Cultural Heritage and Imaginaries: The Politics and Practices of Archaeology
Denver Public Library Ross-University Hills Branch 4310 E Amherst Ave, Denver, CO, United StatesJoukowsky Lecture
Joukowsky Lecture
Abstract: The past, whether real, tangible, embellished, or imagined, can be a particularly powerful and alluring source of symbols, narratives, and ideas. Echoes from the distant past can reverberate and […]
Excavations in the Sanctuary of Ismenion Apollo in Thebes also revealed a later cemetery of Early and Middle Byzantine burials, which are apparently associated with an early Christian hospice or hospital. The skeletons showed that a remarkably high percentage of individuals suffered from significant pathologies with high rates of infectious diseases. Two mass graves are […]
The 2022-2023 culture film series Folklife, a joyful celebration of local folkways: writing, storytelling, visual arts, handcrafts, cuisine, and other forms of expression which make places and people distinctive and create bridges to connect them with other cultures around the world. Please stay for a catered reception to celebrate the season finale. Fugetsu-Do Dir. Kaia […]
The American Research Center in Egypt, Northern California Chapter, and the Near Eastern Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley, invite you to attend a lecture by Dr. Branko van Oppen, Tampa Museum of Art: Roman Egyptian Mummy Portraits and the Artistic Circle of the St. Louis Painter Sunday, March 12, 2023, 3 PM Pacific Daylight […]
Dr. Ömür Harmanshah, Director, The School of Art & Art History and Associate Professor of Art History, The University of Illinois at Chicago, will present the AIA’s Nancy Wilkie Lecture […]
Virtual lecture which is part of the AIA Archaeology Hour series.
This panel discussion highlights tribal relationships to Lenapehoking, the ancestral and spiritual homeland of the Lenni-Lenape and Delaware peoples of the Delaware Valley. Archaeologists and tribal cultural specialists will bring the site-specific landscape and histories to life, illuminating once-vibrant places that remain important to tribal Nations today. Jeremy Johnson (Delaware), Director of Cultural Education, Delaware […]
Virtual lecture which is part of the AIA Archaeology Hour series.
In the summer of 2022, construction necessitated the relocation of a small 19th /20th century cemetery of nuns from southwest Denver. Before their reinterment, a team of local researchers and […]
