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Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Tonight's Parthenon event CANCELLED!!

All events at the University of St Thomas have been cancelled, including this one. We hope to reschedule it in early May, so please check back!

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AIA-MN 2024-25 events

Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 6pm CT on Zoom: Dr. Cheryl Ward on “God's Breath and Nefertiti's Secret: Ancient Perfumes and their Shipwrecked Ingredients.”
April 2025 date TBD: Hilary Becker on Ancient Color
Friday, November 1, 2024, 3:30-5 pm in person: “Archaeology, Geology, and Cultural Heritage: Student Research of a Roman Villa and its Environment on St. Clement Island, Croatia”

AIA-MN 2024 events

Friday, April 5, 2024, 3:30 pm, Daniel Pioske on “The Bible and Archaeology: Problems and Possibilities” Iverson Hearth Room, ASC340, Anderson Student Center, University of St. Thomas
Monday, February 19, 2024 at 6pm CT on ZOOM: Dr. C. Brian Rose on “Archaeology, Museums, and War in the 21st Century.”

AIA-MN 2023 events

Friday April 14, 3:30-5pm: Interdisciplinary Archaeology in Croatia: Art Historical, Environmental, and Geological approaches to Cultural Heritage
Sunday, April 2, 2023 at 3 pm: Croatia: An Archaeological Journey, with Sanjin Mihelić
Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 6pm CT on Zoom: Dr. Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow on “Exploring the Technologies and Realities of Roman Toilets: Not a lot to Go on.”
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AIA-MN 2021-2022 events

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Monday, May 9, 2022 at 6pm CT on Zoom: War on Looting
Monday, April 4, 2022 at 6pm CT on Zoom: Brian Daniels on "Protecting Cultural Property During Wartime"
Monday, Feb 21, 2022 at 6pm CT: Morag Kersel on “Untold Stories at the Museum of the Bible. Artifacts, Provenance, and Bias in the Contact Zone” (on Zoom)
Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 6pm CT: Pam Crabtree on “State Formation in Anglo-Saxon England” (on Zoom)

AIA-MN 2020-2021 events

Monday, May 3, 2021, 6pm CT: Frances Gallart Marqués, “Terracotta Figurines from the Field to the Museum.”
Monday, April 26, 2021 at 6pm CT: Michelle Damian, "Archaeology through Art: Early Modern Japanese Ship Construction."
Friday, October 9, 2020 at 6pm: Hilary Becker, “Shopping for artists’ materials in ancient Rome: pigment shops, pigments, and product choice"

AIA-MN 2019-2020 events

Friday, February 28, 2020 at 6pm: John Hale, “From Mastodon Hunters to Moundbuilders: The Peopling of North America,” in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center at Macalester College
Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 11am: John Hale, “Viking Longships: Wolves of the Sea,” in the Pillsbury Auditorium at the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Saturday, April 4, 2020 at 11am: Valerie Woelfel, “Archaeological Mapping,” in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center at Macalester College
Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 11am: Lena Norrman, “Viking Women: The Narrative Voice in Woven Tapestries,” in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center at Macalester College
Saturday, October 26, 2019 at 11am: Pamela Gaber, “Limestone Sculpture of Cyprus: Portraits of a Culture,” in the Pillsbury Auditorium at the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Saturday, November 23 at 11am: Johnathan Hardy, “Wēh-Ardašīr and the Ruins of Qasr bint al-Qadi: Christian Architectural Adaptation in the Sasanian Heartland,” in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center at Macalester College

AIA-MN 2018-2019 events

Wednesday, May 8 at 6pm: “Forum on the Parthenon Marbles Repatriation Debate: Team Elgin or Team Parthenon?,” in the Iverson Hearth Room, 2nd floor, Anderson Student Center, University of St. Thomas
Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 11am: Matthew Harpster, “Maritime Heritage in Northern Cyprus: The Kyrenia Shipwreck Collection Restoration Program,” in the Pillsbury Auditorium at the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 6pm: Katherine Hayes, "Archaeology, Preservation, and Public Memory: Challenging the Settler Narrative at Historic Fort Snelling," in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center at Macalester College
Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 11am: Pearce Paul Creasman, “Excavations at a Forgotten Female Pharaoh’s Temple of Millions of Years,” in the Pillsbury Auditorium at the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 11am: Melissa Sellew, "The Buried Book: The Ethics of Discovery and Publication of Ancient Manuscripts," in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center at Macalester College
Friday, October 19, 2018, 3:15-4:30pm, "Archaeology and Drones: Student Research of a Roman Villa and its Environment in Croatia," in room 233, Anderson Student Center, University of St. Thomas.
Thursday, September 20 , 2018 at 6pm: Vanessa Rousseau, "King Tut: The Life and Afterlife of the King," in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center at Macalester College

