The Department of Anthropology holds a variety of events and colloquia throughout the academic year, as well as, a weekly archaeologically focused lecture series on Fridays from 12:00p-1:00p.
Details on upcoming events, Archaeology Brown Bags, and Department of Anthropology Colloquia can be found below.
If you have questions about upcoming events, please reach out to anthroinfo@mailplus.wisc.edu.
“Searching for the Lydians at Sardis, Türkiye” by Dr. Nick Cahill, Professor of Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology, Dept of Art History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Friday, October 31, 2025
12:00pm-1:00pm
5230 Sewell Social Sciences Building
Co-Sponsored Colloquium
Monday, November 3 at 3:30p in 8417 Social Sciences
“Tracing the First Americans Around the Pacific Rim: Archaeology at Cooper’s Ferry and Beyond” by Dr. Loren Davis, Oregon State University
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Co-Sponsored Colloquium
Tuesday, November 4 at 12:00p
“Race and Space in the Making of the Latin American City during the Twentieth Century” | Presented by Dr. Orlando DeAvila, Tinker Visiting Professor of History | 206 Ingraham Hall or via Zoom |
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Co-Sponsored Colloquium
Thursday, November 13 at 4:00p in 8417 Sewell Social Sciences
“Water & the Afterlives of Apartheid: The Lesotho Highlands Water Project & Dissatisfaction with Government in South Africa & Lesotho” by Dr. John Aerni-Flessner, Michigan State University/The University of the Free State