Past Events - 2011
Peabody Museum Lectures, Events, & Exhibits - 2011
All events are free and open to the public, except where noted below. All lectures are at the Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, except where noted below. If you missed a lecture, check here for a free audio download.
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January 15 Noon-1:30 pm or 2:30-4:00 pm |
Family ProgramFamily Fun Saturday Amazing Aztecs $5 per child with Peabody Museum admission. Advance reservations required. |
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February 10 5:30 pm |
LectureTo Write or Knot? Another Route to Record Keeping in the Ancient Americas Gary Urton, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University |
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February 17 5:30 pm |
Tatiana Proskouriakoff Award LectureThe Ajaw’s Own Words: Oration and Royal Testimony in Ancient Maya Texts David Stuart, Linda and David Schele Professor of Mesoamerican Art and Writing, University of Texas at Austin |
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February 19 Noon-4:00 pm |
Family ProgramFamily Fun Saturday School Vacation Discovery Room Free with Peabody Museum admission. |
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February 23-26 Noon-4:00 pm |
Family ProgramFamily Fun Saturday School Vacation Discovery Room Free with Peabody Museum admission. |
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February 24 5:30 pm |
LectureThe Living Sign: Maya Hieroglyphs and Vitalized Writing Stephen Houston, Dupee Family Professor of Social |
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March 2 5-7 pm |
Exhibition Opening and Reception |
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March 10 5:30 pm |
Hallam L. Movius, Jr. LectureThe Evolution of Big-Game Hunting: Protein, Fat, or Politics? John D. Speth, Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology and Curator of North American Archaeology in the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan |
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March 19 Noon-1:30 pm or 2:30-4:00 pm |
Family ProgramFamily Fun Saturday Curious About Cuneiform $5 per child with Peabody Museum admission. Advance reservations required. |
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March 24 5:30 pm |
LectureAdopting and Adapting Writing in Native Nations of the Northeast Lisa Brooks, Assistant Professor of History and Literature and of Folklore and Mythology, Harvard University |
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March 27 4-6 pm |
Book LaunchIan Graham, author |
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March 29 5:30 pm |
Gordon R. Willey LectureThe Teotihuacan Cosmogram and Polity: Update on the Saburo Sugiyama, Professor, International Cultural Studies, Aichi Prefectural University & School of Human Evolution and Social Change |
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April 7 5:30 pm |
LectureWar of Words: Rethinking Plains Indian "Ledger Art" Castle McLaughlin, Associate Curator of North American Ethnography, Peabody Museum |
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April 14 5:30 pm |
LectureExcavating the Great Aztec Temple:Achievements and Perspectives Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, General Coordinator, Great Aztec Temple Project |
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April 16 Noon-4:00 pm |
Family ProgramFamily Fun Saturday School Vacation Discovery Room Free with Peabody Museum admission. |
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April 20 5:30 pm |
LectureA Brief History of the Spectre of the Internet and the Death of Writing Matthew Battles, author, Library: An Unquiet History |
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April 28 5;30 pm |
LectureThe Preservation and Importance of Inscriptions Barbara Fash, Director, Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions, Peabody Museum |
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May 21 Noon-1:30 pm or d 2:30-4:00 pm |
Family ProgramFamily Fun Saturday Wall Art Stories $5 per child with Peabody Museum admission. Advance reservations required. |
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June 18 1:00-3:00 pm |
Family ProgramFamily Fun Saturday Give Me Shelter Free with Peabody Museum admission. |
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