AIA-MN 2017-2018 events

Saturday, October 14, 2017 at 11am: Anne Austin, “Embodying the Goddess: Revealing the practice of tattooing in ancient Egypt,” in the Pillsbury Auditorium at the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Thursday, November 9, 2017 at 6pm: Susan Myster, “Forensic Archaeology: Identifyind Decedents,” in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center, Macalester College
Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 6pm, “Forum on Looted Art, Archaeology and Restitution: the Napoleon & Al Mahdi Cases,” in the Hearth Room (room 340), Anderson Student Center, University of St. Thomas
Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 11am: John Hale, "Treasures of Caesarea Maritima," in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center, Macalester College
Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 6pm: David Mather, "Zooarchaeology of Historic Fort Snelling and the Native Ecology of Bdote," in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center, Macalester College

AIA-MN 2016-2017 events

Thursday, September 22, 2016 at 6pm: Bret Jackson and Richard Graff, "Time Travel is Possible: Computational Tool s to Support Experiential Analysis of Oratorical Venues in Ancient Greece" in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center, Macalester College
Saturday, October 15, 2016 at 11am: A Look at Cultural Heritage Preservation in Honor of International Archaeology Day, Sudharshan Seneviratne on “Cultural Heritage Preservation in Sri Lanka," Fine Arts Commons, Macalester College
Saturday, November 12, 2016 at 11am: Pearce Paul Creasman, "Maritime History & Archaeology of Ancient Egypt," in the Pillsbury Auditorium at the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 6pm: Katherine Erdman, "Enticing the Gods of Ancient Gaul: Iron Age and Gallo-Roman Ritual Offerings Deposited in Springs," in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center, Macalester College
Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 6pm: Deanna O'Donnell, "What is Glass Bead Disease?: A study of the Fort Union Trade Bead Collection," in the John B. David Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center, Macalester College
Saturday, April 1, 2017 at 11am: Lothar von Falkenhausen, "Trying to Do the Right Thing to Protect the World's Cultural Heritage: One Committee Member's Tale," in the Pillsbury Auditorium at the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Friday, April 28, 2017 at 6pm: Joanne Pillsbury, "Palace into Temple: Architecture at Chan Chan, Peru," at the University of St. Thomas

AIA-MN 2015-2016 events

Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 6pm: David L. Peterson, "Eurasia Before the Golden Age: Metal Technology and Metal Networks, ca. 3000-1500 BC," in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center, Macalester College
Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 6pm: Vanessa Rousseau, “Looted Art and Archaeology: A Brief History and Discussion in honor of International Archaeology Day,” in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center, Macalester College
Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 11am: Nassos Papalexandrou, “Monsters and Vision in the Preclassical Mediterranean: The Case of the Orientalizing Cauldrons,” in the Pillsbury Auditorium at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 6pm: Philip Sellew, “Resurrecting Early Christian Lives: Digging in Papyri in a Digital Age,” in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center, Macalester College
Thursday, February 11, 2016, 6pm, Pieter Broucke, “A Roman Architect at Work: Apollodoros of Damascus and the Design of the Pantheon,” at the Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota
Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 6pm: Alex Knodell, "Crossroads and Boundaries in an Ancient Greek Borderland: Regional Survey with the Mazi Archaeological Project," in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center, Macalester College
Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 11am: John Hale, “CLEOPATRA: An Archaeological Perspective on Egypt’s Last Pharaoh,” in the Pillsbury Auditorium at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts

AIA-MN 2014-2015 events

Saturday, October 4, 2014 at 11am: Gregory Aldrete, "Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome: The Eternal City Goes Under," in the Pillsbury Auditorium at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Saturday, October 18, 2014, International Archaeology Day lecture and student poster session 11am-2pm: Stephen Cribari lecture on "'Monuments Men (and Women):' Cultural Property in Conflict Today," followed by “Students in Archaeology: Poster Presentation of Recent Fieldwork and Research Projects Related to Archaeology, Repatriation, Preservation and Presentation” poster presentation and open house, Fine Arts Center, Macalester College.
Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 6pm: Greg Brick, “The Rediscovery of French Saltpeter Caves in Minnesota,” Hewitt Hall, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, Macalester College
Friday, December 5, 2014 at 6pm: Joan Breton Connelly, "Tombs and temples: Death, War and Remembrance on the Athenian Acropolis," O'Shaughnessy Educational Center Auditorium, University of St. Thomas
Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 at 6pm: Robert Blanchette, "Tombs, sunken ships and historic huts: studying ancient wood reveals secrets from the past," in John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center, Macalester College
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 6pm: Jimmy Schryver, "The Petra Garden and Pool Complex," in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center at Macalester College
Saturday, April 11, 2015 at 11am: Richard Buckley, "Richard III, The King Under the Car Park: the story of the search for the burial place of England’s last Plantagenet king," in the Pillsbury Auditorium at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts

