Progetto Eur ArChal

Archaeology in the present: global challenges in the light of the past

The ArchaeoChallenges Graduated Research School (EUR ArChal) is led by the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and supported by seven partner institutions in France and Europe:

• Freie Universität Berlin – FUB (Germany) - https://www.fu-berlin.de/
• Universidad Complutense Madrid – UCM (Spain) - https://www.ucm.es/
• Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna – UNIBO (Italy) - https://www.unibo.it/it
• Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique – CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research, France) - https://www.cnrs.fr/fr
• Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales – INALCO (National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations, France) - https://www.inalco.fr/
• Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives – INRAP (National Institute for Rescue Excavations and Archaeological Research, France) - https://www.inrap.fr/
• Musée d'Archéologie Nationale, Domaine National Saint-Germain en Laye – MAN (National Museum of Archaeology, France) - https://musee-archeologienationale.fr/

The EUR ArChal is a beneficiary of the Programme Investissements d’Avenir 2019. Developed in 2020, the teaching program began in November 2021.

Its aim is threefold:

To offer innovative training in cutting-edge methods and techniques in archaeology.

To develop original teaching and research projects (Masters, theses, scientific projects) on themes linked to current global challenges.

To use this dual approach to enhance the professionalisation of students.

To achieve its objectives the EUR ArChal is proposing the unprecedented creation of a platform for European cooperation in archaeological teaching and research. The synergy between the partners involved in this EUR is guaranteed by shared themes, scientific and ethical values, but also through collaborations with the partner organisations that are already well established, both at institutional and individual levels.

The project is structured around four major challenges:

Challenge 1 – Environment and climate change

Challenge 2 – Power and inequalities

Challenge 3 – Conflicts, mobilities and migrations

Challenge 4 – Technology and innovation

Through a diachronic analysis of the strategies adopted in the past in the face of global challenges, the EUR ArChal offers a completely new knowledge base on the subject. It’s aimed at students, scientists, socio-economic players, and the general public. Its ambition is to contribute, in the light of the past, to the implementation of sustainable strategies to meet the challenges of the future.

https://corsi.unibo.it/2cycle/AppliedCriticalArchaeologyHeritage/ecole-universitaire-de-recherche-archaeological-challenges