Megan Kassabaum, University of Pennsylvania On Elevated Ground: The Origins, Use, and Meaning of Early American Platform Mounds
"HANDS-ON GREEK VASES" with AAR curator Prof. Valentina Follo and professional potter Roberto Paolini. The popularity of Greek pottery transcended the Greek world. These artifacts, beyond their aesthetic beauty and role in spreading Greek myths, underscore the advanced technical skills required for their creation, a process that remains poorly understood. Today's event offers participants a […]
New Hampshire Archeological Society Spring Meeting Co-hosted by UNH Anthropology Club and the New Hampshire Archaeological Society. 9:00 am - Registration opens. Morning refreshments. 9:55 Welcome, Elizabeth Chilton, UNH President, Professor of Anthropology 10:00 to 10:45 The Shock of Colonialism in New England: Fragments from a Frontier, Meghan Howey, Professor of Anthropology and in the […]
The Barbara Tsakirgis Memorial Lecture Time and venue TBA
Available during the Harvard academic year Sundays at 1:00 pm, October 6, 2024–April 27, 2025. See blackout dates.* *Blackout dates: December 1, 2024–January 26, 2025; and March 16–23, 2025. This free tour, led by Harvard students, explores the Mediterranean Marketplaces: Connecting the Ancient World exhibition and how the movement of goods, peoples, and ideas around […]
Venture on archaeological expeditions around the world in this annual event for all ages. Talk with archaeologists who study ancient Egyptians, Incas, prehistoric peoples, and others. Try ancient cuneiform writing and use an app that animates detailed wall art in Assyrian palaces. Discover cave art made by Neanderthals and other early humans, and learn how […]
Lecture by Dr. John McKesson Camp, II (Stavros Niarchos Foundation Professor Emeritus of Classics, Randolph-Macon College; Director of Agora Excavations, Athens, 1994–2022; Winner of the AIA’s 2024 Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement). Co-sponsored by the University of Richmond Department of Classical Studies, this lecture is the 14th Stuart L. Wheeler Gallery of the Ancient […]
Join Archaeological Institute of America lecturer and host Joanne Murphy, a classical archaeologist and an engaging professor, on a captivating journey cruising the Aegean Sea among the cultural coastal gems of Greece and Türkiye. Set out from Athens’ port of Piraeus for the sacred, uninhabited island of Delos, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Cruise into […]
The Elizabeth S. Ettinghausen Lecture
The AIA San Francisco Society is thrilled to welcome Dr. Rubina Raja (Aarhus University) back to Berkeley. Please join us to hear Dr. Raja speak about the archaeology and history of ancient Gerasa. This will be the final lecture of the AIA San Francisco Society’s 2024-2025 lecture series. Abstract: The Antonine period Artemis sanctuary in […]
William E. Metcalf Lectures in Numismatics
In this year’s Sardis Biennial Lecture, Professor Nicholas Cahill of the University of Wisconsin–Madison will discuss recent excavations at Sardis in Türkiye. The Archaeological Exploration of Sardis has been sponsored by Harvard University and Cornell University since 1958 and is authorized by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Discoveries include monumental remains of the […]
