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Concurrences at Linnaeus University @lnuccon.bsky.social · Jul 1

From June 25-27, Liv Nilsson Stutz collaborated with Audrey Horning & Sarah Tarlow on a workshop on Ethics in Archaeology for "Dialogues with the Past". The workshop was organized in Derry/Londonderry where students engaged with the local colonial history & disputed post conflict cultural heritage.

A series of photos showing Derry/Londonderry

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Dr Emily Hanscam @emilyhanscam.bsky.social · May 20

We've had some great session proposals submitted already, keep 'em coming! 🤩 #NordicTAG2026

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Nordic Theoretical Archaeology Group @nordicarchtag.bsky.social · May 20

Hey 🏺 archaeologists on bluesky!

Bookmark your calendars for 6-9 May at Linnaeus University in Kalmar 🇸🇪 & submit your session proposal for #NordicTAG2026 - deadline 31 May

Don't miss our keynote speakers, inc. @yannisham.bsky.social & @evamol.bsky.social!

More info: lnu.se/en/meet-linn...

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Ben Elliott @archsoundscapes.bsky.social · May 2

A bit late to the party but I finally got my hands on my very own copy of the Oxford Handbook of Mesolithic Europe today! I am so proud to be a part of this, the list of contributors is staggering! Congratulations (again) to @livnstutz.bsky.social, Rita and Mari on such an important piece of work.

Cover of the Oxford Handbook of Mesolithic Europe, edited by Liv Nilsson Stutz, Rita Peyroteo and Mari Torv. Cover image by Tom Björklund.

Chapter 33: Sensory Experiences by Ben Elliott

Chapter 56: Metamorphosis by Chantal Conneller and Ben Elliott

List of contributors to the Oxford Handbook of Mesolithic Europe

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · Apr 27

A white Apartheid dead-ender gutting the most successful humanitarian effort of the century, because it was saving too many Africans from AIDS, would have once been thought of as too "on the nose."

LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · Apr 27

If there's an argument that what Musk/Trump have done to PEPFAR isn't a crime against humanity, I'm not really interested in hearing it.

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · Apr 21

Let's discuss activism in research and in museums at the yearly conference for Kulturarvsakademin April 24. Spoiler! I am in favor.
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Kulturarvskademins vårkonferens: aktivismens roll i museer och forskning

Aktivism inom museisektorn och akademisk forskning är ett ämne som väcker starka känslor. Denna konferens syftar till att utforska aktivismens mångfacetterade natur, undersöka dess definition, konsekv...

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · Apr 3

How about Gender Equality in Academia? Join us to watch the documentary Picture of a Scientist and for the following panel discussion. May 6, 3 pm, Fullriggaren, Campus Kalmar.
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Gender Equality in Academia: Picture a Scientist Film Screening and Panel

Join us for a special evening of film and discussion on the issues of Gender Equality and Equal Rights in Academia

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Concurrences at Linnaeus University @lnuccon.bsky.social · Apr 1

Tomorrow! Welcome to ‘Arctic Futures’, a seminar with Prof. Maria Lindgren Leavenworth (Umeå University).

13:15-15:00 (CET) on 2 April. To register for zoom, email [email protected]

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · Mar 29

So grateful for the opportunity to discuss my research on ethics and human remains in museums and research with museum professionals from a range of institutions, and thinkers from across the Netherlands this week.
We are never done with ethics, but we are doing the work.
#EthicalEntanglements

Concurrences at Linnaeus University @lnuccon.bsky.social · Mar 28

Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social gave a lecture about her research project Ethical Entanglements at a workshop for museum professionals at the University Medical Center in Amsterdam on March 27. The project explores the ethics of care for human remains in museums and research.

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · Mar 11

I am honored to give the 2025 Gordon Childe Lecture at the UCL Institute of Archaeology in May, on the challenges and possibilities of making sense of the archaeological remains of how people in the past dealt with the great challenge, mystery, and crisis that is death. www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/...

UCL Institute of Archaeology Gordon Childe Lecture 2025

This year's UCL Institute of Archaeology Gordon Childe Lecture, to be given by Professor Liv Nilsson Stutz (Linnaeus University, Sweden), will take place on 14 May 2025.

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · Feb 28

Mark Chagall
The Ukranian Family.

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Concurrences at Linnaeus University @lnuccon.bsky.social · Feb 13

We are very happy to welcome PhD candidate Nicole Crescenzi back to #Concurrences, visiting from the IMT School of Advanced Studies in Lucca & hosted by @livnstutz.bsky.social

Nicole’s research investigates the ethical implications of exhibiting human remains in museums from different backgrounds.

