This talk by Dr. Tim Forssman (University of Mpumalanga) explores the development of archaeology on the African continent through four broad historical eras. It considers how colonialism, independence, changing intellectual traditions, and African scholarship have shaped the questions archaeologists ask and the histories they produce, before turning to a broader question: why does archaeology matter […]
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship Speaker: Dr. Alison Futrell, University of Arizona Abstract: One of the key motifs in popular representations of the last of the Ptolemies is Cleopatra’s Barge, a nexus of seduction, pleasure, gratification. For the historical Cleopatra VII, the barge was a political and religious platform for shaping positive interactions with diverse […]
UWM students are invited to join Prof. Alice Futrell for an informal chat about the field(s) of archaeology, art history, and the ancient world, discuss graduate school and post-grad school options, and get research tips for developing, finishing, and publishing a project.
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship
A lecture in celebration of International Archaeology Day by Alison Futrell, Professor of History at the University of Arizona. Futrell's research is guided by her interest in the performance and imagery of power in the Roman Empire, with particular focus on spectacle and gender. She is also fascinated by representations of the ancient Mediterranean in […]
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureships
Jacob Lauinger, Johns Hopkins University Gilman Hall room 50 The Assyrian Siege of Jerusalem: History as Metaphor and Simile In 701 BCE, the Assyrian army besieged the city of Jerusalem. Different narratives describing this siege are preserved both in the Hebrew Bible and also in the Assyrian king Sennacherib’s own royal annals. In this lecture, […]
Join us for an exploration of the archaeological history of an ancient capital that became a historic Christian city. Sardis, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is known from the Bible […]
Join the AIA as Briana Pobiner (Smithsonian) presents the first AIA Archaeology Hour talk the International Archaeology Day 2026 AIA Archaeology Hour talk : "What was the REAL Paleodiet?" This […]
