Events

Dressing Up as an Ancient Assyrian Queen in Life and Death

Spiro Hall 2, Wagner College 631 Howard Avenue (1 Campus Road, Grymes Hill), Staten Island, NY, United States

The Dr. Esther Grushkin Memorial Lecture, presented by Dr. Amy Rebecca Gansell (St. John's University) This presentation takes us into the palaces of ancient Assyria in northern Iraq to discover the robes and regalia worn by queens during the 800s to 600s BCE. Based on artifacts from royal tombs found beneath Nimrud’s Northwest Palace, I […]

Legacies in the Landscape: Transformations of the Chaupiyunga Borderland in the Upper Moche Valley of Peru

Spiro Hall 2, Wagner College 631 Howard Avenue (1 Campus Road, Grymes Hill), Staten Island, NY, United States

Lecture by Dr. Patrick Mullins (University of Pittsburgh) One need not look further than the present political discourse on border security in the United States to appreciate the complex, ambiguous, and often volatile nature of frontiers and borders. To understand the present or future of such borderlands, we need to explore their unique histories and […]

The Voorlezer’s House – A New Place In History

Historic Richmond Town, Third County Courthouse 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, NY, United States

The Dr. George G. Hackman Memorial Lecture, given by Kurt Hirschberg, of Jan Hird Pokorny, Assoc. The Voorlezer’s House at Historic Richmond Town in New York City has long been believed to be one of the oldest school houses in the country, tracing its roots back to the 1690s. Recent investigations have revealed that there […]

POSTPONED: Excavating Schnaderbeck’s Lager Cellar, Brooklyn

Spiro Hall 2, Wagner College 631 Howard Avenue (1 Campus Road, Grymes Hill), Staten Island, NY, United States

Please Note:  This lecture has been POSTPONED until next year. The Lynda Nilsen Memorial Lecture, given by Dr. Celia J. Bergoffen Four adjoining, massive stone and brick lager vaults were discovered fourteen feet below grade in the heart of Williamsburg’s former lager brewing district. Unlike other beers, lager yeast ferments at the bottom of the […]