AIA Philadelphia Chapter

Events for 2011-2012

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AIA Philadelphia 2011-12 Events

National Archaeology Day

Reception in Bryn Mawr College Collections

October 20, 2011, (Thursday), 6pm
Thomas Hall, 3rd Floor, Bryn Mawr College

To celebrate National Archaeology Day, Bryn Mawr is hosting a reception in Collections. Join us for drinks and snacks while learning more about the fascinating range of objects on display in this archaeological collection. Please be advised that RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED for this event due to limited space. Also note that it is not handicap-accessible and that all coats and bags must be left outside the collection. Please leave any valuables at home or in your car. RSVP at: aiaphiladelphia@gmail.com

Dr. Jenifer Neils, Joukowsky Lecture

“The Parthenon and Periklean Politics”

November 3, 2011 (Thursday), 6pm
Lecture at Bryn Mawr College, Carpenter Library B21. Reception to follow in London Room, Thomas Hall

Dr. Ann-Marie Knoblauch

“Dionysos and Willy Wonka, Wine and Chocolate”

February 2, 2012 (Thursday), 6pm
Lecture at the Penn Museum, Rainey Auditorium. Reception to follow in the Mosaic Hall

Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay Lewis, Oliver Lecture

“The Gardens of the Emperor: Exploring and Reconstructing the Gardens of Hadrian's Villa”

April 9, 2012 (Monday), 6pm
Lecture at the Penn Museum, Rainey Auditorium. Reception to follow in the Mosaic Hall

Welcome Back!

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For those who are curious about the AIA Philadelphia chapter, allow us to introduce ourselves and the exciting events for the coming year:

We have an excellent series of events planned for this coming year in addition to the Annual Meeting being held in Philadelphia in January! First, let me introduce you to our society officers, three of which were recently elected in the spring. They are: Angela Ziskowski (president), Judith Barr (vice-president), Linda Meiberg (secretary), and Phoebe Sheftel (treasurer). Please do not hesitate to introduce yourself to us at an event this year or contact us for any reason!

The local Philadelphia chapter of the AIA will be hosting four events this year, two at the Penn Museum and two at Bryn Mawr College. The first will be in celebration of National Archaeology Day. A reception will be held in Bryn Mawr’s Collections to put on display the range of archaeological objects in the college’s collections. This event will require a reservation due to the limited space. We also have three excellent speakers giving lectures this year.They are: Jenifer Neils, Ann-Marie Knoblauch, and Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis. We look forward to seeing you at all of these events. See below for details of dates, times, locations, and reservations.

Finally, please remember that the Annual Meeting will be held in Philadelphia this year! This is a great opportunity for students to volunteer, community members to come to lectures or the Archaeology Fair for children, and for all members of the society to attend events and interact with the entire AIA community.

Thank you for your support of our chapter and your ongoing interest in all things archaeological. If you have any questions or concerns, you can reach us at our email, aiaphiladelphia@gmail.com or through this, our chapter’s website. For information about the AIA or the annual meeting, please visit: http://www.archaeological.org/.

Sincerely,

You AIA Philadelphia officers

Angela Ziskowski
Judith Barr
Linda Meiberg
Phoebe Sheftel

2010-2011 Lectures

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Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum, 6 pm

"The Tektaş Burnu Shipwreck: Shedding New Light on Classical Ionia"

Joukowsky Lecture by Deborah Carlson, Nautical Archaeology Program, Texas A&M

Reception to follow

Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum, 6 pm

"The Roman City of Zeugma (Turkey) Conservation Project"

Kress Lecture by Roberto Nardi, Centro di Conservazione Archeologica in Italy and The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property

Reception to follow

Thursday, February 24, 2011
Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum, 6 pm

"Roman Provincial Coins: Between Civic Pride and State Control"

Metcalf Lecture by Michel Amandry, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Departement des Monnaies, Medailles et Antiques

Reception to follow

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

"A Tale of Two Cities in Dark Age Crete: Karphi and Kavousi"

Broneer Lecture by Leslie Preston Day, Wabash College

Reception to follow

Candidates for positions 2011-

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Judith Barr

... is excited to be running for a position in the local society of the AIA. She received her B.A. in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology from Bryn Mawr College in 2009, and her MSt. in Classical Archaeology from Oxford University in 2010. She has excavated in Romania and Turkey. Her research focused on the Roman Economy and on aspects of life in Roman Britain. Currently, she is the Interlibrary Loan Coordinator at Bryn Mawr College, and she serves on the Young Friends Board of the University of Pennsylvania Museum, where she volunteers at educational and special events. She looks forward to helping coordinate lectures and membership opportunities in Philadelphia.

