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Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.
In collaboration with the Archaeological Institute of America, New York Society.
Dr. Brendan Foley, Research Associate, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Ancient Greek Shipwrecks in the Deep Mediterranean Sea"
After receiving his undergraduate degree from the University of New Hampshire, Dr. Brendan Foley went on to Tufts University, where he received his MA in history. He attended the University of Southampton, where he received his MSc in maritime archaeology, and then the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received his PhD in the history and the archaeology of ancient technology. Dr. Foley is currently a research associate at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. He specializes in archaeology in deep water, classical Greece, 19th-century maritime history and naval engineering, and advanced technologies and methods for archaeology. Dr. Foley has 17 years of experience in the field, particularly with remote sensing and remotely operated vehicles.
Archaeological Institute of America
AIA New York society
Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA)
Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.
Lecture by Dr. Beryl Barr-Sharrar, New York University
"New Reflections on the Derveni Krater and its Ancient Macedonian Context"
The Derveni Krater is a large, elaborately ornamented bronze volute krater used as a sepulcher in an undisturbed 4th-century B.C. tomb near Thessaloniki in northern Greece. Dr. Barr-Sharrar discusses her dramatic new conclusions that the Dionysian images form a program alluding to the Underworld and the possibility of rebirth.
Dr. Barr-Sharrar is the 2008 recipient of a grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities. Copies of Dr. Barr-Sharrar's new book, The Derveni Krater.Masterpiece of Classical GreekMetalwork, available at the Hellenic Museums Shop.