AIA Societies

Chicago

Society Contact
Shannon Martino
aiachicagosec@gmail.com

Chartered in 1889

Chicago Society on Facebook

Society Outreach Grant recipient – 2009
Lecture Lottery Winner – 2007

Past Society Events:

Replacing Empires. The Archaeology of Political Transformation and Spatial Dynamics in 1st Millennium BCE Mesopotamia

April 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Archaeology & Ale: Suhar, An Early Medieval Port on the Indian Ocean

November 13, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

After 1177 BCE: The Survival of Civilizations

October 10, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

In search of a lost hydraulic treasure in Iraqi Kurdistan: how to virtually study abandoned subterranean qanat systems

May 8, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

AIA Archaeology Hour with Deborah Carlson

April 17, 2024 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Crouching Tigers, Hidden Elephants

April 11, 2024 @ 7:00 pm

Accept No Imitation? Amphora Packaging and Roman Wine Consumption on the Bay of Naples

January 17, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

2024 AIA Annual Meeting

January 4, 2024 @ 8:00 am - January 7, 2024 @ 5:00 pm

All in the Name of Science: Academic Facilitation of the Trade in Asian Cultural Objects

November 7, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Tour: Archaeology and Bronzeville: Erased, Extant, and Emerging Forms of the Black Metropolis, 1880-2023

October 29, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Shadows of Time: The Science and Art of the Ancient Sundial

October 5, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Living in ruins: Vibrancy and decay in the ancient Maya city

April 26, 2023 @ 7:00 pm

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