Petra (Jordan): A Wonder of the World Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship
Discussions surrounding the destruction of cultural heritage predominantly focus on physical violence—the bombing of sites, the looting of museums, and the illicit trade of antiquities. While critical, this focus often overlooks a quieter, systemic form of loss: the intangible alienation of communities from their own pasts. Drawing on Michel-Rolph Trouillot’s framework of historical silencing and […]
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureships
Join Dr. Jessica Dello Russo for an engaging exploration of the Jewish catacombs of ancient Rome and the discoveries that are transforming our understanding of Jewish life and burial practices in antiquity. A specialist in Roman topography, funerary archaeology, and the history of archaeology, Dr. Dello Russo has developed and curated major scholarly initiatives, including […]
The George F. Bass Lectures Venue TBA
Join the AIA as Joe Bagley (City of Boston) presents the November AIA Archaeology Hour talk of the 2026-2027 season: “An Archaeology of the Battle of Bunker Hill.” This presentation […]
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureship Venue TBA
William E. Metcalf Lectures in Numismatics