Sailing in the Wake of Hatshepsut: How to build a Punt Ship
Anna Marguerite McCann and Robert D. Taggart Lectureship in Underwater Archaeology
Anna Marguerite McCann and Robert D. Taggart Lectureship in Underwater Archaeology
“Freedom and Family at Boyd Cabin (Buncombe County, North Carolina)” Lecture by Dr. Scotti M. Norman, Assistant Professor of Material Culture and Archaeology at Warren Wilson College March 18, 2025 7:30 p.m. ET Davidson College Belk Visual Arts Center 117 Davidson, NC FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC About the lecture: This talk will discuss […]
For many people, the word "archaeology" conjures up images of monuments, often interpreted as traces of the lives of powerful rulers who can seem to be inevitable parts of any urban, agricultural society. But there are other stories archaeology can tell about societies in which there was no apparent ruler, but nevertheless show the hallmarks […]
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship
Kershaw Lectures in Near East Archaeology
Where is this artifact from? Who does it belong to? How did it get here? Who’s telling its story? Critical inquiry into the practice and politics of museums has reached a new zenith in contemporary discourse. From discussions of acquisition and repatriation to provenience (archaeological findspot) and provenance (an object’s ownership history) and the ethics […]
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lecture
Dr. Samantha Fladd, Washington State University., is an anthropological archaeologist who focuses on the Southwest United States, specifically the Ancestral Pueblos of the Four Corners region. Architectural spaces create and are created by the social practices of and relationships among the people who occupy and interact within them. Just as spaces become places, people become […]
The 41st Annual Mary L. Cornille (GRS ’87) Boston University Graduate Symposium on the History of Art & Architecture Submissions due: February 1st, 2025 Symposium dates: March 21st - 22nd, 2025 Alternate Realities: Reconsidering Power, History, and Representation The 41st anniversary of the Mary L. Cornille (GRS ’87) Boston University Graduate Symposium in the History […]
Cal State LA’s Art History Society presents the 2025 Mesoamerican Symposium on Saturday, March 22, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., at the University-Student Union Theatre. The full-day event is organized as a homage to acclaimed archaeologist John M. D. Pohl and art historian Manuel Aguilar-Moreno. John M. D. Pohl is an adjunct professor in […]
A fascinating lecture by Dr. Christophe Besnier (Director of Archaeology Excavations) and Dr. Dorothee Chaoui-Derieux Chief Heritage Curator, the Ministry of Culture). Learn about the first, and only, archaeological excavations that will ever take place inside Notre Dame in Paris, France. See truly remarkable photographs and hear first hand from the archaeologists directly involved with […]