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
The Central Missouri Society of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), in co-sponsorship with the University of Missouri, is proud to present the annual Anita Krause Bader Lecture in Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology. Lecturer: Dr. Lindsey A. Mazurek, Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Indiana University Bloomington Abstract: Part of Rome’s main port city of Ostia […]
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureship
Lecture by Lynne Kvapil (Professor of Classics, Butler University)
Speaker: Odette Boivin (University of Toronto) - focuses on archival, everyday Babylonian documents and historiographic sources. Robert Koldewey and his team excavated in Babylon between 1899 and 1917, carrying out foundational work for our understanding of the city of Babylon and contributing to develop and establish archaeological standards in the early days of the discipline. […]
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Alumni Lecture
Matthew Schmader (University of New Mexico) The huge exploration led by Francisco Vázquez de Coronado was the first contact between Ancestral Rio Grande Pueblos and outsiders. Its intended goals failed […]
A lecture by Diana Patch, Curator in Charge of the Department of Egyptian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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