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Your Society has planned a series of exciting illustrated lectures for the 2008-2009 academic year. Join us as we explore topics ranging from the birth of Egyptian Thebes to the death of an island civilization, from Meso-American temples to the Etruscan underworld! Our lecturers are outstanding scholars from leading academic institutions throughout the United States funded by the Archaeological Institute of America, the New York State Council for the Humanities and your local Society. Meet the lectures over coffee/tea and cake follow each presentation. Don't be bashful about asking questions. Plan to participate! Lectures
If you are new to the organization, we urge you to make yourself known to the officers and members.
November 16, 2008: Dr. Loa Traxler will lecture on the fascinating royal imagery and life style of the Maya Kings of Copan and Their Classic Acropolis
December 7, 2008: Janet Goldner will capture our attention in an illustrated lecture on the rich and colorful AfricanArt and Life of Mali.
A 1995 Fullbright Senior Research Fellowship has allowed this renowned artist and sculptor to travel to Mali every year. Like most of Africa, colonization disrupted the native art work in Mali. Today natives are working together to bring techniques of art that are centuries-old into the 21st Century, free of restrictions other than their imaginations. During her countless trips to Mali, she has witnessed pottery makers (usually women) and artists who put their work not on canvas to be hung over a fireplace, but on garments worn every day. Janet Goldner has been traveling to Mali since 1973. She has lectured widely about a culture in sub-Saharan Africa that has been dated to the 3rd century B.C. and may have started as early as 900 B.C.
Our neighboring AIA - Long Island Society is offering a public lecture on Sunday, November 16 at 2PM on Neanderthal-Modern Human Interaction by Dr. Daniel Shawn Adler. For details, please visit www.aia-lis.org.
AIA-LIS will end the year with their annual Study Group presentation on December 14 entitled Adornment in the Ancient World: Tattoos, Cosmetics and Feathers.
Important Future Dates: Visit The Archaeological Institute of America for ongoing archaeological news and make your plans to join us for the forthcoming Annual Meetings.
January 08-11, 2009 140th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
January 06-09, 2010 141st Annual Meeting, Orange County(Anaheim), CA
January 06-09, 2011 142nd Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX
January 05-08, 2012 143rd Annual Meeting, Philadephia, PA