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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.

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Next Event

October 21, 2025

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

Further event details and Zoom link details to be announced

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

Speaker, event details, and Zoom link to be announced

6:10 PM EST, Anthropology Building, RM. 130

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

Zoom Link

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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