Global Antiquity

The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology is excited to invite you to the final Wednesday afternoon talk of Fall Quarter. Please join Wolfgang Alders (Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Arkansas), who will be speaking on Integration and Autonomy in the Island Hinterland of Zanzibar Stone Town, 8th–19th centuries CE in Fowler Museum A222 from 12:00–12:50pm.

(Re)envisioning Ancient Worlds A Forum for Exchanges on Ancient Studies at UCLA December 5–6, 2023 | Royce Hall 306 Global Antiquity is convening a workshop titled (Re)envisioning Ancient Worlds. This event, held at UCLA over two days, December 5–6, 2023, will include invited speakers from the University of California and the greater Los Angeles area whose...

The Getty invites you to a day of Getty Villa Scholar Lectures on Thursday, December 7 beginning at 10:00 am. Please RSVP before December 1 by clicking here.

Please join us the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology for its 50th Anniversary Ground Breaking series on December 7, 2023 at 6 pm. David Carballo will present a talk titled Collision of Worlds: A Deep History of the Fall of Aztec Mexico and the Forging of New Spain in the Founders Room in the James West Alumni Center....

In conjunction with the Archaeology Mentorship Program, the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology invites any interested undergraduate students to an informal open house Friday 12/8 in the Cotsen from 12:30-3pm. Please join faculty for food at 12:30 in A222 followed by informal tours of labs. There will then be a short presentation about research opportunities and...

Elagablus and Buddha: Religion and Performance in the Global 3rd Century CE A Lecture by Dr. Yanxiao He Tuesday, January 9 | Royce 306 Global Antiquity and the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies invite you to a lecture on the intersection of Roman Mediterranean performance traditions with religious cults and propaganda during the 3rd century...

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.