Upcoming AIA Events
The AIA-New York Society’s 2012-13 lecture program has concluded. We are working hard on developing next year’s program Check back here periodically for updates. Wishing everyone a wonderful summer and where appropriate, safe travels. As always our lectures are Free and open to the public. Please come join us. There are occasional changes of speaker or venue so please check back regularly to see the latest information.
LECTURE AND EVENT SCHEDULE 2013-2014
September 2013:
Alex Bauer, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Queens College, CUNY;
Landscapes and Seascapes of the ancient Black Sea: the first and next 15 years of the Sinop Regional Archaeological Project
Location:
Time: Lecture at 6:30 p.m., reception to follow.
October 2013:
Lorenzo D’Alfonzo, Assistant Professor of Western Asian Archaeology & History, Institute for Study of the Ancient World
The forgotten kingdom of Tuwana in Central Anatolia
Location:
Time: Lecture at 6:30 p.m., reception to follow.
November 2013:
Jennifer Campbell, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, SUNY, Potsdam
Haupt Lecture: Mughal Caravanserais: Anchoring Landscapes of Identity, Exchange, and Power in Northern South Asia.
Location:
Time: Lecture at 6:30 p.m., reception to follow.
January 2013:
Alyssa Loorya, Owner and Principal Investigator, Chrysalis Archaeology
Re-discovering South Street Seaport – New York City’s Relationship with Water
Location:
Time: Lecture at 6:30 p.m., reception to follow.
Feburary 2013:
Peter Hunt, Professor of Classics University of Colorado, Boulder.
Brush Lecture: Seven Aztec and Inca Plants that Changed the World: Maize, Tomato, Chocolate, Potato, Cova, Quinoa, Cinchona
Location:
Time: Lecture at 6:30 p.m., reception to follow.
March 2013:
Hrvoje Potrebica, Professor of Archaeology, University of Zagreb
Kress Lecture: Women in the Iron Age – weavers of destiny (central europe)
Location:
Time: Lecture at 6:30 p.m., reception to follow.
April 2013:
Zoe Crossland, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University;
Preserving Memory from Oblivion: The Archaeology of Death and Burial in Post-medieval Britain
Location:
Time: Lecture at 6:30 p.m., reception to follow.
May 2013:
Pamela Crabtree, Professor of Anthropology, New York University;
State Formation in Anglo-Saxon England
Location:
Time: Lecture at 6:30 p.m., reception to follow.
LECTURE AND EVENT SCHEDULE 2012-2013
Thursday, September 13, 2012:
Brian Rose, James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania;
Curator-in-Charge, Mediterranean Section, Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Recent Fieldwork at Gordion, Royal City of Midas
Location: Institute for Study of the Ancient World, 15 East 84th St. (co-sponsored by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World)
Time: Lecture at 6:30 p.m., reception to follow.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012:
Rachel Kousser, Associate Professor of Art, Brooklyn College and
Professor of Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology CUNY Graduate Center
The Use and Abuse of Images in Classical Culture
Location: American Academy in Rome, NY offices, 7 East 60th (enter through 1 East and walk across courtyard to door on the right, and ring the buzzer, Co-sponsored by the American Academy in Rome)
Time: We will hold our Annual Meeting from 6-6:30, the lecture will start at 6:30 p.m., reception to follow.
Saturday October 20, 2012
National Archaeology Day – Grad/Post Grad student public symposium
Co-sponsored by the Columbia Center for Archaeology
The Next Generation Speaks Up
Location: 963 Schermerhorn Ext.
Time: 10:30am-12:30pm, Reception to follow.
The NY-Society thanks Louis Blumengarten for his generous support of this event.
Thursday November 29, 2012:
Kim Shelton, Director Nemea Center for Classical Archaeology, University of California – Berkeley
English Lecture: Nemea and the Pan-Hellenic Sanctuary of Zeus
Location: Institute for Study of the Ancient World, 15 East 84th St. (co-sponsored by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World)
Time: Lecture at 6:30 p.m., reception to follow.
January 30, 2013:
Yelena Rakic, Assistant Curator, Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Matching a Cylinder Seal with its Ancient Impression
Location: Hunter College, Chanin Center, HW B126, Please enter through the main lobby (Lexington ave & 68th St, co-sponsored by Hunter College).
Time: Lecture at 6:30 p.m., reception to follow.
Thursday February 21, 2013:
Bettina Arnold, Professor of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Haupt Lecture: Lake Dwelling Fever: 150 Years of Exploring Neolithic and Bronze Age Switzerland
Location: NYU Department of Anthropology, Kriser Room theater, 25 Waverly Place (NW corner of Waverly and Greene Sts, co-Sponsored by the Anthropology Department, NYU)
Time: Lecture at 6:30 p.m., reception to follow.
Wednesday March 6, 2013:
Vincent Pigott, Research Associate Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, NYC.
Recent Developments in Eurasian Bronze Metallurgy with Special Reference to Prehistoric Thailand
Location: Institute for Study of the Ancient World, 15 East 84th St. (co-sponsored by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World)
Time: Lecture at 6:30 p.m., reception to follow.
Thursday April 25, 2013:
James Brady, Professor of Anthropology, California State University, L.A.
Brush Lecture: Quen Santo, Huehuetenango, Guatemala: Using 19th Century Scholarship on a 21st Century Archaeology Project
Location: Columbia University, 612 Schermerhorn Hall, (co-sponsored by the Columbia Center for Archaeology)
Time: Lecture at 6:30 p.m., reception to follow.
Tuesday April 30, 2013:
Norman Yoffee, Professor Emeritus Dept of Near Eastern Studies, Dept. of Anthropology,Univ of Michigan
Early cities and the evolution of history. (co-sponsored by the Columbia Center for Archaeology)
Location: Columbia University 612 Schermerhorn Hall,
Time: 6:30 pm, reception to follow
Thursday May 2, 2013:
Severin Fowles, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Barnard College, Columbia University, NY
An Archaeology of Comanche Imperialism in Colonial New Mexico
Location: Barnard College, Held Lecture Hall, Barnard Hall, Room 304 (co-sponsored by
the Barnard Department of Anthropology)
Time: Lecture at 6:30 p.m., reception to follow.
