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Monica Smith Edits "The Power of Nature: Archaeology and Human-Environmental Dynamic"
March 20, 2023
Monica Smith, a core faulty member of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, has edited a new book titled The Power of Nature: Archaeology and Human-Environmental Dynamic. She also wrote two chapters...
Meet Siva Losakul: Offering Help With Your Computer
March 16, 2023
Most of us will at some point need help with our computer, software, or the attached devices. Maybe some assistance in failing applications or figuring out what product would work best for your...
Kristine Martirosyan-Olshansky Awarded AIA-NEH Grant
March 16, 2023
Kristine Martirosyan-Olshansky has been awarded an AIA-NEH grant for her proposal “Space, Place, and Plants at Masis Blur, an early farming (Neolithic) site in Armenia.”  Martirosyan-Olshansky is...
Piphal Heng Featured in Cambodian Media
February 21, 2023
Local Cambodian news and social media have prominently featured the recent completion of an excavation by native son Piphal Heng, who is a postdoctoral scholar at the Cotsen Institute and the Program...
Melanie Jonasch Studies Settlements in Sicily
February 16, 2023
Sicily is an Italian island with a rich history, many archaeological remains, and mysteries yet to be solved. According to UCLA’s postdoctoral scholar Melanie Jonasch, one of the most exciting...
Three NEH Grants Awarded to Cotsen Faculty
January 17, 2023
Core faculty of the Cotsen Institute have been awarded three grants totaling more than $500,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Project Director Ellen Pearlstein received $349,...
Introducing Visiting Scholar Éléonore Kissel
December 12, 2022
There is a certain joie de vivre evident as Éléonore Kissel makes her way from library to library on the UCLA campus. The UCLA/Getty Visiting Scholar from Paris is reveling in the freedom to read,...
In Memoriam: Jeanne E. Arnold (1955–2022)
December 6, 2022
In Memoriam: Jeanne E. Arnold (1955–2022)Willeke Wendrich[1]After a long illness, anthropologist and archaeologist Jeanne Arnold passed away on Sunday, November 27, 2022. Jeanne was professor in the...
Hiring Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage 2022
December 2, 2022
Job #JPF07970Position OverviewPosition title: Assistant ProfessorRecruitment Link:https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF07970Application WindowOpen date: November 14, 2022Next review date: Monday, Jan 23,...
Cotsen Institute Welcomes Thiago Puglieri to Conservation Program
November 16, 2022
“Deep knowledge of the chemistry of cultural heritage materials and their preservation” is being brought to the UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage as it...
Global Antiquity Strives for Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research on Ancient Worlds
November 4, 2022
Urbano Monti’s planisphere, digitally reconstructed from 60 sheets, hand-drawn in Milan, Italy in 1587, is one of the oldest world mapsGlobal Antiquity is a new endeavor to link multiple faculty,...
From the Field: Hawai‘i
November 1, 2022
In October 2022, Justin Dunnavant received a grant from the National Geographic Society to create photogrammetric models of submerged heritage sites around Maui and Lana‘i (Hawai‘i).Dunnavant is...
Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science Hosted at UCLA
September 26, 2022
Vice Chancellor Anna Spain Bradley presents Dutch Minister Robbert  Dijkgraaf with a Bruin bear memento of his visit to UCLA. Photo by Oliver Chien. As part of the ongoing effort to strengthen...
From the Field: Industria (Monteu da Po), Northern Italy
September 20, 2022
The project Ancient and Modern Communities at Industria  is a research effort of the Cotsen Institute at UCLA, Kent University (UK), Newcastle University (UK), and the Politecnico di Torino (Turin,...
Cotsen Affiliates Present at Congress in Turin, Italy
September 19, 2022
Willeke Wendrich, director of the Cotsen Institute, and UCLA graduate students Brandon Keith, Iman Nagy, and Matei Tichindelean presented their research at the tenth congress of the Italian...
Christopher Donnan Publishes Book on Moche Tomb
September 12, 2022
Christopher B. Donnan, professor emeritus of the Cotsen Institute and the department of anthropology at UCLA, has authored La Mina: A Royal Moche Tomb, published by the University of New Mexico Press...
Two Cotsen Institute Alumnae Named to Tenure-Track Positions
September 12, 2022
Carrie Arbuckle MacLeod (left) and Debby Sneed (right). Carrie Arbuckle MacLeod and Debby Sneed, both of whom earned their PhD degrees from the Cotsen Institute in 2018, have recently accepted tenure...
From the Field: St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
August 29, 2022
Justin Dunnavant, assistant professor of anthropology and core faculty member of the CotsenInstitute, returned to the Estate Little Princess for the first time since the pandemic began to continue...
Stella Nair Co-organizes Conference and Native American Community-based Workshops
August 22, 2022
Stella Nair, associate professor of art history and core faculty member of the Cotsen Institute, is co-organizer of “The Forgotten Canopy: Ecology, Ephemeral Architecture, and Imperialism in the...
From the Field: Monticello, Virginia
August 15, 2022
Justin Dunnavant, assistant professor of anthropology and core faculty member of the Cotsen Institute, who is a 2022 NEH-Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery fellow, is shown while...
Anya Dani Joins Conservation Program to Help Expand Inclusivity
August 5, 2022
As part of an effort to expand “our own capacity to teach cultural heritage conservation in an inclusive manner,” Glenn Wharton, chair of the Conservation Program, announced that effective August 1,...
From the Field: Bikol, the Philippines
July 25, 2022
The following report was provided by Robin Meyer-Lorey, UCLA graduate student in Anthropology, who spent the summer of 2022 in the Philippines working on his MA capstone project.Figure captions:...
Glenn Wharton Honored with Conservation Award
July 11, 2022
Glenn Wharton, professor of Art History and chair of the UCLA/Getty Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage, which is part of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, has received the 2022...
Spring 2022 Celebrations
July 7, 2022
 In-person doctoral hooding ceremonies for the years 2022 and 2021 were held at UCLA’s Royce Hall on Wednesday May 11, 2022—following a two-year hiatus because of the Covid-19 pandemic. At this...
Introducing Piphal Heng: Cotsen and PEMSEA Postdoctoral Scholar
May 11, 2022
Many members of the Cotsen Institute, as well as countless others, will need no introduction to Piphal Heng, the incoming 2022–24 postdoctoral scholar at the Cotsen Institute and the Program for...