Archaeological Institute of America
Toronto Society
The Toronto Society is one of the oldest of over one hundred local AIA Societies throughout North America.
Local Societies provide a vehicle for people interested in archaeology to meet one another, to learn about new discoveries, and to hear from scholars about their current research.
Next Event
October 21, 2025
Live VR Archaeology Demo: The Digital Afterlives of Tang Buddhist Burials at the Longmen Grottoes
Presented with the Ho Centre for Buddhist Studies
12:30 - 2:00 PM EST, Sidney Smith Hall, RM.6029
Lunch provided
Registration is required for this afternoon session - RSVP here by October 14th
Lecture: Sealed Bodies, Promised Rebirth: Tang Burial Caves at Longmen
Dr. Lan Li, Department of Historical Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga
6:10 PM EST, Anthropology Building, RM.130
Registration and Zoom link for online attendees
Upcoming Events
2025-2026 Lecture Series
Details of individual events will be provided closer to the dates on which they are scheduled, and will be added to this page and our events page.
November 25, 2025
A High Altitude ‘Big Bang’: The Development of the Tiwanaku ‘State’ in the Lake Titicaca Basin, Bolivia
Dr. Andrew Roddick, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, McMaster University
6:10 PM EST, Anthropology Building, RM. 130
Further event details and Zoom link to be announced
January 27, 2026
Beyond the Palace: Surface Survey Data and Communities in the Hinterland of Mycenaean Pylos
Dr. Efthymia Tsiolaki, Department of Classics, University of Toronto
6:10 PM EST, Anthropology Building, RM.130
Further event details and Zoom link to be announced
February 24, 2026
Dr. Lynn Welton, Assistant Professor, Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto
6:10 PM EST, Anthropology Building, RM. 130
Further event details and Zoom link to be announced
March 24, 2026
Stress, Sex, and Death: Health and Survival in the Context of Medieval Famine and Plague
Dr. Sharon N. DeWitte, Professor, Institute of Behavioural Science & Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado, Boulder
The Ann Santen Endowed Lecture
6:10 PM EST, Anthropology Building, RM. 130
Further event details and Zoom link to be announced
April 21, 2026
What’s in a Name? The Ancient Harbour at Kommos Known as Amyklai
Dr. James C. Wright, Emeritus Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College
6:10 PM EST, Anthropology Building, RM.130
Further event details and Zoom link to be announced
April 22, 2025
Bodies of Difference: Deformity and Disability in Roman Art and Archaeology
Dr. Lisa Trentin
5:00 PM EST, Archaeology Centre, RM.130
This event will be followed by our End of the Year Banquet:
6:30 PM EST, The Faculty Club, 41 Wilcocks St.
The banquet is a ticketed event. Register here for the banquet by Thursday, April 17th at 9:00 AM EST
Members and Guests: $90.00 CAD
Students: $35.00 CAD
Previous Events
2024 - 2025 Lecture Series
March 25, 2025
Rituals of Death: The Tombs of Tibet’s First Kings
Mark Aldenderfer, Professor Emeritus
Anthropology & Heritage Studies, University of California Merced
6:10 pm EST Archaeology Centre, RM.130
February 25, 2025
Composite Creatures in Greek and Roman Antiquity: Art, Science, and Imagination
Guy M. Hedreen, Amos Lawrence Professor of Art
Art History and Studio Art, Williams College
5:00 pm EST Paul Cadario Conference Centre, University College
Register for online and in-person attendance
Presented through the J. Walter Graham Lecture Series
January 28, 2025
Old Sites, New Images: U-2 Aerial Photography of Egypt
Oren Siegel, Assistant Professor of Egyptian Archaeology
Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto
6:10 pm EST Archaeology Centre, RM.130
November 26th, 2024
Inscriptions and Intrigue: A Nineteenth Yemeni-European Archaeological Adventure
Alan Verskin, Professor and Samuel J. Zacks Chair of Jewish History
Department of History and Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Toronto
6:10 pm EST Archaeology Centre, RM.130
October 22nd, 2024
Lost at Sea in the First Century BCE: Reconstructing People from Shipwrecks
Carrie Atkins, Assistant Professor, Roman History and Material Culture
Departments of Classics and Historical Studies, University of Toronto
6:10 pm EST Archaeology Centre, RM.130
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