20.09.2018:
We would like to invite student members to join Beta Analytic's
first ever Carbon-14 date raffle open to undergrads
and postgrads (https://www.radiocarbon.com/raffle.htm).
from Richelle Louisa (Beta Analytic Associate, richelle@betalabservices.com,
www.betalabservices.com,
www.radiocarbon.com)
13.08.2018:
Dear EAA Members,
The EAA Council and Board meetings
will be held at the 21st EAA Congress on the 23rd of August
2018 (University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; Room
O95, Council meeting: 12.30-13.30, Board meeting: 13.30-14.30),
and the EAA General Assembly on the 25th of August
2018 (Auditorium O100, 13.00-13.30).
Annamaria
Zsakai
26.03.2018:
The Parkes Foundation invites nominations
for the 2018 Geoffrey Harrison Prize Lecture on
human/biosocial sciences. The lecture is awarded annually in
Geoffrey Harrison's honour to persons who have made a substantial
and sustained contribution to the study of the human biology
of living populations and especially biosocial sciences.
Nominations and self-nominations are welcome and must be accompanied
by a CV of no more than two A4 pages (set in Arial font size
12). Please submit nominations via email to Mrs Caroline Edgley
(cmg26@cam.ac.uk). The
closing date for nominations is Thursday 31st May 2018 and the
lecture will take place on Friday 9th November 2018 followed
by a drinks reception at the Natural History Museum in Oxford.
The Parkes Foundation will contribute to travel and accommodation
of the speaker.
from Mrs Caroline Edgley, Parkes Foundation
20.03.2018:
Dear EAA Members,
the EAA Council (2018-2020) elections have already
started, the deadline for voting is the 28th of March, 2018.
If you have not got my email with the information on online
voting, please contact me (zsakaia@elte.hu),
I am going to send the information again. Thank you for your
contribution in the elections!
Annamaria Zsakai, general secretary
21.11.2017:
Dear Colleagues,
It is our great pleasure to announce that the 21st
Conference of the European Anthropological Association will
be held in Odense, Denmark, August 22-25, 2018.
Registration is open via our homepage www.eaa2018.com
- call for abstracts from 1st December, 2017 (at Facebook with
'EAA2018Odense'). The conference takes place in the modern facilities
of University of Southern Denmark.
from Professor Jesper L. Boldsen (Organizer)
21.02.2018:
The Summer International Advanced Course of the Portugal
Osteological Program: Osteology, paleopathology and
paleomedicine was announced for students who are interested
in the anthropological analysis of human skeletons (3-27 July,
2018, Almada, Portugal). Info: http://www.egasmoniz.com.pt/pt-pt/notícias/summer-international-advanced-course-portugal-osteological-program-osteology,-paleopathology-and-paleomedicine.aspx
from Francisca Alves Cardoso
17.02.2018:
Dear Colleagues,
The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), a
world association of academics and researchers based in Athens,
organizes its 4th Annual International Conference on Anthropology,
18-19 June 2018, Athens, Greece. You are more than welcome to
submit a proposal for presentation. The abstract submission
deadline is 19 February 2018. If you need more information,
please let me know (info@athensconferences.gr),
and our administration will send it to you, including the conference
website, and abstract submission form. We do hope you can contribute
to our academic activities.
from Dr. Ilja A. Luciak
17.02.2018:
Dear Colleagues
and Friends,
I would be very pleased if you might forward the invitation
to our forthcoming International Student Summer School
(Potsdam and Gülpe, Germany, July 2-7, 2018) to all who
might be interested. For more information: http://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/summercampus/e/growth.html
from Prof. Michael Hermanussen
15.01.2018:
The Board and
Council of the European Anthropological Association are pleased
to announce the EAA Student Award(s) for the Best Student
Oral Presentation 2018 based on a submitted abstract.
There will be up to five awards which will provide free registration
at the 21st EAA Congress
(Odense, Denmark) and also a contribution to travel costs -
a total of 500 Euros for each award.
The
application
form and the complete paper of the presentation must be
submitted by the 1st March 2018 to the Secretary General of
EAA (zsakaia@elte.hu).
The application form includes all the information needed to
complete an application for the award.
25.12.2017:
OBITUARY - Pia Bennike (1946-2017)
Denmark did not have university
degrees in Physical or Biological Anthropology, so Pia more
or less decided to make her own degree: She enrolled in the
Social Anthropology programme, but probably surprised some of
the faculty by insisting on writing her thesis on bones, in
this case on skeletons found at an early settlement church on
the Faroese Islands, where she also participated in the excavations.
She graduated in 1979, and then pursued research focusing on
paleopathology, which in 1984 resulted in the award of her PhD
degree with her landmark publication: Paleopathology of Danish
skeletons, thereby continuing and further establishing the long
Danish tradition of studying disease in archaeological skeletons.
