Healthmaking in the Past: What ancient Egyptians can teach us about living healthier lives
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lecture
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lecture
The American Research Center in Egypt, Northern California chapter, and the UC Berkeley Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (MELC) invite you to attend a lecture by Dr. Jonathan (Jonny) Russell, Brown University: "Medicalized technologies: ingredient patterns in ancient Egyptian therapeutic recipes as informants on food processing diversity" Friday October 23, 2026, 4 PM […]
Michigan Archaeology Day returns to the Michigan History Center on Saturday, October 24, 2026. This exciting annual event is your chance to talk with archaeologists about investigations and artifacts that tell the story of 14,000 years of Michigan history! From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., archaeologists and experts in related fields will be stationed throughout […]
In celebration of International Archaeology Day, the Niagara Peninsula society will host two lectures at the Brown Homestead in St. Catharines. Our first speaker, Jessica Linzel, who works at the site, will discuss their recent archaeological surveys, finds, and public engagement. Our second and main speaker is Alexandra Macdonald, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Brock University, […]
Internet sensation Milo Rossi — better known to his 3+ million followers as "miniminuteman" — is coming to Milwaukee for an unforgettable evening of science, skepticism, and side-splitting commentary. This isn't your typical archaeology lecture. With more than a billion views, the self-proclaimed “Googledebunker” has become one of the most trusted voices in debunking archaeological […]
Discussions surrounding the destruction of cultural heritage predominantly focus on physical violence—the bombing of sites, the looting of museums, and the illicit trade of antiquities. While critical, this focus often overlooks a quieter, systemic form of loss: the intangible alienation of communities from their own pasts. Drawing on Michel-Rolph Trouillot’s framework of historical silencing and […]
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) of the southern Brazilian Amazon. The project was Initiated in 1992, born out of joint activities developed for the UN ecological summit in Rio de […]
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 […]
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 […]