If you wish to propose an Inter-Congress at your affiliated institution, please notify any member of the WAC Executive.  For consideration for WAC funding, the proposal needs to reach the WAC Executive by January of the previous year of the proposed Inter-Congress.  For example, you need to submit a proposal of an Inter-Congress to be held in the year 2012 by January 2011.  Please note that you need to be a WAC member to propose an Inter-Congress.

Guidelines for preparing a proposal for a World Archaeological Congress Inter-Congress (PDF)

Inter-Congresses are held between the major International Congresses convened by WAC every four years. Inter-Congresses bring together archaeologists to explore issues of interest. They are organised by members of WAC regional electoral colleges.

Recent WAC Inter-Congresses:

• WAC Inter-Congress in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, 2011
• WAC Inter-Congress in Bejing, China, 2011
• WAC Inter-Congress in Vienna, Austria, 2010
• WAC Inter-Congress in Ramallah, Palestine, 2009
• WAC Inter-Congress in Lódz, Poland 2007
• WAC Inter-Congress in Catamarca, Argentina, 2007
• WAC Inter-Congress in Kingston, Jamaica, 2007
• WAC Inter-Congress in Osaka, Japan, 2006
• WAC Inter-Congress in Newcastle, England, 2005
• WAC Inter-Congress in Canberra, Australia, 2005
• WAC Inter-Congress in Auckland, New Zealand, 2005

 "Wonder of the Age":  Master Painters of India, 1100–1900

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028

Plying the Trades:
Pulling Together in the 21st Century
8th North American Textile Conservation Conference
Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico
November 8th – 11th, 2011

Conference registration is now open. Please go to the conference website (www.natcconference.com) for a list of speakers and posters, directions on how to register, and a listing of local accommodations. You will also find information on pre-conference workshops and pre- & post-conference tours.  There will also be a silent auction.  

• Regular Registration (US$325.) is open through Oct 7, 2011.

• Late registration (US$350.) is open from Oct 8 – Oct 21, 2011.
  (Online registration will be closed after this date).

• On-site registration will be US$350.

The conference will present papers and posters that explore the various ways in which conservation and restoration relate to the societies in which we live. Dr. Sven Haakanson Jr., Director of the Alutiiq Museum in Kodiak, Alaska, will be the keynote speaker for the conference. 

NATCC Board member Hector Meneses (Conservator, Museo Textil de Oaxaca)  and his local committee have assembled a remarkable list of pre- and post- conference tours/workshops. The Oaxaca conference will truly be an unforgettable experience and we would like to acknowledge the support of our local and regional sponsors:

And these additional sponsors:

Escuela Libre de Arte y Diseño   Hostal de la Noria     Hotel Casa de  Sierra Azul     Hotel Marqués del Valle     Hotel Real de Antequera

Announcing Student Prizes from the WAC InterCongress on Indigenous People and Museums (June 22-25, 2011, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)

We are pleased to extend awards to the following students who participated in the InterCongress. 

The award for Best Graduate Student Paper goes to Jonathan Eaton (University of Toronto) for his paper “Museums, Indigeneity and Crises of Identity in the Western Balkans.” The Best Graduate Student Poster award goes to Justin Ellis (IUPUI) for “Content Analysis of Four Midwestern Native American Exhibits.” Terry Point and Jordan Wilson (Musqueam Indian Band and The University of British Columbia) share the award for Best Undergraduate Student Poster as co-authors of “Consulting with Community: the Musqueam-UBC Archaeological Field School.”  Each winning entry receives $100, and each person receives an award certificate and one-year WAC student membership. We also want to recognize the following as Honorable Mention Graduate Student Papers: Tomás Sepúlveda (University of Barcelona) for his paper on “Museology and comunalidad: An approach to the communitarian museums of Oaxaca, Mexico” and Rachael Kiddey (University of York) for “Trash or Treasure?  Representing social exclusion in the modern museum.” Both receive a one-year WAC student membership and an award certificate.

- submitted by Julie Hollowell, for the Academic Committee, WAC InterCongress on Indigenous People and Museums