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Stephen Acabado to Direct PEMSEA, Established by a Luce Grant of $740,000
June 30, 2021
The Henry Luce Foundation awarded a grant of $740,000 to the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies to support the project Early Modern Period Transitions in Southeast Asia: Environmental Dynamics,...
Cotsen Alumna Debby Sneed Awarded Ben Cullen Prize by Antiquity
June 22, 2021
Debby Sneed, 2018 graduate of the Cotsen Institute, has been awarded the Ben Cullen Prize of 2021 for her article published in Antiquity, a highly-respected peer-reviewed journal of archaeology...
2021 End of Year Celebration
June 16, 2021
“What game-changers you all will be…”On Friday June 11, 2021, in a virtual celebration of their persistence and exceptional work, the Cotsen Institute paid tribute to four students who recently...
The Cotsen Institute Welcomes Justin Dunnavant
May 26, 2021
Remember, remind, and restore. To Justin Dunnavant, these are words to teach by, explore by, learn by, and dive by. For the incoming assistant professor of anthropology, this mantra has propelled him...
Amr Shahat Research Lauded in International Media
May 26, 2021
Amr Shahat, PhD candidate at the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, whose research paper won third prize from the American Research Center in Egypt during their 72nd annual meeting, has had his work...
Meet Archaeological Conservator Vanessa Muros: Director of the Experimental and Archaeological Sciences Laboratory
May 20, 2021
Discovery is a word often associated with archaeologists. But according to Vanessa Muros, it should be applied equally to conservators who work alongside archaeologists in the field and labs, as well...
Remembering Zaruhy Sara Chitjian (1933 – 2021): A Celebration of Life
May 6, 2021
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Zaruhy Sara Chitjian, a long-time benefactor of Armenian studies programs at UCLA and the founder of the Research Program in Armenian Archaeology at...
Introducing Justine Wuebold: Research Associate in Embedding Sustainability in Conservation Education Initiative
April 28, 2021
When and how do you start teaching sustainability to students in cultural heritage conservation programs? In the process, how do you define sustainability and explain its importance? These are just a...
Ellen Pearlstein Wins Prestigious Rome Prize
April 28, 2021
Ellen Pearlstein, professor in the Department of Information Studies and the UCLA/Getty Conservation Program, as well as a core faculty member of the Cotsen Institute, has been named a recipient of...
Instagram Posts for Andean Lab Receive International Thumbs-up
April 21, 2021
Taking advantage of the many visual highlights of archaeology, students from the Andean Laboratory at the Cotsen Institute have established a social platform on Instagram. By posting photos and...
Camille Acosta Awarded Annual Phi Beta Kappa Fellowship
April 15, 2021
Camille Acosta, PhD candidate at the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, has been named the recipient of the 2021 Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship, which is awarded yearly by the Phi Beta Kappa...
An Interview with Student Affairs Officer Sumiji Takahashi
April 1, 2021
Current and potential graduate students can ask Sumiji Takahashi almost anything about the Interdepartmental Program in Archaeology (IDP) at the Cotsen Institute, for which he is the Student Affairs...
“Ask an Archaeologist” Stimulates K-12 Curiosity
March 23, 2021
What do Percy Jackson, “garbology,” and the Terracotta Army have in common?  They all stimulate young minds to think about archaeology and to “Ask an Archaeologist,” if given a chance.That chance is...
Crowdfunding Campaign Raises $10,375 for Laboratory Equipment
March 18, 2021
The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA launched a UCLA Spark crowdfunding campaign to equip the laboratories at the institute with additional resources needed as a result of the Covid-19...
Undergraduate Students Learn About a Future in Archaeology from Graduate Student Mentors
March 9, 2021
You cannot get an undergraduate degree in archaeology at UCLA. But during your undergraduate studies, you may have discovered that a career in archaeology is what you would like after graduation. Who...
Adam DiBattista Awarded Visiting Research Scholar Position from ISAW
March 9, 2021
Adam DiBattista, who will receive his PhD from the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology this spring, has been awarded a visiting research scholar position from the Institute for the Study of the Ancient...
Preview of Richard Lesure’s Book on Paso de la Amada Highlights Contributions by UCLA Collaborators
February 18, 2021
It famously has been said that “it takes a village.” But how did that village develop and what does being part of a village mean? The emergence of village life in Paso de la Amada in Mesoamerica has...
The Cotsen Institute Welcomes New Office Manager Alfonso Lopez
December 9, 2020
It is said: “It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide what to do.” This is especially true when it comes to being office manager at the Cotsen...
Support Archaeological Science Campaign
December 4, 2020
The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA has launched a UCLA Spark crowdfunding campaign to equip the laboratories at the institute with additional resources needed as a result of the Covid-19...
Mozan Project Spearheaded by Giorgio Buccellati and Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati Receives Distinctions
December 1, 2020
The Tell Mozan/Urkesh Archaeological Project in Syria received the first prize from the European Union for Heritage-led International Relations, presented virtually from Sofia, Bulgaria, by the...
Volume of Studies Honors Giorgio Buccellati and Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati
November 2, 2020
The long, distinguished, and prolific careers of Giorgio Buccellati and Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati are honored in the recent publication of a volume of studies, Between Syria and the Highlands,...
In Memoriam: Norma Kershaw (1924–2020)
October 19, 2020
On September 14, 2020, long-time benefactor of archaeological institutes and patroness of archaeology professorships at UCLA and UC San Diego, Norma Kershaw, passed away at the age of 95. She is...
International Archaeology Day 2020
October 17, 2020
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Liz Carter Honored With a Two-Day Symposium
October 12, 2020
With much warmth and great respect, former students and colleagues paid tribute to Professor Emerita Elizabeth Carter during a two-day remote symposium, September 25–26, 2020. International attendees...
Latest in the Labs: The Ancient Agriculture and Paleoethnobotany Laboratory
October 5, 2020
There is a close relationship between people and plants, and they influence each other, explains Reuven Sinensky, a paleoethnobotany graduate student in the Department of Anthropology. For the past...