Upcoming events
03
May
2024
Mediation of male contest and aggression in human social evolution
Humans didn’t evolve from chimpanzees or bonobos, but social evolution research tends to assume we share a common ancestor that was relatively chimp-like. As...
03
May
2024
European Travellers to Greece and the Tomb of the Athenians at Marathon
This paper traces the interpretations applied to the mound or soros on the plain of Marathon from the later eighteenth century through the nineteenth century...
06
May
2024
An ordeal of peoplehood: representations of Indigenous collectivity in the 2023 referendum - POSTPONED
Presenting themselves as sovereign peoples (and not just as citizens of Australia), Indigenous Australians struggle over therms in which to represent their...
13
May
2024
Unsettling nature: Cross-cultural conversations about potential bioengineered conservation in the Torres Strait, Australia
Applied over generations, a bioengineered gene drive promises to radically reduce invasive species’ populations through suppressed breeding. As this technology...
20
May
2024
Prof. David Wengrow: What might an archaeology of freedom look like?
What might an archaeology of freedom look like?
In The Dawn of Everything, David Graeber and I describe three basic forms of human freedom: to move away, to...
20
May
2024
Platform Economies: Beyond the North-South Divide
Platform economies are depicted as the foundation for a new era of economic production. This transpires through the incorporation of digital technologies and...
24
May
2024
The Bioarchaeology of Roman Imperialism: A Case Study from the Danube Limes
The Bioarchaeology of Roman Imperialism: A Case Study from the Danube Limes
This seminar will examine two skeletal samples from eastern Austria: one pre-Roman...
