Past Events
Interested in Cotsen events? Sign up for our mailing list.The Andean Working Group presents Making a House: The mutual upbringing (crianza) of architecture and people in Andean highland pastoralism (Susques, Jujuy, Argentina) with Dr. Jorge Tomasi from CONICET - Laboratorio de Arquitecturas Andinas y Construcción con Tierra, National University of Jujuy.
Register at https://tinyurl.com/AWGTomasi
Cosponsored by the UCLA Latin American Institute and the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
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A virtual panel discussion organized by Professor Ioanna Kakoulli, Acting Director, UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture.
The Eastern Mediterranean, a cradle of ancient civilizations, stands at the precipice of an unprecedented challenge. Coastal areas, including the island of Cyprus and Greece, like other regions in the Mediterranean are witnessing the relentless advance of the sea due to climate change. Rising sea levels, heightened temperatures, extreme weather events, and marine erosion are endangering archaeological sites, Byzantine relics, and other critical historic landmarks. With climate data projecting a rise of 90 cm in sea level by 2100 in the Mediterranean, the risk to our global heritage is immediate and undeniable.
This panel aims to address/initiate discussion on two critical aspects:
- Highlighting the Threat: An in-depth look at how rising sea levels, temperature extremes, and other climate phenomena threaten cultural landmarks, particularly in low-lying coastal zones of Cyprus and Greece
- Bridging the Awareness Gap: A pressing need to use climate data in decision-making for the cultural heritage sector and enhancing awareness on the imminent risks
Speakers:
Demetrios Athanasoulis, Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades, Greece
Nikolas Bakirtzis, Cyprus Institute, Cyprus
Alessandra Bonazza, University of Bologna, Italy
Rohit Jigyasu, ICCROM, Rome, Italy
Anthi Kaldeli, Department of Antiquities, Cyprus
Athanasios Vafeidis, Kiel University, Germany
Nikolaos Zacharias, University of Peloponnese, Greece
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This event is being held under the auspices of the Deputy Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Cyprus, the Embassy of Greece in the United States, the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in the United States, the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles and the Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Cyprus in Los Angeles. This program is co-sponsored by UCLA's Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and Global Antiquity Institute and is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
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Recent studies in comparative-historical linguistics and genetics have provided valuable insights into the origins and flourishing of the Sino-Tibetan language family, one of the largest in the world. Evidence suggests that this linguistic group emerged and thrived approximately 8000-5000 years ago in the Yellow River valley, north China. Notably, the divergence of proto-Sino Tibetan languages occurred around 5900 years ago. These significant linguistic shifts coincided with archaeological findings that point to the development of the Yangshao culture and its expansion towards the Tibetan Plateau, in both westward and southwestward directions. The Yangshao culture, renowned for its centripetal settlement layouts, large public buildings, highly developed painted pottery, and the use of amphorae for producing and consuming alcoholic beverages, fostered a culture of communal ritual feasts. These communal feasting activities played a crucial role in establishing diverse social relations and reinforcing cultural identity through the production, processing, and sharing of food and alcoholic beverages. This practice emphasized collaboration and connections among related groups during the expansion of proto Sino-Tibetan populations into new territories, occurring amidst a period of climatic fluctuations.
Li Liu is the Sir Robert Ho Tung Professor in Chinese Archaeology Stanford University. She joined the Stanford faculty in 2010. Previously, she taught archaeology at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia for 14 years and was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Humanities in Australia. She has a BA in History (Archaeology Major) from Northwest University in China, an MA in Anthropology from Temple University in Philadelphia, and a PhD in Anthropology from Harvard University. Her research interests include the archaeology of early China (Neolithic and Bronze Age), ritual practice in ancient China, cultural interaction between China and other parts of the Old World, domestication of plants and animals in China, development of complex societies and state formation, settlement archaeology, and urbanism.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the UCLA Waystation Initiative, Cyrus Tang Foundation, UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, and the UCLA Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library.
