(Lecturers: Dr. Maxine McBrinn and Dr. Judith Habicht Mauche) Linda Cordell was extraordinarily active in southwestern archaeology during her resources in the work of others. Because of this, her influence extended well beyond her own students to those of many of her colleagues. One of her last personal endeavors was working with the Tijeras Pueblo […]
About the lecture: In 2023, excavators in Pompeii found a bakery in the Casa di Rustio Vero that was separated from the house—and the rest of the world—by metal bars. […]
On Thursday, February 19th, Professor Jean-Michel Roessli (Department of Theological Studies, Concordia University) will deliver a presentation entitled, Orpheus in Early Judaism and Early Christianity: Texts and Images. The talk will take place at 600pm in Hall Building 411 (SGW).
The KY Society of the AIA and the University of Louisville Department of Anthropology present a free public lecture by Dr. Oren Siegel (University of Toronto). During the height of the Cold War, the United States flew a series of reconnaissance missions using U-2 spy planes over Egypt. Film negatives from two flights that cover […]
Join us for a lecture by Professor John McCloy, Washington State University, who will present results of an investigation into the materials science and processing parameters to fabricate Egyptian blue faience. Recently, our group at Washington State University, with the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute, recreated Egyptian blue to […]
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureship
Saturday, February 21 3:30 pm EST Virtual on ZOOM FREE lecture; RSVP required for Zoom link Speaker: Dr. Henning Franzmeier, Senior Research Associate, The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia Title: Piramesse - from the City of Wonders to Terra Incognita Abstract: Where today just a typical Egyptian village is located, surrounded by fertile, green fields, 3300 years […]
Marketing the Etruscans—From Mystery to Modern Media Join us as the AIA Societies Committee presents a virtual presentation and Q&A with Jessica Tilley. This presentation will also be available in American Sign Language. Often deemed the ‘mysterious’ Etruscans, this pre-Roman civilization of early Italy has fought a hard-won battle in finding its place in the […]
Public Lecture by Professor Wayne T. Pitard Abstract: Essentially all of the alphabetic scripts in the world descend from a single script invented probably during the 20th century BCE by a Canaanite in the southern Levant. This lecture will provide a tour of the extraordinary development of the alphabet from its beginnings to its eventual […]
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship Time TBA
Dr. Britt Hartenberger will discuss geoarchaeological approaches to life at the northern Greek city of Olynthos. Her research has included archaeological excavation and lithics and ceramics analysis at urban sites in Cyprus, Greece, Syria and Turkey. Her specialty is craft production and household organization in the Bronze and Iron Ages, as attested by numerous published […]
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureship
