Local Event: Fresco Hunting in Bulgaria. A Visiting Scholar Presentation.
Saturday, March 10, 2012. 11am-1pm at the San Diego Archaeological Center.
The San Diego Archaeological Center is pleased to announce Gene Berryhill PhD as the March Visiting Scholar for the 2012 Second Saturday series. Dr. Berryhill will delight the audience with her presentation on Fresco Hunting in Bulgaria. She will offer information covering the results of a photography archaeology trip to Bulgaria to shoot late medieval frescoes, made possible by a Fulbright grant and the Balkan Heritage Field School (BHFS). The purpose of the expedition was to record frescoes for preservation and restoration while creating public awareness, an important aspect, as these treasures are crumbling into ruins with every rainfall.
Local Event: SDSU Department of Classics and Humanities Spring 2012 Lecture Series
On Friday, February 24, at 1:30 p.m. Nancy Rabinowitz, Ph.D., Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Comparative Literature at Hamilton College, will present, “The Classics in Prison: Why Classicists Should Care About Prison Education.”
Local Events: ARCE 2012 Lecture Schedule
The next lecture for the American Research Center in Egypt (Orange County Chapter) will be held on Saturday, February 25 at the Bowers Museum at 1:30 pm.
Dr. Greg Thomas, MD, Drs. Linda and Jim Sutherland and Dr. Ben Harer, MD will present, Mini Medical Seminar, Part I: “Staying Alive: Wellness, Disease & Medical Care in Ancient Egypt.”
February is Museum Month in San Diego!
Museum Month is back for the 23rd year in San Diego County. Presented by Macy’s, this popular event allows participants to enjoy half-off entry fees at 40 San Diego Museum Council member museums.
Local Event: Lunch Time Lecture with Shannon Erickson.
Friday, February 17, 2012. 12 p.m. at the San Diego Archaeological Center.
Lunch Time Lectures (LTL) at the Center offer advanced undergraduate and graduate students an opportunity to share their projects and current research with other students and the public. A wide range of archaeological, historical, anthropological, and museum studies topics are featured.
On Friday, February 17th, Shannon Erickson will present, “Throwing Javelins and Hurling Words?: Evidence of Literacy in the Northern Frontier Zone of Roman Britain.”
Local Event: The Mediterranean Diet: New Ideas from Ancient Traditions. A Visiting Scholar Presentation.
Saturday, February 11, 2012. 11 a.m. at the San Diego Archaeological Center.
What comes to mind when you hear the words “Mediterranean Diet”? If pizza and gelato are the first things that pop up you’ll find some surprises at the San Diego Archaeological Center’s Visiting Scholar program on Saturday, February 11th at 11 a.m. Philip J. Goscienski, M.D., author of Health Secrets of the Stone Age, will discuss the true Mediterranean Diet and why physicians have begun to promote it to patients of all ages.
