Every October, professional archaeologists across the state put on free events to promote Rhode Island’s underground (and underwater) history.
This year’s program includes opportunities to visit an active dig pit, contribute to the historical record, and study real artifacts up close.
The American Institute of Archaeology has just released the Fall 2025 Narragansett Society Newsletter.
Please see the attached file to access the newsletter.
Applicants should fulfill all criteria listed on the ARCE website.
Application Deadline: December 12, 2025, 11:59 PM EST.
The Pórtico Librerías has just released its September Catalog on Hispanic Literature.
Please click the link below to view the catalog.
http://www.porticolibrerias.es/c/1148Literatura-hisp%C3%A1nica-43.pdf
UCL Press is delighted to announce the publication of a new open-access book:
Contemporary Art and the Display of Ancient Egypt
by Alice Stevenson
Artistic interventions are now a popular means of delivering fresh perspectives on museum displays, including in galleries devoted to ancient Egypt. Installations are commonly said to put the past and present ‘into dialogue’ with each other, offering external critical voices on the work of decolonisation.
Contemporary Art and the Display of Ancient Egypt argues that the contemporary and the ancient do not necessarily inform each other. Instead, they are mediated by, and mediations of, the museum that produces them. Rather than explore how contemporary artists have been inspired by Egypt, this book examines how they have shaped the language and discourse around the study of the Egyptian past by looking at the wider field of public display in which both have been historically situated. Building on this critical history of practice, the book draws from experiments in bringing contemporary artistic sculptures, conceptual pieces, multimedia films, sounds, smells, and performances into galleries: at the British Museum in London, the Egyptian Museum in Turin, and the State Museum of Egyptian Art in Munich. These are used to explore what contemporary art does in these spaces, the motivations for inviting artists in, and the legacies of those interventions. It ends with a reflection on how academics and curators can be involved in the creative process and how artists contribute to academic research.
Download it free: https://bit.ly/3DRTs32
Join Messor, an Art & Cultural Heritage Conservation Organization, for a five-day exploration of olive oil and its role in the Mediterranean lifestyle at “The Olive Grove Workshop” taking place from October 29 to November 2, 2025.
Participants will learn about olive tree care, olive oil quality assessment, extraction methods, and bottling in the groves that serve as their classroom. They will taste fresh, vibrant olive oil directly from the mill and delve into the rich history and myths surrounding the olive tree.
The workshop includes hands-on experiences, such as cheese-making in a 17th-century shepherd’s house, where participants can engage with a shepherd and learn about the milking process. Attendees will also visit a historic 15th-century wood-burning oven in Altamura for traditional bread-making and enjoy cooking regional dishes at the charming Palazzo Residence in Gravina in Puglia.
Click here for more information.
Attention SBA members: Four positions are currently open for nominations within the SBA. The available roles include President-Elect, Treasurer, Secretary, and Student Representative. Interested members are encouraged to submit their nominations.
Nomination Information
Please send any questions or concerns to
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Please join French and Francophone Studies for a lecture, workshop, and a seminar series by this year’s Sorel Writer in Residence, Philippe Descola.
Philippe Descola is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the Collège de France where he was a successor of Lévi-Strauss. A major figure in the anthropology of the non-human and the “ontological turn”, most of his field-work was conducted among the Achuar Jivaro of the Ecuadorian Amazon. More recently, his interest extended to the ontologies of making images, with stunning comparative perspectives, from the Australian aborigines to the Dutch painters and French impressionists. He is the author of Beyond Nature and Culture and Forms of the Visible which will be published in November 2025 by Polity Press.
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Lecture: Tuesday, September 16 | 5pm
Seminar I: Wednesday, September 17 | 10am
Seminar II: Thursday, September 18 | 10am
Workshop: Saturday, September 20 | 9:30am
Seminar III: Monday, September 22 | 10am
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Music Room, 84 Prospect St.
ARCE members can apply now to present a paper or poster at our Annual Meeting 2026. The in-person meeting will be held April 10-12, 2026, at The Westin Westminster, Westminster Blvd, Westminster, Denver, Colorado. Changes to the schedule are possible depending on the final number of accepted submissions.
To learn more about the themes, competition, guidelines, and other details of the 2026 Annual Meeting, please visit the ARCE website.
Apply here!
The first meeting of the Cultures and Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean work-in-progress group will be held on Tuesday, September 16th, at 12:00 pm in Rhode Island Hall, Room 008.
Discussion will center on a paper by Jae Han (Religious Studies) entitled, “Reopening the Question: Why did the Sasanians Persecute Manichaeans?”
Note that due to the University’s ongoing measures to ensure financial sustainability, they will not be providing lunch, so please do plan to bring your own. RSVPs are gently encouraged, though not required.
Archaeology Program in Peru with EcoSwell
CFP: Rutgers Art Review Volume 43 – Extended Deadline (Oct 15, 2025)
Discover the Symbolic World of Hares in Ancient Egypt
Wiener Lab Geoarcheaological Summer 2026 Courses (Deadline: Jan 2026)
Job Posting: The Department of the History of Art and Architecture (HIAA) at Brown University
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