Pour One out for Me: Libations in Roman Funerary Commemoration
2022-11-12 10:30 (America/New_York) | University of Dayton, Science Center Auditorium, 300 College Park Ave, Dayton, OH, 45469
Lecturer: Liana Brent, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics at Kenyon College

Virtual Symposium: Color in Ancient Tennessee
2022-11-15 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | The Parthenon, 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN, 37203, United States
Join us for a free virtual talk on Tuesday, November 15, at 12 PM Central. This Virtual Symposium is free and open to the public.
ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM:
Dr. Kevin Smith, archaeologist and professor at Middle Tennessee State University, will share his archaeological work to understand the pigments and colors used by Native Americans right here in ancient Tennessee.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Dr. Kevin Smith is an archaeologist and professor at Middle Tennessee State University. His research interests include the Late prehistoric Mississippian cultures of the Midwest and Southeast United States, Mississippian art and iconography, the history and development of Southeastern archaeology, frontier period archaeology (1760-1820), archaeology of African-American lifeways (1783-Reconstruction), and Native Americans in popular culture. He received his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University.
SYMPOSIUM SPONSORS:
Archaeological Institute of America- Nashville Society
Centennial Park Conservancy
Vanderbilt University
Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation

Blood Antiquities: Tomb Raiders, Art Smugglers, and the Black Market in Cultural Treasures
2022-11-15 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles), 2022-11-16 19:00 (America/New_York) | NJ
Virtual lecture which is part of the AIA Archaeology Hour series.

Blood Antiquities -- Tomb Raiders, Art Smugglers, & the Black Market in Cultural Treasures
2022-11-15 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Whitman College, Olin Hall 129, 920 E Isaacs, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Lecturer: Tess Davis (Antiquities Coalition)
Come join us for a watch party of a live-streamed lecture by lawyer and archaeologist, Tess Davis. There will be a drawing for a surprise gift and discussion of the lecture afterwards.

Dr. Steve Warren
2022-11-16 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | University of Iowa campus (exact location TBA), Iowa City, IA, United States
Dr. Steve Warren (University of Iowa) will discuss his recent research on community-engaged research and collaborations between the three federally-recognized Shawnee tribes and state archaeologists and historians to protect Hopewell mound complexes in Ohio.

NAGPRA and the Challenge of Tribal Sovereignty in Removal States
2022-11-16 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | 116 Art Building West (ABW), 141 N Riverside Dr, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Even before 1990, and the passage of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, Native nations forcibly removed from their Midwestern homelands have worked to protect their ancestors’ right to eternal rest. NAGPRA has been a powerful tool in this centuries-long struggle. The results have been mixed. Thanks, in part, to lax state cemetery laws, unequal enforcement of NAGPRA laws, and nearly two hundred years of Indigenous erasure, Midwestern states typically lag behind their Western counterparts. In Ohio and Indiana, both the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and the three federally-recognized Shawnee tribes have worked tirelessly to reassert their sovereignty in their former homelands. The allyship of non-Native scholars and community leaders has been crucial to their success. Recent collaborations between tribal leaders and state archaeologists to protect the Newark Earthworks and Serpent Mound, respectively, point to a hopeful new chapter in the long relationship between states, scholars, and Native nations subjected to removal.

The Wild, Wild East: Combating the Black Market in Ancient Asian Art
2022-11-17 14:00 (America/New_York) | NJ
Virtual lecture which is part of the AIA Archaeology Abridged Series.

