Dying to Explore: The Archaeology of Sir John Franklin’s 3rd Arctic Expedition
WEBINAR (Spokane 1) Spokane, WABass Lecture Meeting ID: 859 2849 7857; Passcode: 745303
Bass Lecture Meeting ID: 859 2849 7857; Passcode: 745303
James Godde, Professor of Biology, Monmouth College (jgodde@monmouthcollege.edu) Every year, the Biology Department at Monmouth College teaches a half-semester course entitled Topics in the History of Biology. This past fall, the specific focus was “Feeding Cahokia: Agricultural Technology of Native Americans during the Mississippian Period". The class focused on a book written by Gayle J. […]
Joukowsky Lecture
Joukowsky Lecture
Dr. Oded Borowski Emory University For a very long time, archaeologists were busily investigating major biblical sites trying to recover remains related to figures mentioned in biblical stories. Related to this, they were also establishing chronologies through the study of pottery. More recently, attention was diverted to the study of daily life of the average […]
Thompson Lecture
A number of publications have criticized the motif of the “happy slave” in antiquity. This presentation by John Gruber-Miller of Cornell College is meant to provide a corrective to that representation, and take a deeper look at the evidence for how the enslaved experienced “social death” (Patterson). As Kamen (2010), Trimble (2016), and others have pointed […]
Please contact Llazar@assumption.edu or pclement@assumption.edu for the Zoom link. Lecture to be followed by question and answers and virtual wine & cheese. Co-sponsored by the Human Arts Series, the History Program, and the Medieval and Early Modern Studies Program, and the Office of the Provost of Assumption University.
Joukowsky Lecture