For many years Pia was affiliated with the Laboratory of Biological
Anthropology at the Faculty of Health at the University of Copenhagen,
both by securing numerous grants and performing skeletal analyses
and research for Danish archaeological museums, alongside functioning
as a lecturer for the Department of Archaeology at same university.
Pia was also called upon to be a consulting curator at the university's
Medical Museum, where she with relish curated the spectacular
collection of skeletons and bones from Danish leprosaria excavated
by Moller-Christensen. She immediately recognised their educational
potential, and for many years organised postgraduate courses
in Paleopathology, using not least these assemblages as a base.
The 'Yellow House' in the back garden of the Medical History
Museum also served as a splendid home for a European project
Pia helped secure on childrens' skeletons from the iconic medieval
sites of Naestved and Aebelholt.
Pia had a long history of serving offices in the European Association
of Anthropologists. She served as vice-president for the association
in several periods and from 2000-2004 she was the effective
and well respected president of EAA. Pia was also very proud
to be elected President of the PPA, and she served in this role
from 2007-2009. For her, this really marked a high point in
her career, and she was energetic in dealing with the many issues
of the day, not least the first steps in creating the International
Journal of Paleopathology.
Pia had a real knack for organising meetings. She organised
the EEA meeting in Copenhagen in 1994, and then the European
PPA in 2008. Both meetings were very successful, not just academically,
but certainly also because Pia was a fantastic host and had
planned fun excursions, festive dinners and happy get-togethers
(e.g., Pia´s husband, Svend, making pancakes at the latter
meeting´s get-together).
Just as Pia was a delightful and engaging host for meetings
and guest researchers, so in the same vein Pia was an engaging
and colorful teacher. This was arguably also what she loved
doing best: teaching students about Biological Anthropology
and Paleopathology. She has taught a course on these subjects
for nearly her entire career, right up to the summer of 2017.
Needless to say, this was one of the most popular courses, and
probably attended by nearly all the Copenhagen archaeology students
over the last 30 years. Her eagerness to show and tell about
diseases in earlier times is also reflected in several books
on the subject, not least her co-editorship of the first Scandinavian
textbook on Human Osteology and Biological Anthropology (and
authorship of that book´s chapter on, obviously, paleopathology).
In 2015, to crown her lifetime achievements, Pia was awarded
an honorary doctorate by the University of Lund.
Pia did much to alert the Danish archaeologists, and indeed
the Danish public, to the importance and the benefits of studying
skeletons of past populations, and she certainly did much to
alert our international scientific community to Danish paleopathology
and biological anthropology. Not least for these efforts will
she always be well remembered. The discipline lost an inspiring
colleague, and many of us a wonderful friend.
from Professors Niels Lynnerup and Jesper L. Boldsen
(the obituary was published in the EAA Newsletter 3)
23.12.2017:
Dear Colleauges and Friends,
It is our great pleasure to invite you to attend the 22nd
European Meeting of the Paleopathology Association (PPA,
http://ppa2018.com/) that
will be held in Zagreb, Croatia from 28th August to 1st September
2018. Since 1892 when the term 'paleopathology' was coined it
evolved from a simple macroscopic approach based on recording
and describing pathological changes on ancient bones and teeth
to a multi- and inter-disciplinary study involving various state-of-the-art
methods from different scientific fields.
We, as paleopathologists try to define and describe processes
concerning the emergence and transmission of various diseases
and other pathological changes as well as the occurrence of
violence in past populations. Today, this is an important topic
especially in the light of the recent global refugee crisis
and the rise of the anti-vaccine movement resulting in emergence
of the diseases that were thought to be eradicated a long time
ago.
Therefore, the Zagreb meeting will provide participants from
all parts of the world a unique opportunity to exchange ideas
on various topics, discuss diverse perspectives and to learn
about novel methods in paleopathological research.
On behalf of the Organizing & Scientific Committee we wish
you a very warm welcome to Zagreb in 2018!
from dr. Barbara Cvitkusic
21.11.2017:
Dear Colleagues,
It is our great pleasure to announce that the 21st
Conference of the European Anthropological Association will
be held in Odense, Denmark, August 22-25, 2018.
Registration is open via our homepage www.eaa2018.com
- call for abstracts from 1st December, 2017. The conference
takes place in the modern facilities of University of Southern
Denmark.
Best regards,
Professor Jesper L. Boldsen (Organizer)
15.11.2017:
The Parkes Foundation aims to promote the
study of biological and social topics with the emphasis on human
biosocial projects. Each year, the foundation awards up to 6-8
small grants (usually about L800 each) and 1 PhD grant (up to
L3000) to help Masters and PhD students conduct research.
Small Grant Fund. The Foundation supports studies falling
in the areas of reproduction, demography, fertility, human health,
conservation and human genetics. Studies outside these areas,
for example animal (including primate) projects and evolution,
will not be supported. Grants are usually of the order of L800
(but may be increased to L1500 in special circumstances). They
are directed particularly towards helping graduate research
students meet their field work costs, but others may apply.
Requests for postdoctoral attendance grants to disseminate results
will not be considered. Undergraduate projects are not supported.
