A recent episode of The Slow Newscast, Bones and All: the trade in human remains, examines the growing and largely unregulated market for human remains in the UK. As museums and cultural institutions continue to reflect on the ethical responsibilities… Read More »Bones and All: The Trade in Human Remains — BABAO Sale of Human Remains Taskforce Quoted in The Slow Newscast
Following voting processes in August and September this year, and as announced during our last AGM at the BABAO Annual Conference 2026 in Lincoln, we wish to extend a very warm welcome to our new Trustees! Becoming a BABAO Trustee… Read More »Welcome new Trustees!
At the 2026 Annual Meeting at Lincoln, BABAO’s fourth Service Award was awarded to Dr Trish Biers. As most of you know, Trish has been an exemplary member of this community for many years, working tirelessly on issues relating to the trade… Read More »BABAO Service Award 2026
It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of Professor Jason Arday. Prof. Arday worked with the British Association of Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology (BABAO) Trustees and our ED&I Committee in 2021 as a Partner on our Race… Read More »Remembering Professor Jason Arday
Introducing new BABAO infographic on “Destructive Sampling of Human Remains: Considerations and Care” We are pleased to share our new BABAO infographic on “Destructive Sampling of Human Remains: Considerations and Care”. It can be viewed, along with other BABAO guidelines,… Read More »“Destructive Sampling of Human Remains: Considerations and Care” infographic
Huge congratulations to this year’s winner of the Holger Schutkowski Award for excellence in a masters thesis! Congratulations to Victoria Brandt for their outstanding thesis “Analysis of Fracture Patterns in Long Bones from Blunt Force Trauma: A Medicolegal Context“. They… Read More »2026 Winner Holger Schutkowski Award
Join us on July 29 evening for one of our Outreach Talk series ‘Curating Human Stories: A journey to becoming a curator‘ This month BABAO is giving the last of our talks on the branches of osteoarchaeology, covering museum work… Read More »Outreach talk on July 29
We have a number of Trustee roles coming to an end in 2026 and are therefore seeking nominations to fill these positions on the Board of Trustees. The positions open for nominations are: We would like to take this opportunity… Read More »Call for Nominations – Trustee roles
Join us on May 27 evening for one of our Outreach Talk series ‘Life is Like a Box of Chocolates: Bioarchaeologists in Academia’ How do Universities deal with Bones?Osteologists – People who study the archaeological bones of past peoples –… Read More »Join us for an Outreach Talk on May 27
Nominations for the BABAO Service Award are open until September 1st 2026 BABAO has established two awards for members, the Service Award and the Mentorship Award. Requests for nominations are in alternate years, with the award being presented at the BABAO Annual… Read More »Nominations open – BABAO Service Award 2026
