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Prof. Réginald Auger

Professeur titulaire
Université Laval, Département des sciences historiques, Canada
Participates in 3 items
A graduated from the University of Calgary, Réginald Auger has been a professor of archaeology at Université Laval since 1994. With funding from FRQ-SC, he created the Groupe de recherche en archéométrie, and is the leader of the CFI funded Laboratoires d’archéologie de l’Université Laval. In addition to his ongoing research in urban archaeology in Quebec City, Auger’s long term research is on a sugar plantation in French Guiana. His research on the Elizabethan search for precious-metal bearing ores, a multidisciplinary research project on the voyages of Martin Frobisher to Baffin Island, was carried out in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution during the 1990s. He was Program Director of Université Laval’s archaeology, ethnology and museum studies programs from 2001-2004 and Director of the CELAT research centre from 2006-2009, a multidisciplinary research center which includes 30 regular members from four universities. He teaches courses on the theory and practice of archaeology and supervises or co-supervises a dozen graduate students in Canada, United States and France working on the archaeology of the early modern period.
 

Sessions in which Prof. Réginald Auger participates

Monday 6 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00 - 15:00 | 6 hours
Heritage Changes PlaceCo-Construction and Community Based Heritage
Heritage changes placeCo-construction of heritageCommunity-based heritageHeritage makers

In addressing the theme of this conference, we argue that archaeology, above and beyond the traditional goals of research and post-excavation analyses, may contribute to economic development, education and the creation of identities and communities. Our session "What does Heritage Change? Case Studies in Archaeology," is divided into two themes starting with archaeological practice through its legislation and management. Contract or commercial archaeology increasingly comprises the vast major...

Tuesday 7 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Sessions in which Prof. Réginald Auger attends

Saturday 4 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
11:00 - 15:00 | 4 hours
Heritage Changes PoliticsHeritage in Conflicts
Heritage changes politicsPolitical uses of heritageUses of heritageHeritage and conflicts

This session explores the different ways late modern states control and translate heritage, both their own and that of others. While modern governments have always played a role in the production and authorization of heritage, late modern states have unprecedented command over the heritage landscape. Coinciding with the postwar economic boom, globalization, and most recently neoliberalism, the state has come to dominate the most vital aspects of heritage, ranging from research (heritage produ...

Sunday 5 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00 - 12:30 | 3 hours 30 minutes
Heritage Changes PoliticsHeritage in Conflicts

This session explores the different ways late modern states control and translate heritage, both their own and that of others. While modern governments have always played a role in the production and authorization of heritage, late modern states have unprecedented command over the heritage landscape. Coinciding with the postwar economic boom, globalization, and most recently neoliberalism, the state has come to dominate the most vital aspects of heritage, ranging from research (heritage produ...