Since its founding in 1958 by Harvard and Cornell Universities, the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis has excavated, conserved, and published on aspects of the ancient city of Sardis in western Turkey from the prehistoric through the Islamic periods. The expedition is one of the longest-running international projects sponsored at Harvard and is one of the oldest classical archaeology projects in the Mediterranean. As part of Worldwide Week at Harvard 2022, this event brings together Harvard Art Museums staff and Harvard faculty and students involved in the project to introduce...

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The View From the Trenches: Archaeology and Medieval Studies Today, the 2019 Harvard Medieval Material Culture Series. Featuring a keynote lecture by Martin Carver (University of York) on Tuesday, 2... Read more about 2019 Harvard Medieval Material Culture Series

The View from the Benches? Museum Collections and Medieval Archaeology, a workshop led by Eurydice Georganteli (Harvard University). Space for this workshop is limited; registration information can be found here. This event is part of the 2019 Harvard Medieval Material Culture Series The View from the Trenches:...

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The View from the Trenches: Sardis and the Practice of Medieval Archaeology, a workshop led by Eurydice Georganteli (Harvard University). Space in this workshop is limited; registration information can be found here. This event is part of the 2019 Harvard Medieval Material Culture Series The View from the Trenches:...

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Martin Carver (University of York), Driven by Ideas: Some Archaeological Investigations of Early Medieval Transition. This event is part of the 2019 Harvard Medieval Material Culture Series The View from the Trenches: Archaeology and Medieval Studies Today, sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies, the Harvard Art Museums, the Department of History of Art + Architecture, and the Committee on Archaeology.

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A two-day symposium focused on methodological interventions in, and theoretical implications of, art history’s material turn in the field of South Asian art and architecture c. 500-1500 CE, with a keynote lecture by Vidya Dehejia (Columbia University). Sponsored by the Harvard University South Asia Program, the Department of the History of Art and Architecture, and the Harvard Art Museums. For a complete program and registration information, please visit the conference... Read more about TRACE: Artisanal Intelligence, Material Agency, and Ritual Technology in South Asian Art

Evelin Wetter (Abegg-Stiftung), Brides of Christ and Grooms of the Church: Two Concepts of Liturgical Clothing by Hildegard of Bingen and Arnošt of Pardubice. Co-sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies, the Department of the History of Art and Architecture, and the Harvard Art Museums with the generous support of the M. Victor Leventritt Fund.

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Alan Stahl (Princeton University), Numismatic Archaeology: Interpreting Coin Finds from Excavation Contexts. Co-sponsored by the Harvard Art Museums and the Committee on Medieval Studies. Read more about Harvard Art Museums Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture