Activity for the understanding of archaeological heritage. This activity consists of thecleaning, adjustment, and conservation of the archaeological site of the ancient Hellenistic city of Gela (4th century BC) through various archaeological cleaning works. The project focuses on the space surrounded by the remarkable Timoleonian Wall, one of the most outstanding examples of Hellenistic defensive […]
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 […]
The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World (JIAAW) is accepting collaborative proposals for a symposium to be held in the spring semester of 2026. Joukowsky symposia are one- or two-day affairs organized around a topic relevant to the central mission of the Institute. This includes a core strength in archaeological and allied approaches […]
Maurizio Forte, Ph.D., Duke University This event is kindly hosted by the Embassy of Italy, Washington, D.C. In the DC-area and wish to attend in person? Register here: https://embassyofitaly2.swoogo.com/etruscanAI This lecture looks at how art, archaeology, and artificial intelligence come together, focusing on how our minds perceive and understand ancient artifacts. It also explores how […]
The 31st annual Phyllis Williams Lehmann Lecture will take place on Saturday, March 8, at 11:00 am at Graham Hall, Smith College. Our speaker will be Joanne Murphy, Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Archaeology at the University of North Carolina Greensboro and Director of the Irish Institute for Hellenic Studies at Athens. Free and […]
The Frederick R. and Margaret B. Matson Lectureship for Near Eastern Archaeology and Archaeological Technology
Communal Government and Forms of Dependency in the K'iche' State Join us as the AIA Societies Committee presents a virtual presentation and Q&A with Iyaxel Cojtí Ren. This presentation will also be available in American Sign Language. In the Maya highlands during the Late Postclassic period (1250-1524 CE), the K'iche' created an expansive state able […]
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 […]
The American Research Center in Egypt, Northern California chapter, and the UC Berkeley Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures invite you to attend a Zoom lecture by Dr. Kara Cooney, UCLA: Recycling for Death: Coffin Reuse in Ancient Egypt and the Theban Royal Caches Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3 PM PDT This virtual lecture […]
The George F. Bass Lectures Zoom Link: https://fresnostate.zoom.us/j/87222241660
Painted Nightmares: Wahys on Classic Maya Ceramics Joanne Baron Dumbarton Oaks - Post-Doctoral Fellow, Pre-Columbian Studies New discoveries about wahy, a category of supernatural entity that the ancient Maya believed caused diseases and misfortunes.
Timothy Jacob, Crew member of the SS Algulhas 2, will speak about his experience as part of the expedition to find the lost ship of Sir Ernest Shackleton in the Antarctic. This presentation starts at 4pm in 114 Lake Michigan Hall, GVSU Allendale Campus.
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship Co-Sponsored by the New York University, Institute of Fine Arts
Anna Marguerite McCann and Robert D. Taggart Lectureship in Underwater Archaeology
“Freedom and Family at Boyd Cabin (Buncombe County, North Carolina)” Lecture by Dr. Scotti M. Norman, Assistant Professor of Material Culture and Archaeology at Warren Wilson College March 18, 2025 7:30 p.m. ET Davidson College Belk Visual Arts Center 117 Davidson, NC FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC About the lecture: This talk will discuss […]
For many people, the word "archaeology" conjures up images of monuments, often interpreted as traces of the lives of powerful rulers who can seem to be inevitable parts of any urban, agricultural society. But there are other stories archaeology can tell about societies in which there was no apparent ruler, but nevertheless show the hallmarks […]
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 […]
The 41st Annual Mary L. Cornille (GRS ’87) Boston University Graduate Symposium on the History of Art & Architecture Submissions due: February 1st, 2025 Symposium dates: March 21st - 22nd, 2025 Alternate Realities: Reconsidering Power, History, and Representation The 41st anniversary of the Mary L. Cornille (GRS ’87) Boston University Graduate Symposium in the History […]
Cal State LA’s Art History Society presents the 2025 Mesoamerican Symposium on Saturday, March 22, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., at the University-Student Union Theatre. The full-day event is organized as a homage to acclaimed archaeologist John M. D. Pohl and art historian Manuel Aguilar-Moreno. John M. D. Pohl is an adjunct professor in […]
A fascinating lecture by Dr. Christophe Besnier (Director of Archaeology Excavations) and Dr. Dorothee Chaoui-Derieux Chief Heritage Curator, the Ministry of Culture). Learn about the first, and only, archaeological excavations that will ever take place inside Notre Dame in Paris, France. See truly remarkable photographs and hear first hand from the archaeologists directly involved with […]
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, […]
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship Penn Museum
Free Public Lecture – Online & In Person Margaret Geoga, Assistant Professor of Egyptology, The University of Chicago “The Teaching of Amenemhat” is the only ancient Egyptian literary work to describe the assassination of a king. Told from the perspective of the murdered Pharaoh Amenemhat I, the poem is remarkable for its grim subject matter […]
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
Join us for a free night of friendly competition at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture. Come with a date, come with friends, or make new friends while strolling through the galleries. Explore the galleries of the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East Learn to play the ancient board games Royal Game of […]
ANNUAL KORSYN LECTURE In-Person Lecture Saturday, March 29 at 3:30 pm EST Penn Museum, Classroom L2 Speaker: Dr. Kathleen Sheppard Lecture Topic: Amelia Edwards’ United States Lecture Tour and the Beginnings of American Egyptology Abstract: On a cold November evening in 1889, Amelia Edwards took the stage at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, […]
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 […]
Tuesday April 1, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm - in person Things you probably didn't know about New Hampshire Archaeology- Dr. Richard Boisvert, retired NH State Archaeologist New Hampshire may not have archaeological monuments like cliff dwellings or burial mounds but it does have a remarkable number of important and unusual archaeological sites and artifacts. […]
Anna Marguerite McCann and Robert D. Taggart Lectureship in Underwater Archaeology
2025 Gordon R. Willey Lecture David M. Carballo, Professor of Anthropology, Archaeology, and Latin American Studies, Boston University Teotihuacan, one of the largest cities in the world over 1,500 years ago, stands today as a premier archaeological site and a powerful symbol of Mexico’s precolonial heritage. Despite its enduring fame and millions of annual visitors, […]
We would like to Invite you for our upcoming conference on Global Research Conference on Analog Electronics Sensors and Signal Processing (GRCSENSORS) is going held at Paris, France during April 03-05, 2025
A joint program sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America Dayton Society, the Miami University Department of History, and the Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum at Miami University. Although we often take them for granted, mirrors in antiquity were powerful tools for the construction of feminine identity. Building on the idea of the mirror […]
Megan Kassabaum, University of Pennsylvania On Elevated Ground: The Origins, Use, and Meaning of Early American Platform Mounds
New Hampshire Archeological Society Spring Meeting Co-hosted by UNH Anthropology Club and the New Hampshire Archaeological Society. 9:00 am - Registration opens. Morning refreshments. 9:55 Welcome, Elizabeth Chilton, UNH President, Professor of Anthropology 10:00 to 10:45 The Shock of Colonialism in New England: Fragments from a Frontier, Meghan Howey, Professor of Anthropology and in the […]
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