Video: Conserving the Great Apes in a Changing World See also: Public Lectures, Africa, Asia, North America, South America Conserving species, particularly the “charismatic megafauna,” has been a focus... Read more about Video: Conserving the Great Apes in a Changing World
Video: Anthropology, Colonialism, and the Exploration of Indigenous Australia See also: Public Lectures, History, Oceania In 1938–1939, Harvard University funded an expedition to Australia aimed... Read more about Video: Anthropology, Colonialism, and the Exploration of Indigenous Australia
Video: Does Food Have a Gender? See also: Public Lectures, History, Exhibit Videos, North America Food is an indispensable part of culture and a symbol of profound social... Read more about Video: Does Food Have a Gender?
Video: Diving with a Purpose: A Fifteen-Year Mission See also: Public Lectures, Archaeology, History, Africa, North America Diving with a Purpose is an organization dedicated to the documentation... Read more about Video: Diving with a Purpose: A Fifteen-Year Mission
Video: Reimagining Museums: Disruption and Change Part 2 See also: Public Lectures, History, Museums, North America Responding to keen interest in last fall’s Reimagining Museums event... Read more about Video: Reimagining Museums: Disruption and Change Part 2
Video: Reimagining Museums: Disruption and Change Part 1 See also: Public Lectures, Museums, North America As museums have acknowledged their legacy as colonial institutions... Read more about Video: Reimagining Museums: Disruption and Change Part 1
Video: Marx, Freud, and the Gods Black People Make: European Social Theory and the Real-Life “Fetish” See also: Public Lectures, History, Museums, Race, Representation & Museums, Named Lecture Series, Africa, Europe Since the early-modern encounter between African and European merchants... Read more about Video: Marx, Freud, and the Gods Black People Make: European Social Theory and the Real-Life “Fetish”
Video: Get Them before They’re Gone: From Collecting Cultural Objects to Collaborating with Communities See also: Public Lectures, History, Museums, Race, Representation & Museums, North America The United States was in the early stages of Reconstruction when Congress... Read more about Video: Get Them before They’re Gone: From Collecting Cultural Objects to Collaborating with Communities
Video: Anxieties about Race in Egyptology and Egyptomania, 1890–1960 See also: Public Lectures, Archaeology, Race, Representation & Museums, Africa, Europe, North America Despite ideals of scientific and scholarly objectivity, both Egyptologists... Read more about Video: Anxieties about Race in Egyptology and Egyptomania, 1890–1960
Video: Early Archaeology of the Pacific See also: Public Lectures, Archaeology, History, Oceania The earliest European explorations in the Pacific region sparked speculation... Read more about Video: Early Archaeology of the Pacific
Video: The Dawn of Olmec Civilization See also: Public Lectures, Archaeology, Named Lecture Series, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma Lecture, Mexico and Central America The hearth of Olmec civilization is located in the tropical lowlands of Mexico’s... Read more about Video: The Dawn of Olmec Civilization
Video: Teotihuacan and the Making of a World City See also: Public Lectures, Archaeology, Named Lecture Series, Gordon R. Willey Lecture, Mexico and Central America In the first century CE, Teotihuacan became the capital of the area... Read more about Video: Teotihuacan and the Making of a World City
Video: The Origins of Maya Civilization: New Insights from Ceibal See also: Public Lectures, Archaeology, History, Named Lecture Series, Gordon R. Willey Lecture, Mexico and Central America In the 1960s, Gordon Willey and a team of Harvard archaeologists led... Read more about Video: The Origins of Maya Civilization: New Insights from Ceibal
Video: The Mexican Revolution of 1910: A Sociohistorical Interpretation See also: Public Lectures, Archaeology, Named Lecture Series, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma Lecture, Mexico and Central America A rigged election and a political crisis among competing elites, middle classes,... Read more about Video: The Mexican Revolution of 1910: A Sociohistorical Interpretation
Video: The Ancient Maya Response to Climate Change: A Cautionary Tale See also: Public Lectures, Archaeology, Named Lecture Series, Gordon R. Willey Lecture, Mexico and Central America Ancient Maya civilization—known for its cities, monumental architecture,... Read more about Video: The Ancient Maya Response to Climate Change: A Cautionary Tale