9th International Youth Conference of Archaeology Students dedicated to Pitt Rivers

The 9th International Youth Conference of Archaeology Students dedicated to the pioneer archaeologist Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers will be held on May 25-29, 2017 in Vardzia (a cave monastery in south-western Georgia). The conference is funded by the Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. If you wish to participate, please fill in the online application form, and email a Word file of your abstract (300-500 words) to vardziaconference@gmail.com by March 31, 2017.

Senior Members:

Professor Vakhtang Licheli, Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (the instigator and organizer of the conference) 

Professor Michael Vickers, Jesus College, University of Oxford (Chairman of the conference) 

Professor Walter Kuntner, Innsbruck University (Head of the Austrian-Georgian Joint Expedition to Khovle Gora)  

Professor Eberhard Sauer, Edinburgh University (Head of the British- Georgian Joint Expedition to the Dariel Pass)  

Professor Paolo Biagi, Ca’Foscari University of Venice (Department of Asian and North African Studies)

The registration fee will be 50 Euros that covers the return journey from Tbilisi to Vardzia, accommodation and full board at the hotel in Vardzia.

Contact Person: Ana Tetruashvili, +995 558 791 093