Lecture Schedule for 2014-2015
All lectures are illustrated, and all are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. They are held at 7:30 pm in the auditorium of the Frank H. McClung Museum, unless otherwise noted. A reception will follow each.
- Tuesday, September 16, 2014
JP Dessel
Department. of History
University of Tennessee, Knoxvile
" The Changing Face of Tell Tayinat: The Assyrian Remaking of a Luwian Landmark"
- Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Kenneth Harl
Tulane University
"Make Haste Slowly: Constantine, the Coinage, and the Conversion." AIA lecturer.
- Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Jan Simek
Department of Anthropology
University of Tennessee, Knoxvile
"The Early Mississippian Cave Art of Picture Cave, Missouri."
- Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Donald Haggis
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
"Recent Excavations of an Early Greek City in Eastern Crete"- Extra class seminar: Clas/Anth 443
"Recent Excavations at Azoria and Some Problems Regarding Urbanization in the Archaic Aegean."
Time and place TBA
Haines-Morris Distinguished Lecturer, Department of Classics
- Extra class seminar: Clas/Anth 443
- Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Aleydis Van de Moortel
Department of Classics
University of Tennessee, Knoxvile
"The Middle Bronze Age Boat from Mitrou: What We Have Learned from the Oldest Seagoing Boat in the Mediterranean"
- Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Martha Wiley
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Title TBA
- Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Sinclair Bell
Northern Illinois University
"Chariot Racing in Roman Society." AIA lecturer
- Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Jean-Pierre Brun
Collège de France
"Pompeii Beyond the Clichés: Historic Development and Economic Activities."
Eighth Rutledge Archaeology Lecture- Extra class seminar: Clas/Anth 444
"Gold, Granite and Luxury Trade: Excavations of Gold Mines, Imperial Quarries, Roman Forts and Ports in the Eastern Desert of Egypt."
Time and place TB
Haines-Morris Distinguished Lecturer, Department of Classics
- Extra class seminar: Clas/Anth 444