Linda Meiberg

After receiving my B.A and M.A. in Classical Studies and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel Aviv University, I came to Philadelphia to join the Graduate Group of The Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World (AAMW) at the University of Pennsylvania. I am currently finishing my dissertation entitled “Figural Motifs on Philistine Pottery and Their Connections to the Aegean World.” While at Penn I have had the privilege of serving as the AAMW representative to the Graduate Student Associations Council as well as the Vice President of PhD Affairs for the Council for two years. I have also served as the fellow of the Center for Ancient Studies and for the past three years as the fellow of the Corpus of Aegean Frescoes. Additional service experience consists of co-organizing a graduate student conference at Penn. I am now happy to have this opportunity to volunteer my services as an officer for the Philadelphia Society of AIA.

Angela Ziskowski

I received my bachelor’s degree in Classics from the University of Cincinnati. In February I defended my dissertation, “The Construction of Corinthian Identity in the Early Iron Age and Archaic Period,” at Bryn Mawr College. During my time at Bryn Mawr, I served as a teaching assistant for two years in addition to creating and instructing a course on Greek archaeology at Main Line School Night. I also helped organize the department’s CDC symposium in my third year as well as serving as the graduate student representative for the department’s faculty search committee in 2007-08. In addition, I spent two years at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens as both a regular and associate member. My archaeological experience includes excavation and survey at the sites of Azoria on Crete, Monte Polizzo in Sicily, and Corinth, Sikyon, and Ayia Storia in the northeastern Peloponnese.

2009-2010 AIA Lectures

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum, 6 p.m.

AIA Kershaw Lecture by Clemens Reichel, University of Toronto
"Worlds in Collision—Urbanism, Competition and Conflict in Northern Syria during the Chalcolithic period (4500 – 3000 B.C.)"
Reception to follow.
For more information about the speaker: http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10224&lid=209)
If you'd like to join the speaker for dinner after the lecture, RSVP to Katy Blanchard (kblancha@sas.upenn.edu) by Oct. 15.

Thursday, March 18, 2010
Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum, 6 p.m.

AIA Kress Lecture by Nejib ben Lazreg
Institut National du Patrimoine, Tunisia
"The Roman Mosaics of Tunisia"
Reception to follow.
For more information about the speaker: (http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10224&lid=177)
If you'd like to join the speaker for dinner after the lecture, RSVP to Katy Blanchard (kblancha@sas.upenn.edu) by March 10, 2010.

Other Lectures and Events

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September 26, 2009 through January 10, 2010, Penn Museum

Recently Opened Exhibit!!

His Golden Touch: The Gordion Drawings of Piet de Jong

For more information visit the Penn Museum website: http://www.penn.museum/current-changing-exhibits/272-his-golden-touch-the-gordion-drawings-of-piet-de-jong-.html

The AIA has partnered with many museums around the country. Your AIA membership is worth $2.00 off the admission fee to the Penn Museum.

Sunday, October 25, 2009, Penn Museum

Grand Re-Opening of the Near East Galleries!!!

Iraq's Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur's Royal Cemetery

See the Penn Museum's website for additional information:
http://penn.museum/press-releases/642-iraqs-ancient-past-rediscovering-urs-royal-cemetery-opens-25-october-2009.html
http://penn.museum/upcoming-exhibits/267-iraq.html

The AIA has partnered with many museums around the country. Your AIA membership is worth $2.00 off the admission fee to the Penn Museum.

Additionally, the Center for Ancient Studies at the University of Pennsylvania keeps a list of events related to Ancient Studies taking place at Penn and other institutions in the region (http://www.sas.upenn.edu/ancient). This list for this week is:

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"Divine Kingship: A View From Ancient Mesopotamia"
Philip Jones, University of Pennsylvania
Wednesday, 28 October 2009 - 12:00 PM
Penn Museum Classroom 2, University of Pennsylvania
Sponsored by: Penn Museum
Ancient Mesopotamians accorded their kings divine status on and off for about a thousand years. What did they mean by this honor and what does this phenomenon have in common with other examples of divine kingship from around the globe?

