Lecture Schedule for 2017-2018
Lectures are held at 7:30 p.m. in the McClung Museum Auditorium. They are open to the public and free of charge. A reception will follow each.
- Tuesday September 26.
Megan King, Dept. of Anthropology, UT
“Gender, Lithics, and Perishable Technology: Searching for Evidence of Split-Cane Technology in the Archaeological Record at the Mussel Beach Site (40MI70).” - Thursday October 19
Andrea De Giorgi, Florida State University
“Antioch the Great: An Elusive Metropolis?” AIA Kershaw Lecture in Near Eastern Archaeology.- Extra class seminar CLAS 439
“Recent Excavations at Cosa.”
Wed. October 18 at 12:20 - 1:10 pm in HSS 104.
- Extra class seminar CLAS 439
- Thursday November 2
Dylan Bloy, Dept. of Classics, UT
“Romans, Lombards, and Antiquarians at the Roman Villa of Vacone, Italy.” - Monday November 27
Sahar Saleem, Cairo University
“Scanning the Pharaohs: CT Imaging of the New Kingdom Royal Mummies.” Eleventh Harry C. Rutledge Memorial Lecture in Archaeology.- Extra class seminar, CLAS 439
Mon. Nov. 27, HSS 104, 12:20PM.
- Extra class seminar, CLAS 439
- Thursday January 25
Jerolyn Morrison, University of Leicester
“Cooking up New Perspectives for Late Minoan IB Domestic Activities: An Experimental Approach to Understanding the Possibilities and Probabilities of Ancient Cooking Pot Use.”
Dr. Morrison will also host two workshops:- Tuesday, Jan. 23, 9:40 AM
Ceramics Workshop
Dr. Morrison will lead participants in the process of making Bronze Age cooking pots.
**Please note that this workshop will be held at Mighty Mud, 127 Jennings Ave, Knoxville.** -
Friday, Jan. 26, 4:45 PM
Cooking Workshop
Dr. Morrison will be teaching a cooking class involving Cretan herbs and foods, showing what the inhabitants of Minoan Crete would have eaten in their daily lives.
**This workshop will be held at Central Collective, 923 N Central St.**
As space is limited for both of the workshops, please RSVP with Dr. Stephen Collins-Elliott (sce@utk.edu) if you wish to participate!
- Tuesday, Jan. 23, 9:40 AM
- Tuesday February 6
Michaelyn Harle, Tennessee Valley Authority
“The Shifting Role of “Motherhood” among Late Prehistoric Communities in Tennessee.” - Thursday March 8
Lisa C. Khan, George Mason University
“Reconstructing and Firing a Greek Kiln: a Project in Experimental Archaeology” AIA William D.E. Coulson Memorial Lecture. - Thursday April 5
Bailey Young, Eastern Illinois University
“Let’s Be Frank(s)! The Merovingians as the Pioneers of Medieval Europe.”