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 […]

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 Raghda (Didi) El-Behaedi, University of Chicago: "Recent Work at Memphis and the Fayum: An Overview of Methodologies and Results" Sunday, January 21, 2024, 3 PM Pacific Time […]

Everything but a Bath?: The Small Bath at Antiochia ad Cragum Leticia R. Rodriguez, PhD Visiting Scholar University of California, Berkeley Center for Middle Eastern Studies Excavations at the Small Bath at Antiochia ad Cragum began in 2018. With now five seasons completed, our efforts have not only provided insight into the general structure and […]

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 lecture by Maryan Ragheb, UCLA: Body Ornaments and Communities of Practice in the Egyptian Predynastic Sunday, February 11, 2024, 3 PM Pacific Time Room 20, Social Sciences Building, UC Berkeley […]

Father Edward A. Bader, CSB Lecture in Mediterranean Archaeology This talk applies a Consumer Culture Theory (CCT) and phenomenological approach to the Felt Shop of Verecundus (IX.7.5-7) from Pompeii. This shop sold fine footwear (socci, or soft-soled felted slippers) and other high-status textile products. We will explore how ancient consumers self-fashioned through public acts of […]

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 lecture by Dr. Julia Troche, Missouri State University, Springfield: "Imhotep: The Man, the Myth, the Monster" Sunday March 17, 2024, 3 PM Pacific Time Room 140, Social Sciences Building, UC […]

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 lecture by Dr. Peter Der Manuelian, Harvard: How Egyptologist George Reisner Went Walking Among Pharaohs May 5, 2024 (2 pm Pacific Time, live at the Legion of Honor, San Francisco) […]