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MOA’s Reopening Night

MOA is reopening! Celebrate the much-anticipated reopening of the Museum on June 13 at 5pm. After an 18-month closure, MOA is thrilled to welcome visitors through our doors once again following the completion of the Great Hall seismic upgrades. Be the first to see the newly rebuilt Great Hall, and experience the revitalized and reinterpreted […]

Mini Conference: Mobilizing Knowledge Against Today’s Totalitarian Trends

About: This mini conference will feature 20 presentations by academics on global trends centralizing political authority, undermining judicial power, oppressing political opposition and independent journalism, and promoting cultural-cum-racial chauvinism. It will also hold open discussions and a planning session to better institutionalize the Today’s Totalitarianism consortium. Open to the public. This conference, organized by Today’s […]

Exploring the Practice of Heart-centred Archaeology with Natasha Lyons

This event is presented by the Laboratory of Archaeology as part of the LOA Speaker Series Tuesday September 17 from 10:30AM to 12 Borden Research Room (MOA 214). Exploring the Practice of Heart-centred Archaeology. In this talk, Dr. Natasha Lyons will reflect on our motivations for creating a heart-centred approach to archaeology, describe its essential elements, and […]

Dr. Lucy Gill, Archaeological Evidence and Indigenous Law in Settler Courts

Archaeological Evidence and Indigenous Law in Settler Courts: Ruegg & Ellsworth v. City of Berkeley and the San Francisco Bay Shellmound Project Speaker: Dr. Lucy Gill (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UBC Anthropology) When & Where: Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024 | 12:30pm-2:00pm Anthropology & Sociology Building (ANSO) Room 134, 6303 NW Marine Drive Light refreshments to follow […]

Dr. Roberto Barrios: A Revelatory Pandemic? COVID-19 and Disaster Social Science

A Revelatory Pandemic? COVID-19 and Disaster Social Science Speaker: Dr. Roberto Barrios Dept. of Anthropology & Sociology, University of New Orleans When & Where: Thursday, Oct. 03, 2024 | 12:30pm-2:00pm Anthropology & Sociology Building (ANSO) Room 207 6303 NW Marine Drive Light refreshments to follow in Lino Lounge. Please RSVP in advance. Abstract: Since the […]

Dr. Marco Jacquemet: Transidioma Afloat – Communication, Power, and Migration in the Mediterranean Sea.

Transidioma Afloat: Communication, Power, and Migration in the Mediterranean Sea. Speaker: Dr. Marco Jacquemet Communications Studies, University of San Francisco When & Where: Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024 | 12:30pm-2:00pm Anthropology & Sociology Building (ANSO) Room 207, 6303 NW Marine Drive Light refreshments to follow in Lino Lounge. Please RSVP in advance. Abstract: One consequence of […]

How Materials Come to Matter: Exploring Tuniit (Paleo-Inuit) Lithic Value through Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit in Amittuq, Nunavut

Join us for this Laboratory of Archaeology Talk with Kyle Forsythe (McGill University) Thursday, Oct. 25, 10:30AM Borden Research Room, Museum of Anthropology Abstract: Lithic artifacts have long been employed as key components in reconstructions of Tuniit (4800 – 600 BP) culture history in the Eastern Canadian Arctic. However, little of this work has considered […]