Open to the Public!
FREE Lecture Series
58th Season of Lectures
2024-2025
Sponsored by
The Archaeological Institute of America, Rockford Society
in collaboration with
The Burpee Museum of Natural History
and
The Department of Languages, Philosophy, Religion, and Cultures
of Rockford University
All lectures are at 7:30 P.M. in the Burpee Museum of Natural History
737 North Main Street, Rockford, Illinois
1. (#333 Rescheduled) Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Derek Counts, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
“The Whole of Athienou was Here:” Undocumented Digging in Inter- and Postwar Cyprus
James Henry Breasted Memorial Lecture #32
2. (#336) Tuesday, October 1, 2024
David A. Reid, University of Illinois, Chicago
Fragile States: The Wari Experiment of Empire in the Pre-Inca Andes
3. (#337) Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Geoff Emberling, University of Michigan
Kush and the Roman World: Warrior Queens along the Nile
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lecture
4. (#338) Tuesday, November 12, 2024
John Hawks, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
The Rising Star Cave System, South Africa
Raymond L. Den Adel Memorial Lecture #24
5. (#339) Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Kendra Kennedy, Wisconsin Historical Society
A Tale of Two Centerboards: Double Centerboard Sailing Ships of the Great Lakes
6. (#334 Rescheduled) Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Kathryn Jasper, Illinois State University
An Ancient Roman Monumental Fountain: The Nymphaeum at Valle Gianni
Bart Stenberg Memorial Lecture #3
Burpee Museum is Handicapped Accessible and offers free parking at 737 N. Main St.
Additional free parking at the Riverfront Museum Park, 711 N. Main St.
A reception is held immediately following each lecture