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From the Field: Industria, Northern Italy
September 27, 2023
The following report was provided by Hans Barnard, professor emeritus of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, and local archaeologist Anna Lorenzatto. Photos by Hans Barnard.  On Saturday September...
Willeke Wendrich Opens International Egyptology Conference
August 14, 2023
Willeke Wendrich delivered the opening address to the thirteenth congress of the International Association of Egyptologists (IAE) held in Leiden, the Netherlands August 6-12. Wendrich is the director...
Congratulations Class of 2023
July 13, 2023
The 2023 doctoral hooding ceremony was held at UCLA’s Royce Hall on Wednesday June 15. More than 500 graduates from 73 doctoral programs were hooded. Following the ceremony, faculty, students, and...
Cotsen Institute Press Publication Wins SAfA Book Prize
June 30, 2023
Divine Consumption: Sacrifice, Alliance Building, and Making Ancestors in West Africa by Stephen A. Dueppen, published in 2022 by the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology (CIoA) Press, has been named the...
Hans Barnard Authors the First CUP/Cotsen Institute Element
May 22, 2023
“Archaeological Mapping and Planning,” by Hans Barnard, the first volume in the Cambridge University Press/Cotsen Institute Elements series, is currently freely available through the end of May....
Meet William Shelley, Laboratory Manager of the UCLA/Getty Conservation Program
May 4, 2023
If you are a graduate student in the UCLA/Getty Conservation Program, you either know William Shelley or benefit from his work as Laboratory Manager of the program. Being a professional conservator...
Waystation Initiative Returns Orphaned Cultural Objects to Their Homes
May 1, 2023
On April 18, the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology announced its Waystation Initiative, the first effort by a university in the United States to facilitate the ethical return of international cultural...
Cotsen Institute Celebrates 50th Anniversary
April 24, 2023
The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology is marking its 50th anniversary with celebrations and reflections on its distinguished history, as well as with a special golden emblem. “With age comes wisdom,...
Stella Nair Appointed National Humanities Center Fellow
April 7, 2023
Stella Nair, associate professor of Indigenous Arts of the Americas in the Department of Art History and a core faculty member of the Cotsen Institute, has been appointed a fellow of the National...
Monica Smith Edits "The Power of Nature: Archaeology and Human-Environmental Dynamic"
March 20, 2023
Monica Smith, a core faulty member of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, has edited a new book titled The Power of Nature: Archaeology and Human-Environmental Dynamic. She also wrote two chapters...
Meet Siva Losakul: Offering Help With Your Computer
March 16, 2023
Most of us will at some point need help with our computer, software, or the attached devices. Maybe some assistance in failing applications or figuring out what product would work best for your...
Kristine Martirosyan-Olshansky Awarded AIA-NEH Grant
March 16, 2023
Kristine Martirosyan-Olshansky has been awarded an AIA-NEH grant for her proposal “Space, Place, and Plants at Masis Blur, an early farming (Neolithic) site in Armenia.”  Martirosyan-Olshansky is...
Piphal Heng Featured in Cambodian Media
February 21, 2023
Local Cambodian news and social media have prominently featured the recent completion of an excavation by native son Piphal Heng, who is a postdoctoral scholar at the Cotsen Institute and the Program...
Melanie Jonasch Studies Settlements in Sicily
February 16, 2023
Sicily is an Italian island with a rich history, many archaeological remains, and mysteries yet to be solved. According to UCLA’s postdoctoral scholar Melanie Jonasch, one of the most exciting...
Three NEH Grants Awarded to Cotsen Faculty
January 17, 2023
Core faculty of the Cotsen Institute have been awarded three grants totaling more than $500,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Project Director Ellen Pearlstein received $349,...
Introducing Visiting Scholar Éléonore Kissel
December 12, 2022
There is a certain joie de vivre evident as Éléonore Kissel makes her way from library to library on the UCLA campus. The UCLA/Getty Visiting Scholar from Paris is reveling in the freedom to read,...
In Memoriam: Jeanne E. Arnold (1955–2022)
December 6, 2022
In Memoriam: Jeanne E. Arnold (1955–2022)Willeke Wendrich[1]After a long illness, anthropologist and archaeologist Jeanne Arnold passed away on Sunday, November 27, 2022. Jeanne was professor in the...
Hiring Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage 2022
December 2, 2022
Job #JPF07970Position OverviewPosition title: Assistant ProfessorRecruitment Link:https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF07970Application WindowOpen date: November 14, 2022Next review date: Monday, Jan 23,...
Cotsen Institute Welcomes Thiago Puglieri to Conservation Program
November 16, 2022
“Deep knowledge of the chemistry of cultural heritage materials and their preservation” is being brought to the UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage as it...
Global Antiquity Strives for Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research on Ancient Worlds
November 4, 2022
Urbano Monti’s planisphere, digitally reconstructed from 60 sheets, hand-drawn in Milan, Italy in 1587, is one of the oldest world mapsGlobal Antiquity is a new endeavor to link multiple faculty,...
From the Field: Hawai‘i
November 1, 2022
In October 2022, Justin Dunnavant received a grant from the National Geographic Society to create photogrammetric models of submerged heritage sites around Maui and Lana‘i (Hawai‘i).Dunnavant is...
Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science Hosted at UCLA
September 26, 2022
Vice Chancellor Anna Spain Bradley presents Dutch Minister Robbert  Dijkgraaf with a Bruin bear memento of his visit to UCLA. Photo by Oliver Chien. As part of the ongoing effort to strengthen...
From the Field: Industria (Monteu da Po), Northern Italy
September 20, 2022
The project Ancient and Modern Communities at Industria  is a research effort of the Cotsen Institute at UCLA, Kent University (UK), Newcastle University (UK), and the Politecnico di Torino (Turin,...
Cotsen Affiliates Present at Congress in Turin, Italy
September 19, 2022
Willeke Wendrich, director of the Cotsen Institute, and UCLA graduate students Brandon Keith, Iman Nagy, and Matei Tichindelean presented their research at the tenth congress of the Italian...
Christopher Donnan Publishes Book on Moche Tomb
September 12, 2022
Christopher B. Donnan, professor emeritus of the Cotsen Institute and the department of anthropology at UCLA, has authored La Mina: A Royal Moche Tomb, published by the University of New Mexico Press...