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"Discovering the Pantheon's Lost Original Exterior"
Amanda Reiterman, University of Pennsylvania
Wednesday, 28 October 2009 - 5:00 PM
Cherpack Lounge, 543 Williams Hall, University of Pennsylvania
Sponserd by: The Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia; The Center for Italian Studies; The Department of Romance Languages at the University of Pennsylvania
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"Worlds in Collision--Urbanism, Competition and Conflict in Northern Syria during the Chalcolithic Period (4500-3000 BC)"
Clemens Reichel, University of Toronto
Wednesday, 28 October 2009 - 6:00 PM
Penn Museum Rainey Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania
Sponsored by: Archaeological Institute of America
Reception to follow.
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"Ancient Toilets and Toilet Habits: A Closer Look at Qumran"
Jodi Magness, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Thursday, 29 October 2009 - 12:00 PM
Classroom 1, Penn Museum, University of Pennsylvania
Sponsored by: Graduate Group in Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World, University of Pennsylvania
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"Supplication and Street Theater in Athens"
Alex Gottesman, Temple University
Thursday, 29 October 2009 - 4:30 PM
Cohen Hall 337, University of Pennsylvania
Sponsored by: Department of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Coffees and cookies in the second floor lounge at 4 PM.
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"The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls"
Jodi Magness, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Thursday, 29 October 2009 - 6:00 PM
Penn Museum , University of Pennsylvania
Sponsored by: Penn Museum
In the mid-1940s, a Bedouin boy discovered the first Dead Sea Scrolls in a cave near the site of Qumran, in Israel’s West Bank by the shore of the Dead Sea. Eventually over 900 scrolls dating to the late Second Temple period (approximately the time of Jesus) were discovered in 11 caves around Qumran.
Dr. Jodi Magness, the Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and author of The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, discusses the significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls, which were deposited in the caves by members of a Jewish sect that lived at Qumran.
Reception with book signing and cash bar follows. Free Lecture. Registeration recommended.
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"East Meets West at the Archaic Temple of Hera at Mons Repos, Corfus"
Philip Sapirstein, University of Pennsylvania
Friday, 30 October 2009 - 4:30 PM
Carpenter Library B21, Bryn Mawr College
Tea will be held at 4 PM before the lecture in the Quita Woodward Room, which is in the Thomas Library.
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AIA Membership Incentives

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If anyone is interested in becoming a NEW member of the AIA, we have a promotional discounted membership plan in place that also significantly benefits our local society:

AIA Mem. reg. rate $50 - $10 disc. = $40 promo. rate (and $20 will go to Phila. Soc.) AIA Mem.+Archaeo. Mag. reg. rate $66 - $11 disc. = $55 (and $28 will go to Phila. Soc.)
AIA Mem.+AJA reg. rate $125 - $25 = $100 (and $40 will go to Phila. Soc.)AIA Mem.+AJA+Archaeo. reg. rate $141 - $26 = $115 (and $48 will go to Phila. Soc.) Student Mem. reg. rate $26 - $7 = $19 (and $8 will go to Phila. Soc.) Student Mem.+Archaeo. reg. rate $42 - $16 = $26 (and $8 will go to Phila. Soc.) Student Mem.+AJA reg. rate $73 - $34 = $39 (and $8 will go to Phila. Soc.) Stud. Mem.+AJA+Archaeo. reg. rate $89 - $41 = 48 (and $8 will go to Phila. Soc.)

Please see http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10322 for more information. Please contact your local society officers if you are interested in taking advantage of this excellent membership opportunity.

The AIA is offering an excellent opportunity for local societies to win an additional lecture. For every donation of $25 that the AIA receives on behalf of our local society, our society’s name will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win an additional lecture for the 2009-2010 Lecture Program. Please mention the Lecture Lottery when making your gift. The more $25 donations we collect, the more lottery entries we will receive! If our society receives a gift larger than $25, your society’s name will be put into the lottery with each increment of $25. The easiest way to enter is by completing the form here (http://www.archaeological.org/pdfs/AIAlottery_donation_form.pdf), referencing our local society, and sending your donation to the AIA! For more information: http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10321.

AIA Fellowships, Scholarships, and Grants

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The AIA offers various funding opportunities for travel and study and publication assistance. Complete information, guidelines, and application forms can be found on the AIA’s website, at http://www.archaeological.org/, and by contacting the Fellowship Coordinator at lsparks@aia.bu.edu, (617) 358-4184. Please check the AIA’s website or contact the Fellowship Coordinator for updates on deadlines, awards, application guidelines and requirements, and for information on other funding opportunities.

