Lecture by Jenny L. Davis, UIUC Department of Anthropology
The Lives of Ancient Maya Commoners: How Could We Have Been So Wrong? Dr. Payson Sheets (University of Colorado Boulder) Ancient Maya elites have been the focus of research for well over a century, and for good reasons. They developed the New World’s most sophisticated writing system. Their architecture, sculpture, murals, and other items constitute […]
Dr. David Saunders, Getty Museum Over the last decade, the Antiquities department of the J. Paul Getty Museum has developed a fruitful and enduring partnership with the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. In addition to generous loans for special exhibitions, we have undertaken a series of collaborative conservation projects that have returned individual objects to […]
The American Research Center in Egypt, Northern California Chapter, and the Near Eastern Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley, invite you to attend a lecture by Dr. Francesco Tiradritti, Director, Italian Archaeological Mission to Luxor: The Life and Deeds of Luigi Vassalli: Painter, Patriot and Egyptologist Sunday, April 7, 3 pm Room 20 Barrows Hall […]
Joukowsky Lecture Co-sponsored by the Arthur and Helen Baer Foundation and the Missouri History Museum
Kress Lecture Reception at 5:30 PM Co-sponsored by the Randolph College Classics Department
The Department of Classical and Archaeological Studies at the University of Kent, Canterbury, is pleased to announce TRAC 2019 will take place from Thursday 11th April until Sunday 14th April. The plenary lecture (Dr. Zena Kamash) will be on the evening of the 11th, followed by two days of three conference sessions running in parallel, […]
Kress Alumni Lecture Co-sponsored by the Art & Architectural History Department at the College of Charleston
Natural Not Yet Understood: The Supernatural from Antiquity to the Medieval Period Department of Classical Studies, Brandeis University Graduate Student Conference April 13th, 2019 Keynote Speaker: Professor Debbie Felton, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Humans have always been drawn to the idea of creatures and worlds that exist alongside or outside of our own. These extraordinary […]
Kress Lecture Reception at 5:30 PM Co-sponsored by the USF Classical Society
"The theme chosen for the 47th annual CAA conference is “Check Object Integrity”, after the IT command which is used for checking integrity violations. The recent CAA conferences have been heavily influenced by the atmosphere accentuated in Siena; “Keep the Revolution Going!”. In keeping with this spirit, we would like to gather the members of […]
Dr. Alana Newman, Lecturer in Classics, Monmouth College, will discuss the Archaeology Lab on campus, and detail what the students have been involved with throughout the school year.
CfP: The “Popular” in Classical Antiquity Graduate Student Conference, University of Pennsylvania, April 26, 2019 Keynote speaker: Jeremy Lefkowitz, Swarthmore College What is popular culture in the ancient world? How can we study it? Why should we study it? In recent years the discipline of Classical Studies has sought to move away from its traditionally […]
CfP: The “Popular” in Classical Antiquity Graduate Student Conference, University of Pennsylvania, April 26, 2019 Keynote speaker: Jeremy Lefkowitz, Swarthmore College What is popular culture in the ancient world? How can we study it? Why should we study it? In recent years the discipline of Classical Studies has sought to move away from its traditionally […]
Kress Lecture Co-sponsored by the SDSU Department of History
ARCE-PA Mini-Symposium “Royal Tomb Decoration and the Afterlife “ UPenn Museum, Anthro Classroom 345, 1pm SPEAKERS Dr. Aidan Dodson, Honorary Professor of Egyptology, Department of Anthropology & Archaeology, University of Bristol "Evolving the Magical Machine: Three Millennia of Egyptian Royal Tombs and Their Decoration" Dr. Suzanne Onstine, Associate Professor of History, University of Memphis "The Magic of Ra […]
Marilyn A. Martorano, MA, Martorano Consultants LLC, presents A new class of prehistoric artifacts called portable lithophones has been identified from Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in southern Colorado. “Litho” is Greek for stone and “phone” means sound; a lithophone is a musical instrument consisting of a purposely-selected rock (often formally-shaped) that is […]
Kress Lecture Co-sponsored by the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
Lecture by Professor Emerita Gale Owen-Crocker of the University of Manchester, formerly Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture and Director of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies Co-sponsored by the Missouri History Museum
Ashley Morton (independent scholar) This lecture will discuss the results of recent archaeological surveys conducted in the Gondola Meadow and the Looff Carrousel areas before the new recreational rink and carrousel buildings were completed. It will examine ongoing historical research into what is today Spokane's iconic public centerpiece, Riverfront Park, as the area transitioned from […]
"Recent Excavation at Arab El-Hisn" Prof. Dr. Mamdouh El-Damaty, Ain Shams University, Former Ministry of Antiquities, EGYPT Saturday, May 4, 3:30pm UPenn Museum, Philadelphia, Anthropology Classroom 345 This talk will provide information about the work conducted by the Ain Shams University mission, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Mamdouh Eldamaty, at ancient Heliopolis, modern Arab […]