PhD Grant Fund. One grant of up to L3000 is offered to
enable a registered PhD student to undertake substantive field
work as part of their higher degree in the subject areas of
reproduction, demography or fertility. Students in receipt of
a research council grant or equivalent are not eligible to apply
for a PhD Grant. Sir Alan S. Parkes, FRS (1900-1990) For more
information see here: http://www.parkesfoundation.org.uk/grants
The opening date for applications is 1st December 2017 and the
closing date is 10th January 2018.
For more information see: http://www.parkesfoundation.org.uk/grants
from dr. Rie Goto
12.11.2017:
OBITUARY - Geoffrey Ainsworth
Harrison (1927-2017)
Geoffrey was born in Teddington,
Middlesex, England and read Natural Sciences at Cambridge (Trinity)
where he obtained a 1st class degree. He then moved to Oxford
where he worked under the supervision of Joe Weiner in the Department
of Anatomy. His DPhil was on adaptation of inbred and hybrid
mice to hot environments.
His first academic position was as a Lecturer at Liverpool University
and in 1963 he returned to Oxford as Reader in Physical Anthropology
and remained at Oxford for the rest of his academic career,
rising to Professor in 1976. While at Oxford he promoted the
Human Sciences degree, and established the Diploma in Human
Biology, the Department of Biological Anthropology (later the
Institute of Biological Anthropology) and the MSc in Human Biology.
Geoffrey's research explored a variety of problems central to
biological anthropology including variation, adaptation, fitness
and evolution - always focussed on living populations, with
strong analytical and statistical research designs. His fieldwork
was carried out in the UK and worldwide for example in Namibia,
Ethiopia, Brazil, Papua New Guinea and in Australia.
Some of Geoffrey's most significant contributions were from
research in his own neighbourhood - the Otmoor region of Oxfordshire.
Here he worked with 400-year old parish records to establish
extensive genealogies, patterns of exogamy and other evolutionary
processes. Later work included collection of blood samples for
genetic analysis of living residents and the study of lifestyle
influences on health status, sleep patterns and stress indicators.
This was a pioneering study that others followed, and Geoffrey's
research on stress indicators carved out a whole new area of
continuing exploration in biological anthropology.
Besides his Oxford chair Geoff was also a visiting Professor
at Harvard University and at the Australian National University.
He was a member of many learned societies and took senior roles
including President of the RAI, Chair of the SSHB, Chair of
the Biosocial Society and was the Founding Chair of the Parkes
Foundation. He was also an Editor of the Annals of Human Biology
for many years and authored or edited numerous books including
Human Biology, Man in Urban Environments and the Human Biology
of the English village.
Geoffrey received many honours and awards. He held honorary
degrees from Adelaide and Durham Universities, the Huxley Memorial
Medal and Lecture from the RAI and the Franz Boas Distinguished
Achievement Award from the Human Biology Association, USA. Geoffrey
retired in 1994 although he conducted research and wrote for
another 20 years. Geoffrey's long and prosperous career set
the directions of biological anthropology research in the UK
and elsewhere for many years.
from Professors Mike Little and Nick
Mascie-Taylor
06.06.2017:
OBITUARY - Alex F. Roche (1922-2017)
Professor Alex F.
Roche, a well-known expert in public health and paediatrics,
died on the 21st of May, 2017 (Yellow Springs, OH, USA) at the
age of 95.
Professor Roche was known for his work with The Fels Longitudinal
Study, which was founded in Yellow Springs in 1929 as part of
the Fels Research Institute. The Fels Longitudinal Study was
originally designed to study child growth and development. Physical
growth, maturation and the psychological development of children
were early key research areas of interest in the Fels Longitudinal
Study.
The Fels Longitudinal Study focused on physical growth, skeletal
maturation, body composition, risk factors for cardiovascular
disease and obesity, skeletal and dental biology, longitudinal
biostatistical analyses and aging. In 1977, the Fels Research
Institute and the Fels Longitudinal Study became part of the
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine. The Fels
Longitudinal Study was the longest operational longitudinal
study of its kind in the world.
The detailed obituaries, published by
the Wright State University (Dayton, OH, USA) and The Yellow
Springs News can be found here: http://medicine.wright.edu/about/news-and-events/announcements/article/fels-longitudinal-study-leader-researcher-dies-at-95
,
http://ysnews.com/news/2017/06/alex-f-roche
28.05.2017:
OBITUARY - ROLAND HAUSPIE (1948-2017)
We are sad to announce you the death of our
colleague Prof. ROLAND HAUSPIE, after a long disease he decided
in all dignity to end his sufferings. Born on April the 8th
1948, he died on April 25th 2017 after a beautiful and active
life.
In 1970, he got the Degree in Biological Sciences at the Free
University of Brussels, and in 1977 his doctoral degree on "Growth
and maturation in chronic respiratory patients: a mixed longitudinal
survey on physical development, sexual maturation and bone age
in a group of chronic respiratory patients, aged 2 to 20 years
(original in Flemish)".
