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On May 8, 2024

An Empire of Individuals: Ottoman Antioch, 1703 to 1764

The American Research Institute in Turkey is hosting two hybrid lectures in May. Please see the information on each one below.

A hybrid lecture by David Meza, University of California, Riverside

Monday, May 6, 2024, 6:00 pm, 11:00 am EDT at ARIT ANAMED, Istanbul

Register here.

Hungarian Architects in Early Republican Türkiye

A hybrid lecture by Gergő Máté Kovács, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, in conjunction with the Hungarian-Turkish Cultural Year

Monday, May 20, 2024, 6:00 pm, 11:00 am EDT at ARIT ANAMED, Istanbul

Register here.

2024 ARCE Virtual Annual Meeting

On May 8, 2024

The American Research Center in Egypt is hosting a virtual annual meeting for those who were not able to attend the meeting in Pittsburgh. The virtual meeting will be held on May 17-19, 2024, via Zoom. Attendees have the opportunity to view live presentations from leading scholars on topics related to Egyptian history, recent fieldwork, technological advances, and much more. Register today for just $125.

Virtual registrants will have access to ARCE’s live virtual tour of Journey Through Time: Exploring the Coptic Museum’s Rich Legacy with Mary Missak on May 18th at 12 PM EST.

View the *Virtual Schedule and more information will be sent to speakers and registrants soon.

For assistance and inquiries, please email AMHelp@arce.org. Fee waivers are available for student members and early career scholars in financial need.

*Schedule Subject to change

R.I. Cemetery Weeks Schedule!

On April 23, 2024

Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Awareness and Preservation Weeks is underway! The weeks kick off in April and continues into May with tours, clean-ups, gravestone conservation demonstrations, and other programs in and about historic cemeteries throughout the state. All programs are free, and most are outdoors. Rhode Island Cemetery Weeks is organized by the Rhode Island Advisory Commission on Historical Cemeteries and Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission in collaboration with many individual and organizational partners.

Here is the schedule for April – check out all the amazing events occuring this month!

4/1 Clean-up | Three burial lots, Cumberland
4/2 Clean-up | Two burial lots, Cumberland
4/3 Clean-up | Two burial lots, Cumberland
4/3 Birds & Burials Tour | Norman Bird Sanctuary, Middletown
4/4 Clean-up | Three burial lots, Cumberland
4/4 Colonial Newport Burial Sites & Stones Presentation | Edward King House, Newport
4/5 Clean-up | Four burial lots, Cumberland
4/5 Clean-up | Three burial lots, Cumberland
4/6 Clean-up | Riverside Cemetery, Burrillville
4/6 Geology tour | Woodland Cemetery, Coventry (rain date 4/13)
4/6 Clean-up | Three burial lots, Cumberland
4/6 Clean-up/Flagging | Isaac Collins Lot, Richmond
4/6 Pokanoket Royal Burial Ground Tour | Burr’s Hill Park, Warren (rain date 4/7)
4/7 Clean-up | Five+ burial lots, Cumberland
4/8 The Poorhouse Graves of Route 37 Panel Discussion| Central Cranston Public Library
4/13 Clean-up | Hopkins/Potter/Marsh Cemetery, Burrillville
4/13 Clean-up, stone cleaning, self-guided tours | Newman Cemetery, East Providence
4/13 Clean-up | Jonathan Foster Ground, Westerly
4/17 Clean-up, stone cleaning, self-guided tours | Newman Cemetery, East Providence
4/20 Clean-up | Old Baptist Church Yard, Exeter
4/20 Clean-up | Governor King/Borden Lot, Johnston
4/20 Arnold Burying Ground and Alice Brayton Tour | Arnold Burying Ground, Newport
4/20 Tour | Hotchkiss Cemetery, North Smithfield
4/20 Clean-up | Tillinghast Cemetery, Providence
4/21 Hike/Clean-up | John Gardner Lot, Exeter
4/23 Birds & Burials Tour | Norman Bird Sanctuary, Middletown
4/24 Living with the Dead in Rhode Island Talk | Central Cranston Public Library
4/27 Flagging | (meet at) Exeter Public Library
4/27 Tour | Hotchkiss Cemetery, North Smithfield
4/27 Tour | Common Burying Ground, Newport
4/27 Clean-up/data verification | North Burial Ground, Providence
4/27 Clean-up | Nicholas Thomas Lot, Scituate
4/27 Clean-up | Mowry Lot at Bryant University, Smithfield
4/27 Clean-up | Brayton Cemetery, Warwick
4/27 Clean-up | Babcock Lot, Westerly
4/28 Walking Tour | Moshassuck Cemetery, Central Falls
4/28 “Zinkies” walking Tour | North Burial Ground
4/28 Walking Tour | River Bend Cemetery, Westerly
4/28 Walking Tour | Precious Blood Cemetery, Woonsocket

There will also be ongoing exhibits:

4/2 – 5/31 Newport Historic Cemeteries Exhibit | Newport Public Library, Newport
4/10 – 5/18 Middletown Historic Cemeteries Exhibit | Middletown Public Library, Middletown

For more information on the event schedule for this year’s Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Weeks, please visit the calendar!

