Fowler Museum Tour

In person followed by pizzaDr. Matthew Robb (chief curator of the Fowler) gave a private tour consisting of in-depth responses to student questions.

Phidias Unbound: How Robot-Generated Replicas Could Solve the Parthenon Marbles Quandary

Phidias Unbound: How Robot-Generated Replicas Could Solve the Parthenon Marbles QuandaryRoger Michel Executive Director, The Institute for Digital ArchaeologyCLICK to RSVPPlease submit your questions in advance of the webinar via email to: hnadworny@support.ucla.edu by Wednesday, October 12 at 12:00 p.m.Instructions to join the webinar will be provided once your registration has been confirmed.About the program:  The […]

Weds Talks:Understanding Pigment Composition in Kerala Temple Murals using non-invasive Imaging Techniques

Speaker: Moupi MukhopadhyayPh.D. StudentUCLA Conservation of Material Culture IDPAbstract: The wall paintings in the Indian state of Kerala belonging to the Kerala mural tradition (7th - 17th century CE) provide important cross-cultural links that contextualize local historical religious practices, trade, and social interactions. The complex color scheme of the paintings is traditionally attributed to the skillful use […]

Weds Talks: Working with Collections from Crete and Central Africa: My Third Year Journey Thus Far

Speaker:  Celine WachsmuthM.A. StudentUCLA/Getty Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials MAAbstract: One of the requirements for the MA Conservation degree is a nine month (minimum) internship in one or more conservation labs. By the end of my internship year, I will have worked in three different places; the Institute for Aegean Prehistory Study Center for East […]

Weds Talks: Social History of Food in Predynastic Egyptian: Between Humanities and Life Sciences

Speaker:  Amr ShahatPostdoctoral ScholarCotsen Institute of ArchaeologyAbstract: Preservation of organic food remains from Ancient Egypt is an exceptional aspect of the archaeology in this region. The level of preservation of these materials has contributed to the early development of archaeobotany and radiocarbon dating. In this talk I will present unpublished food remains from Nag ed Deir, […]

The Surface Below: 9th-15th Century Angkor and the Khmer World

Register here: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEtf-iqrjMiE9GbpWrFQZUs-gaEOVNF2zKGFew of the world's premodern polities outside of China achieved the scale or density of urbanismfound in the 9th-15th century Angkor empire, which governed a substantial swath of mainlandSoutheast Asia. Angkorian rulers built cities, water reservoirs, stone monuments, and roads thatcrisscrossed the empire. Carved images glorify their gods, rulers, and ancestors; inscribed stelaecelebrate […]

The Forgotten Canopy: Ecology, Ephemeral Architecture, and Imperialism in the Caribbean, South American, and Transatlantic Worlds Conference 1: Ecology [Day 1]

Conference 1 Ecology_flyer.pdfLink to register for Conference Day 1, Friday November 4, at the UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library: http://www.1718.ucla.edu/events/forgotten-canopy-c1d1/*Registration for in-person attendance closes on Monday, October 31, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. PST. The conference portion of the event will be also livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube Channel. No registration is needed to watch […]

The Forgotten Canopy: Ecology, Ephemeral Architecture, and Imperialism in the Caribbean, South American, and Transatlantic Worlds Conference 1: Ecology [Day 2]

Conference 1 Ecology_flyer.pdfLink to register for Conference Day 2, Saturday November 5 (morning) at the UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden: http://www.1718.ucla.edu/events/forgotten-canopy-c1d2/*Registration for in-person attendance closes on Monday, October 31, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. PST. The conference portion of the event will be also livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube Channel. No registration is needed to watch […]

The Forgotten Canopy: Ecology, Ephemeral Architecture, and Imperialism in the Caribbean, South American, and Transatlantic Worlds Conference 1: Ecology Workshop [Day 2]

Conference 1 Workshop_flyer.pdfLink to register for Workshop, Saturday November 5 (afternoon) at the UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden: https://theforgottencanopy.create.fsu.edu/workshop-i/*Registration for in-person attendance closes on Monday, October 31, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. PST. The conference portion of the event will be also livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube Channel. No registration is needed to watch the livestream.Link […]

Weds Talks: Tracking Neanderthals: Looking for evidence of the Middle Paleolithic inhabitants of the Central Balkans

Abstract and Bio: Dr. Sarah A Lacy is a paleoanthropologist and associate professor at California State University Dominguez Hills. Her work on Neanderthals and early modern humans has explored differential oral and respiratory health to understand why we're the only living taxonomic group of humans on the planet today. She is now working with a team in North […]