HEIRS Opening Symposium
HEIRS Opening Symposium
28-29 January 2025,
Faro, PT
The aims of the HEIRS opening symposium are:
To promote research synthesis in human evolution, showcasing a range of synthesis approaches (especially the collaborative ones), across different disciplines related to human evolution.
To present the functioning of HEIRS and the tools it will offer to scholars.
To reflect about the challenges of research synthesis in human evolution and the solutions.
We already have an amazing first line-up of speakers: Francesco d’Errico, University of Bordeaux, FR; Felix Riede, University of Aarhus, DK; Allowen Evin, Institute of Sciences of Evolution Montpellier, FR; Philip Riris, Bournemouth University, UK; Robert Foley, Cambridge University, UK; Siobhán Cully, University of New Mexico, USA; Janet Kelso, Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, DE; Jeffrey Altschul, Coalition for Archaeological Synthesis, USA.
If you would like to share your on-going work, the results of your study, or your initiative that concerns human evolution using synthetic approach, please submit your abstract!
Travel
Accomodation
Discover Faro
The city of Faro is served by the Faro – Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO), located four kilometers west of the city . Use this link to plan your trip to the HEIRS Symposium well in advance. This will ensure you get the most out of your attendance:
There are many hotels in Faro and the surrounding area, Use this link links above to plan your trip to the HEIRS Symposium well in advance. This will help you secure the most convenient accommodation and ensure you get the most out of your attendance:
Faro is the capital of the Algarve, one of the main tourist regions of the country. If you want to visit and learn about the city and its history, be sure to visit this page.