His research and teaching was about biometry, growth and development.
He was Assistant to the Laboratory of Anthropogenetics, Free
University of Brussels (Dir. Prof. C. Susanne) from October
1970 until September 1977, and after a nomination as Senior
Research Associate, Fund for Scientific Research (Flanders)
from October 1977 until September 2000, he was nominated as
Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel since October 2000.
He had also a fellowship to work with Prof. J.M. Tanner as NATO-Research
Fellowship awarded for a period of 12 months (March 1978 - February
1979) at the Department of Growth and Development, Institute
of Child Health, University of London (Dir. Prof. J.M. Tanner),
project: Longitudinal Study of the Growth in West Bengal Children
(Sarsuna-Barisha). After this fellowship, he became one of the
best recognized specialist in this research topic.
His guidance was appreciated by many of our colleagues, let
me cite between others KOZIEL Slawomir (Polish Academy of Sciences,
Wroclaw, Poland), CASTRO GARCIA-MUNOZ Sonia (Universidad Autonoma
de Madrid, Madrid, Spain), SALCES BETI Maria Itziar (Universidad
del Pais Vasco, Bilbao, Spain), SAN MARTIN Leire Telo (Universidad
del Pais Vasco, Bilbao, Spain), HERNANDEZ Raquel Juan (Univ.
Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain), ESPARZA-PAGES Mireia (University
of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain), RANCATO Giacoma (Universita
degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy), SMETS Eric (Vrije Universiteit
Brussel, Brussels, Belgium), GAIBAR ALONSO Maria (Universidad
de Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Alcala de Henares, Spain), RUDICS
Zita (Jozsef Attila University, Szeged, Hungary), KRZEMIEN-DABROWSKA
Anna (Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland), HARGITAI
Gabor (Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary), MODDE Sabine
(Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium), IRETON Marie-Jose
(Universite de la Mediterranee, Marseille, France), ZSAKAI Annamaria
(Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary), BACSKAI Krisztina
(University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary), NTAIOU Chrysa (Aristoteles
University of Thesaloniki, Katerini, Greece), CAMBRON Alfonso
(Universidad La Coruna, Coruna, Spain).
Roland Hauspie was member of different associations, such as
the Societe royal Belge d'Anthropologie et de Prehistoire, the
Society for the Study of Human Biology (U.K.) (from which he
was member of the Committee), the Human Biology Council (U.S.A.),
the Societe d'Ecologie Humaine (France), and of course the European
Anthropological Association from which he was for a long time
a very active member of the Board and of the Council, he has
been Secretary-general of the EAA (1993-1998).
He has been also Secretary-general of the IIIrd International
Congress of Auxology (Brussels, August 26-30, 1982), Member
of the Editorial Board of the Revue de la Societe d'Anthropologie
de Paris (France, 1989-), Member of the Editorial Board of Annals
of Human Biology (U.K., 1991-), Member of the Editorial Board
of Anthropological Science (Japan, 1992-1998), Member of the
Scientific Board of HOMO (Germany, 1994-), Co-editor of Annals
of Human Biology (Official Journal of the Society for the Study
of Human Biology), Taylor & Francis, London (1995-2005),
Member of the Advisory Board of the Acta Medica Auxologica (Italy,
1996 -), Member of the Board of the "Groupement d'Anthropologistes
de Langue Francaise" (1997-), Member of the Board of the
International Association of Auxology (1997-), Member of the
Editorial Board of Economics & Human Biology.
He received also an award: Conceder la Condecoracion "José
Maria Velasco Ibarra" en el grado "Al Mérito"
al doctor (equivalent to a doctor honoris causa) at the Universidad
Tecnologica Equinoccial (Republica del Ecuador, Augustus 2013).
The list of his publication is too long to mention here, let
me cite only some of the books he published:
• Borms, J., Hauspie, R., Sand, A., Susanne, C., Hebbelinck,
M., 1984, Human Growth and Development (New York: Plenum Press),
pp. 836.
• Hauspie, R., Lindgren, G., Falkner, F. (Eds.), 1995,
Essays on Auxology (Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire: Castlemead
Publications), pp. 552. Fogel]
• Dasgupta P., Hauspie R. (Editors), 2001, Perspectives
in Human Growth Development and Maturation, (Dordrecht: Kluwer
Academic Publishers).
• Hauspie R.C., Cameron, N., Molinari, L. (Editors), 2004,
Methods in Human Growth Research (Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press). pp. 399.
He participated also to many research projects:
• Mixed-longitudinal survey on physical development, sexual
maturation and bone age in a group of chronic respiratory patients,
aged 2 to 20 years (1973-1977). Project supported by the National
Fund for Scientific Research.
• Comparative study of the growth in height and weight
of Belgian and Hungarian children (1977-1978). In collaboration
with the Institute of Anthropology at the Eotvos Lorand University
of Budapest (Prof. Gy. Gyenis) and the National Sanatorium for
children of Budapest (Dr. A. Madach).
