Past Events - 2013
Peabody Museum Lectures, Events, & Exhibits
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.
January 19 Noon–4:00 pm |
Family Drop-in Event |
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February 7 6:00 pm |
LectureThe Other American Revolution: Archaeology and the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 |
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February 16 Noon–4:00 pm |
Family Drop-in Event |
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February 19-22 Noon-4:00 pm |
Family Drop-in Event (School Vacation Week) |
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February 20 6:00 pm |
Lecture
Happiness: What Your Mother Didn’t Tell You Daniel Gilbert, Professor, Department of Psychology, Harvard University |
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March 6 Noon |
LectureKnotted Cord Records and Documents in Colonial Peru: Is this ‘Rosetta’ Khipu? |
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March 14 6:00 pm |
LectureEveryday Life in Colonial Peru: Archaeology and Texts of an Early Town |
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March 16 12:30 pm |
Family WorkshopDing-Dong, ¿Quién Es? Playing and Learning Latin Rhythms |
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April 5 6:00 pm |
LectureDivination Through the History of Dreaming |
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April 20 1:00 pm |
Performance and Family WorkshopJapanese Theater Masks |
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May 1 7:00-8:30 pm
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Public LectureSponsored by our friends at the Semitic Museum and the Harvard Near East Society Insurgency and Resistance: Archaeological Exploration in the Egyptian Fortress of Jaffa Yenching Institute, 2 Divinity Ave. |
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May 2 5:00-7:00 pm |
Exhibition Opening Reception and Book Signing |
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May 5 2:00 pm |
Family ProgramSponsored by our friends at the Harvard Museum of Natural History Discover our closest living relative, the chimpanzee with Harvard primatologist Zarin Machanda.
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May 9 6:00 pm |
Public LectureForesight, Forecasting, and the Future in Ancient Mesopotamia |
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June 6 7:00 pm |
Public LectureChimpanzee Futures in a Crowded World: Lessons from Western Uganda Richard Wrangham, Ruth B. Moore Prof. of Biological Anthropology, Harvard University and Elizabeth Ross, Co-Master of Currier House Co-sponsored by Harvard Museum of Natural History Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St. |
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June 21 5:00-9:00 pm |
Summer Solstice: Night at the Harvard Museums of Science and CultureCelebrate the longest day of the year with live music, food, hands-on activities, and free admission to the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture (Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard Museum of Natural History, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, and the Semitic Museum). |
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June 27 9:00-10:00 am EDT |
WebinarPhotographic Moments: Past, Present, and Future in Papua New Guinea Join Australian photographer Stephen Dupont in a lively discussion of his latest book and Peabody Museum exhibition documenting social change in Papua New Guinea. Requires only an internet connection and pre-registration. |
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July 20 Noon-4:00 pm |
Drop-in Family Event |
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Thursday, September 26 6:00 pm |
Public Lecture, Book Launch, and Reception“The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease”
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Thursday, October 3 6:00 pm |
The Tatiana Proskouriakoff Award Lecture"Run, Don’t Walk: Sacred Movement among the Classic Maya" Stephen D. Houston, Dupee Family Professor of Social Science and Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology at Brown University |
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Saturday, October 5 12:00-4:00 pm |
Special Event |
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Wednesday, October 9 6:00 pm
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Public Lecture and Reception"Changing the Narrative: American Indians and American Cultural Myth" |
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Monday, October 14 (Columbus Day) 12:00-4:30 pm |
Open HouseZooarchaeology Laboratory Open House
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Thursday & Friday, October 10–11 Friday & Saturday, October 18–19 |
Film Screenings and Related Special Event |
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Saturday, November 2 12:00–4:00 pm
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Special Event |
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Saturday, November 2 6:00–8:30 pm
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Special EventDía de los Muertos/Day of the Dead Fiesta Free tickets available for Harvard Museums of Science and Culture members (including Peabody Museum members) on October 15; tickets for non-members available on October 22 |
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Tuesday, November 12 6:00 pm
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Panel Discussion and Reception"Food, Biodiversity, and Climate Change" Jade D'alpoim Guedes, Harvard Anthropology Ph.D. '13, Eli Rogosa, Director of the Heritage Grain Conservancy, and Richard Meadow, Director of the Zooarchaeology Lab at the Peabody Museum |
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Wednesday, December 4 6:00 pm |
Public Lecture, Book Signing, and Reception"Riders on the Storm: War Horses in Lakota Ledger Art" |