Global Antiquity is delighted to invite UCLA faculty members to an ancient studies writing retreat. Join colleagues from across the Humanities and Social Sciences for an opportunity to make meaningful…
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Global Antiquity Distinguished Speaker Series- Myth, Time and Cosmology in the Ancient Maya Murals of San Bartolo with David Stuart
Myth, Time and Cosmology in the Ancient Maya Murals of San Bartolo David Stuart (Art & Art History, University of Texas at Austin) Friday, February 13, 4:00 pm | Royce…
Read MoreGlobal Antiquity Distinguish Speaker Series- Archaeological Perspectives on the Economic Transformation of China during the First Millennium BCE
Starting about the middle of the first millennium BCE, continental East Asia experienced an unprecedented economic florescence as the Bronze Age redistributive economy gave way to a full-fledged market economy….
Read MoreGlobal Antiquity Faculty Lunch Series- Lineage Histories in Early Chinese Historiography with David Schaberg
Global Antiquity is pleased to invite you to its final Faculty Lunch Series talk of the 2024–2025 academic year featuring Professor David Schaberg (Asian Languages and Cultures, UCLA). On Friday,…
Read MoreGlobal Antiquity Distinguished Speaker Series: Climate Change along the Silk Road? with Sitta von Reden
Since the so-called “imperial turn,” it is uncontroversial that particular center-periphery relationships stimulated transimperial connectivity. More recent work, moreover, gives peripheries greater agency in such models, in as much as…
Read MoreSymposium- Whither Global Antiquity? Retrospection and Future Directions
Global Antiquity is convening its second annual symposium that will be held at UCLA, and live-streamed on Zoom, on April 10–11, 2025. Whither Global Antiquity? Retrospection and Future Directions aims…
Read MoreGlobal Antiquity Faculty Lunch Series- “Por Mares Nunca D’antes Navegados…”: Poetic Primacy in Arcadian Epic and Caminões’s The Lusiads with Adriana Vazquez
Global Antiquity is pleased to invite you to the next in its 2024–2025 Faculty Lunch Series talks, featuring Professor Adriana Vazquez (Classics, UCLA). On Friday, February 28 from 12:00–1:30 pm…
Read MorePOSTPONED- Global Antiquity Distinguished Speaker Series: Myth, Time and Cosmology in the Ancient Maya Murals of San Bartolo with David Stuart
Due to the ongoing uncertainty caused by the fires in the Los Angeles area, please be aware that this lecture has been postponed. This talk will present new interpretations of…
Read MoreGlobal Antiquity Faculty Lunch Series- Composite Creations: Cross-Cultural Artistic Experimentation in the Eastern Mediterranean with David Schneller
Global Antiquity is pleased to invite you to the next in its 2024–2025 Faculty Lunch Series talks, featuring Professor David Schneller (Art History, UCLA). On Friday, December 6 from 12:00–1:30 pm in Royce 306,…
Read MoreGlobal Antiquity Lunch Series- Nubian Rites, Linguistics, and Gold: An Unusual Demotic Term Explored with Solange Ashby
Global Antiquity is pleased to invite you to the first in its 2024–2025 Faculty Lunch Series talks, featuring Professor Solange Ashby (Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA). On Friday,…
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