• Comparative study the Preece Baines and double logistic
growth models: analysis of longitudinal growth data of Belgian
girls (1977-1978). In collaboration with the Ecole de Sante
Publique, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Dr. A. Wachholder).
• Longitudinal study of the growth in West Bengal children:
Sarsuna-Barisha Project (1978- ). Project supported by a NATO-Research
Fellowship. In collaboration with the Anthropological Survey
of India (Calcutta, Prof. S.R. Das) and the Department of Growth
and Development, Institute of Child Health, University of London
(Prof. J.M. Tanner).
• Growth survey on height and weight of Swedish children
born in 1955 and 1967 (1985-1989). In collaboration with the
Department of Educational Research, Stockholm Institute of Education,
Stockholm, Sweden (Prof. G. Lindgren).
• Study of the physical development of children living
in an area exposed to lead pollution (Hoboken, Belgium; 1979-1985).
In collaboration with the Provincial Institute for Hygiene (Antwerp,
Belgium).
• Study of the skeletal maturation of Belgian boys: a longitudinal
study (1986-1987). In collaboration with the Institute of Anthropology
at the Eotvos Lorand University of Budapest (Prof. Gy. Gyenis)
and the Ecole de Sante Publique, Unversite Libre de Bruxelles
(Dr. A. Wachholder).
• Construction of cross-sectional standards for growth
in height and weight of Belgian boys and girls (1986-1987).
In collaboration with the Laboratoire d'Anthropologie et de
Genetique Humaine, Universite Libre de Bruxelles (Dr. M. Vercauteren).
• Longitudinal study of the growth of Central African babies,
age 0-2 years, in relation to seasonal variation in nutritional
factors and diseases, such as measles and whooping cough (1983-).
In collaboration with the Centre National de Recherche Scientific
(France), Pavillon de l'Enfant, Aix-en-Provence, France (Dr.
H. Pagezy).
• Multi-disciplinary study of the genetics of polygenic
characteristics on the basis of twin data: anthropometry, psychology,
ergometry, cytogenetics, physiology (1984-1990). Project supported
by the National Fund for Scientific Research (Belgium).
• Analysis of age at menarche among Ladakh (Himalayas)
girls (1984). Collaboration in the data analysis of this project
(University of Delhi, New Delhi, India: Dr. S.L. Malik).
• Construction of longitudinal growth standards for growth
and growth velocity in height, allowing for variation in the
shape of individual growth patterns of Belgian boys and girls
(1987-1990). In collaboration with the Ecole de Sante Publique,
Universite Libre de Bruxelles (Dr. A. Wachholder).
• Genetic determinants in the EEG-sleep patterns: a twin
study (1988-). Collaboration with the Sleep Laboratory, Department
of Psychiatry, Hopital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles
(Dr. P. Linkowski).
• Study of the relation between socio-economic factors
and various aspects of the individual growth pattern in length
and weight of Lublin boys and girls: a pure longitudinal survey
(1990-). Collaboration with the Institute of Pediatrics of the
Medical Academy, Lublin, Poland (Prof. Dr. H. Chrzastek-Spruch).
• Heredity of the shape of the growth curve: a purely longitudinal
twin study of Wroclaw boys and girls (1989-). In collaboration
with the Institute of Anthropology, Polish Academy of Sciences,
Wroclaw, Poland (Prof. P. Bergman and Prof. T. Bielicki).
• Growth pattern of body length among children with hypophosphataemic
vitamin-D resistant rachitis: a pure longitudinal growth study
(1988-). In collaboration with Department of Pediatrics, Academic
Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam (Prof. Dr. R. Steendijk).
• Study of the relationship between the skeletal maturation
as a trigger for the timing of the adolescent growth spurt (1988-1991).
In collaboration with Institute of Anthropology, Polish Academy
of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland (Prof. T. Bielicki).
• Study of the variation in shape of the growth pattern
in relation to the maturational status: a pure longitudinal
survey (1988-). In collaboration with Institute of Anthropology,
Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland (Prof. T. Bielicki).
• Construction of longitudinal growth standards for height
and weight allowing for variation in individual growth patterns:
Sweden (1990-). In collaboration with the Department of Educational
Research, Stockholm Institute of Education, Stockholm, Sweden
(Prof. G. Lindgren).
• Study of the infant growth in relation to confounding
factors (1994-): In collaboration with Universite de Paris VII,
Lab. d'Anthropologie Biologique, INSERM unite 155 (Dr. F. Demoulin).
• Study of growth in preterm and low-birth weight infants
in relation to confounding factors (1993-). In collaboration
with the Institute of Pediatrics of the Medical Academy, Lublin,
Poland (Prof. Dr. H. Chrzastek-Spruch) and the Sackle School
of Medicine, Division of Anthropology and Anatomy (Prof. E.
Livshits and Prof. E. Kobylianski).
