Decolonizing Museums and the Case of the ‘Elgin Marbles’: Exceptionalism vs Solidarity
Tory Breezeway 1, University of Alberta 6-5 Humanities Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaMartha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureships
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureships
Kershaw Lectures in Near East Archaeology
Democracy most often ends not with a violent spasm, but with a vote. Oligarchic challengers leverage their small numbers to coordinate dis-informing campaigns, hoping that enough citizens will withhold their support for democratic rule. Already in the fifth- and fourth-centuries BCE, Greek democracies experimented with strategies to overcome these problems, such as the Solonian law […]
The Frederick R. and Margaret B. Matson Lectureship for Near Eastern Archaeology and Archaeological Technology
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship
The George F. Bass Lectures
Take a time machine to an ancient Assyrian royal palace! In this workshop, teens will be introduced to augmented reality using Snapchat features to overlay digital content on exhibits. Explore […]
In-person lecture Saturday, November 9, 3:30 pm EST Penn Museum, Classroom 2 Speaker: Dr. Chelsea Kaufman Title: No Ordinary Dogs: Canine Behavior in Theban Tombs Abstract: The wall scenes of the rock-cut Theban tombs of the New Kingdom are filled with richly painted imagery that captures the lives and beliefs of the people who built […]
Come learn about archaeology with faculty and graduate students in the Classics, Archaeology and Religion and Anthropology Departments! Join us on Lowry Mall and the Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Missouri for some fun all-ages educational activities and demonstrations, fieldwork presentations by local archaeologists, tours of the university collections, and a […]
Available during the Harvard academic year Sundays at 1:00 pm, October 6, 2024–April 27, 2025. See blackout dates.* *Blackout dates: December 1, 2024–January 26, 2025; and March 16–23, 2025. This free tour, led by Harvard students, explores the Mediterranean Marketplaces: Connecting the Ancient World exhibition and how the movement of goods, peoples, and ideas around […]
