Lessons from the Past: Migration in Archaeological Narratives, 19th Century-Present
Megan Daniels, Assistant Professor of Ancient Greek Material Culture
Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies
Join us for lunch and an exciting look into the scholarship of Megan Daniels on Wednesday, November 26th @ 12:30 PM.
In this talk, Daniels’ explores the fascinating history of how migration entered archaeological narratives of societal development in the nineteenth century. Key issues Daniels brings to the fore include the different ways in which migration was employed to explain culture change, and especially how these explanations were entangled with broader political sentiments and ideas in the wake of European expansions and scientific discoveries. In particular, Daniels mines this recent past for key lessons to inform modern debates about the history of human migrations that have emerged in the twenty-first century in the wake of new scientific advances in ancient genomics and isotopes, labelled the Third Science Revolution.