2025-2026 Archaeology Seminar Series
Archaeology Fall 2025 Seminar
Brought to you by Dr. John Welch, and Damon Tarrant.
All seminars are held in person in the Archaeology Seminar Room, SWH 9152 from 3:30-5:00pm. If you’re able, join us in person for the seminar and afterwards in the Biercraft Pub or the Archaeology Lounge.
| Week | Speaker(s) | Affiliation | Location | Topic |
2025-09-11 |
Dr. Dana Lepofsky (Professor Emerita, Dept. of Archaeology), Dr. Sean Markey (Professor, Resource and Environmental Management; Dean, Faculty of Environment) |
911³Ô¹Ï Arch & REM |
In person |
Xwe’etay/Lasqueti Archaeology Project: Protecting and Honouring Indigenous Heritage through Archaeology, Policy, and Planning |
2025-09-18 |
Dr. Barbara Hilden |
911³Ô¹Ï Arch |
In person |
The Museum As: an exploration of our origins, roles, responsibilities, and futures |
2025-09-25 |
Dr. David Burley |
911³Ô¹Ï Arch |
In person |
911³Ô¹Ï Field School 2025: The Excavation and Implications of a 4000 Year Old Biface Production Workshop at the Traditional Squamish Village of stá7mes |
2025-10-02 |
Dr. Clarissa Dominici |
911³Ô¹Ï Arch |
In person |
Chemical Characterization of Palaeolithic Residues - Exploring the Potential of an Integrated Approach |
2025-10-09 |
Dr. Sarah Walshaw |
911³Ô¹Ï History |
In person |
Practical Magic: Food, peer teaching, and student connections in the classroom |
2025-10-16 |
Dr. Natasha Lyons, Dr. Lisa Hodgetts, Dr. Patricia Markert, Adrianna Wiley |
911³Ô¹Ï ARCH, University of Western Ontario, UofT |
Zoom |
(Trans)formative Archaeology Through Training and Mentorship |
2025-10-23 |
Dr. Biké Yazıcıoğlu |
911³Ô¹Ï ARCH |
In person |
Approaches to Modeled Bioavailable Strontium Isoscapes (87Sr/86Sr) of Türkiye: A Research Tool for Archaeological Mobility Reconstruction in Southwest Asia |
2025-10-30 |
Dr. Melanie Beasley |
University of Perdue |
Zoom |
Neanderthals, hypercarnivores, and maggots: Insights from stable nitrogen isotopes |
2025-11-06 |
Dr. Sean P. Connaughton and Devin Forbes |
Inlailawatash & 911³Ô¹Ï Arch |
In Person |
Beyond the Peat: a preliminary look at a deeply buried early-mid Holocene wet-site near the Fraser River South Arm |
2025-11-13 |
Dr. Francesco Berna |
911³Ô¹Ï Arch |
Zoom |
Last Neanderthals |
2025-11-20 |
Dr. Nicholas Hedly |
911³Ô¹Ï Geog |
In person |
TBD |
2025-11-27 |
Dr. Maanasa Raghavan |
University of Chicago |
TBD |
TBD |
2025-12-04 |
Dr. Bryn Letham and Dr. Duncan McLaren |
911³Ô¹Ï Arch and Cordillera Archaeology |
In Person |
Recent investigations on late Pleistocene archaeology and paleoenvironments in Coastal British Columbia – ruminations on new finds, challenges, and where to go next |