AIA-MN 2013-2014 events

Friday, October 11 (6pm) and Saturday, October 12, 2013 (11am-1pm): Students in Archaeology: Poster Presentation of Recent Fieldwork and Archaeological Research, University of St Thomas
Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 11am (National Archaeology Day): Donald Ryan, "Beneath the Sands of Egypt: An archaeologist explores the Valley of the Kings," in the Pillsbury Auditorium at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 at 6pm: Guy Gibbon “How Should Archaeologists Study the Past? A Minnesota Example,” in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center at Macalester College
Saturday, January 18, 2014 at 11am: Nassos Papalexandrou, "Our Presidents’ Gifts: The Role of Greek Antiquities in Greek-U.S. Political Relationships after WWII," in the Pillsbury Auditorium at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Thursday, February 6, 2014 at 6pm: Joshua Feinberg on “Magnetic Applications to Archaeological Studies," in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center at Macalester College.
Saturday, March 1, 2014 at 11am: Annette Giesecke “Roman Green: Ancient Roman Gardens and the Green Ideal,” in the Pillsbury Auditorium at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Thursday, April 24, 2014 at 6pm: Eva von Dassow, “Making Myth in Mesopotamia: The Reign of Erra, God of War," in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center at Macalester College

AIA-MN 2012-13 events

Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 11am: Bob Brier, “Secret of the Great Pyramid: How one man’s obsession may have led to solving one of the greatest archaeological mysteries of our time,” in the Pillsbury Auditorium at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 at 11am (National Archaeology Day): Students in Archaeology: Poster Presentation of Recent Fieldwork, Anderson Student Center room 202, University of St Thomas
Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 6pm: Tina Neuhauser, “Roman Provincial Theaters – A Review Based on Selected Examples,” in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center at Macalester College
Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 11am: Nicolle Hirschfeld, “Bar codes (but no scanner!): Potmarks and what they tell us about Late Bronze Age business,” in the Pillsbury Auditorium at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 6pm: Peter Schultz, “Style, continuity, and the Hellenistic Baroque,” at the University of St. Thomas, OEC auditorium
Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 6pm: Vanca Schrunk, “Island Archaeology: A Roman Villa on St. Clement in the Adriatic,” in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center at Macalester College
Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 11am: Alexis Catsambis, “Where Cutting Edge Meets Cultural Heritage: Investigating Deeply Submerged Archaeological Sites,” in the Pillsbury Auditorium at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts

AIA/MN 2011-2012 events

Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 11am: Amy McNair, "The Intrusive Gift: the Marble Guardsmen in the Tomb of a Tang-dynasty Court Eunuch," in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center at Macalester College
Saturday, September 17, 2011 at 11am: Yannis Lolos, “The archaeological exploration of Sikyon: a comprehensive approach to the study of a Greek city-state,” in the Pillsbury Auditorium at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 11am (National Archaeology Day): Students in Archaeology: Poster Presentation of Recent Fieldwork, in the Weyerhaeuser Board Room, Weyerhaeuser Hall, at Macalester College
Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 11am: Lawrence Berman, “A Complete Cosmos: The Tomb of an Egyptian Governor and Its Secrets,” in the Pillsbury Auditorium at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 6pm: Gilbert Tostevin, “The Archaeology of the Origins of Modern Humans,” in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center at Macalester College
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 6pm: Jeff Pearson, "The Nabataean Achievement at Petra," in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center at Macalester College
Thursday, March 1 at 6pm: Caroline Sauvage, “Ugarit and Late Bronze Age Trade,” in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center at Macalester College
Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 11am: Maria Liston, “Murder in the Agora: Violent Death and Illicit Burial in Ancient Athens,” in the Pillsbury Auditorium at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts

AIA-MN Lectures 2008-09

October 23, 2008, Stephen Harvey, "Before the Valley of the Kings"
November 12, 2008, Donny George Youkhanna, "Looting of the Iraq Museum: Loss of a Nation's Memory"
November 20, 2008, Winston Kyan, "Unearthing the Emperor: Person, Personality, and the Terracotta Army of China's First Sovereign Ruler"
February 5, 2009, Mark Schuler, "Glory and Decline of a Roman/Byzantine Urban Center: The 10-year International Excavation at Hippos of the Decapolis, Jordan Valley, Israel
March 5, 2009, Barbara Tsakirgis, "To Honor the Gods: Greek Domestic Religion"
April 8, 2009, David Mattingly, "From Mystery to History: The Garamantes of the Libyan Sahara"
April 10, 2009, Cori Wegener, "Cultural Property at War: Lessons from the Iraq Museum Looting," followed by Candlelight Vigil

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AIA/MN Lecture Series: 2010-2011

Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 11am, John Papadopoulos, “The Origins of Money,” in the Pillsbury Auditorium at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Thursday, March 3, 2011 at 6pm: Nancy Wilkie, "Archaeology in Sri Lanka: Challenges and Prospects for the Future," in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center at Macalester College.
Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 11am, Andrew Goldman, “In Search of King Midas: New Discoveries and Reinterpretations at Gordion (Turkey),” in the Pillsbury Auditorium at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 6pm: Matthew Canepa, "Technologies of Memory in Early Sasanian Iran: Achaemenid Sites and Sasanian Identity," in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center at Macalester College
Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 6pm: Ron Schirmer, "Researching Red Wing: From "Mississippian Center" to "Interaction Hub."
Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 6pm: Lynne Lancaster, “Building Trajan's Column.”
Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 6pm: Peter Schultz, "Sculptors, Agencies and the Economies of Style in Late Classical Greece," in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center at Macalester College.

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