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Director of Cotsen Elected President of the International Association of Egyptologists
November 8, 2019
Willeke Wendrich, director of the Cotsen Institute, was elected president of the International Association of Egyptologists. This was announced on the first day of the twelfth International Congress...
Cotsen Hosts Booth at UCLA Science Fair
November 8, 2019
On Sunday November 3, the Cotsen Institute participated for the first time in the yearly science fair “Exploring Your Universe” held in and around the Court of Sciences on South Campus. In the Cotsen...
Cotsen Welcomes Back Jason De León as Professor and MacArthur Fellow
November 7, 2019
The basement corridors of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology (CIoA) don’t seem particularly enticing, but what happens in those offices and hallways was a major part of the draw for Prof. Jason De...
Call for Abstracts for the 8th UCLA Archaeological Research Conference
October 25, 2019
The Graduate Student Association of Archaeology, an affiliate of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, invites proposals for papers for its 8th Graduate Archaeology Research Conference. This...
Egypt in LA Brings Scholars to the Public
October 17, 2019
Fascinating insights into Ancient Egypt drew a large public audience as part of the Egypt in LA event, held recently by the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. Five international Egyptologists joined...
Conservation Students Awarded Internships
August 29, 2019
Successful placement of the third-year Conservation students has been announced :Austin Anderson, The Walters Art MuseumElena Bowen, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and Carlos MuseumKasey...
Glenn Wharton Named Chair of Conservation
August 29, 2019
Glenn Wharton, who recently joined the UCLA faculty as professor in the Department of Art History, has also been named Chair of the Interdepartmental Program (IDP) in Conservation of Archaeological...
Undocumented Migration Program Featured in D.C. Museum Exhibit
August 15, 2019
The Undocumented Migration Program (UMP), which is directed by Prof. Jason De Leon, was cited in a recent article in The New York Times discussing a special exhibition at the Phillips Collection in D...
Two-Day Symposium Honors Lothar von Falkenhausen
July 19, 2019
International colleagues and former students gathered at UCLA in June for the two-day workshop and symposium “The Art and Archaeology of Ritual and Economy in East Asia” in honor of Lothar von...
Jo Anne Van Tilburg Featured in College Magazine, "60 Minutes" and Podcast
July 17, 2019
The monolithic stone statues that were carved and placed on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) from around 1100 to 1400 have fascinated the world for decades. Van Tilburg and Anderson Cooper discussed efforts...
2019 End of Year Celebration
July 17, 2019
Gregson Schachner Named Chair of Archaeology IDP
July 11, 2019
Gregson Schachner, associate professor of anthropology, has been named chair of the Interdepartmental Program (IDP) in Archaeology for a three-year term effective July 1, 2019. Schachner has been a...
Monica Smith's Latest Book Featured in UCLA Newsroom
July 11, 2019
Celebrating the 2018-19 Academic Year
July 9, 2019
Luis Jaime Castillo Butters, Ph.D. 2012, elected to National Academy of Sciences
May 9, 2019
Cotsen Institute graduate Dr. Luis Jaime Castillo Butters, currently professor of archaeology at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica in Peru, has been elected foreign associate to the National...
Cotsen Institute's Visiting Scholar Sonia Zarillo
May 1, 2019
Sonia Zarrillo is a postdoctoral fellow who describes herself as an anthropological archaeologist with a specialization in paleoethnobotany, the study of the interaction between people and plants in...
Meredith Cohen, Cotsen associate professor of medieval art and architecture, interviewed by National Geographic following Notre Dame fire.
April 22, 2019
Cotsen at the SAAs
April 19, 2019
Congratulations to all of the SAA participants from Cotsen!Stephen AcabadoJared Koller and Stephen AcabadoExpansion Modeling and Dating the Ifugao Agricultural Terrace Systems Through Volumetric...
Cotsen alumnus co-directs investigation of cave discovered under Chichén Itzá
April 16, 2019
Cotsen alumnus, James Brady, co-directs investigation of cave discovered under Chichén Itzá
April 16, 2019
Lothar von Falkenhausen awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
April 13, 2019
"Lothar von Falkenhausen is a professor of Chinese archaeology and art history in the UCLA College and heads the East Asian laboratory at UCLA’s Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. Falkenhausen’s main...
Cotsen Institute's Visiting Scholar Marina Gallinaro
April 10, 2019
Marina Gallinaro is a Marie-Curie Researcher (a program of the European Union) who will be working with Professors Richard Lesure and Willeke Wendrich at the CIOA for the next two years. Her...
Kara Cooney, Cotsen faculty member, says a ruler’s gender matters less than whose agendas are served
March 11, 2019
Kara Cooney, Chair of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, was interviewed in the UCLA Daily Bruin. Read the full article here.
Professor Thomas Wake Appointed as a Research Associate of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
February 8, 2019
It is our great pleasure to announce that Professor Thomas Wake has been appointed as a Research Associate of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI).  Research Associate status is awarded...
An Interview with Dr. Merrick Posnansky
February 8, 2019