Join us for two exciting lectures this fall, and ‘save the dates’ for three lectures in the spring! All lectures are free and open to the public, co-sponsored by the University of Richmond Department of Classical Studies. Unless marked with an asterisk (*) below, all lectures will be held at 6 pm in 118 Jepson Hall, 221 Richmond Way, Richmond, VA 23173 (https://www.richmond.edu/visit/).
*Thursday, October 10 – Michael Clem (Virginia Department of Historic Resources), “The Discovery of and Excavations at Eyreville. A 17th century Plantation Site on Virginia’s Eastern Shore” – Celebration of Virginia Archaeology Month and International Archaeology Day – JEPSON HALL, ROOM 109
Thursday, November 14 – Nadhira Hill (Randolph-Macon College), “Women and Wine in the Ancient Mediterranean” – Memorial lecture for Maggie Mayo (VMFA curator of ancient art from 1978–2004)
Thursday, February 20 – Caitlin Earley (University of Washington; Dumbarton Oaks), “Bound in Stone: The Captive Body in Ancient Maya Art” – AIA’s Nadzia Borowski Lecture
Thursday, March 20 – Geoff Emberling (Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan), “Archaeology, its Colonial Past, and its Collaborative Future: A Community Project in El-Kurru, Northern Sudan” – AIA’s Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lecture
*Sunday, April 6, 3 pm – John McKesson Camp II (Stavros Niarchos Foundation Professor Emeritus of Classics, Randolph-Macon College; Director of Agora Excavations, Athens, 1994–2022; Winner of the AIA’s 2024 Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement), “The Archaeology of Democracy: Recent Excavations in the Agora of Athens” – 14th Stuart L. Wheeler Gallery of the Ancient World Lecture in the Brown-Alley Room, Weinstein Hall, followed by open house reception at the Ancient World Gallery, Humanities Building 419, University of Richmond