

Staff from the EPA’s Office of Water were summoned to a town hall meeting this week and told to pause the publication of most research, pending a review.

wapo.st

Reposted by Jaime Almansa

Andy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · 18d

Thank you to everyone who has read and shared our story about the allegations the President of the #EAA supported a campaign pressuring the Executive Board to reverse its Gaza vote.

There is now a #WatchingBrief video with a discussion putting the story in context.

Please Like Share and Subscribe.

EAA President (allegedly) Orchestrated Campaign Against EAA Board!

YouTube video by The Watching Brief

youtu.be

7 12

Jaime Almansa @jaimealmansa.bsky.social · 19d

Yes, we got some messages about this.. maybe after the suspension of the email it is sorted as spam by some agents… from now on, when sharing information we will announce it on social media and personal messages too, just to be sure it arrives… ευχαριστώ πάρα πολύ!

1

Jaime Almansa @jaimealmansa.bsky.social · 19d

No and No - Reasons: drive.google.com/file/d/1jlPw...

We are preparing a bottom up proposal and already have the signatures. Original letter here: ee-eu.kobotoolbox.org/x/QInTdoHZ

Specially serious after knowing the direct involvement of the president in all this: thepipeline.info/blog/2025/09...

A Reader’s Digest guide to the AMBM 2025 Report.pdf

drive.google.com

1 1

Jaime Almansa @jaimealmansa.bsky.social · 19d

This is the document we made this week about the report of the AMBM and the vote:

drive.google.com/file/d/1jlPw...

A Reader’s Digest guide to the AMBM 2025 Report.pdf

drive.google.com

1 1

Jaime Almansa @jaimealmansa.bsky.social · 19d

btw as some people asked… we are advocating for a NO vote in the extra issues of the per rollam, as they are non related, non consensual and it is unnecessary to vote them (both actions can be started ex officio by the ExB). Voting NO still leaves the door open for the actions we were proposing.

1 1 1

Jaime Almansa @jaimealmansa.bsky.social · 19d

This piece of news about the @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social mess of the last weeks is very very very serious.

If you did not sign the campaign we are moving to try change things at the EAA yet, maybe this helps to decide… here is the link: ee-eu.kobotoolbox.org/x/QInTdoHZ

The news ⬇️

EXCLUSIVE: EAA PRESIDENT ACCUSED OF HELPING ORCHESTRATE PROTEST CAMPAIGN AGAINST HER OWN EXECUTIVE BOARD’S GAZA VOTE

thePipeLine can reveal allegations that the President of the beleaguered European Association of Archaeologists [EAA], Professor Eszter Bánffy, was instrumental in organising a covert campaign to p…

thepipeline.info

1 8 8