Please join us for the first Archaeology & Ale of 2021! Associate Professor Young R. Kim (University of Illinois at Chicago) will discuss "Cyprus and the Rhythms of Historical Change". For some, the end of Mediterranean antiquity was the result of a series of catastrophes; for others, the transition from a Greco-Roman way of life […]
In 2017, the Republic of Turkey filed a lawsuit in federal court against auction house Christie’s and billionaire philanthropist Michael Steinhardt for the return of an allegedly looted female figurine dating to the Chalcolithic era. The female idol is distinctive of works produced in the ceramic workshops of Kiliya in Western Anatolia between 3000 and […]
Lecture by Dr. Douglas Bamforth, University of Colorado Boudler Plains farmers settled at the Lynch site in northeastern Nebraska during the latter decades of the 13th century, in the midst of a wave of social change and dislocation across the mid-continent as Cahokia collapsed and drought spread widely over much of North America. In contrast […]
Renner Lecture Co-sponsored by the Wellesley College Department of Classical Studies
Joukowsky Lecture Co-sponsored by the SDSU Department of History Please contact Elizabeth Pollard ahead of time at epollard@sdsu.edu for the link to join this online lecture.
In ancient Greece, as today, insults ranged from playful mockery to serious affronts. This talk explores the various social and cultural roles played by insults in classical Athens, including obscene banter at festivals, satire on the comic stage, invective in the courtroom, forbidden slanderous speech, and violent attacks on other people’s honor.
Matson Lecture Please go to the Milwaukee Society's website and follow the instructions for joining the online lecture on Microsoft Teams.
Matson Lecture Please contact the AIA Orange County Society at ocarchaeology@yahoo.com for the link to this online lecture.
In the first half, probably the second quarter, of the sixth century B.C.E., a ship sank off the coast of Pabuç Burnu, Turkey, southeast of Bodrum or ancient Halikarnassos. Excavated by the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, the vessel’s preserved cargo and hull remains provide evidence for the development of production and exchange systems in the […]
Cesnola Lecture Space is limited, please register ahead of time.
Joukowsky Lecture Please contact aianashville@gmail.com for the link to attend the online lecture.
Oliver Lecture Please contact Jane Goldberg at jgoldber@illinois.edu for the link to attend this online lecture.
The registration link for this lecture is available from koon@ualberta.ca
PLEASE NOTE: Space for this online lecture is limited, so early registration is recommended.
Join us for a special virtual event called “Meet the Barbarians” featuring this year’s Felicia A. Holton Book Award winner, Dr. Peter Bogucki. “As an archaeologist who studies prehistoric societies north of the Alps, I want to tell the story of the non-literate peoples of this area to show that they did not appear suddenly […]
Kershaw Lecture PLEASE NOTE: Due to the weather conditions in Texas, the date of this lecture was changed from February 24 to March 3.
ZOOM lecture by Ani Eblighatian, Departement des sciences de l'Antiquite - Universite de Geneve.