Producing Domesticity: a bioarchaeology of domestic labor in Irish immigrants, 19th-century New York City
2022-11-17 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Education Center rm 118, College of Charleston, CHARLESTON, SC, 29424, United States
A lecture by Dr. Alanna Warner-Smith, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
The rise of industrial capitalism not only restructured labor and class, but also reconfigured the intimate spaces of the home and everyday life. As the workplace moved out of the home, the home was idealized as private and separate from the market. As part of this shift, the role of women came to be defined as moral guardians who created domestic spaces that promoted middle-class ideals of respectability, which included self-discipline, etiquette, cleanliness, and order. Historical archaeologists have examined the “cult of domesticity” by largely highlighting how women exercised agency as consumers, purchasing tablewares, tea sets, and decorative elements that reinforced these ideals and middle-class families’ social status. However, less attention has been paid to the physical labor required to produce these domestic spaces. Far from being separate from the market, the home was, in fact, a place of work. Middle- and upper-class families hired waged domestic servants to perform the physical housework, which took a toll on those who did it—many of whom were immigrant women.
In this talk, Dr. Warner-Smith draws upon the archival and physical remains of Irish immigrants who died in various public institutions and hospitals in New York City at the turn of the century. She highlights the ways this labor shaped the bones of these women, looking at the breakdown of joint surfaces, changes to muscle attachment sites, and long bone morphology. Recovering evidence of this labor is important because even as they completed the work necessary for middle-class families to achieve the ideals of domesticity, these women were alienated from notions of respectability and femininity. Moreover, occupational hazards in domestic labor continue to be less visible today, as private homes are not often considered to be workplaces. This talk sheds light on past immigrant experiences while connecting them to contemporary issues in labor rights.

Dr. Leanne Bablitz: "Where have all the courtrooms gone?: Are they hiding in plain sight?"
2022-11-17 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Vancouver) | Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (MAC), 2316 West 1st Avenue, Spokane, Washington, 99201, United States
In many western cultures legal activities are accommodated within purpose-built structures, most commonly, the courthouse. While within Roman culture some building types were linked with specific activities, the assignation of a specific structure type for legal activities only, such as preliminary hearings, arbitrations, and trials, did not occur. Using ancient evidence (literary texts, artistic representations, material remains) and virtual reality 3D modeling, we will explore the locations at which the inhabitants of Roman communities sought resolution to their disputes. Through such examination, a new appreciation of what is, and is not yet, known about the Roman legal system emerges.
Dr. Leanne Bablitz, University of British Columbia.

ARCHAEOLOGY OF WESTERN ANATOLIA 1 Proceedings of the First International Symposium Archaeology of Izmir and its close environs during the Middle Ages
2022-11-18 09:00 - 2022-11-19 19:30 (America/New_York) | Faculty of Letters of the Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) in Buca, Izmir, DEÜ Edebiyat Fakültesi Tınaztepe Yerleşkesi Adatepe Mah. Doğuş Cad. No: 207/M 35390 Buca/İZMİR/TÜRKİYE, Izmir, 1297984856, Turkey
The Department of Archaeology is glad to inform you that the first international symposium of this annual series will take place on November 17-18, 2022 at the DEU in İzmir with a focus on latest archaeological discoveries on the region of İzmir in western Turkey. Since the 15th century archaeologically and historically İzmir became a special focus in the fields of ancient Anatolian studies. We warmly invite contributions by scholars and graduate students from a variety of disciplines related to this region. The aim of this symposium is to report on the state of archaeological research concerning İzmir from the Paleolithic period until the end of the Ottoman period. Thematic and geographical focus of the first symposium will be latest archaeological research in İzmir and its close surrounding in Ionia, Aeolis, Lydia and Upper Cayster Valley in the administrative territories of the today’s Turkish province of İzmir.
The following theme groups are the main questions of the symposium which are prescriptive:
– Recent archaeological field projects (excavations and surveys) and museum studies as well as discoveries in and around İzmir,
– İzmir in ancient mythology,
– Prehistory and protohistorical researches in İzmir,
– İzmir during the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods,
– İzmir in ancient authors, eg. Homer, Herodotus, Strabo etc.,
– Ethno-cultural landscape of ancient İzmir and ethnoarchaeology,
– Epigraphical research in İzmir,
– Numismatic research in İzmir: circulations, dynamics and mechanisms,
– Relationships between İzmir and other cities of Ionia, the Achaemenid Empire as well as other neighbouring regions,
– Historical geography and settlement patterns in Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine İzmir,
– Ancient roads, routes and population in İzmir,
– Institutional aspect of Smyrna in Hellenistic and Roman times,
– İzmir as a part of the Roman province Asia and the “seven churches of Apocalypse”,
– The province İzmir under the tetrarchy reform of Emperor Diocletian in A.D. 296,
– Population and settlement boom in the “Justinianic” era in the region of İzmir,
– Archaeometric researches in İzmir,
– Miscellanea.
On these themes and questions, all approaches and methods susceptible to bring some progress to our current knowledge are of course welcome: archaeology, ancient history, classics, historical geography, epigraphy, numismatic, history of art, cultural anthropology etc. English is the official language of the symposium and both abstracts as well as papers should be written and presented in English. The symposium will take place live at the Faculty of Letters of the DEU in Buca, İzmir as well as virtually on a conference platform (most probably on Zoom). The proceedings of the symposium will be published in December 2022. The symposium is free of charge. A post-symposium excursion is planned on November 19 to the archaeological sites in the metropolitan area of İzmir.
We would be delighted, if you could consider contributing to our symposium and contact us with the required information below before September 9, 2022. Our e-mail address is: deu.archaeological.symposium@gmail.com or ergun.lafli@deu.edu.tr

