Events

Monthly Events

Month of January 2023

Expanding states in the Middle Nile: A comparative political economy of the Classic Kerma and Egyptian colonial expansion in Bronze Age Nubia (1750–1070 BCE)

When

Wednesday, January 18, 2023 - 12:45 - 14:00

Event location

Material Culture Hub 2.2

Event speaker

Dr. Rennan Lemos

Opening Social

When

Wednesday, January 18, 2023 - 16:30 - 18:30

Event location

Reception, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Street, Cambridge

Event speaker

Americas Archaeolgy Group and Multidimensional Dialogues CRASSH Team

A geochemical approach for provenancing mortar raw materials: A case study from Sagalassos

When

Friday, January 20, 2023 - 13:15

Event location

McDonald Seminar Room

Event speaker

Matilde Quilici, PhD candidate at KU Leuven

A Diachronic Analytical Study of Table Wares from the Site of Segalassos (SW Anatolia) from the Hellenistic to Early Medieval Times: Preliminary Results

When

Friday, January 20, 2023 - 13:15

Event location

McDonald Seminar Room

Event speaker

Christiana Kelepeshi, PhD candidate at KU Leuven

Engendering Sustainable Cultural Heritage Preservation in Nigeria: Sukur Cultural Landscape as Case Study

When

Tuesday, January 24, 2023 - 13:00 - 14:30

Event location

Hybrid/Mcdonald Seminar Room

Event speaker

Akinbowale Akintayo

The British Museum in Kurdistan: the Darband-i Rania Archaeological Project

When

Tuesday, January 24, 2023 - 17:00 - 18:30

Event location

McDonald Seminar Room

Event speaker

Dr. John MacGinnis

Sanxingdui: A Case of Cultural Diversity of the Bronze Age China

When

Wednesday, January 25, 2023 - 13:00 - 14:00

Event location

Zoom

Event speaker

Dr. Zhao Hao (Peking University)

Ecologies (Michaelmas Rescheduled Dialogue)

When

Wednesday, January 25, 2023 - 16:30 - 18:30

Event location

HYBRID: SLR, Department of Archaeology, Downing Street, Cambridge

Event speaker

Nataly Allasi Canales (University of Copenhagen) & Justin Jennings (ROM, University of Toronto)

Interconnections on the Meroitic Frontier: Griffith’s work at Faras and the legacy of early-20th-century archaeology in Sudan

When

Wednesday, January 25, 2023 - 17:00 - 18:00

Event location

McDonald Institute Seminar Room

Event speaker

Henry Bishop-Wright (British Museum)

Globalisation and Wari State-making: Re-evaluating Middle Horizon Peru

When

Thursday, January 26, 2023 - 16:00

Event location

McDonald Seminar Room and online

Event speaker

Dr. Justin Jennings, Royal Ontario Museum

Elemental, immunochemical and Near-infrared hyperspectral imaging (NIR-HSI) analyses to characterize diagenetic alteration patterns and map collagen in ancient skeletal remains

When

Friday, January 27, 2023 - 13:15

Event location

McDonald Seminar Room

Event speaker

Rocco Mazzeo, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Underexplored frontiers: modelling the archaeological potential in maritime contexts. Utility, challenges and misconceptions

When

Monday, January 30, 2023 - 16:00 - 17:30

Event location

McDonald Institute Seminar Room

Event speaker

Dr Manuela Ritondale, Groningen Institute of Archaeology, University of Groningen.

Echoes of the Past (Sound/Musicality)

When

Tuesday, January 31, 2023 - 16:30 - 18:30

Event location

HYBRID: Room SG1, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge

Event speaker

Miriam A. Kolar (CCRMA, Stanford University) and Dianne Scullin (University of Bristol)

The Department of Archaeology runs a diverse and lively events programme that reflects the many-faceted subject. Termly Seminar Series and Discussion Groups (link to Seminar Series) see visiting and local scholars delivering thought-provoking lectures on a daily basis. Enhancing these, the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research aims to provide a shared intellectual home for archaeologists at Cambridge with eminent, international speakers delivering the McDonald Annual Lecture as well as hosting multiple conferences and workshops throughout the year.

Monthly Events

Month of January 2023

Expanding states in the Middle Nile: A comparative political economy of the Classic Kerma and Egyptian colonial expansion in Bronze Age Nubia (1750–1070 BCE)

Opening Social

A geochemical approach for provenancing mortar raw materials: A case study from Sagalassos

A Diachronic Analytical Study of Table Wares from the Site of Segalassos (SW Anatolia) from the Hellenistic to Early Medieval Times: Preliminary Results

Engendering Sustainable Cultural Heritage Preservation in Nigeria: Sukur Cultural Landscape as Case Study

The British Museum in Kurdistan: the Darband-i Rania Archaeological Project

Sanxingdui: A Case of Cultural Diversity of the Bronze Age China

Ecologies (Michaelmas Rescheduled Dialogue)

Interconnections on the Meroitic Frontier: Griffith’s work at Faras and the legacy of early-20th-century archaeology in Sudan

Globalisation and Wari State-making: Re-evaluating Middle Horizon Peru

Elemental, immunochemical and Near-infrared hyperspectral imaging (NIR-HSI) analyses to characterize diagenetic alteration patterns and map collagen in ancient skeletal remains

Underexplored frontiers: modelling the archaeological potential in maritime contexts. Utility, challenges and misconceptions

Echoes of the Past (Sound/Musicality)

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