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Zominthos 2020: Week 2

July 24, 2020

Excavation highlights this second week include starting a new room with a paved floor in excellent condition.

Spring 2020 Society Outreach Grant Winners

July 21, 2020

Akron-Kent: Arch-KID-ology The Akron-Kent Society is embracing digital learning and designing an educational program to introduce older students in grades 3-8 to the excitement of experimental archaeology via a one-hour […]

The American Journal of Archaeology has a New Managing Editor

July 20, 2020

The Archaeological Institute of America is delighted to announce that Margaret “Meg” Sneeringer has joined the staff of the American Journal of Archaeology as its new Managing Editor.

Zominthos 2020: Week 1

July 14, 2020

Despite the difficulties due to Covid-19, we made the decision to continue excavations at Zominthos this summer.

AIA Joins with Numerous Learned Societies in a Letter to Immigration and Customs Enforcement Regarding Its Decision to End Visa Exemptions for International Students

July 8, 2020

The AIA has joined with more than thirty members of the American Council of Learned Societies to send a letter to Matthew T. Albence, the deputy director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

IAD Collaborators on What Works Online and What Doesn’t

July 6, 2020

On June 18, the AIA hosted its second themed online session for IAD Collaborating Organizations, with twenty-eight participants attending a Zoom session on “What Works Online, What Doesn’t.”

Announcement of Virtual Meeting

June 25, 2020

After extensive research and discussion, AIA and SCS staff and officers have decided that the January 2021 Joint Annual Meeting scheduled to take place from January 7-10 in Chicago will now be a virtual event.

In Memoriam: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.

June 18, 2020

The AIA is sad to share news of the passing of Dr. Robert Harris Dyson, Jr. We offer our sincere condolences to his colleagues, former students, and friends.

AIA Hosts First Themed IAD Listening Session

June 17, 2020

On Wednesday June 10th, the Archaeological Institute of America hosted its first themed online listening session for International Archaeology Day Collaborating Organizations—Keeping Things Hands-on at Home: Creating Kits. Hosted by […]

Initial Slate for Election – 2021

June 16, 2020

The Nominating Committee has submitted its initial slate for election. The Nominating Committee consists of Derek Counts, Deborah Arnold, Barbara Meyer, Thomas Morton, J. Theodore Peña, and Robert Rothberg. AIA […]

AIA Welcomes New Director of Development

June 10, 2020

The AIA is pleased to welcome Elizabeth Bailey as its new Director of Development. Liz has over 10 years of professional fundraising experience having worked in front line fundraising roles with Special […]

Transforming International Archaeology Day Celebrations in 2020

June 4, 2020

As we have ramped up our efforts leading to the celebration of the 10th anniversary of International Archaeology Day (IAD) in 2020, we have had to confront the impact the […]

AIA Statement on Archaeology and Social Justice

June 3, 2020

Archaeologists examine the physical remains of humankind to answer questions animated by our present. The material record helps us understand the production of inequality, the representation of power, and the targeted discrimination of communities.

Inaugural Recipients of the AIA-NEH Grants For Archaeological Research Announced

May 27, 2020

Funding provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities.National Endowment for the Humanities: Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports research and learning […]

AIA awards over $380,000 to archaeological projects around the world

May 26, 2020

The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) awarded more than $380,000 in grants to 36 archaeological projects around the world. The grants will support excavation, analyses, and research in over a […]

Build Your Own Monument Competition Recap

May 22, 2020

We were delighted with the response to our first Build Your Own Monument competition that wrapped up last week. We received 320 entries from 14 countries, 30 U.S. states, and […]

Results For Week 4: Build Your Own Monument—Pyramids at Giza

May 15, 2020

It may not be possible to visit Egypt right now but that didn’t stop this week’s Build Your Own Monument contestants from transporting us to the famed pyramid complex in […]

In Memoriam: Leyland Hugh Sackett

May 12, 2020

The AIA is deeply saddened by the passing of L. Hugh Sackett and we extend our condolences to his family, friends, students, and colleagues.
Leyland Hugh Sackett (1928 – 2020)

Results for Week 3: Build Your Own Monument—the Colosseum

May 8, 2020

While Rome wasn’t built in a day, many of the Colosseum entries in the AIA’s International Archaeology Day Build Your Own Monument competition were! In the third week of monument […]

Jodi Magness to Deliver Schweich Lectures

May 1, 2020

AIA Past President Jodi Magness has been invited by the British Academy to deliver the Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology in 2022. In 1907, Constance Schweich endowed a fund in […]

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