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2025-2026 Archaeology Seminar Series

Archaeology Spring 2026 Seminar

Brought to you by Dr. Ross Jamieson

All seminars are held in person in the Archaeology Seminar Room, SWH 9152 from 3:30-5:00pm. If you’re able, join us in person for the seminar and afterwards in the Biercraft Pub or the Archaeology Lounge.

Week  Speaker(s) Affiliation Location Topic

Jan 8

Dave Burley and Robyn Woodward 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿ÚArchaeology In Person Columbus, Jamaica and the Colony of Sevilla la Nueva, 1509-1534
Jan 15 Eldon Yellowhorn 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿ÚIndigenous Studies In Person and Online

Unravelling the Mystery of the Star Husband Myth

Jan 22 SUNY-Brockport Online The Impact of Roman Military Presence on the Arid Landscapes of Southern Jordan and Israel
Jan 29 Northwestern University, US Online An Archaeology of Food Security in West Africa
Feb 5 Brown University, USA Online

South American Archaeology, at Scale?: Conducting Macro-Regional Survey with GeoPACHA-AI (the Geospatial Platform for Andean Culture, History and Archaeology)

Register in advance for this meeting:

Feb 12 University of the Fraser Valley In Person and Online  
Feb 19 NO SEMINAR     READING WEEK
Feb 26 UBC In Person and Online  
Mar 5 Founder and CEO, Forensic Guardians International, Vancouver TBD  
Mar 12 Gail Anderson 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿ÚCriminology In Person and Online  
Mar 19 University of Connecticut Online Register in advance for this meeting:
TBD
Mar 26 University of York (UK) In Person and Online  
Apr 2       Cancelled - no seminar

Archaeology Fall 2025 Seminar

Brought to you by Dr. John Welch, and Damon Tarrant.

All seminars are held in person in the Archaeology Seminar Room, SWH 9152 from 3:30-5:00pm. If you’re able, join us in person for the seminar and afterwards in the Biercraft Pub or the Archaeology Lounge.

Week  Speaker(s) Affiliation Location Topic

2025-09-11

Dr. Dana Lepofsky (Professor Emerita, Dept. of Archaeology), Dr. Sean Markey (Professor, Resource and Environmental Management; Dean, Faculty of Environment)

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿ÚArch & REM

In person

Xwe’etay/Lasqueti Archaeology Project: Protecting and Honouring Indigenous Heritage through Archaeology, Policy, and Planning

2025-09-18

Dr. Barbara Hilden

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿ÚArch

In person

The Museum As: an exploration of our origins, roles, responsibilities, and futures

2025-09-25

Dr. David Burley

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿ÚArch

In person

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿ÚField School 2025: The Excavation and Implications of a 4000 Year Old Biface Production Workshop at the Traditional Squamish Village of stá7mes

2025-10-02

Dr. Clarissa Dominici

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿ÚArch

In person

Chemical Characterization of Palaeolithic Residues - Exploring the Potential of an Integrated Approach

2025-10-09

Dr. Sarah Walshaw

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿ÚHistory

In person

Practical Magic: Food, peer teaching, and student connections in the classroom

2025-10-16

 Dr. Natasha Lyons, Dr. Lisa Hodgetts, Dr. Patricia Markert, Adrianna Wiley

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿ÚARCH, University of Western Ontario, UofT

Zoom

(Trans)formative Archaeology Through Training and Mentorship

2025-10-23

Dr. Biké Yazıcıoğlu

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿ÚARCH

In person

Approaches to Modeled Bioavailable Strontium Isoscapes (87Sr/86Sr) of Türkiye: A Research Tool for Archaeological Mobility Reconstruction in Southwest Asia

2025-10-30

Dr. Melanie Beasley

University of Perdue

Zoom

Neanderthals, hypercarnivores, and maggots: Insights from stable nitrogen isotopes

2025-11-06

Dr. Sean P. Connaughton and Devin Forbes

Inlailawatash & 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿ÚArch

In Person

Beyond the Peat: a preliminary look at a deeply buried early-mid Holocene wet-site near the Fraser River South Arm

2025-11-13

Dr. Francesco Berna

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿ÚArch

Zoom

Last Neanderthals

2025-11-20

Dr. Nicholas Hedly

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿ÚGeog

In person

TBD

2025-11-27

Dr. Maanasa Raghavan

University of Chicago

TBD

TBD

2025-12-04

Dr. Bryn Letham and Dr. Duncan McLaren

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿ÚArch and Cordillera Archaeology

In Person

Recent investigations on late Pleistocene archaeology and paleoenvironments in Coastal British Columbia – ruminations on new finds, challenges, and where to go next