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Augustus’ Family and Friends and Forgiven Foes on the Ara Pacis
Dr. Gaius Stern
retired from UC Berkeley

Jan 26, 2024


Athena Parthenos & Zeus Olympios: How Pheidias Created a World Wonder
Dr. Kenneth Lapatin
Curator of Antiquities,
The J. Paul Getty Museum

Dec 1, 2023


Horti Romani: The Ancient Gardens of Rome...A Topographical Palimpsest
Laura Linkletter Rich
VP of Outreach and Education, AIA

Nov 10, 2023


Coin Production And 'Monetary Policy' Of The Roman Imperial Period
Prof. Benjamin Hellings
Associate Curator of Numismatics at the Yale University Art Gallery

Oct 27, 2023


What Happened in History: 81 Years on from Gordon Childe
Prof. Ian Morris
Stanford University

May 19, 2023


The Life of a Tomb: the Excavation of the Mycenaean Cemetery at Ayia Sotira, Nemea, Greece
Prof. Angus Smith
Brock University

April 14, 2023


Cultural Heritage Protection in War: What is Possible”
Dr. Brian Daniels
Penn Cultural Heritage Center at the University of Pennsylvania Museum

February 24, 2023


A Foot in Both Camps: The Extraordinary Assemblage of Archaeological Shoes from Vindolanda Roman Fort"
Professor Elizabeth Greene
Western University, Ontario

January 20, 2023


Lapis Lazuli: From Gods' Eyes to Empyrean Skies and Celestial Robes Through 8000 Years"
Dr. Patrick Hunt

November 4, 2022


Indiana Jones and the Missing Spanish Church"
Dr. Ben Thomas
Director of Programs, AIA

October 7, 2022


"AIA Joukowsky Distinguished Lecture: Framing Victory: Salamis, the Athenian Acropolis, and the Agora"
Prof. John Papadopoulos
University of California, Los Angeles

May 20, 2022

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"AIA Joukowsky Distinguished Lecture: The Lost Valley Of The Crescent Moon: 30 Years Of Research In Petra, Jordan"
Prof. Tom Paradise
University of Arkansas

April 29, 2022

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"Sensing The Past:
Sensory Experiences In Ancient Mesopotamia (A 4-D Presentation) "

Prof. Allison Karmel Thomason
Southern Illinois University

February 25, 2022

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"Where Did It Go? Understanding the Destruction of Ancient Rome"
Laura Linkletter Rich
AIA Vice President of Outreach & Education

January 28, 2022


"Gallula Roma Arelas: Arles, the little Rome of the Gauls"
Dr. Romy Wyche
Director (Directice) of the Arles Roman Museum (Musée Départemental Arles Antique)

December 3, 2021

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"In Search of the Decorator: Evidence produced by the Decorative Bands found in Roman Wall Decoration"
Zoe Schofield
Director, Touchstone Archaeology Ltd

November 20, 2021

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"In the footsteps of Ernesto Schiaparelli. The Museo Egizio’s current research at Deir El-Medina"
Dr. Cedric Gobeil
Curator of New Kingdom Material Collection from Deir el-Medineh, Egyptian Museum, Turin (Museo Egizio Torino)

Oct 29 , 2021

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"History of the
Roman Forum"

Laura Linkletter Rich
AIA Vice President of Outreach & Education

March 19, 2021


"Black Sea MAP: Deep Water Archaeology and the Western Black Sea"
Dr. Dragomir Garbov
Maritime Archaeologist
(BA, MA, PhD, M. ICOMOS-ICUCH, Cert IV Hyperbaric Ops SCUBA and SSBA)

February 20, 2021


"The Villa dei Papyri: The Patrician, the King, the Engineer and the Oil Tycoon"
Michael L. Boyd
VP, AIA-Stanford Society

January 22, 2021


"Fall of Civilizations: Famine & Climate Change"
Dr. Patrick Hunt
Stanford University

December 4, 2020


"My 40 Year Search for the Battle of Actium"
Professor William M. Murray
University of South Florida

November 6, 2020

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"Re-Excavating Yassıada: New Light on an Early Byzantine Shipwreck"
Professor Justin Leidwanger
Stanford University

October 23, 2020

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"From Kitty Litter to Granite: The Archaeology of Nuclear Waste"
Professor Rosemary Joyce
UC Berkeley Anthropology & Hearst Museum

