Coming
Lectures Sponsored by the Northern New
Jersey Society of the Archaeological Institute of
America to be held at Montclair State University
GENERAL
INFORMATION
Non-members and new members are
cordially invited. For directions to campus, CLICK HERE .
For more
information, call 973-655-7420 or send e-mail to husseins@mail.montclair.edu
PARKING DIRECTIONS
FOR OFF-CAMPUS
ATTENDEES
When you drive onto the campus, come at the Normal Avenue
Entrance. As the road curves left, right next to the new
Alexander Kasser Theatre you will see the Red Hawk parking Deck. Enter
the Deck, pick up a parking ticket and park. It is best to park at the
fifth level, for this allows you to exit the Deck from the fifth level
walkway at the back which leads directly to Dickson Hall.
Coming AIA
Lectures for Spring 2009
Note that the first
two of the spring lectures are being held at the Montclair Art
Museum. The third lecture is on the Montclair State campus.
For further information: 973-655-7420,
rennert@mail.montclair.edu, husseins@mail.montclair.edu
Feb. 2, Monday, 5:00 P.M. Not an AIA lecture, but this is too good to pass up.
Announcing a special talk by Dr. Peter Siegel, Associate
Professor of Anthropology, MSU: "The Structure of House and House as
Structure: Spatial Symbolism in LowlandSouth America and the West
Indies"
Houses are encoded with messages that are of fundamental importance to
theparticipants. Spatial arrangements, interiors and exteriors work in
villagelandscapes to indicate life patterns in small scale societies.
Cracking the codesallows for unique insights into conceptual systems
and social structure. This
seminar will address the spatial symbolism of the house and trace its
logicthrough other scales of culture. Using ethnographic and
ethno-historic baselinedata we can trace the cognitive implications of
house structures into the pre- Columbian past.
This event is the first in an eight-part series entitled "Houses and
Concepts of Home: Place and Belonging in a Global World" that is made
possible by a generous grant to the Center for Heritage and
Archaeological Studies from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.
For more information on this series, go to http://chss.montclair.edu/archaeology/upcoming_events_and_activities.htm
The Lecture will take place in Cohen Lounge, Dickson Hall, Montclair
State University
Feb. 19, Thursday, 7:00 P.M.:
Dr. Donny George Youkhanna (Visiting Professor, Dept. of Anthropology,
SUNY-Stony Brook; Former Director, National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad),
"The Looting of the Iraq Museum: The loss of a Nation"s Memory"
Dr. Donny George Youkhanna is
the former Director General of Iraq's most important museum and was
instrumental in the recovery of thousands of objects looted during the
U.S. invasion in 2003. In 2006, he was forced to leave Iraq and is now
a visiting professor at Stony Brook. He will discuss the looting and
its
significance.
LECTURE TO BE GIVEN AT THE MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM, 3
SOUTH MOUNTAIN AVE., MONTCLAIR, NJ (just off of Bloomfield Ave.;
tel. 973-746-5555; free parking in museum lot)
March 12, Thursday, 7:00 P.M.:
Professor RosMarch 12, Thursday, 7:00 P.M.: Professor Rosemary Joyce
(Dept. of Anthropology, University of California-Berkeley), "The
Early History of Chocolate"
Professor Joyce will discuss
her recent research on cacao use before 1100 BCE and the early history
of Theobroma cacao, the plant from which chocolate is made. This
journey through the history of chocolate offers a window into the ways
archaeology has developed in the last 20 years.
LECTURE TO BE GIVEN AT THE MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM.
April 20, Monday, 5:00 P.M.:
Dr. Mohamed Moain Sadeq (Visiting Professor, Dept.
of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto;
Director
Palestine Antiquities Authority, Gaza), "The Architectural Heritage of
Gaza"
The architectural heritage of Gaza encompasses many different types
ofstructures, including Christian churches and other types of still
extantmedieval buildings. These buildings are important physical
evidence providing a unique source of knowledge about the urban life of
Gaza in the past as well as forming an important contribution to the
world's architectural heritage.
LECTURE TO BE GIVEN IN STUDENT CENTER ROOM 419 ON THE
CAMPUS OF MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY, 1 NORMAL AVE.,
MONTCLAIR, NJ (1 block off of Valley Road in Upper Montclair; parking
for fee in Red Hawk Deck)
Our parent organization, the Archaeological Institute of
America, is always engaged in the support and advocacy for a wide range
of exciting archaeological projects around the world. We urge you
to visit their website, www.archaeological.org,
to familiarize yourself with its activities. And, elsewhere on
the AIA website you can renew your membership with our chapter or
enroll for the first time: http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10001.
The AIA is North America's oldest and largest organization devoted to
the world of archaeology. As a member of the Institute, you will
receive a regular newsletter and a number of other discounts and
advantages. And you will know that you are helping to protect the
world's cultural heritage, not just learning about it. Thanks!!
