Calpe Conference
The Calpe Conference is an international academic conference organised by the Gibraltar National Museum on behalf of HM Government of Gibraltar, and held annually on the Rock.
The name of the conference refers to the name given to the Rock of Gibraltar in antiquity, Mons Calpe, which was regarded one of the Pillars of Hercules in classical times.
Previous conference topics have included, human evolution, heritage, natural history and conservation.
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28th | 2024 | Islands in the Sun: Climate change, ecology and evolution on the Atlantic Islands and its continental seaboard |
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27th | 2023 | The Three Anniversaries (1783, 1848, 1893) |
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26th | 2022 | Palaearctic-African Bird Migration |
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25th | 2021 | Iberian Neanderthals |
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24th | 2020 | Natural History of Gibraltar: Past, Present & Future |
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23rd | 2019 | Archaeological and Heritage Research in Gibraltar: the past thirty years |
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22nd | 2018 | NEANDERTHAL: The Conference |
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21st | 2017 | The Rewilding Conference |
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20th | 2016 | Past Worlds: Neanderthal and Modern Human response to climate and environment change |
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19th | 2015 | Redefining the Neanderthals |
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18th | 2014 | In the footsteps of the ancestors: a universal heritage of everyone |
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17th | 2013 | Caves as Archives: The Rock of Gibraltar as a Case Study |
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16th | 2012 | The Human niche: Ecology, Behaviour and Culture in the genus Homo |
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15th | 2011 | Bridges and Barriers: A History of the Strait of Gibraltar |
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14th | 2010 | Pleistocene Ecological Change and the Evolution of Bird Migration Systems |
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13th | 2009 | Human Evolution: 150 years after Darwin |
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12th | 2008 | The evolution of identities: Small communities in space and time |
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11th | 2007 | People in the Mediterranean: A history of interaction |
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10th | 2006 | Straits, Refuges and the Geography of Populations |
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9th | 2005 | Sentinel of the Mediterranean: Gibraltar, the Navy and the Strait |
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8th | 2004 | Perspectives on Human Origins |
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7th | 2003 | The Barbary Macaque: Biology, Management and Conservation |
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6th | 2002 | Gibraltar – Malta: History, Heritage & Identity in a Mediterranean Setting |
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5th | 2001 | Neanderthals and Modern Humans in Late Pleistocene Eurasia |
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4th | 2000 | Linking the Fragments of Paradise: An international conference on environmental conservation in small territories |
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3rd | 1999 | Gibraltar: Mediterranean History and World Heritage |
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2nd | 1998 | The First Europeans – Gibraltar ’98: 150th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Forbes’ Quarry Skull |
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1st | 1997 | European Gateway: The Strait of Gibraltar through History |
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