Archive of Recorded Lectures
- Basketry and Plant Use in Prehistoric Japan
- The Brutish Museums: Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence, and Cultural Restitution
- From the Throat: Women’s Textile Work & Memories of Disaster in Bangladesh
- Cultural Representation & the Guadalupe Dress in “Heavenly Bodies”
- Medicine Stories: Indigenous Perspectives on Mind-Altering Substances
- Eros and Dionysus: Love, Beauty, and Living Well on Late Antique Textiles
- Fair Trade Now More Than Ever
- Crochet Jam with Ramekon O’Arwisters
- Ask an Archaeologist: A short interview format webinar series co-hosted with the Archaeological Research Facility
- Museums of Berkeley: Opportunities for Student Research, Employment, and Learning
- Take an intoxicating plants tour at the UC Botanical Garden
- Dr. Joe Tafur on the role of spiritual and emotional healing in modern healthcare
- Neurobiologist David Presti on the ritual use of psychoactive plants
- Francoise Bourzat on entheogenic traditions in the context of medicalization
- Matthew Spriggs on Lapita Pottery at the Hearst Museum
- Charter Hill Society Roundtable: Behind the Scenes at the Hearst Museum
Eros and Dionysus: Love, Beauty, and Living Well on Late Antique Textiles
The ancient Mediterranean world was alive with textiles. Fabrics made of wool, linen and silk clothed bodies, defined identities, contained treasures, decorated streets and places of entertainment, and enlivened the homes of rich and poor. This illustrated lecture examines the craft, uses and significance of ancient textiles. Select pieces of the Late Antique Egyptian textiles from the Hearst collection will be discussed.
Fair Trade Now More Than Ever
Join Ashley Graham and Sumita Sarma of Fair Trade USA in conversation about the importance of economic empowerment in the apparel industry.