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SUMMARY:New on View: Islamic Figural Sculpture—Forbidden or Not?
DESCRIPTION:Although human and animal imagery\, especially in sculptural form\, is considered forbidden in Islam\, many examples have appeared throughout history. This gallery talk will highlight works in glass\, ceramic\, and metalwork\, particularly those from Iran. The objects are part of Animal Power\, a yearlong installation in the galleries of Islamic and South Asian art. \nThis gallery talk is part of our New on View series\, highlighting recent gallery installations and presenting new insights into recent acquisitions or old favorites. \nLed by: Ayşin Yoltar-Yıldırım\, the Norma Jean Calderwood Curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art\, in the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art\, at the Harvard Art Museums. \nFree admission
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/new-on-view-islamic-figural-sculpture-forbidden-or-not/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Talk with Mary Beard
DESCRIPTION:Parthenon Symposium: Book Talk with Mary Beard Author of Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old\nSunday May 10\, 2:00 PM Central\, at the Paschall Theater \nAIA-Nashville Society and the Parthenon are proud to partner with Montgomery Bell Academy to welcome Mary Beard to the “Athens of the South”! Join distinguished classicist Mary Beard for a talk on her most recent exploration of the relevance of the ancient world in our contemporary lives. RSVP required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-with-mary-beard-tickets-1984904305209?aff=oddtdtcreator \nIn her newest book\, Mary Beard explores our ongoing fascination with the ancient Greek and Roman worlds\, starting with a personal\, childhood encounter with a very old piece of bread on display in a museum. From this\, she introduces the idea of the wonder\, or “thauma\,” that drew her into a lifetime of trying to understand everyday lives in the remote past. She confronts the uses and abuses of symbols from the ancient world\, reminding us that although the ancient world is often politicized\, it does not belong to partisans. She argues that the classics remain relevant because they teach us to debate complex and difficult topics. She welcomes everyone into classics\, bringing curiosity and wonder to the study of the past. \nTalk is free and open to the public with an RSVP. Copies of Mary Beard’s new book Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old will be available onsite for purchase through Parnassus Books while supplies last. There will be a signing line following the talk where books can be signed and/or personalized. \nRSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-with-mary-beard-tickets-1984904305209?aff=oddtdtcreator \nAbout the speaker: \nMary Beard is a distinguished classicist\, bestselling author\, and popular commentator\, known for her pioneering scholarship and for her witty approach to making antiquity accessible. She is a professor emerita of classics at the University of Cambridge\, a fellow of Newnham College\, and professor of Ancient Literature at the Royal Academy\, with many additional international academic distinctions. She has served as the classics editor of the Times Literary Supplement. Her books include The Parthenon\, one of the most readable accounts of the thousands of years of use and re-use of the ancient Greek building. Among many other wide-ranging works\, she is the author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome; Women and Power: A Manifesto; and How Do We Look: the Body\, the Divine\, and the Question of Civilization. \nAbout the book: Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old by Mary Beard\nWhy the ongoing fascination with the ancient world? This witty\, approachable book asks why—for better or (sometimes) worse—antiquity continues to exert such a powerful hold on the contemporary imagination. Recalling a formative childhood encounter with a four-thousand-year-old piece of bread in a museum\, Beard introduces the idea of thauma\, or wonder\, that kick-started a lifetime engaging with classics. It was not the canonical “greats” of ancient literature and art that initially drew her in\, she confesses\, but rather the more intimate\, messy\, and humdrum evidence of daily life in the remote past. \nConfronting the uses and abuses of symbols of the ancient world\, Beard reminds us that the traditions and “masterpieces” of Greece and Rome have certainly been politicized\, but they belong to neither the left nor the right. Happily\, no one owns the past. She warns us not to let a sense of reverence or overfamiliarity dampen the “shock of the old\,” arguing that one of the most important things that classics teach us is how to grapple with complicated and controversial things. “The Greeks and Romans are long dead\, they cannot answer back\, and you can say what you like about them\,” she reminds readers. “The simple fact that classics belong to none of us can offer a safe space to argue about the most difficult debates we face now.” \nBeard welcomes everyone into classics. “It is not compulsory to be excited by the ancient world\,” she writes. “But it can be a shame not to be.” This charming\, sharp\, and readable book from one of the world’s most entertaining classicists offers something for both new and established fans of classics\, bringing new wonder and curiosity to even the most ancient of ideas.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/book-talk-with-mary-beard/
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SUMMARY:Exhibition Tour: Celtic Art Across the Ages
DESCRIPTION:Join Harvard professor Paul Russell for a discussion about Celtic languages and writing in this tour of the exhibition “Celtic Art Across the Ages.” Focusing on inscriptions and manuscripts\, Russell will delve into scripts\, language\, writing\, and surviving texts. \nLed by: Paul Russell\, Margaret Brooks Robinson Professor of Celtic Languages and Literatures\, Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures\, Harvard University \nIn “Celtic Art Across the Ages” (March 6–August 2\, 2026)\, discover the many forms of Celtic creativity and their artistic legacies in this sweeping story that spans ancient to modern times. \nThis is a free event. \nImage: Page with Ad Dominum in Psalm 119 (folio 73v) from the Blickling Psalter\, c. 730 CE. Ink and paint on vellum\, folio: 30.6 × 23cm. Morgan Library & Museum\, New York\, Purchased in 1932\, MS M.776.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/exhibition-tour-celtic-art-across-the-ages/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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SUMMARY:Archaeological Field Sampling and Material Selection for Radiocarbon Dating
