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Sponsored by the The Morgan Family Foundation. A reception will be held before each lecture at 5:00 p.m. Lectures will begin at 5:30 p.m, in Building 500, Room 106

2012-2013

Thursday, October 11th, 2012 - Martin Hall (University of Salford) "Mediated Meaning- Objects in Contention"

Thursday, January 24th, 2013 - Carla Sinopoli (Curator of Asian Archaeology, Professor of Anthropology- Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan), "When Heritage Harms: Site Protection and Destruction at Vijayanagara, India"

Thursday, March 7th, 2013 - Francesco Bandarin (UNESCO's Assistant Director-General for Culture), "The Past as Hostage: Heritage, Conflicts and International Organizations"

Thursday, April 11th, 2013 - Pedro Paulo A. Funari (Brazilian Professor of the Department of History, University of Campinas, Brazil), "Archaeology, Dictatorship, and Human Rights in Latin America"

2011-2012

Thursday, October 13, 2011 - Felipe Criado-Boado (Institute of Heritage Sciences), "The Heritage Was Something Else"

Thursday, November 10, 2011 - Daniel Potts (University of Sydney), "Archaeology and heritage in the Persian Gulf states: Past and present asymmetries"

Thursday, February 23, 2012 - J.H. Willem (Leiden University), "Global Challenges for Archaeological Resource Management and the Crisis in World Heritage"

Thursday, April 5, 2012 - Anthony Snodgrass (University of Cambridge), "The Parthenon Divided" 

Thursday, May 3, 2012 - Gustavo Politis (CONICET:INCUAPA, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires), "The Socio-politics of Argentinean archaeology in the last 50 years: between democracy and dictatorship"

2010-2011

Thursday, November 4, 2010 - Mechtild Rössler (UNESCO), "World Heritage -- A Global Responsibility"

Thursday, December 2, 2010 - Webber Ndoro (World Heritage Fund, Midrand at DBSA), "Managing Africa’s Cultural and Natural Heritage Challenges"

Thursday, March 3, 2011 - Xingcan Chen (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), "Cultural Heritage Protection in China: Challenge and Opportunities"

Thursday, April 7, 2011 - Mihriban Özbaşaran (Istanbul University), "Archaeology and Society: ‘Aşıklı, the 10,000 Year-Old Site’ as the Meeting Point"