What’s possible with the Lux Lab? 3D scanning, printing, LiDAR and more!

Doug Daniels, Emerging Technologies LibrarianThursday, August 27th 2020 10:00am - 12:00pm (PT) Doug Daniels is the Emerging Technologies Librarian at the UCLA Library and director of the Library’s Lux Lab. The Lux Lab is a suite of emerging technology services, including 3D printing, 3D scanning, laser cutting and etching, large format printing, 3D mapping, and a […]

Academic Publishing in Archaeology

Aaron Burke (CIoA Press Editor in Chief) and Randi Danforth (Publications Director)Thursday, September 3rd 2020 10:00am - 12:00pm (PT)CIoA Press Editor in Chief Aaron Burke and Publications Director Randi Danforth will present a session on academic publishing in two parts. First, "how do I decide where to publish something? Who should I publish it with? […]

Virtual Pizza Talk: The Earliest Farmers of the Caucasus: A View from Masis Blur

Kristine Martirosyan-Olshansky, Postdoctoral Scholar, CIoA, UCLAAlan Farahani, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, UNLVSeptember 16, 2020, 1:00pm - 2:00pm PSTVirtual Pizza Talk Series This talk is a summary of research conducted at the archaeological site of Masis Blur, an early farming community located in the Ararat plain of Armenia and occupied continuously for nearly a millennium from ca. 6200 […]

4Liz Symposium

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History, Memory And Conservation: Preserving The Past For Future Generations

Dr. Glenn WhartonChair, UCLA/Getty Program in the Conservation ofArchaeological and Ethnographic Materialsinvites you to attendUCLA/Getty Program's Distinguished Speaker SeriesfeaturingDr. Spencer CrewActing Director of the National Museum of African AmericanHistory and Culture   speaking onHistory, Memory and Conservation:Preserving the Past for Future Generationswith opening remarks byDr. Darnell HuntDean, UCLA Division of Social SciencesProfessor of Sociology and African American […]

Exploring Sacred Landscapes in the Mountains of Arcadia

Mary E. Voyatzis, Professor, University of Arizona, TucsonSaturday, October 3rd, 10:00am PSTThe mountainous region of Arcadia, situated in the heart of the Peloponnese, has attracted considerable interest and attention since antiquity. Many ancient authors described Arcadia in detail, discussing its rich mythology, many sites, unusual gods, numerous sanctuaries, engaging history, diverse geography, and the important […]

VIRTUAL PIZZA TALK: Archaeology and Conservation: Aphrodisias, Troy, and Gordion, 1980-2020

Dr. C. Brian  Rose, Professor of Archaeology & Curator in Charge, Mediterranean Section, University of Pennsylvania & MuseumWednesday, October 7th, 12:00pm - 1:00pm PTDrawing on personal experience, this lecture explores the relationship between archaeology and conservation at three sites in Turkey, focusing on both object and architectural conservation. The speaker was co-director at Troy for […]

Panel 4: Weaving and Empowerment

Panelists: Analyn Salvador-Amores (University of the Philippines-Baguio); Ping Nga Ong (National Cheng-chi University, Taiwan); Paulette Crespillo-Cuison (Kiyyangan Weavers Association)Moderator: Marlon Martin (SITMo, Philippines)Wednesday October 7, 7:00 PM (PDT) / Thurs October 8, 10:00 AM (TWN)Webinar Series: Indigenous Peoples, Heritage and Landscape in the Asia Pacific: Knowledge Co-Production, Policy Change, and EmpowermentTraditional weaving in Southeast Asia […]

Excavations At The Victory Monument Of Octavian Augustus At Nikopolis, Epiros: A Monument That Marks A Turning Point In The History Of The Ancient World

Konstantinos Zachos Director Emeritus Of Antiquities For EpirosSaturday, October 10th, 10:00am PT On September 2, 31 BC, Octavian’s forces defeated those of Mark Antony and the queen of Egypt Cleopatra off the west coast of Greece. Known as the Battle of Actium, from the peninsula of the same name, at the entrance of the Ambracian Gulf, […]

VIRTUAL PIZZA TALK: Makers’ Space/Making Space: An Interdisciplinary Imagining of the Lived Experiences of Ancient Athenian Potters and Painters

Sanchita Balachandran, Senior Lecturer in Near Eastern Studies & Associate Director, Johns Hopkins University & MuseumWednesday, October 14th, 12:00pm - 1:00pm PT  What can we know about the lived experiences of the ancient artisans who were making the now-iconic red and black ceramics in Athens between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE? Given that the potters […]