February 2, 2020
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101

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"Alexander von Humboldt, Pioneer of Biogeography and Darwin’s Scientific Guide: Why Archaeology Followed "
Dr. Patrick Hunt
Stanford University of Louisville

December 6, 2019
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101


"The Changing Face of Rome: The Rise and Fall of the City's Topography "
Laura Linkletter Rich
AIA General Trustee

November 22, 2019
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101


"Mysteries of the Delphic Oracle "
Professor Claire Heckel
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

October 28, 2019
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101

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""Mysteries of the Delphic Oracle" "
Professor John Hale
University of Louisville

April 26, 2019
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101

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"Mapping the Periplus Maris Erythraei: Indian Ocean Trade in the Early Common Era"
Prof. Sanjyot Mehendale
University of California, Berkeley

April 5, 2019
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101

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"Funerary Practices and Ancestor Commemoration in the Bronze Age Levant"
Dr. Melissa Cradic
University of California, Berkeley

March 8, 2019
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101

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"Digital Storytelling in Archaeology"
Dr. Tiffany Earley-Spadoni
University of Central Florida

February 8, 2019
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101

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"Ancient Caere: Excavation of an Etruscan City in Central Italy"
Laura Linkletter Rich

December 7, 2018
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101


"Unpacking the Mummy-Pack: New Insights into the Field Museum of Natural History’s Archaeological Collection from Ancón, Peru"
Dr. Nicole Slovak
Santa Rosa Junior College

November 2, 2018
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101

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"King Richard III: The Resolution of a 500 Year Old Cold Case"
Professor Turi King
University of Leicester
AIA Joukowsky Lecturer

October 12, 2018
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101

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"New Inca Discoveries"
Professor James Kus
Cal State University Fresno

May 4, 2018
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101

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"Throne of Caesar":
a novel of Julius Caesar's assassination"

Steven Saylor, author

April 6, 2018
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101

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"Archaeological Expedition to Sinop, Turkey: Exploring the Origins of Trade at the Nexus of Eurasian Civilizations"
Owen Doonan
Cal State University Northridge

March 2, 2018
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101

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"Theran Volcanics and Minoan Culture"
Prof. Floyd McCoy,
University of Hawaii

February 9, 2018
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101

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"Julian Basilica: Imperial Presence in Ancient Corinth"
Prof. Paul Scotton,
Cal State University Long Beach

December 1, 2017
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101

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"The Musician's Life: Interpreting the Pitsa Cave Sacrifice Painting"

Nikolaos Xanthoulis
Greek National Opera and
Academy of Athens

November 3, 2017
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101

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"An Egyptian Tomb, An Etruscan Inscription and the Funerary Monument of an American Civil War Hero"
Dr. Lisa Pieraccini,
University of California, Berkeley

May 12, 2017
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101

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"Viking Ships of Oseberg and Gokstad"

Dr. Patrick Hunt,
Stanford University

March 31, 2017
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101


"Exploring the Roots of the Vine: The History and Archaeology of the Earliest Wines"

Dr. Stephen Batiuk,
University of Toronto

February 3, 2017
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101

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"Roman Aosta: Monuments and Epigraphy"
Professor Carolynn Roncaglia,
Santa Clara University

December 2, 2016
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101

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"The Ark Before Noah"
Dr. Irving Finkel,
British Museum

AIA Norton Lecturer

November 11, 2016
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101

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"Five Thousand Years of Iranian Engineering"

Dr. Farzin Rezaeian

Co-sponsored by
Stanford's Persian Student Association

Bishop Auditorium, Lathrop Library
Stanford University
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"The Volunteer Archaeologist"
Laura Linkletter Rich

March 11, 2016
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101

"Genetics, History and Prehistory: What our Biological Selves can tell us about the Past"
Dr. Matthew Jobin,
Santa Clara University

February 12, 2016
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101

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"Binchester Excavation Update 2015"
Michael Boyd

November 20, 2015
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101

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"The Hanging Gardens of Babylon"
Dr. Stephanie Dalley
Oxford University

October 23, 2015
Stanford University,
Packard Bldg., Room 101

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The Marzamemi 'Church Wreck" in the Shrinking World of the Late Antique Mediterranean
Professor Justin Leidwanger,
Stanford University

My 8, 2015
Stanford University

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The Stelida Naxos Archaeological Project: Early Humans in the Aegean
Professor Tristan Carter
McMaster University, Canada

