Monthly Events
Palaeoecology made easy: two new tools to make the best use of big data in archaeology
When
-
Event location
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Seminar Room
Event speaker
Dr Michela Leonardi, University of Cambridge
South Asia Women in the Field network
When
Event location
McDonald Seminar Room, Courtyard Building
Event series
Event speaker
Screening of 'Period. End of Sentence' & Discussion
Classical Archaeology Seminars, Michaelmas 2023
When
Event location
Room 1.04, Faculty of Classics, Sidgwick Site
Event series
Event speaker
Abigail Baker (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge)
Mongolia & Inner Asia Studies Unit
When
Event location
Seminar Room, The Mond Building, New Museum Site
Event series
Event speaker
Morris Rossabi (Colombia University & Visiting Scholar, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge)
Do Neandertal and Modern Human Neanderthal craniofacial differences reflect contrasting sexual selection for vocal pitch?
When
-
Event location
Henry Wellcome Building Seminar Room
Event speaker
Prof. Stanley Ambrose
Recent developments in the research of ancient Egyptian copper metallurgy
When
-
Event location
McDonald Institute Seminar Room
Event speaker
Martin Odler (Newcastle University)
Big Biology Day 2023
When
-
Event location
Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge
Event series
Classical Archaeology Seminars, Michaelmas 2023
When
Event location
Room 1.04, Faculty of Classics, Sidgwick Site
Event series
Event speaker
Mary Danisi (American Academy, Rome)
From ideas to models: spatial approaches to the Nuragic landscapes of Sardinia
When
Event location
McDonald Seminar Room and on Zoom. https://zoom.us/j/95718531252?pwd=Nkx1WEI2aEFrdE1oRTRqaG1iRlVGQT09
Event speaker
Davide Schirru, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"
Roundtable: Entanglements in current end-gendered pasts discourse in the Americas
When
-
Event location
McDonald Institute, Seminar room, CB2 3ER; and via Zoom (register above)
Event speaker
Americas Archaeology and Multidimensional Dialogues Community
Monitoring threats to archaeological sites and landscapes in North Africa using Google Earth Engine
When
-
Event location
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Seminar Room
Event speaker
Dr Nichole Sheldrick and Dr Ahmed Mahmoud, University of Leicester
Classical Archaeology Seminars, Michaelmas 2023
When
Event location
Room 1.04, Faculty of Classics, Sidgwick Site
Event series
Event speaker
Veli Köse (Ankara)
Mongolia & Inner Asia Studies Unit
When
Event location
Online Only
Event series
Event speaker
Karénina Kollmar-Paulenz (University of Bern) ONLINE ONLY
**POSTPONED - see below** Assyrian has-beens and an Anatolian nouveau-riche? Shrinking archives, increasing grave wealth, and social change at Kültepe-Kaneš
When
-
Event location
McDonald Seminar Room, Department of Archaeology
Event speaker
Dr Yağmıur Heffron (University College London)
Aspects of Iron Age Burial Customs in the Hegau Region (Southwest Germany)/ A Hotspot of the Early Bronze Age - Aschheim and Kirchheim b. München (Upper Bavaria): a multi-phase settlement site with a nearby cemetery
When
Event location
McDonald Seminar Room and on Zoom. https://zoom.us/j/95718531252?pwd=Nkx1WEI2aEFrdE1oRTRqaG1iRlVGQT09
Event speaker
Clara Schaller and Sabrina Kutscher, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
The links between primate socio-ecology, human-primate interactions, and microbial ecology: insights from macaques
When
-
Event location
Henry Wellcome Building Seminar Room
Event speaker
Dr Krishna Balasubramaniam
Looking beyond pharaoh: Legal pluralism and ‘early democracy’ in ancient Egypt
When
-
Event location
McDonald Institute Seminar Room
Event speaker
Alexandre Loktionov
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.
