Visiting Scholar, archaeologist, and museum professional James Doyle, Ph.D., will deliver a talk entitled, “Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Mayan Art,” on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 4:30 p.m., in the Humanities Research Center on the Lycoming College campus. The lecture is a free event and is open to members of the public.
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Visiting scholar David Stasavage, Ph.D., will deliver a talk entitled, “Democracy: Past, Present, Future,” on Thursday, Oct. 17, at 4:30 p.m., in Trogner Presentation Room, Krapf Gateway Center, on the Lycoming College campus. The event, co-sponsored by the Humanities Research Center and the history, political science, and anthropology/archaeology departments, is free and open to the public.
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Lycoming College welcomed several new faculty members to campus for the 2023-24 academic year, bringing a breadth of knowledge to classrooms at the nationally-recognized liberal arts and sciences institution.
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Lycoming College will welcome the Latin America Symposium’s second speaker Julio Ríos-Figueroa, Ph.D., to share his expertise in the workings of empirical law in a talk entitled “Law and Politics in Challenging Times.” The talk will be held Thursday, March 2, at 4:30 p.m., in the Trogner Presentation Room, in the Krapf Gateway Center. The event is free and open to the public.
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Lycoming College will welcome Adolfo Iván Batún-Alpuche, Ph.D., to discuss his work in the field of community archaeology with a talk, entitled, “Yucatec Maya Identity Revitalization Through Three-Tier Collaborative Research.” The talk is slated for Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 4:30 p.m., in the Trogner Presentation Room, in the Krapf Gateway Center. The event is free and open to the public.
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Lycoming College will host experienced archaeologist Jennie Ebeling, Ph.D., for a talk entitled, “Biblical Jezreel” on Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 6 p.m., in the Fine Arts Lecture Hall #107 on the Lycoming College campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.
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Jessica Munson, Ph.D., assistant professor of archaeology and anthropology, has been awarded a $14,000 H. and T. King Grant by the Society for American Archaeology. The grant will fund geoarchaeological research in support of Munson’s ongoing excavation at Altar de Sacrificios, a Maya site located along the Mexico-Guatemala border.
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a senior research grant for $237,925 to Lycoming College faculty member, Jessica Munson, Ph.D., assistant professor of archaeology and anthropology, for work on her study, “Long-Term Impacts of Institutionalized Inequality on Household Wealth and Well-Being.” The NSF grant will provide the means for Munson and her team of international researchers and students to conduct a large-scale excavation project at the ancient Maya site of Altar de Sacrificios, a site located in the southern Maya lowlands of Guatemala.
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