Teaching Ancient across Disciplines: Field Notes from the Harvard Art Museums
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureships
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureships
Construction of the Henry Street Bridge brought renewed attention to portions of Indianapolis’ historic Old and New Burying Grounds, later known collectively as Greenlawn Cemetery. Archaeologists documented more than 1,700 […]
Lecture by Nicholas Bartos, Research Scholar, Institute for Study of the Ancient World, New York University 6:30 pm Reception; 7:00 pm Lecture Download event flyer HYBRID event In person: George […]
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship
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 […]
Across the world’s oceans, UNESCO estimates that more than three million shipwrecks rest on the seafloor. Yet this represents only a fraction of our underwater cultural heritage (UCH). Lakes, rivers, estuaries, and inland waterways hold their own archives of human movement and innovation. Beyond shipwrecks lie submerged airplanes, landscapes, settlements, and industrial sites—a vast, largely […]
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