AIA Lecture Program
Events
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The Midas Monument: Behind the Facade
Princeton Art Museum, Tuttle Lecture Hall (Room 134) 45 Elm Dr, Princeton, United StatesThe Elizabeth S. Ettinghausen Lecture
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Bob Sutton – Recovering Zeuxis’ Helen: The Invention of the Female Nude
Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus Baltimore, Maryland, United StatesBob Sutton, Professor Emeritus, Indiana University Recovering Zeuxis’ Helen: The Invention of the Female Nude Classical Athenian painted vases often displayed risqué images of naked female bathers. Around 430 BCE, […]
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Ancestors, Tombs, and Treasure: New Work at the Mycenaean Greek Cemetery at Aidonia, Greece
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 2316 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA, United StatesHybrid Event -
Religion at the Boundaries and the Archaeology of Interreligious Engagement
University of Cincinnati, Blegen Library, Room 308 University Circle, Cincinnati, OH, United StatesKershaw Lectures in Near East Archaeology
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Living and Dying with Judean Pillar Figurines: From the Met to Lachish and Back Again
Barnley Davis 212, Denison University 200 West Loop, Granville, OH, United StatesKershaw Lectures in Near East Archaeology
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Something Old, Something Blue: The Color of Innovation through Ancient Western Asian Seals
Penn Museum 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesStone and clay may dominate archaeological narratives of Ancient Western Asian museum galleries, shaping our understanding through what has survived best. Yet, ancient craftspeople worked within a far richer material […]
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Religion at the Boundaries and the Archaeology of Interreligious Engagement
Oberlin Public Library 65 S. Main St, Oberlin, United StatesKershaw Lectures in Near East Archaeology
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September AIA Archaeology Hour with Eric Cline: Homer, Hollywood, and Historical Context
Virtual EventJoin the AIA as Eric Cline (George Washington University) presents the first AIA Archaeology Hour talk of the 2026-2027 season: "Homer, Hollywood, and Historical Context: Comments scribbled in a Bronze Age Archaeologist’s Notebook." This presentation will be held on Wednesday, September 23, 2026 at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central/6pm Mountain/5pm Pacific. Register Here! This lecture will also […]
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Beyond Shipwrecks: Currents and Connections
Anna Marguerite McCann and Robert D. Taggart Lectureship in Underwater Archaeology Location TBA
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Consider the Lobster: The Acholla Archaeological Project (Tunisia)
La Villita Room, Durango Building, UT San Antonio Downtown Campus 501 W. Cesar E Chavez Blvd., San Antonio, TX, United StatesCharles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship
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Alexander Hollman (University of Washington): Magic, Underworld Gods, Competition: The Newly Published Curse Tablets of Antioch & Caesarea (Rumpakis Lecture)
Willamette University School of Law 245 Winter St SE (Paulus Lecture Hall, Room 201), Salem, OR, United StatesAncient curse tablets, with texts usually scraped into thin, soft lead sheets, then rolled up and hidden in tombs, wells, or walls, represent some of the most fascinating sources of ancient beliefs in magic and dark powers. Curses could target rivals in business or love, circus charioteers racing against one's own favorite faction, or even […]