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."