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Wanna hear more about Caribbean archaeology? This Tuesday, 5th of November, Sony Jean is the very first to receive a PhD in Archaeology in Haitian history! He will present his groundbreaking PhD research La Biographie d’un Paysage, especially for us! In this research he explores the Fort-Liberté region in Haiti, examining the archaeological traces of different social groups that shaped the cultural landscape of the region over an extensive chronological period. Please come and join us! Afterwards, there is time for questions and there will be snacks.

 After the lecture, it’s tapas time! Come and join us for some amazing food at La Cubanita (with Sony!). For the lovely price of €17,50, you can join us for this delicious tapas dinner. Unfortunately, this price does not include drinks, but you can still enjoy unlimited tapas. Yes, that’s right: unlimited tapas! You don’t have to transfer us money, you pay with cash or card yourself at the restaurant. If you wanna come, sign up fast! There are limited spots available. Sign up by sending an email to johandelaet@gmail.com. Looking forward to seeing you there!

After the tapas dinner, you can come join the board at Café de Keyzer for the third monthly drinks. Since it is at de Keyzer again this month, we will have a discount on drinks again. Don’t forget to come collect your stamp! However, due to our Terra Halloween Party on Thursday, we moved the Keyzer Drinks to Tuesday the 5th of November!

Like every year, we organize our first party around Halloween. This gives us, and thus you as our lovely members, the perfect excuse to pull out all the stops and dress up like you have never done before. In honour of this, we will hold a little dress-up competition. Right after arriving at 22:00 at the 7th of November, you will get a ballot on which you can write the name of the person with your favourite costume. Hand in the ballot before midnight and the board will announce the winner, who will get rewarded for the effort they put in!
For tickets you can either stop by the office and pay for your ticket in person or transfer the money to NL89RABO0345625846 on the name of LAS Terra, mentioning the party and your name. You can find more info on the poster and at the link below.

Are you already excited for the terra party, but dreading the hangover next day? Don’t worry about it, because Nabu Na’id has got you covered. At the 8th of November, we will organize a hangover meal. We will be preparing several Middle Eastern dishes and drinks for you. The meal will start at 16:00 and joining will only set you back 4 euros. If this sounds like an awesome idea to you then please sign up by sending an e-mail to nabunaid@gmail.com. Please include if you have any allergies or preferences.  We will try to take all of your preferences into account.

On the 13th of November, Johan Picardt will host a lecture given by Ivar Schulte on the excavations of camp Sobibor. The lecture will take place in the main hall of the van Steenis building at 5 pm. After the lecture, there will be drinks and time to reflect on the subject. We all hope to see you there!

From the 19th until the 21st of November, it is once again time for Terra to hold the first bookmarket of the year! Every day between 9:00 and 18:00 (or maybe even a bit earlier/later if you are very kind to our committee members) you can come by the Van Steenis building to peruse our large selection of donated books. We have MANY books in a huge range of genres, the entire market covers the area both under and at the top of the main stairway, and we sell most of them for only one or two euros apiece! If this sounds like your cup of tea, please take this opportunity to fill up your shelves and visit us!

Wednesday the 20th is the second General Assembly of Members, this one is all about Terra’s finances. The realisations of last year and the budgets of this year will be presented. Make sure to join us if you find finances interesting!

It’s time for the third Faculty drinks! Come join us Thursday the 21st for drinks and chats! From now on, the drinks will start at 16:30 and will and at 18:30, so keep that in mind.

Lo and behold! On Tuesday, November 26th, the Travel Committee will announce the destination of next summer’s trip! Additionally, activities, modes of transport and prices will be shared. For those that don’t know, the Terra summer trip is a twelve-day journey, filled with culture, history, archaeology and other activities. The admission to the trip will also start right after the presentation!

On the 26th of November at 19:00 Maitreya will be hosting their first discussion group of the year at de Keyzer! Have you always wanted to know more about archaeological subjects that the faculty does not cover and discuss them with your fellow students? We got you covered! Enjoy a free first cold beverage of your choice on us while we discuss our first topic: African rock art, with a particular focus on the San people of South Africa. We will send those who sign-up three articles: One of which is a more general introductory article, and the other two are more specialised of which you may choose one. Of course, we will not shun you if you choose to read both 😉 If you would like to join please send us an email so we can provide the articles: a.a.d.maitreya@gmail.com.

On November 27th, Nabu Na’id will be hosting its first videogame night where we will be playing 2 games. The first game is Age of Empires 2 HD Edition where people will be able to pick different civilizations and wage war against each other. The second, for those looking for a more chill experience, will be Uncharted 3 an adventure type game where you go around the world looking for Near Eastern Treasure. Feel free to drop by and have a look around, you are also welcome to play other games. In the case of Uncharted, you won’t need anything in particular but for Age of Empires 2, you will need to bring your own laptop with the game installed (you can find the game on steam).