Speaker: Dr. Norman Yoffee, University of MichiganOld Assyrian texts from Mesopotamia, ca. 1950-1750 BCE, shed light on merchants and markets in Mesopotamia and the relationship between merchants and the Old […]
Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts […]
Speaker: Dr. Matthew Robb, Chief Curator, Fowler Museum, UCLAIn 1963, the chance discovery at the Teotihuacan compound known today as La Ventilla of a four-part composite sculpture marked with interlaced-scrolls more […]
Since 2015 Jason De León has been involved in an analog photoethnographic project focused on documenting the daily lives of Honduran smugglers who profit from transporting undocumented migrants across Mexico. In this […]
Speaker: Dr. Christopher Witmore, Texas Tech UniversityThis talk attempts to formulate a different theory of time. Whereas time is often honored with an astounding primacy by history and archaeology, actual […]
Speaker: Dr. Timothy Murray, Charles La Trobe Professor of Archaeology, La Trobe UniversityIn this talk, Dr. Murray will briefly outline the essence of a new interdisciplinary research project exploring the historical […]
Speaker: Dr. Ridha Moumni, Institut de Recherche sur le Magreb ContemporainIn Tunis, the first collections of antiquities were established in the 18th - 19th centuries. European Consuls, foreign scholars, and international […]
Speaker: Professor James McHugh, Associate Professor, School of Religion, USCProfessor James McHugh explores the complex world of drinks and drinking in pre-modern India. From rice wine to palm toddy, a huge […]
Speaker: Dr. Lorenzo d'Alfonso, New York UniversityDrawing upon textual and archaeological data, one can reconstruct the formation of a post-Hittite political entity in Cappadocia, the Land of Tuali, during the late 12th […]