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2026 BeFRAIL Webinar Series
2026 BeFRAIL Webinar Series
We are very happy to announce that the third edition of the BeFRAIL webinar series are extending an open call for contributions.
The third edition, titled “Digital frailty: the role of 3D modelling in bioanthropology, archaeology and heritage” aims to explore digital preservation and documentation, heritage conservation and present applications and future directions.
Talks are expected to be 15 minutes long with 5 minutes for questions.
If you are an early career researcher at the Master or PhD level or a recent graduate and are interested in contributing, please fill out the form by midnight of the 30th of January 2026 (12:00 am WEST). If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us at BeFRAIL@fcsh.unl.pt. The webinar series is expected to take place between next March and June/July.
OPEN CALL FORM: https://forms.gle/WtMKD5BGdhLzsTfF6
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.
2024 BeFRAIL Webinar Series
2024 BeFRAIL Webinar Series
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.’
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