Events

Daily Lives in an Age of Empire: Local Economics Life at Cadir Hoyuk (Turkey) during the Late Bronze Age (1600-1200 BCE)

Hofstra University, Breslin Hall 1000 Hempstead Turnpike (Hofstra University 105), Hempstead, NY, United States

Dr. Sarah Adcock, Assistant Professor at the NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) will speak about how research on the Late Bronze Age has often focused on elite lives and history, but the daily lives of non- elite have remained unexamined. How were local practices of day-to-day life shaped by imperial […]

The Lost British Forts of Long Island

Hofstra University, Breslin Hall 1000 Hempstead Turnpike (Hofstra University 105), Hempstead, NY, United States

David M. Griffin, independent researcher and author with a Degree in Architecture from Carleton University, Ottawa, will speak about his work on the research techniques and findings from forts and battles of Fort Slongo and Lloyds Neck.

Limestone Sculpture of Cyprus: Portraits of Culture

Hofstra University, Breslin Hall 1000 Hempstead Turnpike (Hofstra University 105), Hempstead, NY, United States

A lecture by Dr. Pam Gaber, Professor of Archaeology and Art History on Lycoming College, on how Cyprus has yielded hundreds of votive sculptures from the First Millennium BCE, and how […]

Long lost lives of forgotten New Yorkers at Dead Horse Bay

Hofstra University, Breslin Hall 1000 Hempstead Turnpike (Hofstra University 105), Hempstead, NY, United States

A lecture by Dr. Robin Nagle, Anthropologist-in-Residence at the New York City Department of Sanitation, and Clinical Professor of Anthropology and Urban Studies at NYU.