PROGRAM and ABSTRACT BOOK - HERE
Vassallo, S., Malcherek, A., Moreira, C. E., Rodrigues, Z., & Alves Cardoso, F. (2026). BeFRAIL webinar series 2026 programme and abstract book. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19629809
Digital frailty: the role of 3D modelling in bioanthropology, archaeology and heritage
5th May, 13:00 - 14:00 WEST | REGISTRATION
Pınar Durgun | After-lives: Digital, Physical, and Ethical Copies of Mortuary Remains
13th May, 13:00 - 14:00 WEST | REGISTRATION
Paulo Bernardes | From Excavation to Digital Continuum: 3D Modelling as a Strategy for Documenting Fragile Archaeological Contexts
27th May, 13:00 - 14:00 WEST | REGISTRATION
Rute Rebocho | Exploring 3D Modelling for Documentation, Preservation, and Engagement in Cultural Heritage
3rd July, 13:00-14:00 WEST | REGISTRATION
Maria Giovanna Belcastro | Human Remains in Anthropology: Legacy, Challenges, and Perspectives
5th June, 13:00-14:00 WEST | REGISTRATION
Sofie-Kristin Schendzielorz | When Bones Go Digital – Rethinking Biomechanical Adaptation Studies Through 3D Modelling
Luna Beerden | 3D Modelling and Activity Level Analysis: Case Study of Predynastic Egypt and A-Group Nubia
19th June, 11:00-12:00 WEST | REGISTRATION
Dario Pérez Vidal & Mireia López-Bertran | Technical evaluation of 3D generative AI web platforms applied to the virtualization of Iberian Edetan ceramics
Karen M. Cooke | Quantification of periostitis through confocal laser scanning microscopy and roughness analysis
26th June, 15:00 - 16:00 WEST | REGISTRATION
Dejing Du et al. | Craniofacial Effects of Prepubertal Castration: A 3D Reconstruction Study of Ming–Qing Eunuchs from Beijing
8th July, 13:00-14:00 WEST | REGISTRATION
Varsha Warrier & Tanuj Kanchan | Creating virtual CT repositories for under-represented populations: Enhancing Forensic Age estimation and Human Identification
Teresa Nicolosi et al. | The digitization and ethical management of the Documented Human Osteological Collection of the Certosa Cemetery of Bologna (Virtual DHOC)
Linda Melo – "Reflections on ethical issues in the study of human bones" – 15.04.2025, 11:00 WEST.
Rachael Carew – "Ethics Around the Creation and Use of 3D Printed Human Remains: Toward the Ethical Use of Technology in Forensic Anthropology" – 23.04.2025, 12:00 WEST.
Kirsty Squires – "A different way of thinking: ethical approaches to taphonomically altered human remains" – 29.04.2025, 12:00 WEST.
Monika Milosavljević – "Fundamentals of Archaeological Evidence and the Quest for Transdisciplinarity: From Misconceptions to Improving Methodological Omnivorism" – 09.05.2025, 12:00 WEST.
Pamela L. Geller – "Biopolitics, Burials and the Bioethics of Care" – 14.05.2025, 14:00 WEST
Damien Huffer – "Human Remains as ‘Conflict Antiquities’ and How Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology Can Change the Narrative" – 27.05.2025, 10:00 WEST.
Chris Stantis – "Ethical and Responsible Data Stewardship in Bioarchaeology" – 04.06.2025, 14:00 WEST.
A. Silva Bessa & Hugo F. V. Cardoso - “Ethics in bioarchaeology and forensics: Reflections on the scientific value of human skeletal material”; V. Campanacho - “Exploring Digital Ethics and Public Opinion on the Display of Human Ancestors on YouTube” – 11.06.2025, 16:00 WEST.
A. Freed - "Disabled Peoples’ Perspectives on Bioarchaeologies of Disability and Care"; I. Grimley - “Dying before their time: Ethical implications of applying the concept of frailty to non-adult skeletal remains”, A. Brooks-Cole - “A Novel Approach to Analysing Decapitation: The Use of Trauma Analysis for Understanding the Socio-political Context at the Roman Site of Grain” - 17.06.2025, 12:00 WEST.
S. Næss Elleskov - "Confronting the Ethical and Cultural Dimensions of Bioarchaeological Research in Kalaallit Nunaat"; S. Tremblay - "Miyeu wiichayhtoowuk as Decolonial Research Practice: Modelling Ancestry and Biological Affinities Relationally" –24.06.2025, 17:00 WEST.
Charlotte Primeau (14.03.2024 - 15:00 GMT) - ‘The use of radiographic imaging in bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology.’
Sandra Assis (04.04.2024 - 15:00 WEST, GMT+1) - ‘Bones and diseases: contributions and challenges of paleohistopathology for the study of past human conditions.’
Nicholas Márquez-Grant (12.04.2024 - 16:00 WEST, GMT+1) - ‘Taphonomy: What happens to the body after death?’
Eline Schotsmans (24.04.2024 - 12:00 WEST, GMT+1) - ‘The use of lime as a disinfectant during epidemics.’
Amanda Wissler (03.05.2024 - 16:00 WEST, GMT+1) - ‘Socio-demographic causes of frailty in the 1918 flu pandemic.’
Sharon DeWitte (17.05.2024 - 18:00 WEST, GMT+1) - ‘Stress, sex, and death: health and survival in the context of medieval famine and plague.’
Olalla López-Costas (24.05.2024 - 15:00 WEST, GMT+1) - ‘Food on the move: bioarchaeology of diet and mobility.’