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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Join us Wednesday, October 14th at 5:30pm for a lecture by Astrid Van Oyen, professor of archaeology at Radboud University, Nijmegen. Van Oyen will investigate the lived experiences of non-elite people in the Roman world through qualitative analysis of archaeological data.

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

On Tuesday at 4:30, Ece Erlat, a doctoral student in Anthropology at UNC Chapel Hill, and Esma Demiryurek, a student in Brown's doctoral program in Archaeology and the Ancient World, will discuss their work engaging with local communities in Turkiye around archaeology. Free and open to the public.

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Tomorrow at 4:30 in RI Hall, join us for Undergraduate Field Reports! Brown University archaeology students will brush off the dirt from their summer fieldwork and the dust from their internships with museum and archives, to share some highlights from their research. Free and open to the public

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Davis! Doctoral student in Archaeology and the Ancient World Liza Davis successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, "Christianity in the Chora: Mobility and Connectivity in the Rural Christian Communities of Late Antique Asia Minor," on Wednesday, July 22, 2026.

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

"Inventory", the Annual Report of the JIAAW for 2025-2026, is now online. Some highlights include stories about Laurel Bestock's Abydos project, Candace Rice's project in Turkiye, two conferences, an exhibit in RI Hall, and student research. view.publitas.com/brownarchaeology/inventory2026

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Brown Anthropology @brownanthro.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Tomorrow, 4/24: "A Celebration of Faculty Books in the Humanities." Join us for a celebration of the vibrancy of humanities research at Brown that spotlights the many books published this past year. Featured writers include Myles Lennon and Andrew Scherer. Sponsored by @cogutinstitute.bsky.social.

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A Celebration of Faculty Books in the Humanities

Join us for a celebration of the vibrancy of humanities research at Brown that spotlights the many books published this past year, between March 20...

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National Endowment for the Humanities @nehgov.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

REMINDER: Applications for Fellowships, Public Scholars, Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan, and Awards for Faculty at HBCUs are now open! Deadline to apply is April 22. Learn more at neh.gov/grants or go to grants.gov to apply.

Grant Deadline of April 22, 2026 for Fellowships, Public Scholars, Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan, and Awards for Faculty at Historically Black Colleges & Universities

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Our workshop, Archaeological Approaches to Woodland Management, Agroforestry, and Arboriculture in the Ancient World, is underway! It's great to see a full room this morning! JIAAW's Director, Andrew Scherer, started things off with introductory remarks. Schedule at sites.brown.edu/archaeology/...

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

JIAAW is offering 3 prizes to honor Brown students for writing and research in the current academic year: * ARCH 0001-ARCH 0999 Course * ARCH 1000-ARCH 2999 Course * Overall winning paper or project DEADLINE: Monday, May 11th, 2026 at Noon FULL GUIDELINES AND ENTRY FORM: go.brown.edu/archaward

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Join us tomorrow, April 8, at 5:30 for a lecture by Kirk Maasch and Daniel Sandweiss, both from the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine. They will discuss what El Niño is, what it does on the coast of Peru, how it has changed through time, and how past societies in Peru reacted to it

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Attention Brown University students! Apply for summer fieldwork funding by Monday, April 27! The Joukowsky Institute offers grants to help current first-years, sophomores, and juniors to defray costs of doing fieldwork and archaeological research over the summer. Apply at go.brown.edu/fieldfund2026

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

We are hiring! Join the ICS as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Roman Archaeology. Are you interested in rethinking Roman frontiers through material culture, heritage practice, and public engagement? Full details here: www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

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ICS Post-doctoral Research Associate:London Senate House - Hybrid

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

On Thursday at 4pm in RIH, David Stuart will be giving a talk titled, "Above and Beyond: Space, Time, and the Language of Ancestor Veneration among the Classic Maya." Read more: events.brown.edu/joukowsky-ar... Free and open to the public. Just ring our new doorbell if you don't have a Brown ID!

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Brown Anthropology @brownanthro.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Today, 3/31 at 12PM — "Resting the Anatomized Dead: Ethical Entanglements and Unsilencing the Disappeared Dead in Anatomical and Legacy Collections." Part of Anthropology's Spring 2026 Colloquium Series. Presented by Carlina de la Cova, @sc.edu.

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ANTHROPOLOGY COLLOQUIUM — Resting the Anatomized Dead: Ethical Entanglements and Unsilencing the Disappeared Dead in Anatomical and Legacy Collec...

Part of Anthropology’s Spring 2026 Colloquium Series. This event was rescheduled from 1/27 due to inclement weather. This event is open to al...

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Join us Friday, April 10-Saturday, April 11 for Archaeological Approaches to Woodland Management and Agroforestry in the Ancient World. Full schedule and details can be found on the workshop's website: go.brown.edu/woodland2026 Open to all, but pre-registration required: forms.gle/XRfYz9sncR7B...