All the Games in the World
2022-11-20 15:00 - 16:30 (America/Chicago) | NJ
Irving Finkel is back, talking about ancient games!
In the 16th century CE, the most remarkable document was composed in the form of a hymn to the goddess Ishtar. This composition lists all the games of every type played by boys and girls. In the following centuries, other lists of games were made and by comparing, startling discoveries ensue.
Don’t miss the chance to hear the person who discovered the rules for the Game of Ur in a live YouTube event!
Drawing at the end of the event for a signed copy of the Royal Game of Ur!

The late Roman estate of Philippianus: recent excavations at Gerace near Enna (Sicily)
2022-11-22 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | NJ
Gerace is a Roman estate centre in the heart of Sicily which the speaker has been excavating since 2013. A substantial estate granary, built c. 300 CE but violently destroyed, probably by earthquake, was succeeded by a compact Roman villa in the late fourth century, which had been equipped with some mosaic pavements but appears unfinished. Ubiquitous tile-stamps recording the name of Philippianus indicate the identity of the estate owner at that time. Further up the hill a substantial freestanding bath-house, built perhaps c. 380 CE, was decorated with polychrome marble on the walls and geometric mosaics on the floors; but this structure was systematically stripped of its building materials (and the floors smashed) when the baths were decommissioned in the fifth century – an interesting example of Roman recycling. The one room with an intact floor was the cold room, which had a unique mosaic design, and an inscription around all four sides, uniquely so in the Roman Empire. Among other things it gives us the property’s name – the praedia Philippianorum, ‘the estate of the Philippiani’. The bath-house was badly damaged in a further earthquake in the second half of the fifth century, and after a brief attempt to repair it the building was abandoned and filled in; the backfill contained many interesting finds, including a series of chamber pots. The number of horse bones found at the site is greater than at any Roman site in the Mediterranean: so could there have been a stud farm at Gerace, raising ponies for the circuses of the Roman world?

ScapeCon 2022 "No (e)scape from bits and pieces - Towards an archaeology of fragmentation in the Aegean Bronze Age"
2022-11-24 - 2022-11-27 | UCLouvain, Pl. de l'Université 1, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Wallonia, 1348
In the fifth international installment of ScapeCon, we invite early career scholars to explore the concept of fragmentation in Aegean Bronze Age archaeology. From a hermeneutical perspective, a fragment can be various things: (1) any kind of (deliberately or unintentionally) broken or incomplete object, element, or feature that once formed part of a greater whole, such as an artifact, material assemblage, or socio-cultural context; but also (2) gaps in the archaeological data resulting in an insufficient knowledge of the context of any given object, element, or feature, even when this tangible entity appears fully preserved. Fragmentation can thus be tangible or intangible but is always relationally connected to a greater whole. At this conference, we invite papers that discuss both aspects of material and immaterial fragmentation within the three main sessions of people, material culture, and archaeological data. We encourage interdisciplinary approaches to contribute to the discussion on these topics.

