Click to RSVPSpeaker: Sarah SuttonDate: February 4, 2022. 11:00amTitle: Cultural Heritage and Climate Change: D(d)iplomacy for Neighbors and NationsCultural heritage has been undervalued as a community and national resource in addressing climate change. Historic landscapes are critical waterline buffers and biodiversity habitats. Structures are refuges and examples of resilient construction. Human-made objects and art hold […]

Dr. Justin Dunnavant, Assistant Professor, UCLA Department of AnthropologyDarartu Mulugeta, Undergraduate, UCLARegister hereAs increasing calls for science communication encourage archaeologists to convey their research to diverse public audiences, we found it necessary to explore how such research was disseminated in the past. Delving into the archives of Ebony Magazine and the Johnson Publishing Company, we examine the […]

A book release seminar sponsored by STRI, Panama and the Panamanian ministry of culture.  This new book, written in Spanish, presents recent archaeological research in Panama.  The book is the first tome devoted to Panamanian archaeology published in Spanish in Panama.  

Willeke Wendrich, MODERATORDirector, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology & Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California Los AngelesAngela McArdleSenior Historic Preservation Specialist, Department of Veterans AffairsAlbert Gonzalez Associate Professor of Anthropology & Director of the C.E. Smith Museum of Anthropology, California State University, East BayKristina DouglassAssistant Professor of Anthropology, Penn State UniversityStephen […]

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Malin SahlstedtConservator, Vasa Museum, Swedish National Maritime and Transport MuseumsRegister hereSince the raising of 17th-century warship Vasa in 1961 after333 years on the seabed of Stockholm harbour, two generations of preservation staff have had the task to safeguard this mighty piece of maritime cultural heritage for the future, a task perhaps as monumental as the […]

Jorge CoronadoDepartment of Spanish & Portuguese, Northwestern UniversityRegister hereSponsors: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and UCLA Latin American Institute 

Join the UCLA Art History Department for the annual Patricia McCarron McGinn Lecture featuring Professor Glenn Wharton with his lecture Why Conserve Cultural Heritage? Reframing a Discipline.This year’s lecture will take place virtually on Monday, March 7 from 4 to 5:30 pm.  Please RSVP in advance to receive a Zoom link.Please CLICK HERE TO RSVP About Dr. WhartonGlenn Wharton is Professor of Art History and Professor […]