Update: I've now declined two invitations to participate at the Athens #EAA meeting #boycottEAA
And just a quick reminder for everyone boycotting the EAA that this doesn’t have to mean not presenting your research. Get in touch with us if you would like to host / help build an alternative space! We don’t have to wait for big subject orgs to get it, we can build alternatives. #boycottEAA
In the context of this deplorable situation with the #EAA, I cannot support participation in the forthcoming Athens conference.
I urge all archaeologists around the world, from students to professors, amateurs and professionals, to #boycottEAA
We recognise that anyone who speaks up runs the risk of being targeted by a small group of bad actors within the EAA. It is important that if you feel uncomfortable outing your name online or IRL, that it is ok. Remember you have a right to criticise any given state or government. More info in alt text.
We recognise that anyone who speaks up risks being targeted by a small group of bad actors within the EAA. It is important that if you feel uncomfortable outing your name online/IRL, that is ok. Remember you have a right to criticise any given state or government. More info in alt text #boycottEAA
#boycotteaa This action is being called due to ongoing: lack of transparency about processes before and during the Belgrade conference; bullying and intimidation of members by email and at meetings; releasing member information without consent. For more info, see: thepipeline.info/blog/categor...
A group of current and past EAA members and action groups are calling for a (first) Counter Conference open online meeting for all of you to join to get information, voice your concerns and discuss next steps (date TBC) #boycotteaa
A red stop sign runs across the logo for EAA2026 in Athens. Above the stop sign, the text reads: “Boycott EAA-Athens”.
Share our call for a boycott of Athens. If you were planning to attend the conference, withdraw your sessions & papers now. To the local organizing committee, we support you, we are calling on you to put pressure on the Executive Board of the EAA and withdraw until the matter is resolved #boycotteaa
Six lines of text give a recommendation of how to vote, as follows: “Motion 1: Yes Motion 2: No Motion 3: Yes Motion 4: Yes Motion 5: Yes Motion 6: Yes”.
Members from 2025 and 2026 are entitled to vote in the per rollam vote circulated by the EAA Executive. Use your vote! #boycotteaa
Stop sign in red over the EAA Athens call. In black the text reads: “Save EAA. Vote. Boycott.”
Tired of excuses and obfuscation from the EAA Executive?
Want a collegial and supportive society fit for its members?
Read our call for voting and boycotting below!
#boycottEAA
LINK: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
This is not an attack on the local organizing committee, this is a boycott against the malicious tactics of the executive board of the EAA. This is to save the EAA. If you have a session or paper, withdraw, if you were planning to attend, hold off, if you are a member vote! #boycottEAA
Stop sign in red over the EAA Athens call. In black the text reads: “Save EAA. Vote. Boycott.”
Tired of excuses and obfuscation from the EAA Executive?
Want a collegial and supportive society fit for its members? Then #boycottEAA
Read our call for voting and boycotting below!
If you want a detailed description of the events so far please read: drive.google.com/file/d/1jdGO...
NO BUSINESS AS USUAL!!!
TAKE ACTION!!
WITHDRAW MEMBERSHIP
SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE
BOYCOTT COMPLICIT ASSOCIATIONS
The most violent response to our reasonable nonviolent demands came from the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA). In response to 1200 signatures from archaeologists worldwide, and in response to the Executive Board’s democratic vote to implement a measure already in place for removal of Russian and Belarusian affiliations, the EAA president, Eszter Banffy reportedly provoked a rapid and rabid onslaught of threatening emails to Executive Board members.
In shielding apartheid Israel from the consequences of their ongoing war crimes against Palestinians, EAA leadership ignored the views of hundreds of members, undermined the democratic decisions of the Association, exposed the Executive Board to an orchestrated intimidation campaign, made an inappropriate reference to collective punishment of Israeli conference participants, demanded local conference organisers enforce authoritarian censorship, tried to browbeat conference participants into silence, twisted facts in order to misrepresent events, and completely destroyed the reputation and credibility of the Association.
BOYCOTT EAA
On this International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, we ask you to think about where you invest your time and money in 2026. That also applies to membership in archaeological institutions and attendance at conferences. #boycottWAC #boycottEAA #boycottASOR