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Woodland and Arboriculture (2026)

Archaeological Approaches to Woodland Management, Agroforestry, and Arboriculture in the Ancient World Co-organizers: Lorenzo Castellano, Kathleen M. Forste, Shanti Morell-Hart Friday, April 10, 2026 ...

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Erin Pugh has accepted the Brown University Graduate School's offer of admission to the doctoral program in Archaeology and the Ancient World for Fall 2026. Welcome to JIAAW, Erin!

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Today, 3-5pm, stop by our Open Collection Hours to see ancient ceramic vessels, lamps, figurines, lithics, sherds, & more. Then Eva Miller's lecture on how the ancient world is used in the American imagination begins at 5:30. And enjoy an exhibit of photos of Egypt, by Akshay Amesur. All in RI Hall!

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Coming up tomorrow at noon, JIAAW postdoc Vicki Moses will give this week's Brown Bag Series in Archaeology talk: "Early Rome through Bones: Ancient DNA and Zooarchaeological Evidence in the 1st Millennium BCE." All Brown ID holders are welcome to join us!

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Tomorrow at noon, Jordi Rivera Prince, a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology at Brown, and Annalisa Heppner, City Cemeteries Director for Providence, will present their ongoing research with the North Burial Ground Documentation Project. We welcome all Brown ID holders to join us.

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Tomorrow at 4pm, join us for a talk by Steven Wernke: "Colonial Contradictions: An Archaeological Microhistory of Forced Resettlement and Its Legacy in the Andes." The lecture is open to the public, but please enter using the doors facing Brown's Main Green. *Co-sponsored with our friends at CLACS*

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Today at 5:30, we're excited to be hosting a talk by Susan Sherratt, Professor Emerita at University of Sheffield. Prof. Sherratt will be discussing The Roles of Silver in the Aegean. The talk is open to the public, with entry to Rhode Island Hall through the entrance doors facing the Main Green

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Our first Brown Bag talk of the year will be today at noon, presented by Visiting Scholar, Javier Martinez Jimenez: "Nobody Expects the Spanish Expedition: Trenches, Bombs, and Aqueducts from the Amphipolis Hinterland." We invite all Brown ID holders -- students, faculty, and staff -- to join us.

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The Flows of Late Antiquity Managing Water in a Changing World Sat. 2/7, 10-5 This workshop brings together experts on ancient water to investigate the legal, economic, and environmental contexts of hydraulic and hydrological infrastructure from AD 300-600 More information: go.brown.edu/water2026

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Congratulations to JIAAW doctoral student Yilmaz Yeniler, who has been awarded a Steinhaus/Zisson Pembroke Center Research Grant for his project, “Archaeological Knowledge at the Intersection of Race, Gender and Nationalism: A Comparative Analysis between Turkey and Greece.”

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Congratulations to Joseph Carrino, a doctoral student in JIAAW's Ph.D. program in Archaeology and the Ancient World, who has been awarded a Research Mobility Fellowship by Brown University's Graduate School! Joe will be using the fellowship to travel to Rome in Spring 2026, for dissertation research

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Applications for our Ph.D. program are due ONE WEEK FROM TODAY! Apply at apply.graduateschool.brown.edu/apply For more information on our graduate program, or about applying to graduate school in archaeology, visit archaeology.brown.edu Technical difficulties? Email graduate_admissions@brown.edu

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Join the DigDUG and the History DUG for their final event for the semester: Greek Vase Painting! Come by the Rhode Island Hall Common Room on Monday, December 8th, from 3:30-4:30 PM to decorate miniature pots in a historical style. Feel free to bring your friends for a fun de-stressing activity.

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Thursday at noon, Maya Krause, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Archaeology and the Ancient World, will present her research in an informal lecture titled, “Milk, Maize, and the Empire: Wari Influence on Breastfeeding, Weaning, and Childhood Diet in the Ancient Andes.” Plus pizza!

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Join the DigDUG tomorrow from 3-4 pm for a study break in the Joukowsky Common Room. Caffeinate, fuel up on snacks, and meet other students interested in Archaeology!

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Thursday at noon, Catie Nuckols, Postdoctoral Fellow in the department of History of Art and Architecture, will present her research in an informal lecture titled, “Burden of Time: A Reconsideration of Full-Figure Glyphs as Carriers of Time.” Plus pizza!

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

TODAY at 2pm EST FREE WEBINAR: Applying to Grad School in Archaeology Faculty panel includes JIAAW's Director, Andrew Scherer; Director of Graduate Studies, Felipe Rojas; and Shanti Morell-Hart, Director of the Integrated Laboratory for Archaeological Sciences Preregister at tinyurl.com/y2uhcs7n

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Tomorrow at noon, Arturo Sáez Sepúlveda, Adjunct Professor in the Academic School of Archeology at the Austral University of Chile, will present his research in an informal lecture titled, “Thinking with Agents: Applications of Agent-Based Modeling (ABM) to Archaeological Problems.” Plus pizza!