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a complimentary webinar on best practices for archaeological field sampling and material selection for radiocarbon dating. Designed for archaeologists\, geoarchaeologists\, and heritage professionals\, this session will provide practical guidance on selecting the right samples in the field to build robust site chronologies\, avoid common pitfalls\, and improve the reliability of dating results. \nWhat you’ll learn:\n– Radiocarbon dating in the archaeological context\n– Building a robust site chronology: multiple samples\, replication\, and stratigraphic logic\n– Best practices for sample selection & Field sampling strategy: charcoal\, bone\, seeds\, carbonates\, sediments\, and mixed materials\n– Key assumptions & challenges: old wood effect\, reworking\, intrusive material\, reservoir effects\, and preservation biases.\n– Case studies\n– Sample submission
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/archaeological-field-sampling-and-material-selection-for-radiocarbon-dating/
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SUMMARY:Different Eyes—Abstraction in Celtic Coins
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wondered why some ancient cultures do not seem as “skilled” as later societies in representing the natural world? If so\, you are not alone. Many people assume that early art history is a story of technical progress toward better reproductions of reality. But what if it is less a matter of skill than of interest? Celtic coins offer a perfect opportunity to explore this idea. Join coins curator Laure Marest for this hands-on session with 2\,300-year-old coins and discover the ancient Gallic fascination with abstraction. \nThe seminar is held in conjunction with the special exhibition Celtic Art Across the Ages (March 6–August 2\, 2026). \nThis seminar is part of Gray Area\, a series that features members of our curatorial staff exploring artworks that capture the complexities of humanity\, political landscapes\, ethics\, ideologies\, power dynamics\, and critical thinking in our times. Through this series\, we hope to encourage people to observe and consider their own individual gray areas\, and to think about how their unique experiences guide the choices they make. \nThis is a free event. Registration required. \nImage: Quarter stater of the Parisii\, uncertain mint in Northern Gaul\, 1st century BCE. Gold\, 1.86g. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum\, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation\, 1.1965.38.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/different-eyes-abstraction-in-celtic-coins/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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SUMMARY:Exhibition Tour: Celtic Art Across the Ages
DESCRIPTION:Join Christian Dupont\, Boston College’s Burns Librarian\, for a tour of the special exhibition Celtic Art Across the Ages. He will discuss the re-emergence of Celtic mythologies and motifs in literature and art during the 18th and 19th centuries. The so-called Celtic Revival was nourished by Romanticism and achieved visual expression through the Arts and Crafts movement. \nLed by: Christian Dupont\, Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources and Burns Librarian\, Boston College \nIn Celtic Art Across the Ages (March 6–August 2\, 2026)\, discover the many forms of Celtic creativity and their artistic legacies in this sweeping story that spans ancient to modern times. \nThis is a free event. \nImage: Eva McKee\, Celtic spiral design with bird\, c. 1920s. Print on paper. John J. Burns Library\, Boston College.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/exhibition-tour-celtic-art-across-the-ages-3/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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SUMMARY:Exhibition Tour: Celtic Art Across the Ages
DESCRIPTION:Go behind the scenes to learn more about the design\, production\, and installation of the special exhibition Celtic Art Across the Ages\, with exhibition designer Robert Checchi. \nLed by: Robert Checchi\, Assistant Director for Exhibitions \nIn Celtic Art Across the Ages (March 6–August 2\, 2026)\, discover the many forms of Celtic creativity and their artistic legacies in this sweeping story that spans ancient to modern times. \nThis is a free event. \nImage: Installation view of Celtic Art Across the Ages. Photo: Robert Checchi
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LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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SUMMARY:Current Research in Tennessee Archaeology (CRITA)
DESCRIPTION:AIA-Nashville Society is excited to invite you to Current Research in Tennessee Archaeology (CRITA) on September 12\, 2026! Organized by the Tennessee Division of Archaeology\, this special program will be held in person from 9:00-3:30 at the Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville\, Tennessee. See details below for free parking information. With morning and afternoon talks\, this free day-long showcase is open to the public\, bringing together professional archaeologists\, students\, and the interested public to learn about recent research into Tennessee’s archaeological heritage. This event is free and does not require registration. \nMore info: https://bit.ly/CRITA-2026\nSee website above for venue information\, morning and afternoon program abstracts\, and associated events. \nDue to the January 2026 ice storm\, CRITA has been rescheduled to September 12\, 2026! \nFull website link: https://www.tn.gov/environment/program-areas/arch-archaeology/current-research-in-tennessee-archaeology–crita-/2026-crita-program.html
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/current-research-in-tennessee-archaeology-crita/
LOCATION:NJ
CATEGORIES:Conference,Lecture,Other Event
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