Contact Lyssa Stapleton
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ABSTRACT: During the Cold War the Central Intelligence Agency, with the help of ROC government in Taiwan and ROC Air Force, flew U-2 spy planes missions over Mainland China between 1957 and 1968. A good portion of China was covered. After the films were declassified by the CIA and by the ROCAF, Lin has been doing researches, collecting and indexing these images in the past 15 years. He has been working with the National Archives and Academia Sinica, and providing help and images to researchers in the area of remote sensing archeology, military history and architectural history.
The CIA took these photos right at the dawn of rapid population growth and large scale urbanization of modern China. With these images you are able to peek into China’s past. In this presentation Lin will give a brief history of the spy missions, aerial photograph equipment used, and a good number of image samples over China and some other portions of the world.
BIO: Lin XU is an independent researcher specializing in curating and georeferencing declassified images collected by U.S. military and intelligence agencies using aerial and space-based platforms. In collaboration with U.S. National Archives and Academia Sinica, Lin has put together a large collection of legacy remote sensing images over China to support academic institutions engaged in research on archeology, architectural history, and historical geography. He lives in Boston and works as a computer engineer for an IT company he co-founded.
Contact Sumiji Takahashi
Email sutakahashi@ioa.ucla.edu
Phone 310-825-4169
Contact Rachel Schloss
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The Andean Working Group presents "Materiality of Wak'as: Between History and Archaeology at Sacsayhuaman, Cuzco" by Peter Kaulicke, Professor in the Humanities Department at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
Registration is required. Register here.
This event was co-sponsored by the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and the UCLA Latin American Institute
Contact Alba Menéndez Pereda
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The Architecture Lab Working Group presents "Digital Reconstruction of the Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria" by Anthony Caldwell. Please see the flyer below for details.
Contact AJ Meyer
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The conference is co-organized by Stella Nair (University of California, Los Angeles) and Paul Niell (Florida State University), who are joined by Dr. Shannon Speed (University of California, Los Angeles) for the organization of the workshops. This project is made possible through support from the Terra Foundation for American Art, and is co-sponsored by the UCLA American Indian Studies Center and UCLA Latin American Institute.
To register for in-person conference attendance at the Clark Library (Friday and Saturday morning), please, email c1718cs@humnet.ucla.edu Additionally, the conference talks will be livestreamed on the UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies YouTube channel.
Register here to attend the workshop that will take place in person only in the afternoon of Saturday, April 15 at the Chumash Museum in Los Angeles.
For more information, see flyers below and check the event's own website and that of the Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies.
Contact Stella Nair
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Parker VanValkenburgh
Associate Professor in the Anthropology Department at Brown University
Friday, March 3rd 12pm PT
Register at https://tinyurl.com/AWGKuelap
Organized by the Andean Working Group and cosponsored by the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and the UCLA Latin American Institute
Contact Rachel Schloss
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Register here: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEtf-iqrjMiE9GbpWrFQZUs-gaEOVNF2zKG
Few of the world's premodern polities outside of China achieved the scale or density of urbanism
found in the 9th-15th century Angkor empire, which governed a substantial swath of mainland
Southeast Asia. Angkorian rulers built cities, water reservoirs, stone monuments, and roads that
crisscrossed the empire. Carved images glorify their gods, rulers, and ancestors; inscribed stelae
celebrate political accessions and conquests, and narrate religious merits, economic properties,
and status of the populations. Heng will introduce the ancient metropolis of Angkor and its Khmer
world through recent archaeological findings using historical sources, excavation and remotely
sensed ground survey (LIDAR) data. Heng is the 2022-24 postdoctoral scholar at the Cotsen Institute
and the Program for Early Modern Southeast Asia (PEMSEA). His research interests include religious
change, urbanism, political economy, public archaeology, and heritage management. He was a featured
commentator in "Angkor 3D: The Lost Empire of Cambodia," at the California Science Center IMAX
theater.
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