• Study of the short-term variation in growth velocity
asthmatic and cystic fibrosis patients: (1995-). In collaboration
with the Asthma Center in De Haan, Belgium (Dr. H. Franckx).
• Longitudinal analysis of distance and annual increase
curves and distribution of the age of maximum increment in height
among junior high school athletes (1997-). In collaboration
with Prof. K. Nariyama, Kyoto Bunkyo University and Prof. T.
Mino, Hyogo University of Teacher Education, Japan).
• Short-term growth increments as a measure of environmental
constraints (1997-). In collaboration with the Polish Academy
of Science, Institute of Anthropology, Wroclaw, Poland (Prof.
B. Hulanicka).
• Genetic and environmental factors on pattern of fat deposition
and distribution (1997-). In collaboration with the Polish Academy
of Science, Institute of Anthropology, Wroclaw, Poland (Prof.
T. Bielicki and Prof. B. Hulanicka).
• Analysis of BMI and skinfolds with the LMS method (1998-).
In collaboration with the University of the Basque Country (Prof.
E. Rebato).
• Growth and growth velocity of patients with Turner syndrome
(1998-). In collaboration with the University and the Hospital
de Pediatria of Buenos Aires (Prof. Lejarraga).
• Study of the effect of marital status on health in Polish
adult males. Application of logistic regression techniques (1998-).
In collaboration with the Polish Academy of Science, Institute
of Anthropology, Wroclaw, Poland (Prof. T. Bielicki and Dr.
E. Rogucka).
• Estimation of centile lines for growth variables in the
Basque population (1999-). In collaboration with the University
of the Basque Country (Prof. E. Rebato).
• Growth and final height in patients suffering from congenital
adrenal hyperplasia due to classical 21-hydroxylase deficiency.
A multicenter Study (1999-). In collaboration with the Eotvos
Lorand University of Budapest, and the Working Party of the
Middle-European Workshop on Paediatric Endocrinology (Prof.
Gy. Gyenis).
• Semi-longitudinal study of growth and development of
school children from 'El Yopal, Colombia (2000-). In collaboration
with the University of Bogota and of Aix-en-Marseille (Dr. O.
Dutour, Drs. M-J. Ireton).
• Longitudinal analysis of growth in twins (Budapest; 2000-).
In collaboration with the Eotvos Lorand University of Budapest,
Hungary (Prof. E. Bodzsar).
• Study of BMI in the Belgian population (2000-). In collaboration
with the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Prof. M. Vercauteren).
• Study of growth of and development of Flemish infants,
children and adolescents (2000-2006). Project supported by the
Flemish Community, Ministry of Public Health and in collaboration
with "Kind & Gezin", The Flemish Scientific Association
for Youth Health and with various Departments of the University
of Louvain (KUL), and Ghent.
But after all these details of his career, the most important
thing to remember of ROLAND HAUSPIE is that he was a real gentleman
appreciated by all the colleagues with whom he collaborated.
At personal level, I will remember a co-worker who became a
friend, a colleague hard-working, independent, active, loyal,
worthy, helpful, hearty, friendly.
Prof. Charles Susanne
11.05.2017:
Dear Colleagues,
It is our great pleasure to invite you to participate at the
9th conference of Baltic Morphology in Tartu,
Estonia (first
announcement). The conference will be held on September
27-29, 2017 at the Estonian National Museum and the Main Building
of the University of Tartu.
The program of the traditional biannual conference will cover
all fields of morphological sciences, including cell biology,
developmental biology, macroscopic anatomy, histology, physical
anthropology and veterinary anatomy. In addition, presentations
about history of morphological sciences are invited.
The detailed information regarding the registration, the conference
fee, the call for the abstracts and the full papers will be
available at the site: https://sisu.ut.ee/balticmorphology2017.
The full papers will be published in a special issue of the
Papers on Anthropology (50 Euro will be charged for every full
paper). The open access journal is available at https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/PoA.
The deadline for the submission of the papers is June 20, 2017
and for the abstracts May 20, 2017.
We look forward to seeing you all in Tartu in September 2017.
from Andres Arend (Department of Anatomy, University
of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, andres.arend@ut.ee)
09.05.2017:
The scientific summer school "Nutritional
status within life-cycle and among populations: anthropometric
and body composition methods of assessment" will
be held in Cagliari, Italy (Aug. 28th - Sept. 1st, 2017). Applications
are welcome. For more information, please contact me (Universita
di Cagliari, Italy, emarini@unica.it,
elisabetta.marini@gmail.com).
from Elisabetta Marini
04.05.2017:
It is with great sadness that we inform
the EAA members that Professor Roland Hauspie,
our colleague and friend passed away on the 25th April, 2017.
Professor Hauspie was one of the Honorary Members of the EAA.
His longer obituary will be published soon.
03.05.2017:
Greetings EAA,
I am an American student who recently moved to the Netherlands
to begin a PhD. I am a former foster youth and am interesting
in establishing a larger support system as I begin my research
journey. My work looks at the affects of the Greek debt crisis
on young adults in Greece.
