Wengrow´s UIS Steffens lecture attended

Today I have attended the inaugural Henrik Steffens Lecture, the beginning of a new annual lecture series at the University of Stavanger, namely David Wengrow´s talk "A new history of humanity and the roots of inequality", the Henrik Steffens Lecture 2023, along with a few hundred others.

2 meetings and a workshop

Today I have attended a brief coordination meeting, the first day of the UIS Lederforum, this time focused on environmental issues, and parts of the first day of the international research workshop "Animal (pre)history, agency and legacy", held digitally from University of Bielefeld, Germany.

To present at workshop on the historicity of animals in May

I have agreed to present at a digital workshop titled "Animal (Pre-)History, Agency and Legacy" which is to be held "at" University of Bielefeld, Germany, May 10-12th. There might be a physical follow-up later on in the autumn.

First Biosemiotics article handled by new editorial team published online

The article "Hominin Language Development: A New Method of Archaeological Assessment" by James Cole, published online in Biosemiotics March 7th, is the first paper which the new editorial team of the journal (Alexei Sharov, Timo Maran and myself) have been handling from submission to publication.