Events

Artifacts and Archaeological Processes: The Lives and Afterlives of Objects at Pompeii

UMass Amherst, Herter Hall 601 161 Presidents Drive, Amherst, MA, United States

Ellen and Charles S. La Follette Lecture For Zoom attendance, please register here: https://bit.ly/3R8sJBY Dr. Catherine Baker (Mount Holyoke College) will present a hybrid lecture on the topic "Artifacts and Archaeological Processes: The Lives and Afterlives of Objects at Pompeii." Abstract: From the chipped corners of an ancient die to the mortar on a reused […]

Archaeology, Museums, and War

Graham Hall, Smith College 22 Elm St., Northampton, MA, United States

30th Annual Phyllis Williams Lehmann Lecture Lecture by C. Brian Rose, the James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania and a Past President of the Archaeological Institute of America. The wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria during the last two decades have profoundly influenced scholars and how they deal with the […]

“We Are Shaped by Space”: Some Archaeological Perspectives of the Materiality of Black Life

UMass Amherst, Herter Hall 227 161 Presidents Drive, Amherst, MA, United States

Ellen and Charles S. La Follette Lecture For Zoom attendance, please register here: https://tinyurl.com/2xcu7ntk Dr. Whitney Battle-Baptiste (UMass Amherst) will present a hybrid lecture on the topic “'We Are Shaped by Space': Some Archaeological Perspectives of the Materiality of Black Life."

Towards an Archaeology of Cult in a Greek Colony in the West: New Excavations in the Main Urban Sanctuary of Selinunte

Amherst College, Paino Lecture Hall (Beneski 107) Barrett Hill Drive, Amherst, MA, United States

Ellen and Charles S. La Follette Lecture Dr. Clemente Marconi: “Towards an Archaeology of Cult in a Greek Colony in the West: New Excavations in the Main Urban Sanctuary of Selinunte” In-person lecture Tuesday, October 8 at 5:00 pm EST Amherst College, Paino Lecture Hall (Beneski 107) A short reception will follow the lecture Abstract: […]

Power and Palace at Pylos, Southwestern Greece: The Relationship between the Living and the Dead in Late Bronze Age Greece

Graham Hall, Smith College 22 Elm St., Northampton, MA, United States

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 […]

Archaeology of the Ọyọ Empire: Domesticity of Governance & Politics of Dependency, 1600-1836

UMass Amherst, Integrated Learning Center S211 650 N Pleasant St, Amherst, United States
Hybrid Hybrid Event

Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureships Dr. Akin Ogundiran, "Archaeology of the Ọyọ Empire: Domesticity of Governance and Politics of Dependency, 1600-1836" Thursday, April 10 at 5:30pm EST UMass Amherst, Integrated Learning Center S211 For Zoom attendance, register here: https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/meeting/register/UU0SqUeGS8mVuL6k98vAnA Between ca. 1650 and 1800, the Ọyọ Empire was the largest political formation in West Africa, south […]