If any EAA members are interested in mentoring a young anthropologist
just starting out, I would be very happy to talk with them.
from Jerika L. Heinze (j.Heinze@maw.ru.nl)
27.01.2017:
All detailed information on the
EAA Summer School in Biological Anthropology (Poznan,
Poland, 12 July - 22 July 2017) and the application
form are available at the following websites: http://www.biologia.amu.edu.pl/
and http://www.summerschoolsineurope.eu/.
The deadline of application is comming
soon (the 31st of January, 2017)!
from Prof. Maria Kaczmarek
16.01.2017:
The two previous Iberian Symposia
on Geometric Morphometrics took place in Sabadell (Barcelona)
at the Institut Catala de Paleontologia and in Madrid, at the
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Autonomous University
of Madrid). We now have the pleasure to inform you that the
third in this series of meetings is going to take place at the
Universitat de Girona (University of Girona) in Girona (Catalonia,
Spain) on the 9th-10th of June, 2017 (first call of 3rd
ISGM).
The aim of the meeting is to provide a platform to promote the
dissemination and exchange of knowledge among researchers and
scholars, who are interested in the application of geometric
morphometrics in their analyses. This conference is aimed at
all those professors, researchers, professionals and students
in any field of science, who are interested in the application
of geometric morphometric within their scientific studies. Registration
is open until March. Poster and podium presentations are welcome.
This congress is expected to be a meeting point for the GM community
of the Iberian Peninsula for discussing all the applications,
doubts and aspects of this fascinating method. We hope that
many people come to present their research and to grow our network.
We look forward to welcoming you at the Sala de Graus (Degree
Room) of the Faculty of Arts in the in the heart of Girona.
For more information, see the web page www.3ISGMGirona.cat.
from Prof. Carme Rissech (University of Girona, carme.rissech@gmail.com)
20.12.2016:
OBITUARY - Derek Roberts (1926-2017)
It is with great sadness that we inform the
EAA members that Professor Derek Roberts, age
of 91, passed away on the 19th December, 2016.
Professor Derek Roberts was born in London, UK and after his
army service during World War 2 Prof. Roberts received a degree
in Geography from Cambridge University, developing an interest
in the biology of human variation. From 1949 to 1963 he worked
in the Department of Anatomy, undertaking anthropological field
surveys in Sudan and forming an informal group of Oxford based
workers interested in genetics. In 1963 he joined Alan Stevenson's
Medical Research Council unit in Oxford and in 1965 was appointed
to develop human genetics at Newcastle University, continuing
population studies, notably of the evacuated Tristan da Cunha
population, while laying the foundations for medical genetics,
including a cytogenetics laboratory and clinical genetics services.
(A longer obituary with more information on his scientific career
will be published soon.)
Professor Roberts was one of the founder fathers of the European
Anthropological Association, he served in the EAA Boards and
Councils from the birth of the Association until his retirement.
He was elected an Honorary Member of the EAA in 1996.
We will keep forever his memory.
Annamaria Zsakai
15.12.2016:
The European Anthropological Association
in cooperation with the Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz
University in Poznan, Poland cordially invite postgraduate students
and young scholars to attend the ten days intensive course of
lectures and hands-on activities on the topic of
Human Growth and Nutrition and their Applications to Health
- Summer School in Biological Anthropology (Poznan,
Poland, 12 July - 22 July 2017). The programme is designed
for postgraduate students (MSC and PhD) and postdoc scholars
who wish to improve their knowledge and skills in applied human
auxology.
This course intends to provide the learners with (1) an
extended framework review of nutrition and its importance for
human growth, health status and health problems, (2) practice
in methods and techniques that can be applied to the community
health assessment, and (3) research strategies that can be used
in designing research activities conducted on own behalf.
Some of the proposed topics are: the biology of growth,
human life history evolution, evolution of human nutrition,
nutritional and epidemiologic transition, growth and health
in transitional economies, developmental origins of health and
disease: critical periods, human growth as an indicator of social
and economic change, intergenerational effects in biocultural
perspective, biostatistics.
Key-note speakers will be: Prof. Barry Bogin and Prof.
Noel Cameron (Loughborough University, UK), Prof. C G Nicholas
Mascie-Taylor (Cambridge University, UK), and Prof. Maria Ines
Varela Silva (Loughborough University, UK).
The call for SSBA applications is open as of 1 December 2016
and the deadline is 31 January 2017. Notification of
acceptance to the SSBA will be sent on 28th February 2017. Payment
of registration fee (if applicable) until 30th April 2017. Summer
School in Biological Anthropology will be held 10 days - July
12, 2017 to July 22, 2017.