Advanced Methods in Egyptian Archaeology
2022-11-27 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | University of Ottawa, Canada
This lecture will explore advanced methods in Egyptian Archaeology

New Technologies and Architectural Insights at the First Doric Temple in Sicily
2022-11-30 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Denver) | CU Museum of Natural History, Broadway, Boulder, CO, 80309, United States
In this talk, Dr. Phil Sapirstein presents his findings from a recent digital and architectural restudy of the temple of Apollo at Syracuse. Built in ca. 590 BCE, it was the first major Greek temple to be built entirely from stone, and thus it is fundamental to our understanding of the origins of Doric architecture. In addition to its architectural significance, the building has a monumental inscription (IG XIV 1) carved into its eastern steps, which should be intimately connected to the dedication of the temple, and yet whose reading has been controversial since its discovery in 1864 up to the present day. During fieldwork at the site in 2018, Dr. Sapirstein created a 3D model enhanced using new computational methods which makes clear that the accepted readings of the inscription are inaccurate in several key areas. The changes support a new interpretation of this enigmatic inscription as a celebration of an ancient technological breakthrough, one that made it possible to erect the gigantic columns in the temple’s peristyle.

Chasing Venus in Pompeii
2022-12-01 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | 101 Swallow Hall, 507 S. Ninth St., Columbia, MO, 65201, United States
Join us in person for our last lecture of 2022, co-sponsored by the University of Missouri-Columbia Museum of Art and Archaeology! The lecture will be presented by Dr. Marcello Mogetta (Associate Professor of Roman Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia). A reception (open to the public) will be held in Swallow Hall at 5 pm, with the lecture beginning at 5:30 pm.
The abstract is below:
he dating of the temple complex dedicated to Venus Pompeiana, the tutelary deity of the Roman colony of Pompeii, has been the subject of considerable debate in recent years, with important implications for the overall interpretation of the monument and of its historical and cultural significance. Previous studies have variously assigned the full-fledged monumentalization of the sacred site to the late Samnite era, the early colonial phase, or the Caesarian period. While past excavations have revealed that the area was first settled much earlier, the controversy about the nature of the original site and the creation of the first temple presents radically different views of the coming of the Romans to Pompeii. Was the sanctuary an ancient place of pride for a local goddess that is honored even when the Romans take over—a not uncommon occurrence – or is it a case of a Roman goddess being imposed on the local population to make a statement about conquest? Five consecutive seasons of fieldwork and study by the Venus Pompeiana Project, a collaborative initiative launched in 2017 by the University of Missouri and Mount Allison University under the auspices of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, have now produced a critical mass of data that prompts a recasting of the building history of the monument and its broader topography. Diagnostic finds from the construction levels of the temple podium, open court, and east portico place the erection of the monumental sanctuary only in the Augustan period, which is considerably later than normally assumed. The discovery revolutionizes our understanding of the socio-political context behind the dedication. Taking advantage of the role that the goddess already played, at least nominally, for the Colonia Veneria, the Pompeians could actively participate in the imperial propaganda and create a special connection with the center of power.

Harald Ingholt Lecture: Doorways to the Past at Balu’a -- An Iron Age Moabite City in Jordan
2022-12-01 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Whitman College, Olin Hall 129, 920 E Isaacs, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
Lecturer: Monique Roddy (Walla Walla University)
Professor Roddy specializes in the archaeology of households and everyday life in the southern Levant, particularly during the Iron Age (12th-6th centuries BCE). She currently co-directs the Balu’a Regional Archaeological Project excavations at Khirbat al-Balu’a in Jordan. Recent projects include co-editing the final publication series of the Madaba Plains Project.

