Semester 2, 2026

The Centre for Archaeological Research (CAR) Seminar Series is convened by Dr Anna Florin (Anna.Florin@anu.edu.au), Rob Henderson (Robert.Henderson@anu.edu.au) and Natasha Lyall (Natasha.Lyall@anu.edu.au). 

Seminars are held on Fridays, 3:30pm-4:30pm, in AD Hope building Conference Room (Rm 1.28) and online via Zoom.  See PDF and individual events for more details.
 

• July 31
  Dr Tristen Jones, University of Sydney
  Exploring Indigenous histories and cross-cultural collecting encounters in German art, archival and material culture collections: The Agnes S Schulz and Frobenius Expedition to Arnhem Land, Australia 1954-1995
   
• August 7
  Makayla Harding, University of Queensland
  People-plant relationship histories on Mithaka Country, southwest QLD: Building an archaeobotanical framework to investigate food production in Aboriginal Australia
   
• August 19 - 6 pm (check event for more details)
  CAS/CAR Science Week - Prof. Ali Crowther, University of Queensland
  Stepping Stones in the Indian Ocean: New Archaeological Evidence for Trade and Interaction in the Comoros Archipelago, East Africa
   
• August 28
  Assoc. Prof. Danilyn Rutherford, Wenner-Gren Foundation
  Reckoning with Anthro-Cast: A Progress Report from the Wenner-Gren Foundation
   
• September 25
  Assoc. Prof. Duncan Wright (co-author: Alo Tapim, Senior Traditional Owner, Meriam Daureb) - School of Archaeology & Anthropology, CASS
  Ritual Places, Ancestral Knowledge, and the Archaeological History of the Torres Strait Meriam Dauareb People
   
• October 9
  Honours Students - School of Archaeology & Anthropology, CASS
  Honours Student Short Talks
   
• October 23
  Dr Stacey Ward, School of Archaeology & Anthropology, CASS
  Personhood and Power at Late Prehistoric Non Ban Jak, Northeast Thailand