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Sarah Beckmann Awarded Rome Prize Fellowship
May 13, 2022
Sarah Beckmann, assistant professor of Classics and core faculty member of the Cotsen Institute, has been awarded a 2022 Rome Prize Fellowship in ancient studies for her work on “The Villa in Late...
Stephen Acabado Named Chair of the Archaeology Program at the Cotsen Institute
April 25, 2022
Stephen Acabado, associate professor of anthropology and core faculty member of the Cotsen Institute, has been named chair of the Interdepartmental Program (IDP) in Archaeology for a three-year term...
Vanessa Muros Awarded Boochever Endowment
April 22, 2022
Vanessa Muros, PhD, has been awarded the Kathleen and David Boochever Endowment Fund for Fieldwork and Scientific Analyses by the Archaeological Institute of America. The Boochever Fund supports...
Kara Cooney and Willeke Wendrich Support Program to Increase Inclusivity Within the Field of Egyptology
April 22, 2022
Kara Cooney, professor of Egyptian Art and Architecture, chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and core faculty member of the Cotsen Institute has been instrumental in the...
Cotsen Institute Welcomes Greg Woolf
March 18, 2022
In his studies, all roads may have led to Rome for Greg Woolf, the newest member of the core faculty of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. When teaching, the road covered the United Kingdom,...
Excellence in Publishing with the Cotsen Institute Press
March 11, 2022
Whether it is a book based on your PhD dissertation, a compilation of essays on a theme, or a two-volume tome covering a decade of excavations, you want the publication of your work to reflect...
Justin Dunnavant Welcomed As Scholar-In-Residence at Occidental College
March 7, 2022
Justin Dunnavant, assistant professor of anthropology and core faculty member of the Cotsen Institute, has been honored with the 2022 Stafford Ellison Wright Black Alumni Scholar-In-Residence award...
Balzan Prize Awarded to Giorgio Buccellati and Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati
February 25, 2022
On February 2, the International Balzan Prize Foundation announced that Giorgio Buccellati and Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati were awarded the 2021 Balzan Prize for Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Near...
Cotsen Institute Takes Active Role in Archaeological Centers Coalition
February 18, 2022
The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, in concert with the Archaeological Centers Coalition (ACC), hopes to have a positive influence on the future of archaeology. The ACC is a community of...
Cotsen Alumnus Jacob Bongers Publishes Research in Antiquity
February 3, 2022
Jacob Bongers is the lead author of an article in the April 2022 issue of Antiquity. Bongers received his PhD from the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology in 2019 and is currently a senior research...
NEH Awards Conservation Program $310,000 for Training in Preservation of Indigenous Collections
January 12, 2022
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded the UCLA/Getty Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage a grant of $310,362 for a project titled “Preservation of Indigenous Collections...
Remembering Don Corbett
January 7, 2022
Don Corbett, a long-time dedicated benefactor of the Cotsen Institute, passed away December 10, 2021 at the age of 89. “We will miss him in our midst, where his presence was always upbeat and full of...
Cotsen Affiliates Co-author Paper Published in Antiquity; Cited Internationally
January 3, 2022
An article co-authored by three affiliates of the Cotsen Institute, was published online November 24, 2021 in the journal Antiquity under the title “Volcanic Climate Forcing, Extreme Cold and the...
CIoA Press Book Wins AIA McCann Award for Fieldwork Reports
December 13, 2021
Landscape History of Hadramawt: The Roots of Agriculture in Southern Arabia (RASA) Project 1998-2008, published in 2020 by the CIoA Press, has been awarded the 2022 Anna Marguerite McCann Award for...
Find Archaeology and Conservation Events on Our YouTube Channel
November 10, 2021
You might not know what you are missing if you do not know about the YouTube Channel of the Cotsen Institute. Here we offer access to selected Pizza Talks, Conservation Conversations, Public Lecture...
Hiring Tenure-Track Assistant Prof. in Conservation of Cultural Heritage
October 18, 2021
Location UCLA campus in Westwood and Getty Villa in Malibu, California Description The UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Degree Program (IDP) in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage invites applications...
Celebrating International Archaeology Day 2021 with the CIoA
October 6, 2021
International Archaeology Day was October 16, 2021! Throughout the month of October, this celebration of archaeology and its contributions to society were highlighted at the Cotsen Institute of...
Mental Health Resources Guide Now Available
October 1, 2021
Where do you go for help with mental health issues, and who do you talk to? UCLA has many resources, but finding the right ones for you can be overwhelming. To answer these questions, a new guide has...
Cotsen Reception Celebrates Return to Campus
September 29, 2021
Students, faculty, and staff of the Cotsen Institute celebrated the reopening of campus with a welcome back party on Wednesday, September 22nd. The festivities were held outdoors on the roof terrace...
Stella Nair Recognized for Work on Gender in the Inca Empire
September 2, 2021
Stella Nair, associate professor of art history and core faculty member of the Cotsen Institute, has been recognized by the UCLA Center for the Study of Women for her work on gender in the Inca...
Cotsen Lab Members Honored with Fellowships, Awards, and Grants
September 1, 2021
Knowledge may be its own reward, but graduate students in the Andean Lab and Architecture Lab at the Cotsen Institute are also being recognized by an extraordinary number of notable fellowships,...
New Publication: Paso de la Amada by Richard G. Lesure
August 26, 2021
The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press is proud to announce the publication of Paso de la Amada: An Early Mesoamerican Ceremonial Center, by Richard G. Lesure, the first book in the new Marilyn...
John K. Papadopoulos to be the next Director of the Excavations of the Athenian Agora
July 23, 2021
John K. Papadopoulos, professor of Classics, former chair of the Interdepartmental Degree Program in Archaeology, and core faculty member of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, has been named the...
Sharon Gerstel Named Commander of the Order of the Phoenix
July 14, 2021
Sharon Gerstel, professor of art history and core faculty member of the Cotsen Institute, has been named a Commander of the Order of the Phoenix, one of the highest honors in Greece.
Conservation Program Changes Name to Reflect Focus on Cultural Heritage
July 6, 2021
The UCLA/Getty Conservation Program has officially become the UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage. “This name more accurately reflects the focus of our...