Great Lecture: Becoming an UNESCO World Heritage Site
2022-12-07 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Penn Museum, 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
During the last 35 years Dr. C Brian Rose has had the good fortune to direct or co-direct excavations at two legendary sites in Turkey–-Troy and Gordion. Troy was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site List in 1998; Gordion is being considered by UNESCO for World Heritage Status this year. Dr. Rose was involved in steering both sites through the UNESCO process. In this lecture, Dr. Rose will present the problems and unexpected detours we encountered, including a discussion of the extent to which regional, national, and global developments shaped the process.
Speakers: C. Brian Rose, James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaeology, Curator-in-Charge, Mediterranean Section, University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; Immediate Past President, Archaeological Institute of America; Trustee, American Academy in Rome

In Between: A Play Written and Performed by Ibrahim Miari
2022-12-08 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-12-11 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Penn Museum, 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
In Between is an award-winning, semi-autobiographical one-man show that portrays the complexities and contradictions inherent in Palestinian-Israeli identity. On the precipice between two cultures stands Ibrahim Miari, son of a Palestinian Muslim father and Jewish Israeli mother. In this riveting and thought-provoking one-man show, written and performed by Miari, he recalls his childhood in Israel and brings us into the complexities and contradictions that define his life “In Between” two worlds. With deftness, wit, and humor, Miari transcends today’s political distractions and reminds us of the deeper inner struggles and bonds that link us all.
The play touches upon issues such as identity, culture, religion, traditions, and the tensions between Jews and Arabs, Israelis and Palestinians. Miari has performed the show at theater festivals, universities, Hillels, synagogues, and churches across the United States, as well as at international theater festivals, where it received the Best Show Award at the Thesips International Monodrama Festival and the Audience Favorite Award at the Bitola International Monodrama Festival.
After the performance Miari will offer a “talk-back,” giving audience members the opportunity to ask questions, discuss issues that the play brought up for them, and engage in dialogue with one another.
Before the show, enjoy the Penn Museum’s new Eastern Mediterranean gallery, open two hours prior to start time.

Time Team Adventures and Community Archaeology
2022-12-10 13:00 (America/Chicago) | NJ
ZOOM lecture: “Time Team Adventures and Community Archaeology” by Dr. Alexandra Jones ( Assistant Professor of Practice in History and Anthropology at Goucher College). Room opens at 12:45 and lecture promptly starts at 1 PM. Sign in at 12:45, please…
More Zoom events are listed here on the St. Louis Society webpage.

