Global Antiquity

Please join the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology for the first in its series of Wednesday afternoon talks of the winter quarter. On Wednesday, January 10 at 12:00 pm in Fowler A222, Kotaro Yamafune (Research Associate, Kyushu University) will speak on Three Meaningful Applications of 3D Photogrammetry in Cultural Heritage: Scholarly Research, Dissemination, and Site Management....

The UCLA Center for the Study of Religion Presents a Book Talk with Author James Strange (Samford University) on Tuesday, January 16 from 12:30–1:45 pm. The event will be held in person in Royce 306 and via Zoom. To register, please follow this link. Co-sponsored by the Kershaw Chair of Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Studies  How...

The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press cordially invites you to an Author Spotlight featuring the recent publication of Talepakemalai: Lapita and Its Transformations in the Mussau Islands of Near Oceania January, 16, 2024 at 6PM PST.    This is a remote lecture via Zoom and registration is required. Register here. Talepakemalai, in the Mussau Islands of...

The UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology invites you to attend the next in its weekly series of lunch talks. On Wednesday, January 17 at 12:00 pm, Yen Chun Wang (Graduate Student, Archaeology IDP) will speak on Ancient Fish Consumption in Southwestern Taiwan: Two Case Studies in Fowler A222.

The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and the UCLA Humanities Division invite you to attend the 2023–24 ‘After Antiquity’ Graduate Colloquium to be held on Thursday, January 18 at 12:00 pm in Kaplan 365. The colloquium is a friendly forum for UCLA graduate students and faculty to workshop their research on West Asia...

The Pourdavoud Institute for the Study of the Iranian World invites you to attend a lecture on An Entangled Empire: Dress, Reciprocal Construction, and the Experience of Kingship at Persepolis by Neville McFerrin. The talk will take place on Wednesday, January 24 from 4:00–6:00 pm in Royce 306. For more information and to register for...

The Kershaw Chair of Eastern Mediterranean Studies and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures invite you to a talk by Adam Miglio (Wheaton College) on Thursday, January 25 at 4:00 pm in Kaplan 365. The lecture, titled Reconnaisance-Birds and Celestial Signs in the Gilgamesh Epic and Genesis Flood Accounts, will explore similarities between...

The J. Paul Getty Museum invites you to a conversation with Heba Abd el Gawad and Judith Barr on the inscribed mummy wrappings in the Getty's collection, how they got there, and the ethical questions museums face about displaying human remains and objects intimately associated with human remains. The program will take place on Zoom...

The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology invites you to the next in its series of Wednesday talks. On Wednesday, January 31 at 12:00 pm, Nicholas Brown (PhD Candidate, NELC) will speak on Deir el-Ballas: Past, Present, and Future Research in Fowler Museum A222. For more information, please see the flyer below.    

The Center for Chinese Studies and the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology invite you to a talk on Monday, February 5 at 4:00 pm in Fowler A222. The lecture by Lin Xu will be titled Eyes over the Bamboo Curtain: Exploring China's Past from Spy Images. We hope to see you there!