The Visiting Scholar in Archaeology Program offers support for a motivated scholar to organize and conduct the annual Visiting Scholar Conference which results in an edited volume of selected papers that the Visiting Scholar assembles and edits while in residence at SIUC. The Visiting Scholar also pursues his/her own research during the period of the award, teaches one seminar in his/her specialty, and is expected to interact productively with colleagues and students in the CAI and the Department of Anthropology. See the Position Announcement link below for the official job description.

For details about the annual Visiting Scholar Conference, check out the following links.

• The 2009 Visiting Scholar Conference— Hybrid Material Culture: The Archaeology of Syncretism and Ethnogenesis
  Organizer: Jeb J. Card   email: jcard@siu.edu
• Link to the Call For Papers Announcement (Abstracts are due December 15, 2008)

• Visiting Scholar in Archaeology Position Announcement
• Top Ten Reason why You Should Apply to be a CAI Visiting Scholar
• Past Visiting Scholar Conference Titles

Examples of Past Successful Visiting Scholar Proposals.

• 2008-2009 Hybrid Material Culture: Methods for Understanding the Creation of New Traditions
• 2007-2008 Human Diversity in the Ancient Americas: The Intersection of Skeletal Biology, Archaeology and Genetics
• 2006-2007 Anthropogenic Environments: The Cultural Modification of Landscapes and Ecological Systems
• 2005-2006 Methodologies for the Archaeological Investigation of Religion and Ritual: A Conference Proposal