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · Feb 12

Important read!
Open letter from Prof. Raphael Greenberg at Tel Aviv University calling out the archaeologists participating in a conference devoted to the archaeology of "Judea and Samaria" on the occupied West Bank, taking place right now in East Jerusalem.
This is courage!

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · Feb 8

Thank you, Graeme, for your excellent and important chapter!

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · Feb 7

Out today: The Oxford Handbook of Mesolithic Europe with contributions by brilliant mesolithic specialists from across Europe.
Solid and inspired research.
The beautiful cover by Tom Björklund captures the human scale of the past - a fundamental theme for the book.

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · Jan 29

Of course, while it is demanding it is also infinitely rewarding. But it is strange that it is not something we talk about more as part of our ongoing professional development.

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · Jan 29

Me too....but it is conplex work mixing layers of professional, personal, research, mentoring, teaching, emotional, and intellectual engagement at a high level of responsibility for all of this. It is not easy and it is rarely taught. We operate on instinct and experience.

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · Jan 29

Great piece that reminds us of the impact of good Ph.D thesis advisors - of the responsibility it entails, and of how hard and important this work (that we rarely talk about) is.

Dr. Young-Leslie {use alt-text, humans} ElbowsUp! 🇨🇦🚲 @ethnographer.bsky.social · Jan 29

A grad student's supervisor is the launchpad of a career. While the few, bad supervisors grab the limelight, the spotlight on the new PhD elides the years & years of investment by good supervisors (the majority).
Yet there is no "Q" in HQP without them.

#Academicsky
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Academic supervision: The invisible work shaping the next generation of researchers

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · Jan 29

Small acts of resistance. Let's hear it for the seats in the back!
youtu.be/3qnYEBqARSg?...

Round the Bay of Mexico

YouTube video by Harry Belafonte - Topic

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · Jan 27

80 years.
Never Again is Now.

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · Jan 24

Nordic TAG 2026 will explore the potential for archaeology as a practice - from the contract archaeology trenches to the university lecture halls - to be an active and engaged partner in building just futures.
Join us!
Call for papers open March 1!

Nordic Theoretical Archaeology Group @nordicarchtag.bsky.social · Jan 24

📣 Nordic TAG 2026 will be hosted by Linnaeus University in Kalmar!

Save the date: 6-9 May, 2026

Call for papers opens 1 March.

Organised by: @livnstutz.bsky.social, @emilyhanscam.bsky.social, Terje Östigård, Gustav Wollentz & co from @linneuni.bsky.social archaeology

#NordicTAG26

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · Jan 19

Ok - tack för mig!

Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · Jan 19

Det beror på hur man definierar "kultureliten." Det intellektuella arbetet bedrivs nog främst på universiteten (+ delvis inom konsten). Där är en bit kvar innan det konservativa segertåget gjort sitt - också i USA. Obs: jag syftar på forskare och lärare - inte rektorer och boards of trustees.

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · Jan 19

Ellinor Sabels nya avhandling från Linnéuniversitetet belyser möjligheterna att inkludera allmänheten i den arkeologiska processen och vad forskningen vinner på att sänka trösklarna för deltagande.
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Många vinster när allmänheten deltar i arkeologiska utgrävningar

Ökade kunskaper om Sveriges förhistoria och fler utgrävda platser. Dessutom en möjlighet för fler att ägna sig åt sitt arkeologiintresse. Det är exempel på positiva effekter som uppstår när allmänhete...

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · Jan 8

Recent paper in Current Anth examines the ethics of aDNA sampling. It is an important discussion, but as we point out in our published comment, the study lacks in interdisciplinary literacy and both overestimates and underestimates the challenges ahead.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Petrous Fever : The Gap between Ideal and Actual Practice in Ancient DNA Research | Current Anthropology

This article explores how the competitive quest for bone samples used in genomic analyses of ancient DNA (aDNA) creates a pressing concern for anthropological research. It investigates the premises an...

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Liv Nilsson Stutz @livnstutz.bsky.social · Jan 5

A recently published analysis of a 17th century painting reminds us of how misogyny, racism, and xenophobia are mobilized in times of insecurity. Well, old habits die hard. That sounds uncomfortably familiar.
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Rare Painting of Black Woman Reveals Historical Attitudes | Artnet News

A highly unusual 17th-century painting featuring a Black sitter and a white sitter side by side is on rare public view.

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