Turku, Finland on 26th–30th August 2013

Invitation – First CALL FOR PAPERS and posters

We invite you to the Conference on Church Archaeology in the Baltic Sea Region to be held in Turku, Finland August 26th–30th 2013.

Themes:

• Church as a space of worship
• Artefacts
• Churches and written sources
• Burials
• Or theme of your own

Those willing to give a paper are kindly requested to send its title and a short description of the subject (max. 200 words in English) including their name, institution and contact information to: tanja.ratilainen(at)utu.fi by December 31th 2012. For those accepted will be informed by the March 31st 2013. The board will review the proposals according to how well they correspond with themes given and according to general interest. The duration of the presentations: 20 min + 10 min for discussion. Language: English.

For those interested in giving a poster are kindly requested to send their title in English including their name, institution and contact information to: tanja.ratilainen(at)utu.fi.

Instructions for poster layout will be sent later on.

Conference includes excursions to churches of Satakunta and Finland Proper.

Proceedings will be published in Archaeologia Medii Aevi Finlandiae (AMAF) and they will be peer-reviewed. Those participating the poster session are also welcome to contribute.

We will try our utmost to minimize the costs of the participants. Further information on the participation fees and accommodation in Turku will be delivered later on.

Welcome to Turku, Finland!

With kind regards,
The Society for Medieval Archaeology in Finland
The Finnish Society of Church History
Mikael Agricola Society
Turku Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Department of Archaeology, University of Turku