Pizza Talk: “Where Did All the Goths Go?”
Speaker: Dr. Jana Skrgulja, Visiting Scholar, UCLAThe aim of the lecture is twofold: on the one hand, to survey main archaeological sites in the area between the eastern Adriatic and […]
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Friday Seminar: “Watery landscapes in ancient Egypt, their depiction and why they mattered”
Speaker: Dr. John Baines, University of OxfordStudies of ancient Egyptian landscapes tend to focus on Upper Egypt, where the Nile valley is generally narrow and the low desert and the […]
Landscapes of Boko Haram: History and Border Violence in Central Africa
In conjunction with the opening of the Fowler Museum exhibit Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths, Dr. Scott MacEachern of Bowdoin College will present a lecture at the Cotsen […]
Pizza Talk: “Samoan Hybridity: Fa’a Samoa and Lotu”
Speaker: Dr. Brian Alofaituli, Visiting Scholar, Asian American Studies Department, UCLAThe syncretism of Sāmoa’s past and new religion blended different ideas that defined the way these Polynesians understood Christianity. The […]
PIZZA TALK: PROCESSIONS AND COMMUNITY BOUNDARIES AMONG THE NORTHERN LOWLAND MAYA
Speaker: Dr. Travis Stanton, Professor, Department of Anthropology, UC Riverside
Annual AIA Los Angeles County Society Fall Garden Party
The Annual AIA Los Angeles County Society Fall Garden Party will be in the amphiteaterat the Fowler Museum on the UCLA campus on Sunday, October 7th from 2-4pm. Afterrefreshments and […]
PIZZA TALK: Architectural Models from 6th century BC Selinunte as Votives: Reconstruction, Dating, Function
Dr. Henner von Hesberg, Visiting Scholar, Getty VillaFragments of the imitations of smaller buildings are known from different sites in archaic Selinunte: the agora, the sanctuary of Demeter and from […]
An Enduring Legacy of Discard: The Archaeology of Garbage
Since our humble beginnings, human’s have created and discarded unwanted objects: garbage is a human universal, and the archaeological record is brimming with it. Indeed, the everyday human experience – […]
FRIDAY SEMINAR: Material History: New Insights from the Study of Ancient Binding Media, Tutankhamun’s Dagger, and Red Lake Pigments
Dr. Austin Nevin CNR Researcher, Politecnico MilanoBinding media, metals and pigments in works of art are material history - and are evidence of technology, artist practice, exchange and trade. Through […]
PIZZA TALK:The Bubasteion and its New Kingdom Tombs at Saqqara. Results and Challenges.
The Bubasteion and its New Kingdom Tombs at Saqqara. Results and Challenges.Dr. Alain Zivie, Director, French Archaeological Mission of the Bubasteionat Saqqara
