EAA European Association of Archaeologists

12/12/2025

We are very pleased to announce the winners of the TEA's 2026 Photojournalist of the year' competition with the theme "Present Pasts & Past Presents".

Many congratulations to Valentina Limina, Sophia Ayla Schultz and Franziska Lehmann.
You can see the photos and read about their work here: https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA/Awards/TEA-Photo-Contest/TEA_Photo_Contest_2025.aspx

Thank you to all who have submitted their work!

Photo 1 - Valentina Limina (FNRS, UCLouvain)
Photo 2 - Sophia Ayda Schultz (ARCH International)
Photo 3 - Franziska Lehmann

10/12/2025

*** ANNOUNCEMENT ***

On Friday, 9 January, the will hold a Special Meeting online, in which all current Members are kindly invited to participate. Please note that the meeting has been rescheduled to 14:00–17:00 CET, instead of 15:00–17:00 CET as previously communicated.

All current 2025 and 2026 EAA Members received yesterday detailed information about the online Special Meeting, including the Agenda. All Members with an active 2025 or 2026 membership are eligible to participate in the meeting and to take part in the subsequent per rollam voting, which will be crucial for the future of the EAA.

Anyone joining the EAA or renewing their EAA membership between 9 December and 31 January will receive the relevant meeting information upon (re)joining.

27/11/2025

The is delighted to announce that the 2026 EAA Book Prize is now open for submissions. Both authors and publishers are warmly invited to submit monographs that focus on archaeological research, public outreach, or heritage management, authored by current EAA members and published within 36 months prior to the nomination deadline.

The 2026 EAA Book Prize will be awarded in the following three categories:

- books that have had, or are expected to have, a formative influence on the direction and character of archaeological research
- books that are written for the general public and present the results of archaeological research to a broader audience
- books that are addressing current issues in archaeological heritage management.

For submissions, please send either a link to a digital copy in its intended reading format or a colour PDF of the nominated book to [email protected] by 28 February 2026. Please also indicate which of the three categories the book is being submitted to.

More details on the Book Prize and the categories can be found here: https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA_New/Awards/EAA_Book_Prize/EAA_New/Awards/Book_Prize.aspx

19/11/2025

*** An invitation from TEA editors Samantha S. Reiter and Matthew J. Walsh ***

We would like to invite members and TEA readers to participate in a call for Letters to the Editors to be selected and published in the next issue of TEA.

The brief opinion letters are meant to be a platform for EAA members to express their opinions on recent events and controversies surrounding the 2025 Belgrade AM, and which should seek to present suggestions and ideas for the future trajectory of the EAA as an institution.

Things are still developing, and the results of the per rollam voting will give an indication of the future direction of the EAA, as will discussions stemming from the upcoming extraordinary meeting scheduled for January 9, 2026.

What we would like to offer you is a space for open dialogue. We will make a selection of entries for inclusion in the upcoming 2026 Winter Issue. We promise to do our utmost to give equal weight to each side of the debate(s) that have emerged from the 2025 AM and AMBM.

Please address any such letters directly to [email protected] earmarked “Letter to the Editors Winter 2026”. Due to what we suspect will be a high amount of mail, we require that you limit your letters to 1000 words.


We look forward to hearing from you!

Your TEA Editors,

Matt & Sam

11/11/2025

The 86th Autumn issue of The European Archaeologist (TEA), the newsletter of the European Association of Archaeologists ( ), has been published.

Please enjoy reading it here:

In 1966 then US president John F. Kennedy gave what was arguably his most famous public address at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He is quoted as saying “There is a Chinese curse which says: ‘May he live in interesting times.' Like it or not, we live in interesting times.” Withou...

10/11/2025

*** ANNOUNCEMENT***

The warmly invites its members to attend a Special Meeting, which will be held online via Zoom on Friday, 9 January 2026, from 15:00 to 17:00 CET

This Special Meeting has been convened by the EAA President following a written request from ten percent of the current membership. The purpose of the Special Meeting is to consult EAA Members on the future direction of the Association, with a particular focus on potential amendments to the Statutes, a review of internal guidelines and processes, and the development of EAA policies and external communications.

Further details will be sent 15 days prior to the meeting.
Any subsequent related voting will be performed per rollam and notice thereof will be circulated to current Members at least 30 days in advance.

Please note that all members registered in 2025, including those who have not yet extended their memberships into 2026, will be able to attend this meeting.

07/11/2025

The Royal Society Publishing has announced a call for their 9th Notes and Records Essay Award.
This award is open to researchers in the history of science who have completed a postgraduate degree within the last five years.

You can submit your entry until the 28th February 2026. The winning entry will win £500.

More details here:

Notes and Records, the Royal Society journal of the history of science, reports on current research and archival activities throughout the field of history of science, technology and medicine.

28/10/2025

*** ANNOUNCEMENT ***

The Call for Sessions for the 32nd EAA Annual Meeting in Athens, Greece, has been extended until 6 November to give Members additional time to submit proposals and contribute to shaping an engaging and diverse programme.

We look forward to receiving your proposals.

27/10/2025

Last week, the EAA's Executive Board met formally for the first time since Belgrade on 21 October 2025. The agenda included planning the roadmap that voting Members approved in the EAA per rollam voting:

- seeking a full and wide-ranging review of the EAA's Statutes, calling a Special Meeting of the Association to approve the recommendations as outlined in the voting text, and
- establishing a Task Force to advise on how those EAA Statutes are put into practice.

Details can be found in the AMBM Minutes here: https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA/EAA/Members/AMBM.aspx?fbclid=IwY2xjawNxXZNleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHq-3LV02TtV4qZCng_XTBCgfzJIpXWUkMYLz4BhbDfM3_eXtLD_X54t2h1Oz_aem_t1bvrF39SgQTIfq9iOwt2Q

The Executive Board meeting agenda also included addressing questions that Members have raised in the context of the Belgrade AM and AMBM, as well as a request to call a Special Meeting of the Membership.

We will update you on these matters as soon as we can.

24/09/2025

We are pleased to announce that the Call for Sessions for the 32nd EAA Annual Meeting in Athens, Greece is now open.

Call for sessions will be open between 23 September – 30 October 2025 (23:59 CET)

Please submit your proposals via portal: https://submissions.e-a-a.org/eaa2026

Full details can be found here 👉 https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA2026/sessions

06/09/2025

The Closing Ceremony will take place today at 18:45-19:45 CEST.

Please join us for this event. You can find the link under "Social Programme" on the left hand side menu of the web platform.

05/09/2025

A reminder that today we have our Annual Membership Business Meeting.
We encourage all members and attendees to join us at 18:45-19:45 CEST.

You can find a link to this meeting under "Social Programme" on the left hand side menu of the web platform.

We hope to see many of you there!