"Financing Archaeology" will address directly the issue of funding in archaeology at a time when funding for research is in jeopardy.  By taking a long-range view of the ways in which archaeologists have dealt with limited funding (particularly government funding) in the past, the workshop will provide a historical background to current economic debates on funding and archaeology, tying the historical context firmly to the modern day.  It also will also provide a platform for discussing public engagement in archaeology, and the (economic) value of archaeology in a broader social and political context.  It is funded by a UCL Institute of Archaeology Research Network award.

This workshop is hosted by the UCL Institute of Archaeology History of Archaeology Network.  For more information, see http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/research/directory/historyofarchaeology_network.

Schedule: 

9.30 - 10.00 Registration/Arrival

10.00 - 10.10 Amara Thornton: Introduction 

Session 1: The Early Years - 19th Century

10.15 - 10.35 Gabriel Moshenska: Exchanging Mummies: networks, finance and public display

10.40 - 11.00 Thomas Kiely: Penny wise, pound foolish? The finances of the British Museum excavations on Cyprus, 1893 - 1899 

11.00 - 11.15 Session 1 Questions

11.15 - 11.45 Tea/Coffee

Session 2: An Emerging Profession - late 19th and early 20th centuries

11.50 - 12.10 David Clarke: Managing financial constraint: two examples from late 19th century Scotland

12.15 - 12.35 Chris Naunton: "... of universal, profound and very touching interest. My topic is money." The Egypt Exploration Fund and the financial imperative 

12.40 - 12.55 Session 2: Part 1 Questions

12.55 - 1.55 Lunch (not provided)

2.00 - 2.20 Rachael Sparks: Publicising Petrie

2.25 - 2.45 Sara Perry: Visual Economies and the foundation of the Institute of Archaeology (London)

2.50 - 3.05 Session 2: Part 2 Questions

3.05 - 3.35 Tea/Coffee

Session 3: Post War and Contemporary Period

3.40 - 4.00 Kenneth Aitchison: Developer Funding for Archaeology - A Contemporary History

4.05 - 4.25 Tim Schadla-Hall: Funding in the future - old ideas - new clothes

4.30 - 4.45 Session 3 Questions

Session 4: A Time of Crisis? Financing Archaeology Today

4.50 - 5.10 Lisa Westcott-Wilkins, Brendon Wilkins, Raksha Dave: DigVentures

5.15 - 5.35 TBC

5.40 - 5.55 Session 4 Questions

6.00 Reception