Royal Jewelry of Nubia
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureships
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureships
This lecture gives an overview of collaborative archaeology and cultural heritage studies by the author and Brazilian colleagues with the Kuikuro Indigenous nation in the Território Indígena do Xingu (TIX) […]
Learn about recent archaeological excavations at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Oplontis in the Bay of Naples. Through the two Roman villas found there, we encounter both unbridled luxury and the lives of working individuals. John Clarke is a Professor of Art History at the University of Texas at Austin. He has authored more […]
The George F. Bass Lectures Venue TBA
Nubiologist Caroline Rocheleau discusses the NCMA’s fall exhibition Ancient Nubia: Excavating Treasures of the Nile and how it helps reframe power dynamics in the Nile Valley. Discover how the exhibition debunks George Reisner’s biased understanding of the Kingdom of Kush by using archaeology as the interpretive framework to reveal how knowledge of Nubia has been […]
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 will be held on Wednesday, November 4, 2026 at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central/6pm Mountain/5pm Pacific. Register Here! This lecture will also be available in American Sign […]
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureship Venue TBA
Please join us for our final event of the Fall 2026 cycle. Please note that this talk will be in-person only because it includes a report on unpublished material. Here's a description of the talk from the speaker: A fifth-century Athenian wedding vase in the British Museum depicts a bride seated on her marriage bed, […]
Lecture by Prof. Justin Leidwanger (Stanford University) Abstract: Seafaring shaped the Mediterranean, generating social, economic, and other connections that enabled the Roman Empire. The unraveling of Rome’s political unity in late antiquity offers an opportunity to examine how these individual links—the people, objects, and processes—intertwined to create a broader network. In this talk, I examine […]
William E. Metcalf Lectures in Numismatics