Book Launch
Book Launch: Archaeological Perspectives on Contested and Political Landscapes
- Date
- Monday 14 April 2025
- Time
- Location
- Van Steenis building (Einsteinweg 2, Leiden)
- Room
- Corrie Bakels room, 2nd floor
The Faculty of Archaeology is happy to invite colleagues to the launch of the book:
Archaeological Perspectives on Contested and Political Landscapes
Edited by Eduardo Herrera Malatesta
This book, edited by Amsterdam University Press, focuses on alternative definitions of landscape in archaeology, particularly those that explicitly address landscapes’ political aspects. In doing so, this volume emphasizes the non-static, dialogic nature of landscape within a community and acknowledges how a community’s composition and its relationship with the landscape can lead to tensions and even violent conflicts with other groups. It highlights the relevance of considering movement, borders, and conflict as sources for understanding how people create their own landscapes and how they reshape them in times of political conflict. For example, in contexts of colonization and war, people are forced to adapt to new politics and hierarchies as they see their personal and communal understanding of the world deeply transformed, something visible even today as political tensions constantly reshape local and global landscapes. Understanding how landscapes were created and contested in the past is essential for understanding their political, economic, and cultural manifestations in the present to better organize ourselves for a truly integrative future.
During the launch, the book will be on a 20% discount!
Program
16.00 – 16.15 Welcome and Introduction by Jan Kolen, Dean of the Faculty of Archaeology
16.15 – 16.30 Words about the book by Eduardo Herrera Malatesta
16.30 – 16:45 Reflecting on the book and his chapter by Noa Corcoran-Tadd
16.45 – 17.00 Book review by Joseph Sony Jean
17.00 – 18.00 Drinks