Speaker: Dan Davis (Luther College) Lecture abstract: Between 2009 and 2012, the E/V Nautilus expeditions discovered and documented 30 shipwrecks in the deep waters of the southeast Aegean Sea. The historical periods of most of the shipwrecks were relatively easy to determine from the shape and styles of their ceramic cargoes. Ranging in date between […]

Lecturer: Marcus Milwright, Professor of Islamic Art and Archaeology in the Department of Art History and Visual Studies at the University of Victoria Abstract: Prior to the advent of mass air travel Muslims performing the pilgrimage (hajj) to the Holy Cities of Mecca and Medina were faced with long, expensive, and often physically arduous journeys […]

This lecture will be presented virtually on Zoom. All are welcome. To join the Zoom meeting, use the button below. The public face of Roman art is painfully sober. In the privacy of their tombs however, free to cast off their stern public personae, Romans surrounded themselves with art of a different nature. Here, on […]

Speaker: John Jamison Advance registration is required. 

Music features as an important component in a variety of ancient Greek mythological tales, including those portrayed on vases. Athenian vase paintings, however, are a silent medium. This talk demonstrates how images regularly incorporate sound through visual clues inviting viewers to imagine these sensory aspects and how vase painters visually express in different ways music, […]

Speaker: Dr. Laura Tedesco, U.S. State Department Title: Cultural Crossroads in Central Asia and a Millennium of Shared Heritage In November, we will have a return visit from Dr. Laura Tedesco, who spoke to the Spokane Society in the spring of 2018. This visit Dr. Tedesco will speak about the shared heritage of Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, […]

by Molly Swetnam-Burland (Adina Allen Term Distinguished Associate Professor of Classical Studies, College of William and Mary) After the defeat of Cleopatra at the battles of Actium and Alexandria, there was a fascination with Egyptian culture and a taste for Egyptian and Egyptian-looking artworks in Rome. In this lecture, I will discuss objects as large […]