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21/01/2026

New call for papers:
CFP | SSE1K International Conference – Venice, 8–10 September 2026
Please consider submitting a paper to the conference “Knowledge, Resilience and the Environment in the Mediterranean, 1–1000 CE”, organised as part of the ERC project SSE1K – Science, Society and Environmental Change in the First Millennium CE, organized at Università Ca' Foscari Venezia.
We welcome abstracts for 20-minute papers and posters (see Call for Papers in the link below).
Deadline for abstract submission: 22 February 2026
Submissions via online form which can be found in the Call for Papers.
Please feel free to circulate this call for papers widely.
https://iala-lac.org/knowledge-resilience-and-the-environment-in-the-mediterranean-1-1000-ce-conference/

31/12/2025

IALA wishes everyone a Happy New Year. We look forward to seeing you at LAC2026 in Bamberg (https://lac2026.com/). Don't forget to check out and share the European Landscape Consortium initiative (https://iala-lac.org/european-landscape-consortium/).

22/10/2025

IALA has become a founding member of the European Landscape Consortium, an association of associations whose role is to envigorate and promote the European Landscape Convention, marking the 25th anniversary of its creation.
The Consortium has drafted and sent a statement to members of the EU Parliament and European Commission, as well as other institutions and representatives including, of course, the Council of Europe. You can find out more and read the Statement at https://iala-lac.org/european-landscape-consortium/
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26/09/2025

IALA-IALE joint session at IALE2025 conference (Bratislava, 4/9/2025). Find out more at

26/09/2025

IALA was represented at the 2025 ECLAS conference in Nitra (Slovakia), titled agriCULTURAL landscapes - 30 years of landscape architecture education in Nitra (https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/74267/program). Landscape Architecture has always been about understanding, managing and designing the landscape, so it is a natural fit for Landscape Archaeology of any type. Future collaboration between IALA and ECLAS is being planned, so make sure to stay informed.
I hope to see ECLAS represented in Bamberg for LAC2026 (https://lac2026.com/).

15/08/2025

A Sentinel 2 picture from August 13th reveals the extent of the wildfire destruction in the UNESCO cultural landscape of Las Médulas (Spain).
The beauty and majesty of the largest Roman gold mine as it can be seen today, inmersed in a sea of chestnut trees, has been terribly devastated due to a problem which is endemic in many places of Southern Europe. Drier and warmer summers, together with an increasingly abandoned countryside, have become a terrible combination for some of the most delicate landscapes.
In addition, this tragedy hits close to home...and heart.
Image: Grupo de Investigación ESTAP. CSIC

18/07/2025

Good news! The success of International Congress Uncertain Landscapes ( https://uncertainlandscapes.weebly.com/ ) will be followed again in 2026, and the Lab2PT of the Universidade do Minho will be preparing for it with two internal workshops in coming months. So stay tuned for any further information.

Our position towards the built environment cannot be limited to being a mere observer. We are part of it and that old dominant or complacent perspective has radically changed: proximity has replaced...

11/07/2025

Become a member of IALA now for only 60€, which will give you two years of membership. Other fees are available. Explore these and some of the benefits at

Membership Membership in the IALA is open to all individuals who are interested, engaged, or associated with landscape archaeology and related studies or research. IALA members subscribe to the objectives of the association and agree to comply with the formulated IALA statutes. Membership is on a ca...

09/07/2025

Job alert: 3-year full-time postdoc at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München for project EXCALIBUR, to carry out AI Landscape Mapping and Dataset Preparation in Cultural Heritage, AI Techniques for the Reconstruction of Burial Objects and Advanced AI and LLMs for Knowledge Enrichment and Interaction. Check out more details at https://job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/1b544bbef93e75e74227598c4ce6a9e09fae4d6b0?ref=homepage&fbclid=IwY2xjawLaNfdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHictwwnWmuW59-uhA5OjqupuFQOj5jmvWIvkim1zWy7WvlBIHhbAAS52mGa7_aem__PTDStV8fIC1EGk3ifsUbw

The Institute for Digital Cultural Heritage Studies (IDCHS) is a unique research and teaching unit within the European higher education landscape, dedicated to advancing transformative research on the ancient world through technology and digital engagement. Its mission is to address 21st-century soc...

03/07/2025

LAC2026 offers three types of sessions: regular, pitch/PechaKucha and round table. Make sure you submit now the session idea of your choice, because the deadline is Friday 11th. https://lac2026.com/

The University of Bamberg in Germany invites you to the 9th international Landscape Archaeology Conference (LAC). 18. - 20. March 2026

23/06/2025

IALA present at the UNISCAPE Landscape Festival 25+25, organized by University of Nova Gorica to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the by the Council of Europe at the first to be shared across a border European Capital of Culture 2025 Nova Gorica - Gorizia

12/06/2025

If you haven't already, take a look at this excellent article from a few years back in the then-new Journal of European Landscapes (AUP). Archaeology and management going hand in hand, at the pen of Tom Moore, Vincent Guichard and Jesús Álvarez-Sanchís.

Abstract Across Europe, landscape is recognised as a frame through which societal values are defined and embedded. The European Landscape convention and wider research has drawn attention to the need for integrating a diverse range of stakeholders to ensure landscape sustainability. Archaeology is i...