Events

Monthly Events

Month of May 2023

The times and places of decolonization: re-thinking/un-learning with museum collections from Egypt

When

Wednesday, May 3, 2023 - 17:00 - 18:00

Event location

McDonald Institute Seminar Room

Event speaker

Dr Alice Stevenson (UCL)

Food Globalization in prehistory: What kinds of globalization?

When

Thursday, May 4, 2023 - 16:00 - 17:00

Event location

McDonald Seminar Room and online

Event speaker

Prof. Martin Jones, University of Cambridge

New advances in the development and testing of green cleaning materials for cultural artefacts

When

Friday, May 5, 2023 - 13:15

Event location

McDonald Seminar Room

Event speaker

Silvia Prati, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

UPDATE! Date changed! Saka-Scythian cultures of Central Kazakhstan: new discoveries, new interpretations (800 – 500 BCE)

When

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 - 13:00 - 14:00

Event location

Online talk in Russian with simultaneous translation into English.

Event speaker

Dr. Maral Khabdulina, Director of the Akishev Institute of Archaeology, Eurasian National University (Kazakhstan)

Present: Modern-day industry, procurement and production

When

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 - 17:00 - 19:00

Event location

South Lecture Room, Department of Archaeology, Downing Site, Downing Street, or online via Zoom (https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUkf-CsqjwjHdP32CMjgRqxQPUIzKlUcDYm)

Event speaker

Ryan Cecil Jobson (University of Chicago)

Graves, grains and grievances: how quantifying archaeological data can help us trace urban dynamics against their global context (Joint with Garrod)

When

Thursday, May 11, 2023 - 16:00

Event location

McDonald Institute Seminar Room, Department of Archaeology, Downing Site.

Event speaker

Iza Romanowska, Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies.

Graves, grains and grievances: How quantifying archaeological data can help us race urban dynamics against their global context

When

Thursday, May 11, 2023 - 16:00 - 17:00

Event location

McDonald Seminar Room and online

Event speaker

Dr Izabela Romanowska, Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies

Challenges in reconstructing Past Exploitations of Atlantic Cod: a Zooarchaeological Case Study from Early Medieval England

When

Friday, May 12, 2023 - 13:15

Event location

South Lecture Room

Event speaker

Rachel Blevis, University of Cambridge

The Proteomics of pottery: what can dirty dishes tell us about ancient diet and cuisine?

When

Friday, May 12, 2023 - 13:15

Event location

South Lecture Room

Event speaker

Miranda Evans, University of Cambridge

Networks and Resilience – The impact of connectivity on ancient societies

When

Monday, May 15, 2023 - 16:00 - 17:30

Event location

South Lecture Room, Department of Archaeology, Downing Site.

Event speaker

Deborah Priß, Department of Geography, University of Durham

Re-Defining Globalisation for the Past

When

Thursday, May 18, 2023 - 16:00 - 17:00

Event location

McDonald Seminar Room and online

Event speaker

Prof. Tamar Hodos, University of Bristol

Ceramic Technologies of Late Bronze Age Cyprus: Plain White Pottery from Enkomi

When

Friday, May 19, 2023 - 13:15

Event location

McDonald Seminar Room

Event speaker

Chase Minos, The Cyprus Institute

Reverse-engineering Egyptian blue production – technical ceramics and workshop organization

When

Friday, May 19, 2023 - 13:15

Event location

McDonald Seminar Room

Event speaker

Ilia Kovalev, The Cyprus Institute

From socio-economic change to evolving ritual and cosmology in Early Bronze Age Cyprus.

When

Monday, May 22, 2023 - 12:00

Event location

McDonald Seminar Room (Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge) and online via Zoom

Event speaker

Dr Giorgos Georgiou

Future: Sustaining technological knowledge and practice

When

Wednesday, May 24, 2023 - 17:00 - 18:00

Event location

McDonald Institute Seminar Room, McDonald Institute of Archaeological Research, Downing Site, Downing Street, or online via Zoom (https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIocuiqrz8vH9Ntnh-Iz5I00OsZqvqEQif9)

Event speaker

Manuel Arroyo Kalin (University College London)

Displaying Egypt and Sudan: new approaches amidst enduring power dynamics

When

Wednesday, May 24, 2023 - 17:00 - 18:00

Event location

South Lecture Room, Department of Archaeology

Event speaker

Dr Neal Spencer (Fitzwilliam Museum)

'The world has always been a village': Archaeological science, globalisation and the Oranjemund shipwreck

When

Thursday, May 25, 2023 - 16:00 - 17:00

Event location

McDonald Seminar Room and online

Event speaker

Prof. Shadreck Chirikure, University of Oxford

The analysis of Australian faunal assemblages with ZooMS: potentials and challenges

When

Friday, May 26, 2023 - 13:15

Event location

McDonald Seminar Room

Event speaker

Carli Peters, Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology

Connecting technologies: A roundtable discussion

When

Tuesday, May 30, 2023 - 17:00 - 19:00

Event location

South Lecture Room, Department of Archaeology, Downing Site, Downing Street, or online via Zoom (https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwlceyvrzojHdH9W5zsr3D0iDxIjyM74BFT)

Event speaker

Jimena Lobo Guerrero Arenas (Cambridge), Marcos Martinón-Torres (Cambridge)

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 May 2023

The times and places of decolonization: re-thinking/un-learning with museum collections from Egypt

Food Globalization in prehistory: What kinds of globalization?

New advances in the development and testing of green cleaning materials for cultural artefacts

UPDATE! Date changed! Saka-Scythian cultures of Central Kazakhstan: new discoveries, new interpretations (800 – 500 BCE)

Present: Modern-day industry, procurement and production

Graves, grains and grievances: how quantifying archaeological data can help us trace urban dynamics against their global context (Joint with Garrod)

Graves, grains and grievances: How quantifying archaeological data can help us race urban dynamics against their global context

Challenges in reconstructing Past Exploitations of Atlantic Cod: a Zooarchaeological Case Study from Early Medieval England

The Proteomics of pottery: what can dirty dishes tell us about ancient diet and cuisine?

Networks and Resilience – The impact of connectivity on ancient societies

Re-Defining Globalisation for the Past

Ceramic Technologies of Late Bronze Age Cyprus: Plain White Pottery from Enkomi

Reverse-engineering Egyptian blue production – technical ceramics and workshop organization

From socio-economic change to evolving ritual and cosmology in Early Bronze Age Cyprus.

Future: Sustaining technological knowledge and practice

Displaying Egypt and Sudan: new approaches amidst enduring power dynamics

'The world has always been a village': Archaeological science, globalisation and the Oranjemund shipwreck

The analysis of Australian faunal assemblages with ZooMS: potentials and challenges

Connecting technologies: A roundtable discussion

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