Semester 2, 2026
The Centre for Archaeological Research (CAR) Seminar Series is convened by Dr Anna Florin (anna.florin@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
CAS/CAR Science Week - Prof. Ali Crowther, University of Queensland
TBC
- August 28
Assoc. Prof. Danilyn Rutherford, Wenner Gren Foundation
TBC
- 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
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Contact
- Dr Anna Florin
Upcoming Events
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,…
Past Events
Waitetoke and other wetland cultivation complexes from the northern offshore islands of Aotearoa New Zealand
Dr Matieu Prebble (School of Earth and Environment, University of Canterbury)
Waitetoke and other wetland cultivation complexes from the northern offshore islands of Aotearoa New Zealand Ahuahu (Great Mercury Island) is a…
Intersections in Archaeological Science: Past to Future Directions
Professor Tim Denham (School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University)
Intersections in Archaeological Science: Past to Future Directions In the first part of the talk, I review some of the recent work undertaken by the…
Talepakemalai Lapita and Its Transformations in the Mussau Islands of Near Oceania
Professor Patrick Vinton Kirch (University of Hawai'i)
In this presentation Patrick Kirch will present the highlights from his most recent book, Talepakemalai. Lapita and Its Transformations in the Mussau…