Sponsored by East Tennessee Society, McClung Museum

AIA Society Event: East Tennessee (Knoxville)

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm

Location:
Frank McClung Museum, University of Tennessee
Circle Park
Knoxville, TN 37996
United States

Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier, "The Oracle Sanctuary of Apollon at Abai/Kalapodi, Greece: Cult Continuity from the Mycenaean Age to the Roman Imperial Period." Sixth Rutledge Archaeology Lecture.

Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier, Director, German Archaeological Institute at Athens, "The

            Oracle Sanctuary of Apollon at Abai/Kalapodi, Greece: Cult Continuity from the Mycenaean Age to

            the Roman Imperial Period." Sixth Rutledge Archaeology Lecture.

            Extra class seminar at 12:40-1:55 pm in HSS 205: "The Historical Background of Homer's Iliad:

            Greece and Asia Minor in the Late Bronze Age."

Lectures are free and open to the public.

Contact:
Aleydis Van de Moortel
avdm@utk.edu

Sponsored by East Tennessee Society, McClung Museum

AIA Society Event: East Tennessee (Knoxville)

Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm

Location:
Frank McClung Museum, University of Tennessee
Circle Park
Knoxville, TN 37996
United States

Kandace D. Hollenbach, Research Associate Professor at the Archaeological Research Lab of the University of Tennessee, will talk about her research on the plant remains recovered from the Townsend Archaeological Project in Blount County, Tennessee, spanning from approximately 5000 years ago through the protohistoric Cherokee occupation ending around AD 1720.  These charred bits of plants can inform us about the daily activities, basic economies, and settlement strategies of the archaeological peoples living in eastern Tennessee. 

This lecture is free and open to the public. It will be followed by a reception.

Website: http://web.utk.edu/~classics/aia/aia.html

Contact:
Aleydis Van de Moortel
avdm@utk.edu
(865) 974-8279

Sponsored by East Tennessee Society, McClung Museum

AIA Society Event: East Tennessee (Knoxville)

Tuesday, November 20, 2012 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm

Location:
Frank McClung Museum, University of Tennessee
Circle Park
Knoxville, TN 37996
United States

Kristen Seaman, Kennesaw State University, Georgia, "Cultural Interaction (and Reaction) in the Courtly Art of the Hellenistic World." Co-sponsored by Haines-Morris Distinguished Lecture Fund, Dept. of Classics, University of Tennessee

Website: http://web.utk.edu/~classics/aia/aia.html

Contact:
Aleydis Van de Moortel
avdm@utk.edu
(865) 974-8279

Sponsored by East Tennessee Society, McClung Museum

AIA Society Event: East Tennessee (Knoxville)

Tuesday, November 6, 2012 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm

Location:
Frank McClung Museum, University of Tennessee
Circle Park
Knoxville, TN 37996
United States

Theodora Kopestonsky, Dept. of Classics, University of Tennessee, "Sensing the Sacred: Ritual and

            Experience in the Classical Greek Sanctuary"

Website: http://web.utk.edu/~classics/aia/aia.html

Contact:
Aleydis Van de Moortel
avdm@utk.edu
(865) 974-8279

Sponsored by East Tennessee Society, McClung Museum

AIA Society Event: East Tennessee (Knoxville)

Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm

Location:
Frank McClung Museum, University of Tennessee
Circle Park
Knoxville, TN 37996
United States

Chapurukha Kusimba, Field Museum, Chicago, "Understanding the Development of Urban Society in Ancient East Africa." Lecture co-sponsored by the University of Tennessee's Ready for the World Global Awards Committee, Africana Studies, Dept. of Anthropology, Black Cultural Center, Dept. of Classics, Dept. of History, Dept. of Religious Studies

Website: http://web.utk.edu/~classics/aia/aia.html

Contact:
Aleydis Van de Moortel
avdm@utk.edu
(865) 974-8279

Sponsored by Frank H. McClung Museum

AIA Society Event: East Tennessee (Knoxville)

Sunday, October 21, 2012 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Location:
Frank H. McClung Museum (at The University of Tennessee)
1327 Circle Park Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-3200
United States

To commemorate National Archaeology and National Fossil Days within the month of October, the AIA East TN Chapter and the Frank H. McClung Musuem are hosting an afternoon event. From 1:00-5:00 pm on Sunday Oct. 21, visitors can bring in Indian artifacts, animal bones, fossils, and rocks to be identified. There will be a pottery demonstration, flintknapping, and activities for kids. Professionals and graduate students within the fields of archaeology and paleontology will have displays showcasing their work and will be available to answer questions. The event is free and open to the public. 

Website: http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/

Contact:
Abby Naunheimer
anaunhei@utk.edu

Sponsored by East Tennessee Society, McClung Museum

AIA Society Event: East Tennessee (Knoxville)

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm

Location:
Frank McClung Museum, University of Tennessee
Circle Park
Knoxville, TN 37996
United States

Gay Robins, Emory University, will lecture on “The Small Golden Shrine of Tutankhamun: An Interpretation.” Lecture in honor of Elaine Evans, co-sponsored by American Schools of Oriental Research, UT School of Art, Department of Classics, Department of Religious Studies. Illustrated lecture, free and open to the public. It will be followed by a reception.

Website: http://web.utk.edu/~classics/aia/aia.html

Contact:
Aleydis Van de Moortel
avdm@utk.edu
(865) 974-8279

Sponsored by East Tennessee AIA Society and the McClung Museum at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

AIA Society Event: East Tennessee (Knoxville)

Sunday, October 21, 2012 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Location:
McClung Museum, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
1327 Circle Park Drive Southwest
Knoxville, TN 37996
United States

The Frank H. McClung Museum is collaborating with the AIA-East Tennessee Society to plan a National Archaeology and National Fossil Day event for families, university students, and faculty.  Activities will include tables with graduate students and professors identifying artifacts, fossils, rocks, and faunal remains, hands-on events for children, as well as the demonstration of archaeological field equipment.  Researchers from the University of Tennessee's Archaeological Research Lab and graduate students from the University of Tennessee's Anthropology Department will be presenting their research and discussing various archaeological field projects currently under way throughout the region.  For ongoing updates about events check out the East Tennessee AIA Society webpage (shown on this page), on Twitter @EastTennAIA, or follow us on Facebook!

Website: http://web.utk.edu/~classics/aia/aia.html

Contact:
Dr. Erin Darby
edarby1@utk.edu

Sponsored by Archaeological Institute of America

AIA Society Event: Nashville

Thursday, April 4, 2013 - 7:00pm

Location:
The Parthenon, Centennial Park
Nashville, TN
United States

Lecturer: John Pollini

Abstract: Christian Destruction and Desecration of Images of Classical Antiquity

Joukowsky Lecture

Contact:
Tommye Corlew
tommye.j.corlew@vanderbilt.edu
615-322-2516

Sponsored by Archaeological Institute of America

AIA Society Event: East Tennessee (Knoxville)

Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - 7:30pm

Location:
Frank McClung Museum, University of Tennessee Campus
Knoxville, TN
United States

Lecturer: Lanny Bell

Abstract: The Reunion of Body and Soul: Sacred Sexuality and Resurrection in the Netherworld

Contact:
Aleydis Van de Moortel
avdm@utk.edu
865-974-8279