The sceond session of the ARCE Library Book Club will be held on January 21, 2026 via zoom. This quarterly program is designed to foster community, scholarly engagement, and intellectual exchange through curated readings from the ARCE Digital Library

The selection is Amarna: A Guide to the Ancient City of Akhetaten by Anna Stevens.

Around three thousand years ago, Pharaoh Akhenaten turned his back on Amun and most of Egypt’s great gods. Abandoning Thebes, he built a new city, Akhetaten, devoted solely to the sun god Aten. With grand temples, painted palaces, and an elaborate royal burial ground, Akhetaten became Egypt’s most important city, but its glory was short-lived. This richly illustrated guide brings the city and Akhenaten’s extraordinary reign to life, drawing on ongoing archaeological research and the insights of modern-day communities. With over 150 illustrations, maps, and plans, the book offers both an ideal introduction for visitors and a comprehensive window into Amarna’s past.

Anna Stevens is a research archaeologist specializing in Egypt and assistant director of the Amarna Project. She is affiliated with Monash University and the University of Cambridge. Anna has worked as an archaeologist in Egypt, Sudan, the UK, and Australia, with her primary fieldwork at Akhetaten (modern Amarna), the late Bronze Age city built by the “monotheistic” pharaoh Akhenaten, who promoted the sun god Aten as a sole creator.

To learn more and register, please visit https://arce.org/event/the-arce-library-book-club-2-amarna-a-guide-to-the-ancient-city-of-akhetaten-by-anna-stevens/?emci=bb7ae6a7-d9ee-f011-8194-000d3a11f903&emdi=67829d45-abef-f011-8194-000d3a11f903&ceid=1700732

Messors supports and promotes art and cultural heritage of Italy. Since its inception in 1989, the organization has been working on archeological research, extensive restoration projects on frescoes, architecture, canvas, wood and stone statues and decorative painting, guided tours, educational field school projects, food anthropology, and study abroad university programs in fresco restoration and archeology. Their work continues into 2026, with this series of workshops.

Italiano dal Vivo: Italian Language Workshop 
June 16-24, 2026

Art Conservation: Fine Art & Fresco
Jul 1 – Jul 15, 2026 and Jul 22 – Aug 5, 2026

Art Curation & Conservation : Easel Paintings & Paper
August 12 -22, 2026

Shepherds & Food Culture: Gastronomic Heritage Workshop
Aug 29 – Sept 2, 2026

The Olive Grove Workshop: A Journey Through the Olive Harvest and the World of Olive Oil
Oct 29 – Nov 2, 2026

To learn more about Messors and these events, please visit https://messors.com/

S. T. Lee Public Lecture
Dorothea Weltecke
Thursday, December 11, 2025, 5:00 p.m.
West Building | Lecture Hall

The Characteristics of the Syrians is a Certain Mediocrity: Western Pioneers of Syriac Studies and their Contempt 

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Join the Germanic Studies Department this Wednesday at 6 pm for a lecture given by Jacob Haubenreich, Assistant Professor of Languages and Literatures at Johns Hopkins University. The talk is titled: “Interwoven and Intermixed: Grünbein, Tawada, and the Bookworks of Veronika Schäpers”

Wednesday, November 19th
6 pm
190 Hope Street, Rm 102

Hoping to get a job in commercial archaeology or rescue archaeology in Europe and beyond? Join Roman Frontiers ERC Network expert panelists and ask any questions.

This event, organised by the Roman Frontiers ECR Network and Roman Provincial Archaeology Interest group, looks at professions in commercial archaeology/rescue archaeology/CRM (Cultural Resource Management for our American and Canadian audiences). Have you been thinking of a career in commercial archaeology in the UK, Europe, and beyond, but don’t know where to start? Their panellists are here to elaborate and answer your questions!

The event will take place on Zoom on November 27th, 2025, at 12:00-1:30 pm EST (5-6:30 pm GMT)

Meet their speakers:

-Dr. Natasha Powers- Natasha is an Associate Director at Ecology Solutions. In her archaeological career, spanning over 30 years, she has worked as a Director, Operations Manager, heritage consultant, field archaeologist, and osteologist in the United Kingdom and Europe.

-Katie Mountain- Katie is a Finds and Archive Supervisor with Pre-Construct Archaeology, Durham, UK. Despite her great ‘indoors’ skills, she is also still very much a field archaeologist and is often on site for excavations, watching briefs, and many other tasks. Katie combines her commercial career with her roles in various societies, such as the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle.

-Dr. Mariola Hepa- Mariola works for the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and has been a manager at the archaeological excavation company ADA in Middle Franconia, where she manages and supervises linear projects (e.g. motorway or federal road construction, pipelines), large-scale land projects (e.g. commercial or new development areas), and smaller excavations (e.g. on residential properties).

-Dr. Dorottya Nyulas- Dorottya studied archaeology at Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj, Romania, where she defended her PhD in 2023, “Ironwork hoards in Roman Dacia.” Since 2023, she has been working as an archaeologist at a small private company specializing in commercial archaeology across Romania.

-Roger Eldridge- Roger has worked in archaeology and cultural heritage in British Columbia since 2003, leading inventories, impact assessments, and data-recovery excavations across the Northwest Coast, Interior Plateau, and Subarctic/Boreal Forest. A BCAPA professional member, he is a BC Heritage Conservation Act (HCA) Permit Holder and Field Director (Coastal; Subarctic/Boreal Forest). He is approved to hold Class 1 & 2 permits in the Yukon Territory. If all these permits don’t mean much to you, now is the time to ask!

Register here: https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fcommercial-archaeology-a-professional-development-workshop-tickets-1914436484059%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator&data=05%7C02%7Cursula.rothe%40OPEN.AC.UK%7Ccc5aad168f6248fcfdb308de208d1cda%7C0e2ed45596af4100bed3a8e5fd981685%7C0%7C0%7C638983987620572361%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=trQ0bH%2Bt5NbvxCcjgOeLO7Tw5IaIZnyidnT%2FnJRoEI8%3D&reserved=0

Please join the Germanic Studies Department for a lecture with Philippe P. Haensler

The Return of the Gift Husserl, Heidegger, Marion and the Question of Translation (Translation and Giveness II)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 1st, 5:30pm
190 Hope Street, Room 102
Free and open to the public.

Philippe P. Haensler is a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) postdoctoral fellow at the Department of German Studies at Brown University, where he is working on a comparative book project situated between literary theory, phenomenology, and theology. He received his PhD from the University of Zurich, with a study on the Origin of Theory: History of an Obsession (Husserl, Freud, Benjamin).

The Department of History of Art & Architecture is hosting The Laurinda Spear ’72 Lecture with Anthony Acciavatti, Associate Professor of Architecture at Yale University.

Anthony Acciavatti’s lecture “Siphoning the Underground” considers environmental histories, contemporary architectural practices, and our relationship to water. A panel discussion with members of the American Institute of Architects Rhode Island Chapter will follow.

Tues Nov 18, 6 pm List Art Center 

LINK TO REGISTER