Lecture
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Jones Hall 108, Uptown Campus of Tulane University 6801 Freet St, New Orleans, LA, United States
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Re-Encountering Egypt: Museums and the Human Experience in the Age of AI
Penn Museum 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesSaturday, March 7 3:30 pm EST In-person only at the Penn Museum, Classroom L2 No registration required Special Event: Annual Korsyn Lecture in honor of Felix J. Korsyn Speaker: Prof. Rita Lucarelli, Associate Professor of Egyptology, Faculty Curator of Egyptology at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California Berkeley Title: Re-Encountering Egypt: […]
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Public Lecture: Dr. Alexander Dale (CMLL Department, Concordia University)
Concordia University, H420 1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd W, Montreal, QC, CanadaOn Thursday, March 12th, Dr. Alexander Dale (CMLL Department, Concordia University) will deliver a presentation entitled, Two Lesbian Brothers: the quest for fortune and glory in the Archaic Greek East. The talk will take place at 600pm in Hall Building 420. It is sponsored by the Concordia Classical Students Association and the Archaeological Institute of […]
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Prof. Debby Sneed, Assistant Professor of Classics, California State University, Long Beach, “Disability and the Greek Ideal: A Case Study in Marble”
College of the Holy Cross, Hogan Campus Center, Room 401 (an accessible space) 1 College Street, Worcester, MA, United StatesThe study of Greek art is heavily influenced by the notion of the ideal and idealized human body, which has long been assumed to exclude aspects of bodily difference and disability. In this talk, I consider a collection of 6th century BCE sculptures of maidens (korai) that were found on the Athenian Acropolis. As traditionally […]
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TBA (Mississippi/Memphis)
TBA (Oxford MS/Memphis TN) , United StatesCharles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship
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From Money to Metal: How to Operate a Civic Mint in the Roman Empire
Joseph Merrick Jones Hall 108, Tulane University Freret Street, New Orleans, LA, United StatesSpeaker: Dr. Kenneth W. Harl, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, Tulane University Based on analysis of the coins themselves, Professor Harl reconstructs how Greek cities in the Roman Empire manufactured and distributed bronzes coins. Not only do the coins reveal the stages of production by workers and the engraving of dies by artists, but they […]
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Horace and Rodolfo construct the Esquiline: examining garbage and graves at Rome and beyond
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 2316 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA, United StatesJoin us for a lecture by Dr. Kevin Dicus, University of Oregon at Eugene, discussing investigations at Rome's Esquiline Hill. Abstract: Archaeologist Rodolfo Lanciani captivated the public with his account of excavations on Rome’s Esquiline Hill. No doubt influenced by Horace’s Satire 1.8 about the same region, his portrayal of mass graves (puticuli) embedded within […]
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AIA Special Event: Eric Cline is coming to Emory! (March 19)
Emory University, White Hall, Room 101 1672 North Decatur Road, Atlanta, GA, United StatesWhat: Dr. Eric Cline is coming to Emory! This lecture is NOT to be missed by archaeology enthusiasts or anyone with an interest in ancient Egypt. This is a special presentation sponsored by the Atlanta Chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA). Who: Dr. Cline wrote the single best-selling archaeology book of the last […]
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The Shipwreck at Gnalić—Gagliana Grossa (1569-1583)
Virtual EventThe George F. Bass Lectures
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Breaking Bronze for Demeter: Indigenous Religion and the Making of Greek Sicily
Mount Holyoke College, Skinner Hall, Room 216 9 Blanchard Circle, South Hadley, MA, United StatesDr. Alex Moskowitz – Breaking Bronze for Demeter: Indigenous Religion and the Making of Greek Sicily Tuesday, March 24, at 5:30pm Mount Holyoke College Skinner Hall, Room 216 Alex Moskowitz is a classical archaeologist and historian interested in rewriting conventional narratives of colonization in the Archaic Mediterranean through the lens of the experiences of communities […]
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Landscapes of Time and Memory: Foragers in the Mojave Desert 3
Carraway Building (CAR), 315 909 Antarctic Way, Tallahassee, FL, United StatesMartha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureship
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Beauty, Power, and Presence: The Neo- Assyrian Queens of Nimrud’s Northwest Palace, c. 865-705 BCE
George Washington University, Funger Hall 108 (2201 G St NW Washington, DC 20052) Funger Hall, Room 108 (2201 G St. NW), Washington, DC, United StatesHybrid EventDC Society Annual Louise Davison Lecture, delivered by Professor Amy Rebecca Gansell, St. John's University. Reception at 6:15 pm; DC Society Business Meeting at 6:45 pm; Lecture at 7:00 pm. […]