# Public Lectures ## expand\_more Most recent public lectures are video-recorded. Click the title for the speaker name, a full description of the talk, and a transcript. [### Video: From SPAM™ to K-Pop: The Korean War and the Rise of Modern South Korea ](/video-spamtm-k-pop-korean-war-and-rise-modern-south-korea) Sean C. Kim, Professor of History, University of Central Missouri Ilisa Barbash, Curator of Visual Anthropology, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University South Korea has recently jumped onto the global stage through its economic rise... ![sean kim at podium with historic korea streetview photo.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4921/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/From%20SPAM%20thumbnail.png?itok=H3vRxvSP) [### Video: Homo sapiens Meets Neanderthals: The End of a World ](/video-homo-sapiens-meets-neanderthals-end-world) Hallam L. Movius, Jr. Lecture Series Lecture by Jean-Jacques Hublin, Professor at the Collège de France (Paris), Emeritus Professor at the Max Planck Society The arrival of Homo sapiens in the mid-latitudes of Eurasia 48,000 to 45,000 years ago and the... ![neanderthal and speaker at podium.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4921/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/thumbnail-hublin.png?itok=0uEF9_nQ) [### Video: The Archaeology of Boston's Revolutionary Past ](/video-archaeology-bostons-revolutionary-past) Join Boston City Archaeologist Joe Bagley for a presentation on archaeological research that is deepening our understanding of Boston’s role in the American Revolution. Bagley shares new findings on the impact of the Siege of Boston and the 1775 Battle of... ![historic view of charlestown battle and speaker.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4921/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/thumbnail-bagley.png?itok=cZQCsEN4) [### Video: Conversation and Exhibition Preview | Castaway: The Afterlife of Plastic ](/video-conversation-and-exhibition-preview-castaway-afterlife-plastic) Desplácese hacia abajo para leer en español TRES ilana boltvinik. Instituto de Artes Plásticas, Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico; 2016 Gardner Fellow in Photography rodrigo viñas. Independent artist; 2016 Gardner Fellow in Photography In conversation with... ![2 artists seated onstage as one talks.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4921/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-01/thumbnail-tres_video.png?itok=Zh6_C7og) [### Video: One Woman's Fight to Protect Ancient Maya Legacy ](/video-one-womans-fight-protect-ancient-maya-legacy) 2025 Tatiana Proskouriakoff Lecture When the looting and illicit trade of cultural artifacts surged In the 1960s, one voice rose in defense of archaeological sites in the Americas—Clemency Coggins. A pioneering art historian and legendary figure in Maya... ![smiling coggins in her home with books in the background.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4921/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-12/coggins%20lecture%20thumbnail.png?itok=1oUNqRqo) [### Video: Exploring Human Origins at Kenya’s Lake Turkana ](/video-exploring-human-origins-kenyas-lake-turkana) 2025 Hallam L. Movius, Jr. Lecture by Louise Leakey, Director, Koobi Fora Research Project; Research Professor, Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University; National Geographic Explorer at Large Kenya’s fossil-rich Turkana Basin has been—for over... ![leakey at podium in front of screen.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4921/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-07/Leakey%20at%20podium%20in%20front%20of%20screen.png?itok=LTplMULl) - Previous page chevron\_left - [1](?page=0 "Current page") - [2](?page=1 "Go to page 2") - [3](?page=2 "Go to page 3") - [4](?page=3 "Go to page 4") - [5](?page=4 "Go to page 5") - [6](?page=5 "Go to page 6") - [7](?page=6 "Go to page 7") - [8](?page=7 "Go to page 8") - [9](?page=8 "Go to page 9") - [ Last page 13 ](?page=12 "Go to last page") - [ Next page chevron\_right ](?page=1 "Go to next page")