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UK Phase: September 2008

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The UK phase is based around three main events:

• Cambridge Symposium : 91̽»¨ÊÓÆµ and Linguistics in the AndesÌý Ìý Ìý (i.e. the pre-Columbian period)
11th-13th September 2008 McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge [by invitation only]

• London Symposium: History and Linguistics in the AndesÌý Ìý Ìý (i.e. the post-Columbian period)
Monday 15th Sept. 2008 Institute for the Study of the Americas, London [by invitation only]

• British Museum Day of Public Lectures: The Pre-History of the Andes: 91̽»¨ÊÓÆµ and Linguistics
Tuesday 16th Sept. 2008 Sackler Rooms, British Museum, London [free to members of the public]

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Individual detailed programmes and descriptions are available for each of these three events by clicking on the .pdf links in the overall calendar below.

The overall calendar also includes some other events open to participants, such as tours of and the .
You can also click here to download a .pdf version of the overall calendar.

Cambridge symposium

â–ª 91̽»¨ÊÓÆµ and Linguistics in the Andes

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download .pdfs of the detailed programme, description or list of participants.

ThursdayÌý11th Arrival and check-in to college accommodation (from 2pm).
5.30 pm: welcome and wine reception, Museum of 91̽»¨ÊÓÆµ and Anthropology
7.30 pm: informal dinner at a local 'gastro-pub'
FridayÌý12th 9.00 am - 5.30 pm: symposium sessions, day 1 (lunch and coffee breaks provided)
7.00 pm - c.10 pm: drinks followed by symposium dinner, Corpus Christi college
SaturdayÌý13th 9.00 am - 5.30 pm: symposium sessions, day 2 (lunch and coffee breaks provided)
7.30 pm: informal dinner at a local restaurant
– for relevant participants:
working dinner to plan the 2009 meeting of the European Network for the Study of Andean Languages
SundayÌý14th Free day, though with optional visits:
morning: walking tour of Cambridge
afternoon: minibus trip to the Anglo-Saxon ship burial at
Trips will end by dropping participants off in London in the early evening for check-in to hotel.
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â–ª From the Incas to the Present: History and Linguistics in the Andes

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download .pdfs of the detailed programme, description or list of participants.

MondayÌý15th 9.00 am - 5.30 pm: symposium sessions (lunch and coffee breaks provided)
6.30 pm: reception at the Peruvian ambassador's residence
8.00 pm: informal dinner at a local restaurant
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â–ª The Prehistory of the Andes: 91̽»¨ÊÓÆµ and Linguistics

Sacker Rooms,
download a .pdf of the detailed programme or see the webpage.

TuesdayÌý16th

10.00 am – 5.00 pm: a series of six lectures by leading international scholars in a range of disciplines (with lunch and coffee breaks)
5.00 pm – 6.00 pm: wine reception for symposium participants and invited guests
6.00 pm – 7.30 pm: tour of the treasures of the British Museum led by the curator of the Americas section, Dr Colin McEwan

ancillary events for extended stay participants
WednesdayÌý17th Free day, though with optional visits for participants to sites of interest in and around London (to be announced).
ThursdayÌý18th morning: Expert-guided tour of , Treasures and Andean collections
afternoon (tbc): planning meeting at SOAS with the administrators of the Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Programme
7.30 pm – 10.30 pm: performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
FridayÌý19th morning: planning meeting for project publications, with a member of the Publications Committee at the
afternoon: planning meeting for the organisation of phase two events in Peru in 2009.

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