AIA lecture:
Wednesday, September 27, 2006. Rainey Auditorium, 6:30 p.m.
Susan Heuck Allen, Smith College
"Excavating Women: Pioneering in Field and Forum (1850-1900)"
Reception to follow.
A Memorial Gathering for Machteld J. Mellink, Professor Emeritus of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology and Leslie Clark Professor in the Humanities Emeritus, Bryn Mawr College (1917-2006)
Saturday, October 7, 2006. Ely Room, Wyndham, Bryn Mawr College, 3:00 p.m.
Reception to follow. More information: 610-526-5334/5053. Machteld Mellink was president of the AIA from 1980 to 1984.
Memorial Service for Keith DeVries, Associate Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies and Associate Curator Emeritus of the Mediterranean Section, University of Pennsylvania (1937-2006)
Thursday, October 19, 2006. Rainey Auditorium, 5 p.m.
Reception to follow.
The Friends of the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete
Fall lecture:
Monday, October 23, 2006. Rainey Auditorium, 6:00 p.m.
Colin Macdonald, Former Curator of Knossos for the British School at Athens
"From Palace to Monument or vice versa? Aspects of the archaeology of the Palace of Minos at Knossos"
Free pre-lecture reception at 5:30. A gala dinner follows ($90; $80 for AIA members, Penn Museum members, and members of the Friends of INSTAP; contact Elizabeth Shank at aegeanprehistory@aol.com for dinner reservations). More information.
Bryn Mawr College Classics Colloquium/Philadelphia AIA:
Friday, November 3, 2006. Carpenter Library B21, 4:30 p.m.
James Wright, Bryn Mawr College
"Heroes and Ancient Greek Sanctuaries: New Discoveries at Ancient Nemea"
Tea is held before the lecture at 4:00 in the Quita Woodward Room.
Bryn Mawr College Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology: two public lectures by Alexander Mazarakis-Ainian, Visiting Onassis Professor and Professor, Department of Archaeology, University of Thessaly, Greece
November 8, 2006, Bryn Mawr College, Thomas Library 110, 4:30 p.m.
"Temple-hestiatoria in Geometric and Archaic Greece revisited: Excavations in the Sanctuary of Apollo at Soros (Thessaly)"
November 9, 2006, Bryn Mawr College, Thomas Library 110, 8 p.m.
"Inside the adyton of an Archaic Greek Temple: Excavations in Kythnos (Cyclades)"
Both lectures to be followed by receptions in the London Room. More information.
Bryn Mawr College Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology lecture:
November 15, 2006, Carpenter Library B21, 4:00 p.m.
Doniert Evely, Curator, Knossos Excavations
British School at Athens
"Knossos: New thoughts and Future Perspectives"
Reception to follow in the London Room.
AIA lecture:
Tuesday, November 21, 2006. Carpenter Library B21, 6:30 p.m.
Catarina Viegas, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
"From Scallabis to Santarém: urban archaeology uncovers a Roman town"
Reception sponsored by Lawrence and Sara Levan, Narberth.
Lecture sponsored by the Program in the Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean World and the Philadelphia Chapter of the AIA
Wednesday, January 10. Rainey Auditorium, 7 p.m.
Dr. Nicholai Makarov, Director of the Institute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences
"Northeastern Russia, 900-1250 A.D. in Light of Recent Archaeological Research: Settlement, Power, and Identity"
AIA lecture/Bryn Mawr Visual Culture Colloquium
Wednesday, March 7, 2007. Thomas 224 (Bryn Mawr), 12:30 p.m.
Bryan Burns, University of Southern California
"Minoan epiphanies: the divine visions of Sir Arthur Evans and Carolee Schneemann"
Coffee and snacks available beforehand.
AIA lecture:
Tuesday, April 10, 2007. Rainey Auditorium, 6:30 p.m.
Christopher Roosevelt, Boston University
"Mounds, Monuments, and Museums: Plunder in Western Anatolia"
Reception to follow.
C. Densmore Curtis Lecture presented by the graduate students in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College
Friday, April 13, 2007. Carpenter Library B21. 4:30 p.m.
Barbara Burrell, University of Cincinnati
"Conquering Nature: Herod the Great's Caesarea"
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the Graduate Group in the Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World,and the Philadelphia Chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America present a lecture:
Tuesday, April 17, 2007. Rainey Auditorium, 5 p.m.
Dr. Andreas Scholl, Director, Altes Museum, Berlin
"The Pergamon Altar: Sacrificial Site, Hero Tomb, or Victory Monument?"
Bryn Mawr College Classics Colloquium
Friday, April 27, 2007. Carpenter Library B21, 4:30 p.m.
Margalit Finkelberg, Tel Aviv University / Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
"The Mycenaeans, the Anatolians, and the Dating of the Trojan War"
We are grateful for contributions from the Department of Art History (Tyler School of Art) at Temple University; the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; the University of Pennsylvania graduate group in Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World; and the Departments of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology and Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies at Bryn Mawr College.