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

FREE WEBINAR: Applying to Grad School in Archaeology Friday, Nov. 7 at 2pm ET Pre-registration required: brown.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Get an overview of the graduate application process by the faculty from Brown University’s doctoral program in Archaeology and the Ancient World PLEASE SHARE

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

The Joukowsky Institute welcomes our newest Faculty Fellows, Michael Satlow (Professor of Judaic and Religious Studies) and Catie Nuckols (International Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of Art and Architecture and the Cogut Institute for Humanities) archaeology.brown.edu/people/faculty

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Tomorrow at noon, Simone Ciambelli, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Global Research Fellow at Brown’s Department of Classics and Researcher at Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, will present an informal lecture titled, “The Agency of Intermediate Bodies in Pompeii: Preliminary Insights.”

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

TODAY at 5:30, Trinidad Rico speaks on "The Anatomy of “Local Expertise”: Heritage Preservation in Qatar." Rico is Director of Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies at Rutgers. Her talk addresses heritage preservation in Qatar as an example of resistance to a monolithic universal heritage ethos

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

THIS SATURDAY is Community Archaeology Day! We have 3 great events: - Uncover Archaeology in Rhode Island Hall from 11-3 - College Hill's excavation at List Art Building also 11-3 - North Burial Ground data collection, on North Main, from 1-3 PLUS, sticker books! Collect stickers from all three!

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Note the updated time for Roberta Ferritto's talk this evening! Dr. Ferritto will now present her lecture, "Roman Maritime Villas from Southern Latium to the Mediterranean Provinces: Architecture, Environment, and Economy," at 5:30pm in Rhode Island Hall. All are welcome!

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Next week is a busy one! Tuesday at 5pm, Roberta Ferritto will be giving a talk on Roman maritime villas. Then, on Thursday at noon, Prof. Emeritus Rolf Winkes will share stories of the early days of archaeology at Brown. And get ready for Community Archaeology Day, coming up next Saturday!

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Brown Anthropology @brownanthro.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Brown University anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte awarded MacArthur ‘genius grant’ — @ievajusionyte.bsky.social, a cultural and legal anthropologist who leads the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social won an $800,000 grant to advance her work.

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Brown University anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte awarded MacArthur ‘genius grant’

Jusionyte, a cultural and legal anthropologist who leads the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at Brown’s Watson School of International and Public Affairs, won an $800,000 grant to adv...

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Professor Anna Vignoles @annavignoles.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

In case you missed this, we have a fabulous evening lined up talking about the importance of research and knowledge. Seems very timely and great to partner with @expeditions.bsky.social and 5x15 ... Do come along. www.5x15.com/events/5x15-...

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5x15, Leverhulme Trust & EXPeditions present: The Value of Knowledge

Join 5x15 for a special event on the value of knowledge in an age of disinformation.

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John Carter Brown Library @jcblibrary.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Join us Thursday, Oct. 16 at noon EDT for a virtual discussion of The Invention of Rum: Creating the Quintessential Atlantic Commodity (Jordan B. Smith, Widener U). This event is part of JCB Reads, a virtual series for former fellows to share recent book publications. Details at jcblibrary.org!

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Coming up next week, David Freidel explores Maya-Teotihuacan relations on Tuesday at 4pm; and Emilia Huerta-Sanchez discusses pathogens after contact in Mexico on Thursday at noon. For more details on both, and on other upcoming events, visit our website's events page at archaeology.brown.edu/events

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

This Thursday, we have the pleasure of hosting Rachel Thimmig. She will be presenting her research in an informal lecture: “Damming the Reservation: Hidden Histories of Salvage Archaeology and Domestic Life on the Great Plains.” 📅 October 2nd ⏰12:00 pm – 12:50 pm 📍Rhode Island Hall, Rm 108

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Brown Anthropology @brownanthro.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Thursday, 10/2 at 12PM: Rachel Thimmig, a doctoral student in Anthropology, will present her research in an informal lecture entitled, “Damming the Reservation: Hidden Histories of Salvage Archaeology and Domestic Life on the Great Plains.” Sponsored by @brownarchaeology.bsky.social.

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Brown Bag Series in Archaeology | Rachel Thimmig

Rachel Thimmig, a doctoral student in Brown University’s Department of Anthropology, will present her research in an informal lecture: “Damming...

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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology @brownarchaeology.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

🏛️ Join us for Undergraduate Field Reports 🏛 Students will be sharing presentations on their Summer 2025 fieldwork and internships. Hear about their discoveries, challenges, and experiences from digs and projects around the world. 📅 Friday, September 19 ⏰ 4:0 PM 📍 Rhode Island Hall 108 (60 George St)

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