OLIVIA JAMES TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP
Deadline: November 1; announced February 1
Amount: $25,000
Purpose: For travel and study in Greece, the Aegean Islands, Sicily, Southern Italy, Asia Minor, Mesopotamia. Open to all students, but preference is given to those doing research toward a Ph.D. or who are recent recipients (within 5 years of the application deadline) of a Ph.D. Not intended to support excavations.
Requirements: Applicant must be a U.S. Citizen.

HELEN M. WOODRUFF FELLOWSHIP
Deadline: November 1 (applications must be sent to the American Academy in Rome, see AIA website for details)
Amount: $10,000
Purpose: A pre- or post-doctoral fellowship for study of archaeology and classical studies has been established by the Institute at the American Academy in Rome. This Fellowship, with other funds from the AAR, will support a Rome Prize Fellowship.
Requirements: The AAR receives all applications. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S.

HARRIET and LEON POMERANCE FELLOWSHIP
Deadline: November 1; announced February 1
Amount: $5,000
Purpose: Individual project of a scholarly nature related to Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology
Requirements: Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S or Canada, or be actively pursuing an advanced degree at a North American college or university. Previous Pomerance Fellows are not eligible.

ANNA C. AND OLIVER C. COLBURN FELLOWSHIP
Deadline: Jan. 15, 2010; announced April 15, 2010
(offered every two years)
Amount: $11,000
Purpose: Support of studies at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece, for no more than a year. Geographic area and cultural period not otherwise specified. Fellowship is awarded bi-annually.
Requirements: Applicant must be a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. or Canada, must be at the pre-doctoral stage or have recently received a Ph.D. (within 5 years of the date of the application), and must apply concurrently to the ASCSA for Associate Membership or Student Association Membership. See AIA website for other requirements

ARCHAEOLOGY OF PORTUGAL FUND
Deadline: November 1; announced February 1
Amount: Typical award is $4,000, but may vary
Purpose: To support archaeological study
in Portugal.
Requirements: Portuguese, American, and other international scholars are invited to apply.

AIA/DAI STUDY IN BERLIN FELLOWSHIP
Deadline: February 28 (applications must be sent to the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, see AIA website for details)
Purpose: Support of an AIA Research Fellow at the DAI’s library facilities in Berlin, Germany
Requirements: Applicants must be archaeologists based in North America and members of the AIA. See the AIA website for further details and guidelines.

AIA/DAI STUDY IN THE U.S. FELLOWSHIP
Deadline: March 1 (for fall semester) and November 1 (for spring semester)
Purpose: Support of a DAI Research Fellow at either the Cotsen Institute (UCLA) or Joukowsky Institute (Brown University)
Requirements: Applicants must be archaeologists employed by the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. See the AIA website for further details and guidelines.

JANE C. WALDBAUM ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP
Deadline: March 15; announced April 20
Amount: $1,000
Purpose: To support participation in an archaeological excavation or survey project.
Requirements: Open to junior & senior undergraduates, and 1st year graduate students who are currently enrolled in a U.S. or Canadian college or university. Applicants cannot have previously participated in an archaeological excavation.

APA/AIA MINORITY SCHOLARSHIP
Deadline: December 14, 2009; announced by end of January, 2010 (Applications must be sent to the American Philological Association)
Amount: $3,000 maximum, award amount
varies
Purpose: To further a minority undergraduate’s preparation for graduate work in classics or classical archaeology.
Requirements: See AIA website for details and link to APA website. “Minority” includes African American, Hispanic-American, Asian-American, and Native American students.

PUBLICATION PREPARATION GRANT
Deadline: November 1; announced February 1
Amount: $5,000 (over 2 years)
Purpose: To support scholars in completing and publishing field research in a peer-reviewed outlet. The grant is intended to assist in the final analysis and writing of the results of field research so that, by the end of the second year, a completed manuscript may be submitted for publication.
Requirements: Application is open to graduate students and postdoctoral professionals. See AIA website for other requirements

PUBLICATION SUBVENTION GRANT
Deadline: March 1 and November 1
Amount: Typical award is $5,000, but may vary
Purpose: To support new book-length publications in the field of Classical Archaeology (defined as Greek, Roman, and Etruscan archaeology & art history). Particularly welcome are first-time authors and/or final reports of excavated or surveyed sites as yet unpublished.
Requirements: Nominations should be submitted by eligible non-profit publishers such as university or museum presses. See the AIA website for more requirements.