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All in the Name of Science: Academic Facilitation of the Trade in Asian Cultural Objects

Hopleaf (Andersonville) 5148 North Clark Street, Chicago

This talk by Dr. Emiline Smith (University of Glasgow) will examine the passive and active facilitative role that academics have played in the creation of taste and market demand for Asian cultural objects in the USA in the name of ‘science’ and ‘education’. Building on several case studies from across the USA, we will examine […]

Dressing for Death: How to make and wear ancient Egyptian flint bangles

Penn Museum 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

In-Person Lecture Saturday, November 11 at 3:30pm Penn Museum, Classroom L2 Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Hart, Lithic Specialist, University of Vienna Middle Egypt Project; Kom el-Hisn Provincialism Project Lecture Topic: Dressing for Death: How to make and wear ancient Egyptian flint bangles Abstract: Ancient Egyptian flint bangles are practically unique in the world, and they are […]

The Bioarchaeology of the Distinctive Burials of the Phaleron Cemetery, Archaic Greece

Davidson College 315 North Main Street, Semans Auditorium, Belk Visual Arts Center, Davidson, NC, United States

Aviva Cormier, “The Bioarchaeology of the Distinctive Burials of the Phaleron Cemetery, Archaic Greece” THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. If you're interested in archaeology, please join us! About the lecture: The world’s attention has been captured by the 7th century BCE finds that emerged from the coastal sands of Faliro, the […]

Caring for Navajo Culture: In Museums and Beyond

Geological Lecture Hall 24 Oxford Street,, Cambridge, MA

Stephanie Mach (Diné), Curator of North American Collections, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University Cynthia Wilson (Diné), Native and Indigenous Rights Fellow, Religion and Public Life Program, Harvard Divinity School Wade Campbell (Diné), Assistant Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology, Boston University Join Stephanie Mach (Diné), Peabody Museum Curator of North American Collections and […]