Harvard Initiative for the Science of the Human Past

2024 Mar 20

Mapping Past Societies (MAPS): Data Science Meets the Human Past

4:00pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium

Mapping Past Societies (MAPS) replaces and expands the acclaimed Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations (DARMC), which attracted more than a million visits a year. MAPS is a free and public tool that enables users to peer into the human past with cutting-edge data analytics: this includes geospatial coverage of historical societies in Afro-Eurasia, North Africa and the overseas Spanish Colonial Latin America, with a rich selection of data in health, environmental, economic, and social themes.

This special event—chaired by Henry Gruber (University...

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2022 Jun 24

(Bio)archaeological Approaches to Disease and Death in Early Medieval France

3:00pm to 4:30pm

Location: 

Belfer Case Study Room, CGIS South lower level (also via Zoom webinar)
A roundtable discussion on an ongoing pioneering international investigation of anomalous burials in early medieval Gaul, and the evidence they provide about the so-called "Justinianic Plague". Featuring presentations by Philippe Blanchard (INRAP), Isabelle Catteddu (INRAP Grand Ouest), Valérie Delattre (Université de Bourgogne), Michael McCormick (Harvard University), Claude Raynaud (CNRS), Solenn Troadec (Harvard University), and Marie-Cécile Truc (Université de Caen). Sponsored by the Max Planck-Harvard Research Center for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean (MHAAM) and the... Read more about (Bio)archaeological Approaches to Disease and Death in Early Medieval France
2022 May 10

Medieval History Graduate Workshop

5:30pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

Robinson Hall Lower Library and Zoom
Solenn Troadec (Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Initiative for the Science of the Human Past), The Archaeology of Death: Burial Places, Graves, and Bodies. Note that this talk is a hybrid event; to attend virtually, please contact workshop organizers Sama Mammadova or Reed Morgan.
2022 May 12

Harvard Initiative for the Science of the Human Past

3:00pm to 4:30pm

Location: 

Belfer Case Study Room, CGIS South lower level (also via Zoom webinar)
Post-Pandemic Update: What has the Science of the Human Past Discovered Lately? Introduced by Michael McCormick, with presentations by Christina Warriner, Jason Ur, Michael Isakov, Daniel Lord Smail, Gabriel Pizzorno, Solenn Troadec, Alexander More, David Reich, and Margaret Andrews. Reception to follow. Sponsored by the Harvard Initiative for the Science of the Human Past and the Max Planck-Harvard Research Center for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean. Note that this is a hybrid event; those wishing to attend virtually can register... Read more about Harvard Initiative for the Science of the Human Past
2018 Apr 11

Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean Lecture

5:30pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

CGIS South S020 (the Belfer Case Study Room), 1730 Cambridge Street

Johannes Krause (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena), Death by Contact: Ancient Pathogen Genomes from Epidemics in Early Mexico. Sponsored by the Max Planck-Harvard Research Center for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean (MHAAM) and the Harvard Initiative for the Science of the Human Past.

 

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