Lecture—Archaeological Exploration of Sardis

Friday, October 26, 2018, Menschel Hall, Harvard Art Museums

Since its founding in 1958 by Harvard and Cornell Universities, the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis has excavated, conserved, and published on aspects of the ancient city of Sardis in western Turkey from prehistoric through Islamic periods. The expedition is one of the longest running international projects sponsored at Harvard and is one of the oldest classical archaeological projects in the Mediterranean. Harvard students who participate in the program gain academic, professional, and cultural experience while contributing to archaeological research, conservation efforts, presentations, and publications related to the site.

As part of Worldwide Week at Harvard 2018, this event brings together the museums staff and Harvard faculty and students involved in the project to discuss their work and to illuminate how team members from various fields and institutions around the world collaborate to advance research about Sardis.

Speakers include:
- Susanne Ebbinghaus, the George M.A. Hanfmann Curator of Ancient Art and Head of the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at the Harvard Art Museums
- Rowan Flad, the John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University
- Nicholas Cahill, Field Director of the Sardis expedition and the Simona and Jerome Chazen Distinguished Chair in Art History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Bahadır Yıldırım, Expedition Administrator for Sardis at the Harvard Art Museums
- Frances Gallart Marques, the Frederick Randolph Grace Curatorial Fellow in Ancient Art at the Harvard Art Museums
- Panel of participating Harvard University students: Emma Humphrey ’21, Maria Boyle ’20, and Julia Judge, PhD Candidate in Classical Archaeology in the Department of Anthropology.

The excavation at Sardis is conducted with the permission and support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey. Current conservation work at Sardis is also supported by an award provided by the United States Government, Department of State, U.S. Embassy Ankara. Worldwide Week at Harvard 2018 (October 22–26, 2018) showcased the remarkable breadth of Harvard’s global engagement. During Worldwide Week, Harvard schools, research centers, departments, and student organizations host academic and cultural events with global or international themes.

[captainbilly]

After visiting Sardis in 2021, I still dream of the place and her lost peoples.

[davidhoogendyke]

Facinating stuff, but why on earth, tape a lecture, and NOT show only the screen WITHOUT having the lecturer taking up half of what I'm watching...no offense, but I'd rather see the visuals better, and NOT the lecturer. Please take note for lectures in the future.

[johnclark]

Harvard, scarvard, Harvard, narvard, professional liars