The Center for Archaeology offers a variety of events throughout the spring and fall semesters. Formal lectures are given by Columbia faculty members as well as invited lecturers from other universities and institutions. Brown Bag seminar discussions provide a more informal setting for graduate and undergraduate students, faculty members, and invited speakers to present their research projects in process. The New York Archaeological Consortium gives the opportunity to students and faculty of Columbia and other institutions of New Work to present their summer fieldwork and research projects. Every year the graduate students organize The Graduate Students' Conference inviting distinguished lecturers and giving the students the opportunity to present their work in a formal manner. The Center for Archaeology also offers a variety of workshops given by specialists on topics such as textiles, GIS and ceramic analysis. All events are free and open to the public.
Monday September 8, 6pm: Start of Semester Welcome Party. Fried Lounge, 465 Schermerhorn Ext.
Thursday September 18, 6pm: Dr. Zainab Bahrani (Edith Porada Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University) - "Archaeology in Iraq". 612 Schermerhorn.
Friday October 31, 5.30pm: Prof. Matthew Johnson (Southampton University, U.K.) - "The Rise and Fall of Empiricism in Archaeology". 465 Schermerhorn Ext.