The Salem Society of the Archaeological Institute of America is pleased to
announce its Lecture Series (and other events) for the 2011-2012 Academic
Year.
Most lectures (unless specially noted below) will take place in the
Paulus Lecture Hall (Room 201/Classroom E), Truman Wesley Collins Legal
Center, Willamette University (245 Winter Street SE, Salem, Oregon).
All lectures are free and open to the public. They usually begin at 7:30
p.m., often preceded by a door prize raffle and a brief business meeting
of the Society.
In addition, many lectures offer you the opportunity to meet and chat with
the speaker over a casual dinner before the lecture. If you are
interested, please come to our no-host dinners at 6 p.m. in the Jason Lee
Room, Goudy Commons, Willamette University.
AIA Lecture Series Fall 2011-Spring 2012
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Entangled in the Fur Trade: Or the Archaeology of Contact on the Lower Columbia River
Dr. Kenneth Ames
Professor and Chair of the Anthropology Department
Portland State University
Lecture: Paulus Lecture Hall (Room 201)
College of Law, Willamette University
Salem, Oregon, 7:30 p.m.
Sponsored by the Salem Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Willamette University Center for Ancient Studies and Archaeology.
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ASL Sign Language Interpretation will be available upon request by calling 503-370-6654.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Remembering Boudica: Monuments of a Barbarian Queen
(Father Edward A. Bader Lecture)
Dr. Alison Futrell
Associate Professor of Roman History
University of Arizona
Lecture: Paulus Lecture Hall (Room 201)
Truman Wesley Collins Legal Center
Salem, Oregon, 7:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America and the Willamette University Center for Ancient Studies and Archaeology.
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ASL Sign Language Interpretation will be available upon request by calling 503-370-6654.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Stonehenge: New Discoveries
(Kress Lecture)
Dr. Mike Parker Pearson
Professor of Archaeology
University of Sheffield in England
Lecture: Location To Be Determined (Please check back)
Salem, Oregon, 7:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America and the Willamette University Center for Ancient Studies and Archaeology.
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ASL Sign Language Interpretation will be available upon request by calling 503-370-6654.
Friday, March 9, 2012
Dining with Augustus: The Roman Princeps as Host and Guest
(Lane C. McGaughy Lecture Series)
Dr. Andrew Dalby
Classicist and Food Historian
France
Lecture: Paulus Lecture Hall (Room 201)
Truman Wesley Collins Legal Center
Salem, Oregon, 7:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored by the Willamette University Center for Ancient Studies and Archaeology, the Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest and the Salem Society of the Archaeological Institute for America.
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ASL Sign Language Interpretation will be available upon request by calling 503-370-6654.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Sticks and Stones May Break Their Bones: Trauma Patterns in Early Christian Cyprus
Dr. Sherry Fox
Director of the Wiener Labratory
American School of Classical Studies in Athens
Lecture: Paulus Lecture Hall (Room 201)
Truman Wesley Collins Legal Center
Salem, Oregon, 7:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America and the Willamette University Center for Ancient Studies and Archaeology.
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ASL Sign Language Interpretation will be available upon request by calling 503-370-6654.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Short Lives and Forgotten Deaths: Infant Skeletons From the "Baby Well" in the Athenian Agora
Dr. Maria Liston
Department of Anthropology
University of Waterloo
Lecture: Paulus Lecture Hall (Room 201)
Truman Wesley Collins Legal Center
Salem, Oregon, 7:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America and the Willamette University Center for Ancient Studies and Archaeology.
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ASL Sign Language Interpretation will be available upon request by calling 503-370-6654.
To view lecture schedules from previous years,
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Last updated November 21, 2011