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Schedule of Lectures for 2012-13

All lectures are free and open to the public.
CAMPUS MAPS for Area Colleges:  Amherst   Mt. Holyoke   Smith   UMass-Amherst

23rd Annual Phyllis Williams Lehmann Lecture
Sept. 20, 2012

Prof. Sarah P. Morris
 University of Calif., Los Angeles
"Passing Children through the Fire: 
Ritual Infanticide in the Ancient Mediterranean"

Graham Hall, Brown Fine Arts Center, Smith College, 5 PM
AIA, Western Mass. Society Lecture Hosted by Smith College
  (Poster)
For Previous Lehmann Lecturers and Topics, click here

Oct. 18, 2012
AIA Oscar Broneer Memorial Lecture

Prof. Jacques Perreault
Centre d’études classiques, Université de Montréal

"The Kilns of Thasos: 
An Island Potter's Workshop in Ancient Greece (6th cent. B.C.)"
Paino Lecture Hall, Beneski Earth Sciences Building, 
Amherst College, 4:30 PM   (Abstract) 

AIA Lecture Hosted by the Amherst College Classics Department

October 20, 2012

The Archaeological Institute of America is pleased to present 


"An Afternoon with an Archaeologist"
in Celebration of National Archaeology Day



Join archaeologist Matt Emerson and other archaeological enthusiasts for a short hike (1⁄4 m.) through the beautiful Leverett woods to explore an historic home site and learn how a professional archaeologist reconstructs the human and natural past from the visible material remains of our New England countryside.
  
Warm clothes, sturdy shoes or boots, and work gloves strongly recommended. 
Cider & donuts following.

When:  October 20, 2012, 1PM - 4:30 PM

Where:   Rattlesnake Gutter Road, Leverett, Mass.

For a PDF flyer of the event, click here

For driving directions to Rattlesnake Gutter Road, consult our flyer 
or consult Google Maps here


March 7, 2013

Prof. Lynne Lancaster
Ohio University

"Out of Africa: How Roman Olive Oil Production 
Created Architectural Innovation"

Mount Holyoke College, Gamble Auditorium, 4:30 PM (Abstract)

AIA Lecture Hosted by the Mount Holyoke College Classics Department

March 27, 2013


Prof. Kathleen Lynch
University of Cincinnati

Winner of the AIA's 2013 Wiseman Book Award!

"Greeks Bearing Gifts:  
Athenian Potters and their Anatolian Customers"

Smith College, Stoddard Auditorium, 5 PM


Lecture in Honor of the Retirement of Lale Burk, 
Department of Chemistry, Smith College


April 4, 2013


9th Annual David Grose Memorial Lecture

Dr. Christine Kondoleon
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

"Playing with Eros:  Riddles and Rhymes"

UMass, Amherst, School of Management, Room 137, 5:30 PM

Sponsored by Charles Grose and the UMass Classics Department


April 11, 2013

AIA Ellen and Charles S. La Follette Lecture

Prof. Alexandra A. Carpino
Northern Arizona University

"Beauty and Violence:  Matricide Myths 
on Etruscan Bronze Mirrors" 

UMass, Amherst, Campus Center Reading Room, 5:30 PM (Abstract)

AIA Lecture Hosted by the UMass Classics Department

Slideshow of Recent Lectures of Archaeological Interest


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