Distinguished Lecture Series

Each quarter, the Stanford Archaeology Center invites prominent archaeologists from around the globe to be in residence for a week as a Distinguished Lecturer. During their residency, the Distinguished Lecturer gives two lectures and interacts with faculty, postdoctoral scholars and students. Distinguished Lecturers are nominated by Stanford Archaeology Center faculty and selected by the Director. Distinguished Lecturer presentations are simulcast on Zoom to facilitate broad participation.

 

 

 

Past Events

Naoise Mac Sweeney by the courtesy of Desiree Adams, Penguin Random House

Distinguished Lecture Series | The Birth of Ancient Greek Civilization

Time
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location:
Building 500, Archaeology Center
488 Escondido Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
106
Speaker:
Naoise Mac Sweeney

Naoise Mac Sweeney by the courtesy of Desiree Adams, Penguin Random House

Distinguished Lecture Series Lunch Talk | The Invention of Western Civilization

Time
Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Building 500, Archaeology Center
488 Escondido Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
106
Speaker:
Naoise Mac Sweeney

Theresa A. Singleton

Distinguished Lecture | Searching for Afro-Descendant Sites of the Early Modern World (1500-1800) in Española

Time
Thursday, February 20, 2025, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location:
Building 500, Archaeology Center
488 Escondido Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
106
Speaker:
Theresa A. Singleton

Theresa A. Singleton

Distinguished Lecture Series Lunch Talk | The Struggle to Preserve Heritage Resources of Slavery: A case study of the Gullah-Geechee in Georgia, USA

Time
Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Building 500, Archaeology Center
488 Escondido Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
106
Speaker:
Theresa A. Singleton

Distinguished Lecture Series | White Fabulation: a prehistory of the 'culture war'

Time
Thursday, November 14, 2024, 5:15pm - 6:45pm
Location:
Building 500, Archaeology Center
488 Escondido Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
106
Speaker:
Dan Hicks