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Art Police, Tomb Robbers, and the Italian Model of Cultural Heritage

Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room, Rubenstein Library Rm. 153 , Duke University 411 Chapel Drive, Durham, United States

Fiona Greenland is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia. She studies the construction of cultural heritage and the uses of antiquities in contemporary politics and markets. Greenland will discuss Italy’s efforts to bring their cultural artifacts home, crystallized in the Art Squad, the highly visible military-police art protection unit. Greenland reveals the […]

Event Series Peabody Museum Tours Led by Harvard Students

Peabody Museum Tours Led by Harvard Students

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United States

Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2:00 pm October 1, 2023–April 21, 2024. See blackout dates.* Regular museum admission rates apply. *Blackout dates: November 24–26, 2023; December 4, 2023–January 21, 2024; and March 9–17, 2024. Tours by Harvard students connect visitors with the research, teaching, and Indigenous engagement surrounding the cultural heritage in the museum’s care. […]

The Molly House of the Late 18th century

a lecture by Dr. Megan Rhodes Victor One of my current research projects focuses on homosexuality and the 18th-century taverns which were known as molly houses in England and English Colonial North America. These molly houses served as clandestine locations for gay men and cross-dressers to interact, to socialize with others ‘like them’, to engage […]

Egypt Through The Ages

This unique trip combines the very best of the ancient pharaonic sites with later Coptic (early Christian) and medieval Islamic sites. This is a luxurious, in-depth, small-group, all-inclusive, well-paced, 17-day trip. • Learn with a distinguished and engaging Egyptian scholar plus one of Egypt’s most experienced tour managers/guides. • Travel with a maximum of just […]

Accept No Imitation? Amphora Packaging and Roman Wine Consumption on the Bay of Naples

Roger's Park Social 6920 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago

Talk by Jennifer L. Muslin (Loyola University Chicago, Classical Studies) Most ancient Romans enjoyed wine and believed that everyone, from emperors to enslaved peoples, should drink it daily. To meet such high demand, viticulture, winemaking, packaging, and trading happened all over the Mediterranean, with the highest quality vintages coming from Central and Southern Italy and […]

Event Series Peabody Museum Tours Led by Harvard Students

Peabody Museum Tours Led by Harvard Students

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United States

Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2:00 pm October 1, 2023–April 21, 2024. See blackout dates.* Regular museum admission rates apply. *Blackout dates: November 24–26, 2023; December 4, 2023–January 21, 2024; and March 9–17, 2024. Tours by Harvard students connect visitors with the research, teaching, and Indigenous engagement surrounding the cultural heritage in the museum’s care. […]

Maya Pyramids & Temples of Yucatan

This incredible nine-day holiday provides the best-paced itinerary available to see the sun-drenched Yucatán peninsula’s ancient sites, traditional Maya villages, and colonial architecture. Maya art and architecture abound, with visits to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Chichén Itzá and Uxmal, plus Ek Balam, Dzibilchaltun, and more: iconic as well as off-the-beaten-path sites with soaring […]

From Fish Skin Bags to Coconut Fiber Armor: Revitalizing Anthropological Collections in an Era of Climate Change

University of Dayton 300 College Drive Ave, SC 114, Dayob, OH, United States

A lecture by Amy Margaris, Oberlin College Specimen collecting was a cornerstone of 19th century science and anthropology. 150 years later anthropological collections can still be found at many colleges, lingering in closets or forgotten on storeroom shelves. Using cultural heritage items at Oberlin College as my starting point, I’ll explore the question: What use […]

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