Current Global Perspectives on the Archaeology of Graeco-Roman Technology by Jean-Pierre Brun Renowned French archaeologist and professor at the Collège de France will present a series of lectures on the University of Tennessee-Knoxville campus, April 13-17. Topics are related to recent discoveries and scientific interpretations in Graeco-Roman archaeology. Three lectures are in English, one in French. Presenting: (all events are free of charge and open to the public) Monday, April 13 3:30-5:00pm (this lecture only is in French) “The State of the Art of Archaeology in France.” (“L’archéologie en France aujourd’hui”) Hodges Library, Room 213 Tuesday, April 14 7:30-9:00pm “Pompeii Beyond the Clichés: Historic Development and Economic Activities” (The Eighth Rutledge Archaeology Lecture for the East Tennessee Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture). Wednesday, April 15 4:00-5:30 pm “Another History? Recent Archaeological Excavations Rewrite the Economic History of Antiquity” 1210-11 McClung Tower Frank H. McClung Museum Auditorium Thursday, April 16 12:40-1:55 pm “Gold, Granite and Luxury Trade: Excavations of Gold Mines, Imperial Quarries, Roman Forts and Ports in the Eastern Desert of Egypt” (as the Haines-Morris Distinguished Lecturer, Department of Classics) Ayres Hall G0003 For more information, call Les Essif at 974-6375, or [email protected] Professor Brun holds the archaeological chair in “Technologies and Economies of the Ancient Mediterranean” at the Collège de France, France’s leading academic research institution. He most recently has also held key positions as research director for the French National Center for Scientific Research, the Ecole Française de Rome, and the Centre Jean Bérard in Naples, Italy. He has directed a great number of excavations in France, Italy, Greece, and Egypt, many focused on wine and oil production and installations dating from the Hellenistic to the Roman period. His numerous publications include seminal works such as Ancient Olive Oil Production in Provence (1986), The Archaeological Map of the Var (1999), Ancient Roman Wine (1999), The Archaeology of Wine and Oil (2003-05; four volumes), and forthcoming in 2015, Perfumes of Antiquity. Sponsored by: Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures ETS/AIA (Rutledge Archaeology Lecture Fund) Department of Classics (Haines-Morris Distinguished Lecture Fund) MARCO and Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture Department of Anthropology Africana Studies READYFORTHEWORLD Department of History