Software Carpentry: R Workshop
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 […]
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Pizza Talk: “Interlaced Scrolls and Feathered Banners: Markers of Culture in Teotihuacan (or, Whose Marcador is it, Anyway?)”
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 […]
Soldiers and Kings: Violence, Representation and Photoethnographic Practice in the Context of Human Smuggling Across Mexico
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 […]
Friday Seminar: “Archaeology: Between the Time of Antiquity and the Antiquity of Time”
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 […]
Pizza Talk: “Towards an Archaeology of Extensive Pastoralism in the Great Artesian Basin in Australia”
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 […]
Friday Seminar: “The Quest of Ancient Carthage: Antiquarism, diplomacy, and politics in 19th century Tunisia”
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 […]
Pizza Talk: “Alcohol and Drugs in Pre-Modern India”
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 […]
Friday Seminar: “TOPADA and the Land of Tuali: the age of experimentation in the aftermath of the Hittite Empire”
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 […]
Pizza Talk: “In Search of the First Dynasty: Archaeological Landscapes and the Spatialization of History in Early China”
Speaker: Dr. Li Min, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, UCLAIn this lecture Dr. Li Min will discuss the current trends of Chinese archaeology based on his observations of the conference "In […]
