Lunch Club

Archaeological site in India

Lunch Club provides affiliates of the Stanford Archaeology Center with a community-oriented forum for engagement with current issues in archaeology. The Lunch Club meets on Wednesdays from 12pm – 1pm and  a lunch served 10 minutes before the start of the event. Presenters include current Center affiliates as well as researchers from other Stanford programs and other universities. Lunch Club speakers are selected by a graduate student committee in consultation with the Director.

Past Events

Lunch Club Series | Excavating Campus Histories: Archaeology, Community, and Student Discovery at Frenchman’s Lake

Time
Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Building 500, Archaeology Center
488 Escondido Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
106
Speaker:
Katrinka Reinhart

Lunch Club Series | After the Fall: New Excavations and New Directions at Morgantina (Sicily)

Time
Wednesday, May 6, 2026, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Building 500, Archaeology Center
488 Escondido Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
106
Speaker:
Alex Walthall

Lunch Club Series | Food Diversity, Biodiversity, and Multiple Equilibria of Agroecological Systems: Approaches from Archaeology, Ethnography, and Historical Ecology

Time
Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Building 500, Archaeology Center
488 Escondido Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
106
Speaker:
Junko Habu

Lunch Club Series | Fiber, Food, and the Origins of Ground Stone Technologies in North China

Time
Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Building 500, Archaeology Center
488 Escondido Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
106
Speaker:
Ran Chen

Lunch Club Series | Networks on the Ground: Ancient Roads, Movement Practices, and Urban Form in a Mesoamerican City

Time
Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Building 500, Archaeology Center
488 Escondido Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
106
Speaker:
Rodrigo Solinis-Casparius