Providence Preservation Society | Hacking Heritage UnConference

Providence Preservation Society is excited to announce that the 6th Annual Hacking Hertiage UnConference is returning this Saturday, April 13. This one-day, participant-led gathering is open to anyone with an interest in exploring questions about community history, heritage, and preservation together with neighbors. Pop-up conversations invite questions and debate about how and why we protect, interpret, manage, and market our cultural heritage that may be uncomfortable, provocative, critical, or, as one of our steering committee members put it, just plain weird. It is a place to gather and talk together about things like experimental preservation, marginalized stories, historic houses, monuments, sites of conscience, and digital heritage.

Never been to an unconference before? All of the sessions are proposed and led by participants and don’t need to follow any particular format. They can be discussions, but they can also be a space for collaboration on a new project with new partners, or a community art-making workshop. All participants are welcome to submit session proposals in advance or at the event.

April 13 // 9:30 am – 1:00 pm

$10 suggested donation

ARIT Hybrid Lecture: Art and Archaeology in Turkey

The American Research Institute in Turkey is hosting a series of hybrid lectures entitled Art and Archaeology in Turkey. See information below on the upcoming lecture.

“The Flavian Building Programme in Asia Minor: The Age of Vespasian” | A hybrid lecture by Deniz Berk Tokbudak [Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey University, Karaman
Turkish American Association (TAA) / Türk Amerikan Derneği (TAD) in Ankara]. Monday, April 15, 2024, 7:00 pm, 12:00 EDT. Register for the lecture here.

Exploring Central Anatolia (Galatia and Phrygia) On the Road with The Byzantine Legacy | A hybrid lecture by David Hendrix [Turkish American Assocation (TAA) / Türk Amerikan Derneği (TAD) in Ankara]. Monday, April 29, 2024, 7:00 pm, 12:00 pm EDT. Register for the lecture here.

For more information on the American Research Institute in Turkey, see their website here.

Virtual Book Discussion: Coptic Culture and Community

The American University in Cairo (AUC) Press is hosting a virtual discussion of their new publication, Coptic Culture and Community: Daily Lives, Changing Times. Edited by Mariam F. Ayad, this volume brings together leading experts from a range of disciplines to examine aspects of the daily lived experiences of Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority from late Antiquity to the present. In doing so, it serves as a supplement and a corrective to institutional or theological narratives, which are generally rooted in studying the wielders of historical power and control.

Coptic Culture and Community reveals the humanity of the Coptic tradition, giving granular depth to how Copts have lived their lives through and because of their faith for two thousand years. The first three sections consider in turn the breadth of the daily life approach, perspectives on poverty and power in a variety of different contexts, as well as matters of identity and persecution. The final section reflects on the global Coptic diaspora, bringing themes studied for the early Coptic Church into dialog with Coptic experiences today. These broad categories help to link fundamental questions of socio-religious history with unique aspects of Coptic culture and its vibrant communities of individuals.

The virtual book talk will take place on Tuesday April 16, 2024 at 8pm Cairo Time (7pm London, 2pm NY EST) on zoom. To register for the book discussion, please follow this link. It will also be streamed live on Facebook at this link. Browse the catalog of other publications at AUC Press here.

Society of Black Archaeologists | April Newsletter

The Society of Black Archaeology (SBA) has released their April newsletter! See below for some highlights from their announcements, as well as more information on how to get involved.

Updates

2024 Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology | The 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology will take place on April 17-21, 2024. Many members of the SBA will be attending and are planning to get together for dinner! Email Jordan Daivs [secretary@societyofblackarchaeologists.com] to let them know if you are interested in attending or will be in town!

African American Burial Grounds Preservation Program | The SBA is asking for your help in getting the African American Burial Grounds Preservation Program S.3667 and H.R.6805) approved appropriation from Congress to implement the program! The program establishes a $3 million annual grant program to aid preservation and research of African American burial grounds across the country, protecting invaluable sites of community and memory. The SBA asks for you to contact your Congressperson to approve the $3 million dollar budget and visit the National Trust for Historic Preservation page to write a letter of support that will be sent immediately to your State Representative.

Opportunities

The University of Missouri Research Reactor’s Archaeometry Laboratory | This workshop is to provide historical archaeologists with fundamental skills in archaeological sciences. It will take place from August 5th-8th, 2024. The workshop is open to graduate students and early career researchers in historical archaeology; attendees do not need previous experiences with archaeological science. The workshop is in person, and will be held in Columbia, Missouri. Each attendee will be reimbursed for up to $600 in travel and housing expenses. To find out more information, as well as how to apply to the workshop, please see this link. Questions may be sent to Matt Greer at mcgkkb@missouri.edu.

For more information on opportunities exclusive to SBA members, as well as how to get involved with the Society of Black Archaeologists, please visit the SBA website here.

Institute for Advanced Study | Unearthing the Past at IAS

On April 3, 2024