Workshop meetings will be held from 3:30 – 5:00 pm CT on Wednesdays. At present, we are planning for all meetings to be held in person, but this is subject to change depending on our presenters and the prevailing conditions. In-person meetings will be held in the LaSalle Banks Room at the ISAC (former OI) unless otherwise noted. In case of a virtual event, a Zoom link will be shared on our listserv prior to each session.
To be added to our mailing list, to request accommodations, and for copies of papers, please email the coordinators Çağlayan Bal (balc@uchicago.edu) and Jessica Urban (urban@uchicago.edu).
IAW Spring 2023 Schedule
March 29th – Joint with APEA
Yuwei Zhou (PhD Student, East Asian Languages and Civilizations)
“Was There a Clan Cemetery in Yinxu? – A Spatial and Statistical Approach to the Mortuary Practice in Late Shang China”
April 5th
May Peterson (PhD Student, Art History)
“(De)composition of the Flesh: Strategies of Preservation, Relation, and Representation in Early Medieval Bodies and Artifacts”
April 19th
Dr. Mehrnoush Soroush (Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago)
“Remote Sensing for Dating: Why and How”
Thursday, April 27th
*Note Non-Canonical Day*
Dr. David Mixter (Research Assistant Professor of Anthropology, SUNY Binghamton)
“Living in Ruins: Vibrancy and Decay in the Ancient Maya City”
Thursday, May 4th
*Note Non-Canonical Day*
Dr. Rachel Scott (Associate Professor of Anthropology, DePaul University)
Topic: The Blackfriary Archaeological Project in Trim, Ireland
May 10th – Joint with CEERES
Dr. Lori Khatchadourian (Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University) & Dr. Adam Smith (Professor of Anthropology, Cornell University)
Heritage Forensics: Satellites and Specters in the Contested Caucasus
May 24th
Emma Gilheany (PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology)
“Verticality: Nunatsiavummiut and Imperial Perspectives”
These convenings are open to all invitees who are compliant with UChicago vaccination requirements and, because of ongoing health risks, particularly to the unvaccinated, participants are expected to adopt the risk mitigation measures (masking and social distancing, etc.) appropriate to their vaccination status as advised by public health officials or to their individual vulnerabilities as advised by a medical professional. Public convening may not be safe for all and carries a risk for contracting COVID-19, particularly for those unvaccinated. Participants will not know the vaccination status of others and should follow appropriate risk mitigation measures.
IAW Winter 2023 Schedule
25th January – Breasted Hall, OI (Note Non-Canonical Location)
Dr. Maurizio Forte (Professor of Archaeology, Department of Classical Studies, Art, Art History, and Visual Studies, Duke University)
“Unlocking Digital Archaeology in between Humans and Artificial Brains”
8th February – 3:50 pm (Note Non-Canonical Time)
Layla McDermott (BA/MA Student, Department of Anthropology/Center for Middle Eastern Studies)
“Digging Digitization: Examining the Impact, Access and Sustainability of Online Databases”
15th February
Dr. Melissa Rosenzweig (Professor of Anthropology, Northwestern University)
“Archaeologies of Terra Nullius”
22nd February
Dan Hansen (PhD Student, Department of Anthropology)
“‘The Trvve Picture of One Picte’: Exploring the Colonial Roots of Pictish Archaeology”
1st March – Joint with Digital Humanities Forum
Dr. Ben Marwick (Professor of Anthropology, University of Washington)
Hands-On Workshop
10:00 am – 1:00 pm in Room 344 at the SSRC (Note Non-Canonical Time and Place)
“Reproducible and transparent quantitative research in archaeology: A hands-on workshop introducing tools and services for making research more accessible.”
Talk
“Better Archaeology Through Bitcoin?”
8th March
Resham Redmond (PhD Student, Department of Anthropology)
TBD
These convenings are open to all invitees who are compliant with UChicago vaccination requirements and, because of ongoing health risks, particularly to the unvaccinated, participants are expected to adopt the risk mitigation measures (masking and social distancing, etc.) appropriate to their vaccination status as advised by public health officials or to their individual vulnerabilities as advised by a medical professional. Public convening may not be safe for all and carries a risk for contracting COVID-19, particularly for those unvaccinated. Participants will not know the vaccination status of others and should follow appropriate risk mitigation measures.
IAW Autumn Quarter 2022 Schedule
12th October
Notes from the Field — Panel Discussion: Understanding Archaeology as an International Field
with Dr. Adrian Chase, PhD Candidate Didi El-Behaedi, and Dr. Estefanía Vidal Montero
Social hour to follow
26th October
Ari Au (Recent M.A., Social Sciences, University of Chicago)
“Pazyryk Art in Context”
2nd November
Harrison Morin (PhD Student, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations)
“Movement, Power, and Visibility at the Kushan Dynastic Temple of Surkh Kotal: A Geospatial Approach”
11th November – Classics Department Danziger Lecture Follow-Up Event
4pm in SSRB Room 302 (Note non-canonical time and place)
Dr. David Wengrow (Professor of Comparative Archaeology, University College London)
A continuing conversation with students about Dr. Wengrow’s Danziger Lecture at 5pm on November 10th (Kent Chemical Laboratory, Room 107)
16th November – Joint with African Studies Workshop
Dr. Matthew Knisley (Teaching Fellow, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago)
“Rumblings from the Rocks: A Reexamination of Tanzania’s Petroglyphic Archive”
6th December – Joint with African Studies Workshop
5:30pm in Foster 107 (Note non-canonical time and place)
Kelsey Rooney (PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago)
“Senegambian Harbors of the Atlantic trade: A Maritime Archaeology Approach”
These convenings are open to all invitees who are compliant with UChicago vaccination requirements and, because of ongoing health risks, particularly to the unvaccinated, participants are expected to adopt the risk mitigation measures (masking and social distancing, etc.) appropriate to their vaccination status as advised by public health officials or to their individual vulnerabilities as advised by a medical professional. Public convening may not be safe for all and carries a risk for contracting COVID-19, particularly for those unvaccinated. Participants will not know the vaccination status of others and should follow appropriate risk mitigation measures.