
Semester 2, 2026
The Centre for Archaeological Research (CAR) Seminar Series is convened by Dr Anna Florin (anna.florin@anu.edu.au) and Rob Henderson (robert.henderson@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.
ZOOM DETAILS:
https://anu.zoom.us/j/83676628890?pwd=A1IBLli8x0yuaR4ZA1hZOvSzWWFbNC.1.
Meeting ID: 836 7662 8890. Passcode: 529408.
- 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
Skeletal Insights into Personhood and Power in Late Prehistoric Thailand
File attachments
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Contact
- Dr Anna Florin
Upcoming Events
Ritual Places, Ancestral Knowledge, and the Archaeological History of the Torres Strait Meriam Dauareb People
Duncan Wright (ANU)
In Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992), Meriam plaintiffs claimed that they had “continuously inhabited and exclusively possessed” the Murray Islands…
Past Events
Reckoning with Anthro-Cast: A Progress Report from the Wenner-Gren Foundation
Associate Professor Danilyn Rutherford, Wenner Gren Foundation
In 2024, Chip Colwell and I convened a Wenner-Gren Seminar that scrutinised the Foundation's ethical obligations in connection with the Foundation's…
Stepping Stones in the Indian Ocean: New Archaeological Evidence for Trade and Interaction in the Comoros Archipelago, East Africa
Alison Crowther (UQ)
New archaeological evidence from the Comoros Archipelago reveals its pivotal role as a maritime crossroads linking East Africa, Madagascar, and the…
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
Dr Tristen Jones (University of Sydney)
In June 1954, Agnes Susanne Schulz, a member of the Frobenius Institute in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, travelled to the Northern Territory, where,…



