Ivančica (Vanča) Dvoržak Schrunk was born in Zagreb, Croatia, and teaches ancient history and archaeology at the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN), and a community class in the Croatian language. She has published numerous articles and has co-authored or co-edited several books, and has also interpreted and translated for immigrants and refugees. Vanča is past president of the Minnesota Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and is currently vice president of the…
This lectureship was established in 1999 by Leonard V. and Lynn Quigley. Mr. and Mrs. Quigley are inveterate travelers and have enjoyed many educational tours through the Archaeological Institute of America. Leonard Quigley was a partner at the New York law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, and Garrison and has been General Counsel of the AIA for many years. He was the recipient of the AIA Distinguished Service Award for 1997. The Institute is very…
Athens, Greece
An intensive week-long course in Archaeological Micromorphology is offered by the Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science. Dr. Panagiotis (Takis) Karkanas, Director of the Wiener Laboratory, and Dr. Paul Goldberg, Senior Visiting Professor, Institut für Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie (INA), University of Tübingen, will lead the course. The program will primarily focus on deciphering site formation processes and micro-stratigraphy. Students will receive instruction in optical mineralogy, description, and interpretation of micromorphological thin sections based on analysis of…