A Gateway into the Desert: History, Exploration, and Cyclical Rediscovery of Wadi Tumilat
2022-12-11 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | ARCE-NC Lectures, Rm 126 Social Sciences Bldg., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States
The American Research Center in Egypt, Northern California Chapter, and the Near Eastern Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley, invite you to attend a lecture by Dr. Aleksandra Ksiezak, University of Toronto, CSU San Bernardino:
“A Gateway into the Desert: History, Exploration, and Cyclical Rediscovery of Wadi Tumilat”
Sunday, December 11, 2022, 3 PM Pacific Standard Time
Room 126 Social Sciences Building (formerly Barrows Hall)
UC Berkeley
No Zoom meeting is scheduled for this lecture.
About the Lecture:
Once a distributary of the Nile, Wadi Tumilat is a dry river valley in the Eastern Nile Delta. In antiquity, the wadi was a major communication artery for trade between Egypt and her neighbours to the east, and its importance was recognized by many great strategic minds of their day. Across Wadi Tumilat are numerous archaeological sites, dating from the 3rd millennium BCE to the Late Roman Period. Accompanying them was a navigable canal—an impressive waterway that not only provided the arid valley with water but allowed transportation of goods and people in and out of Egypt. While the ancient canal and its surrounding ruins were a source of fascination for ancient geographers, and historians, and were recorded in their writings, it took centuries for these antiquities to re-emerge in the letters, reports, and memoirs of early European travellers to Egypt.
This lecture aims to summarize the history of the discovery of Wadi Tumilat and our understanding of its place in Egyptian archaeology.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Aleksandra Ksiezak is a field archaeologist, Egyptologist, and ceramicist specializing in macro-and microscopic analyses of Egyptian and Nubian pottery. She obtained her Ph.D. in Egyptology at the University of Toronto (Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations) where she focused on the analysis of the ceramic material from the Second Intermediate Period Hyksos settlement at Tell el-Maskhuta excavated by the Wadi Tumilat Project (WTP) during the late 1970s/early 80s. She is currently involved in research on the identification and study of the Middle Bronze Age trade routes involving Wadi Tumilat through the identification of imported objects and their local imitations identified at Tell el-Maskhuta and the neighbouring sites. Both her past and present research deal with the broader question of migration and mobility in Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula, and the Levant during the Bronze Age. She currently holds the position of W. Benson Harer Egyptology Scholar in Residence at California State University, San Bernardino.
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About ARCE-NC:
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WINTER BREAK
2022-12-27 10:00 - 17:00, 2022-12-28 10:00 - 17:00, 2022-12-29 10:00 - 17:00, 2022-12-30 10:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Penn Museum, 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
This winter, recharge with more in-person family time at the Penn Museum!
Globetrot in a day
With over a million world wonders, it only takes a day to bring your loved ones on a tour across the globe. Get the kids to say hello to the largest Egyptian sphinx in the Americas! Unearth the first cities of the Middle East. Explore the vibrant cultures of Africa, Asia, Mexico and Central America, and so much more!
Explore a new gallery and exhibition
Plus, experience our newly opened Eastern Mediterranean Gallery: Crossroads of Cultures. Don’t miss this multi-sensory gallery highlighting an ancient crossroads that brought us the world’s first alphabet and three of today’s major religions. Also new, and on view in the Lower Level, is U-2 Spy Planes and Aerial Archaeology, an exhibition that invites you to decode the past through declassified top-secret images from the world’s most famous spy plane.
All-day art making, games, story time & more
In between world adventures, pop in to make art and play games throughout the day in our Asia Galleries. At 11 am, head to the Egypt Galleries to hear exciting tales about the principles of Kwanzaa with Paul D. Best, “Our Sun Paul.” Want a close-up of an ancient artifact with a mini talk? Check out the Deep Dig. A trip to the Museum is the perfect getaway for families home or visiting during winter break!

Second Sunday Culture Films: At the Edge of the Bazaar
2023-01-08 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Penn Museum, 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
The 2022-2023 culture film series Folklife, a joyful celebration of local folkways: writing, storytelling, visual arts, handcrafts, cuisine, and other forms of expression which make places and people distinctive and create bridges to connect them with other cultures around the world.
At the Edge of the Bazaar
Dir. Abdukadir Upur and Dilmurat Tohti (2015)
Two rural Uyghur craftsmen work on their traditional handcrafts before the repression of their culture by the Chinese government deepens.The film, made by two young Uyghur filmmakers while still at university, gives a window into centuries-old material culture, as well as a glimpse of the bazaar where these goods were once sold, before government repression caused the bazaars and its craftspeople to disappear.
Speakers: Darren Byler, University of British Columbia, in conversation with David Dettman, Center for East Asian Studies, with new subtitles by Dr. Byler & Qanat Wolf.

Great Lecture: World Heritage in South Africa's Cradle of Humankind
2023-01-11 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Penn Museum, 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind has long been a hotbed of discovery for human ancestor fossils. Just 45 minutes north of Johannesburg, this protected region must balance multiple interests in research, development, and human rights. This talk will discuss on-going research and the efforts to continue to educate and engage the public, while emphasizing the need for continued protection.
Speaker: George Leader, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania; Consulting Scholar, Mutter Research Institute, College of Physicians of Philadelphia; Honorary Research Associate, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
