2025-2026 Archaeology Seminar Series
Archaeology Spring 2026 Seminar
Brought to you by Dr. Ross Jamieson
All seminars are held in person in the Archaeology Seminar Room, SWH 9152 from 3:30-5:00pm. If you鈥檙e able, join us in person for the seminar and afterwards in the Biercraft Pub or the Archaeology Lounge.
| Week | Speaker(s) | Affiliation | Location | Topic |
Jan 8 |
Dave Burley and Robyn Woodward | 911吃瓜 Archaeology | In Person | Columbus, Jamaica and the Colony of Sevilla la Nueva, 1509-1534 |
| Jan 15 | Eldon Yellowhorn | 911吃瓜 Indigenous Studies | In Person and Online | Unravelling the Mystery of the Star Husband Myth |
| Jan 22 | SUNY-Brockport | Online | The Impact of Roman Military Presence on the Arid Landscapes of Southern Jordan and Israel | |
| Jan 29 | Northwestern University, US | Online | An Archaeology of Food Security in West Africa | |
| Feb 5 | Brown University, USA | Online | South American Archaeology, at Scale?: Conducting Macro-Regional Survey with GeoPACHA-AI (the Geospatial Platform for Andean Culture, History and Archaeology) Register in advance for this meeting: |
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| Feb 12 | University of the Fraser Valley | In Person and Online | ||
| Feb 19 | NO SEMINAR | READING WEEK | ||
| Feb 26 | UBC | In Person and Online | ||
| Mar 5 | Founder and CEO, Forensic Guardians International, Vancouver | TBD | ||
| Mar 12 | Gail Anderson | 911吃瓜 Criminology | In Person and Online | |
| Mar 19 | University of Connecticut | Online | Register in advance for this meeting: TBD |
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| Mar 26 | University of York (UK) | In Person and Online | ||
| Apr 2 | Cancelled - no seminar |
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鈥檙e 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) |
911吃瓜 Arch & REM |
In person |
Xwe鈥檈tay/Lasqueti Archaeology Project: Protecting and Honouring Indigenous Heritage through Archaeology, Policy, and Planning |
2025-09-18 |
Dr. Barbara Hilden |
911吃瓜 Arch |
In person |
The Museum As: an exploration of our origins, roles, responsibilities, and futures |
2025-09-25 |
Dr. David Burley |
911吃瓜 Arch |
In person |
911吃瓜 Field School 2025: The Excavation and Implications of a 4000 Year Old Biface Production Workshop at the Traditional Squamish Village of st谩7mes |
2025-10-02 |
Dr. Clarissa Dominici |
911吃瓜 Arch |
In person |
Chemical Characterization of Palaeolithic Residues - Exploring the Potential of an Integrated Approach |
2025-10-09 |
Dr. Sarah Walshaw |
911吃瓜 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 |
911吃瓜 ARCH, University of Western Ontario, UofT |
Zoom |
(Trans)formative Archaeology Through Training and Mentorship |
2025-10-23 |
Dr. Bik茅 Yaz谋c谋o臒lu |
911吃瓜 ARCH |
In person |
Approaches to Modeled Bioavailable Strontium Isoscapes (87Sr/86Sr) of T眉rkiye: 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 & 911吃瓜 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 |
911吃瓜 Arch |
Zoom |
Last Neanderthals |
2025-11-20 |
Dr. Nicholas Hedly |
911吃瓜 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 |
911吃瓜 Arch and Cordillera Archaeology |
In Person |
Recent investigations on late Pleistocene archaeology and paleoenvironments in Coastal British Columbia 鈥� ruminations on new finds, challenges, and where to go next |