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Contact Sonali Gupta-Agarwal
Email sonaliga@ioa.ucla.edu
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Since 2015 Jason De León has been involved in an analog photoethnographic project focused on documenting the daily lives of Honduran smugglers who profit from transporting undocumented migrants across Mexico. In this talk, he will discuss the relationship between transnational gangs and the human smuggling industry and outline the complicated role that photography plays as a field method and data source in this violent and ethically challenging ethnographic context.
Jason De León
Associate Professor of Anthropology,
University of Michigan
Director, Undocumented Migration Project
California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
5:00 p.m.
Reception to follow
Please RSVP to this event here.
This Public Lecture is co-sponsored by:
Professor and Director Willeke Wendrich, UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
The Mellon Foundation’s Urban Humanities Initiative at UCLA
Professor and Chair Jason Throop, UCLA Department of Anthropology
Professor Richard Lesure, Marilyn Beaudry-Corbett Endowed Chair in Mesoamerican Archaeology
Contact Tanja Hrast
Email tanja@ioa.ucla.edu
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Connections
Archaeology is a collaborative field and archaeological teams always consist of specialists from many disciplines. This interconnectedness is an integral part of a holistic understanding of our past. Join us for an open house that illuminates the relationship between the Fowler Museum and archaeological research, beginning with two gallery talks in the Fowler Museum. These talks will be followed by a lecture, Connections Ancient and Modern: Reflections on Fieldwork in India by Dr. Monica L. Smith and will include a panel discussion with the audience. After the discussion the archaeological labs will be open to the public, giving visitors the chance to explore how archaeologists work together on many different levels to contribute to our appreciation of cultural heritage through interdisciplinary, cutting edge research.
For information call 310-209-8934. No reservation required.
Contact Sonali Gupta-Agarwal
Email sonaliga@ioa.ucla.edu
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Speaker: Dr. Christian Greco, Director, Egyptian Museum in Turin, Italy
The Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy has the second largest collection of Egyptian Antiquities in the world (after the museum in Cairo). In this lecture Dr. Christian Greco highlights connections between its artifacts, through the history of their discovery, the reunification of burial assemblages, and investigating the common characteristics of historical groupings. In his talk, Dr. Christian Greco, Director of the Museo Egizio, discusses how a collaboration of Egyptologists and scientists enables the recreation of archaeological and historical contexts of the stunning objects housed in the collection.
Co-presented with the Fowler Museum
Contact Sonali Gupta-Agarwal
Email sonaliga@ioa.ucla.edu
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Speaker: Dr. Willeke Wendrich
UCLA’s Shire Archaeological Project works in the north of Ethiopia, in an area where perhaps Ethiopia’s most ancient town once stood. The site is badly destroyed because of modern gold diggers who pan the soil for tiny flecks of gold. In November and December 2016 our archaeological research went hand-in-hand with community outreach to explain why the ancient remains are important, which resulted in many new friends and a new catchy chant.
Contact Sonali Gupta-Agarwal
Email sonaliga@ioa.ucla.edu
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Speakers: Dr. Jane Buikstra, Dr. Gordon Rakita
Dr. Gordon Rakita will be delivering a lecture titled "Vignettes of a Mentor: A Bioarchaeological Lineage"
Dr. Jane Buikstra will then deliver a lecture titled "Ancient Tuberculosis in the Americas: A Career-Long Quest"
Contact Sonali Gupta-Agarwal
Email sonaliga@ioa.ucla.edu
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The ancient world is characterized by technological innovations and the creation of beautiful objects of art and daily life. On this public lecture day UCLA graduate and undergraduate students will explore who the people were that made these, what techniques they used, and how we can learn about their social circumstances.
This event is free and open to the public.
Schedule:
10.00-10.20 Carrie Arbuckle Wood
10.20-10.40 Adam Dibattista Bone
10.40-11.00 Cara Lam Slaughtering as a Religious Act
11.00-11.20 Salah Halim Bread
11.20-11.30 questions
11.30-11.40 coffee break
11.40-12.00 Vera Rondano Faience
12.20-12.40 Chelsi Dimm Pottery
12.40-1.00 Sam Gonzalez Pottery
1.00-1.10 questions
1.10-2.15 Break
2.20-2.40 Timberlyn Woolf Mud brick
2.40-3.00 Ceanna Van Eaton Quarrying
3.00-3.20 Idi Okilo Stelae
3.20-3.30 questions
3.30-3.40 tea break
3.40-4.00 Nadia Ben-Marzouk Metal
4.00-4.20 Dani Candelora Hyksos
4.20-4.40 Heidi Hilliker Textile
4.40-5.00 Luke Breinig Time
5.00-5.10 questions
Contact Willeke Wendrich
Email wendrich@humnet.ucla.edu
Phone 1-310-206-1496
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Fowler OutSpoken Talk
Tua Pittman on Traditional Sea Voyaging and Navigation
Saturday, April 30, 1:30 pm
Internationally recognized as a traditional voyaging seafarer, Tua Pitman has navigated canoes for over thirty years without the use of modern instruments. He uses a traditional navigation system based on observations of the stars, sun, moon, the ocean swells, the flight patterns of birds and other natural signs.
Contact Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Email ioaadmin@ioa.ucla.edu
Phone 310-206-8934
The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA and the Institute of Field Research present a public lecture:
Medieval Ireland: An Overview of 1,000 Years from the Archaeological and Historical Record
Dr. Stephen Mandel
Vice Chairperson of the Royal Irish Academy Committee for Archaeology
The Medieval Period in Ireland is often defined in terms of specific events, from St Patrick lighting the Pascal fire to bring Christianity in 432 AD to the first Viking Raids on Lambay Island in 795 AD to the Anglo-Norman invasion led by Strongbow in 1169 AD. However, whilst these dates dominate the discourse, in isolation they are a simplistic classification and can take focus from a far more complex story. This presentation will give an overview of the medieval history of Ireland through the archaeological and historical record, demonstrating that this small island nation has always held significance far greater than its size.
Contact Helle Girey
Email hgirey@ucla.edu
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