April 17, 2015
Stanford University

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The Rich, Athenian Lady Was Pregnant
Professor Maria Liston,
University of Waterloo, Canada

March 6, 2015
Stanford University

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Mummy Portraits and Shrouds: Images of the Dead from Roman Egypt
Professor Lissette Jimenez,
University of California, Berkeley

February 13, 2015
Stanford University

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Prehistory and Protohistory in Nemea and Southern Corinthia
Professor Kim Shelton,
University of California, Berkeley

December 5, 2014
Stanford University

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Blood and Power:
Arena Spectacle and the Roman Empire

Professor Alison Futrell, University of Arizona

November 7, 2014
Stanford University

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AIA National
Archaeology Day:

Tours at the Stanford Museum-Cantor Center

Dr. Patrick Hunt,
Stanford University

October 18, 2014
Stanford University, Cantor Museum

Egyptian & African Collection: 11am - noon
Classical Greece and Rome: 1pm-2pm
China Collection: 2pm-3pm

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Hannibal in Gaul: The Story and the Evidence
Geoffroy de Galbert
Institute for Alpine Archaeology and History

May 2, 2014
Stanford University, Packard Building

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Uncorking the Past:
The Quest for Wine, Beer and Extreme Fermented Beverages

Dr. Patrick McGovern,
University of Pennsylvania

April 25, 2014
Stanford University, Packard Building

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Vinovium: A Roman Fort and Vicus Rediscovered in Northern Britannia
Michael L Boyd,
Field Supervisor,
Binchester Project

Friday, March 7, 2014
Stanford University, Lane History Corner

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Irene Lemos

From Wanax to Basileis: the Transformation of Greece from 1200 to 700 BCE
Professor Irene Lemos
Oxford University,
School of Archaeology

Friday, February 28, 2014
Stanford University, Meyer Library

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A Century of Stanford Archaeology
Dr. Laura Jones
Stanford Campus Archaeologist

Friday, November 15, 2013
Stanford University, Meyer Library

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Roman Green: Ancient Roman Gardens and the Green Ideal

Jashemski National Lecture
Dr. Annette Giesecke
University of Delaware

Friday, October 25, 2013
Stanford University, Meyer Library

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Cyrus and Pasargadae, the Cyrus Cylinder and Other Achaemenid Matters

Prof. David Stronach
Emeritus Professor of
Near Eastern Archaeology,
University of California, Berkeley

Friday, October 11, 2013
Stanford University

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ORBIS: Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World

Annual Antony and Isabelle Raubitschek Memorial Lecture

Prof. Walter Scheidel
Chair of Classics, Stanford University

Friday, October 11, 2013
Stanford University, Meyer Library

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Florentia: Ancient Florence and its Importance in 16th-century Antiquarian Scholarship and Cultural Politics

Dr. Andrea Galdy
Former Fellow of
Harvard's Villa I Tatti

Friday, April 12, 2013
Stanford University, Meyer Library

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The Chemistry of Kinship: Daidalos and Kothar Revisited

Dr. Andrew Koh
Brandeis University

Friday, March 8, 2013
Stanford University, Meyer Library

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New Directions in Alpine Archaeological Research: Lichenometry and Relative Dating

Dr. Patrick Hunt
Director, Stanford Alpine Archaeology Project 1994-2012

Friday, December 14, 2012
Stanford University, Meyer Library

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James Kus

What's New at Machu Picchu

Professor James Kus
Emeritus Professor of Geography with the California State University at Fresno

Friday, November 9, 2012
Stanford University, Meyer Library

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                Lisa Pieraccini

The Ever Elusive Etruscan Egg

Annual Antony and Isabelle Raubitschek Memorial Lecture

Professor Lisa Pieraccini
University of California, Berkeley

Friday, May 18, 2012
Stanford University, Meyer Library

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Jenifer Neils

Go Spartans: Girls' Athletics in Ancient Greece

Professor Jenifer Neils
Case Western Reserve University

Friday, April 13, 2012
Stanford University, Meyer Library

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Elizabeth Carroll Consavari

More Perfect than Rome: the Art of Appropriation in Byzantine Venice

Professor Elizabeth Carroll Consavari
Stanford University

Friday, March 9, 2012
Stanford University, Meyer Library

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Dr. Joshua Trampier

Camel: Broadening the Digital Landscape of the Middle East

Dr. Joshua Trampier
Oriental Institute, University of Chicago

Friday, February 10, 2012
Stanford University, Meyer Library

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