Collecting the Ancient World: Early Explorations, Encyclopedic Museums, and World’s Exhibitions
University of Missouri, Swallow Hall Auditorium 507 S. 9th St., Columbia, MOKershaw Lectures in Near East Archaeology
Kershaw Lectures in Near East Archaeology
Where is this artifact from? Who does it belong to? How did it get here? Who’s telling its story? Critical inquiry into the practice and politics of museums has reached a new zenith in contemporary discourse. From discussions of acquisition and repatriation to provenience (archaeological findspot) and provenance (an object’s ownership history) and the ethics […]
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lecture
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship
Two thousand years ago, China’s Han Empire stretched its imperial grasp beyond the mountains far to the south of the Central Plains, reaching into the domains of “barbarians”. Along its southernmost periphery lay the Red River Valley (RRV) of present-day Vietnam. In their chronicles, the Han claimed that they “civilized” the RRV’s “barbarians”. In contrast, […]
Kershaw Lectures in Near East Archaeology
Charles Elliot Norton Memorial Lectureship In collaboration with the University of Maryland, College Park Departments of Classics and Art History Archaeology
The Frederick R. and Margaret B. Matson Lectureship for Near Eastern Archaeology and Archaeological Technology
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