Today, there are about 12,000 archaeologists working in the US with less than 10 percent of them employed by universities. While university anthropology and archaeology departments are shrinking, the applied sector, known as cultural resource management (CRM) is growing. This lecture explores what accounts for these opposing trends and what, if anything, can we do […]

In Washington, D.C., a "Hellenic Doric-style" temple (the Lincoln Memorial) sits at one end of the city’s central "forum" (The Mall), housing a colossal cult statue (Abraham Lincoln). A Roman "triumphal arch" monumentalizes the front of the main train depot (Union Station). Roman equestrian statues make assertions amidst circular plazas. This talk explores these juxtapositions […]

Lecturer: Sara Gonzalez (University of Washington) Come join us for a watch party of Professor Gonzalez's live-streamed lecture. There will be a drawing for a surprise gift and discussion of […]

Lecturer: Joan Connelly (New York University) Come join us for a watch party of Professor Connelly's live-streamed lecture. There will be a drawing for a surprise gift and discussion of the lecture afterwards.

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 […]

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 […]

Lecturer: Scott Williams, Maritime Archaeological Society The Spanish galleon Santo Cristo de Burgos left the Philippine Islands for the Port of Acapulco in New Spain (Mexico) in July 1693, loaded […]

Lecturer: Krish Seetah (Stanford University) Come join us for a watch party of Professor Seetah's live-streamed lecture. There will be a drawing for a surprise gift and discussion of the lecture afterwards.