Documents to be submitted:
1. Application form (can
be downloaded from here)
2. Curriculum Vitae
3. Letter of recommendation of the supervisor or academic staff
dated not earlier than three months prior to the date of submission
of the application
4. A copy of valid travel medical insurance
5. Confirmation of payment
Fee of particpation: free of charge for EAA members and
250 Euro for non-EAA members.
For more information please download the announcement
of the Summer School or contact the organizer, Prof. Maria
Kaczmarek by e-mail (makac@amu.edu.pl)!
from Prof. Maria Kaczmarek
09.12.2016:
The Parkes Foundation aims to promote
the study of biological and social topics with the emphasis
on human biosocial projects. Each year, the foundation awards
up to 6-8 small grants (usually about L800 each) and 1 PhD grant
(up to L3000) to help Masters and PhD students conduct research.
The opening date for applications is 1st December 2016 and the
closing date is 9th January 2017.
Small Grant Fund: The Foundation supports
studies falling in the areas of reproduction, demography, fertility,
human health, conservation and human genetics. Studies outside
these areas, for example animal (including primate) projects
and evolution, will not be supported. Grants are usually of
the order of L800 (but may be increased to L1500 in special
circumstances). They are directed particularly towards helping
graduate research students meet their field work costs, but
others may apply. Requests for postdoctoral attendance grants
to disseminate results will not be considered. Undergraduate
projects are not supported.
PhD Grant Fund: One grant of up to L3000 is offered to
enable a registered PhD student to undertake substantive field
work as part of their higher degree in the subject areas of
reproduction, demography or fertility. Students in receipt of
a research council grant or equivalent are not eligible to apply
for a PhD Grant.
For more infomation: http://www.parkesfoundation.org.uk/grants
from dr. Rie Goto
18.08.2016:
The General Assembly of EAA
(agenda of the meeting)
will be held in Zagreb (Croatia) during the 20th EAA Congress
(venue: Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University
of Zagreb, P1 room) on the 27th of August (at 15.30).
Annamaria Zsakai
21.06.2016:
The online voting for the EAA
Council 2016-2018 has
already started.
The new Council is elected from the Honorary and good-standing
members of the EAA. Everyone, who is included in the voting
bulletin, can send their votes for the Council members.
The online voting is open until the 11th of July, 2016.
If you are a member of the EAA and have not got the automatically
generated email about the voting process (from zsakai@speleology.hu),
please contact me (zsakaia@elte.hu)
to get your access to the voting site.
The elected members will be
informed about their election, and will be requested to acknowledge
the acceptance of their nomination as Council member.
Please follow the instructions of my email about the process.
Please send your votes before the deadline and inform your colleagues
about the voting. Thank you!
Annamaria Zsakai
31.05.2016:
The 42nd School of Biological Anthropology ”dr. Hubert
Maver” - New Findings from Vindija Cave will be
held under the high auspices of the Croatian Academy of Sciences
and Arts
(August 29th, 2016, Croatian Academy of Sciences
And Arts, Nikola Šubiæ Zrinski Square 11, Zagreb,
Croatia, information:
barbara.cvitkusic@inantro.hr)
Lecturers:
S. Paabo (MPI-EVA): Neandertals and their History at Vindija
Cave and Elsewhere
K. Pruefer (MPI-EVA): A High-Coverage Neandertal Genome from
Vindija Cave
T. Higham (University of Oxford): New Dates from Vindija Cave
I. Karavanic (University of Zagreb): The Vindija Tool Kit
M. Meyer (MPI-EVA): Ultrasensitivity and Automation for Ancient
DNA Retrieval
M. Hadinjak (MPI-EVA): The Late Neandertals from Vindija Cave
Scientific Organizer: Professor S. Paabo
Organizers: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology,
Leipzig, Germany; Department for Natural Sciences, Anthropological
Centre and Scientific Council for Anthropological Research of
the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts; Croatian Anthropological
Society; Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb; Croatian
Medical Association, Croatian Society for Medical Anthropology
After the 42nd School of Biological Anthropology all participants
are welcome at the postmeeting reception in the premises of
Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
from Barbara Cvitkusic
17.05.2016:
The members of the Department of Anthropology and the Slovak
Anthropological Society have the sad duty to inform the scientific
community, colleagues and friends of the death of two colleagues,
Maria Drobnaand Marianna Selingerova.
from Prof. Daniela Sivakova
dr. Mariana Selingerová
(19. 06. 1954 - 05. 05.2016)
Marianna Selingerová died on May
5th 2016 after a serious illness.
She was born in 19th June 1954 in Povazska Bystrica, Slovakia.
She finished her study at the Department of Anthropology, Comenius
University in Bratislava in 1980. She started to work at the
Faculty of Physical Education, Comenius University in Bratislava
as a scientific worker. Later on she defended her thesis dealing
with different methods of estimation of biological age and was
awarded Dr. rer. nat. In 1993 defended her PhD Thesis at the
Department of Anthropology, Comenius University in Bratislava.
Her scientific interest focused on estimation of biological
age, particularly bone age and its application in sport. She
delivered lecture in the Kinanthropology for students specialized
in Anthropology. Marianna was member of different scientific
boards at the Department of Anthropology.
We will keep in honour her memory.
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