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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Panelists: Peter Lape (University of Washington); JB Chevance (Archaeology and Development Foundation, Phnom Kulen Program, Cambodia); Wiwik Dharmiasih (Universitas Udayana, Bali, Indonesia); Rasmi Shoocongdej (Silpakorn University, Thailand)Moderator: Grace Barretto-Tesoro (University of the Philippines-Diliman-Archaeological Studies Program)Wednesday October 14, 7:00 PM (PDT) / Thurs October 15, 10:00 AM (TWN)Webinar Series: Indigenous Peoples, Heritage and Landscape in the […]

Arsen BobokhyanPhD, Researcher at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences Republic of ArmeniaFriday, October 16th, 12:00pm PT (contingent on the developing situation in Armenia)Register hereIn the high mountains of Armenia, exist unique monuments called by the people “vishapakar” - dragon-stone. Although vishapakars were discovered more than a century ago, their secrets […]

Marisa E. Marthari, Director Emerita Of Prehistoric & Classical Antiquities For The Cyclades And SamosSaturday, October 17th, 10:00am PST The site of Skarkos, the largest of all known Early Cycladic II sites, stands on a commanding hill overlooking a coastal plain and one of the largest sheltered harbors in the Cyclades. The excavations conducted by the […]

Dr. Ayana Omilade Flewellen, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, UC RiversideWednesday, October 21st, 12:00pm - 1:00pm PTAmid racialized servitude, sexual exploitation, and economic disenfranchisement, that marked the post-emancipation era in the United States, African American women were styling their hair with combs, lacing glass beads around their necks, dyeing coarse-cotton fabric with indigo-berry and sweetgum […]