Niagara Peninsula Society of the Archaeological Institute of America

03/02/2026

AIA Niagara presents our final guest lecture of the 2025/2026 academic year! From Queens University, Cristiana Zaccaginino will present her lecture: “Not only divination. Birds in Etruria: a few study cases”. All of our talks begin with a raffle and conclude with a reception for attendees. We hope to see you there!

01/27/2026

Please join us for a special lecture on Wednesday, February 11th to celebrate Black History Month! Doug Perrelli’s lecture on the Cataract House Hotel will be located at the new St. Catharine’s Public Library: Merritt Branch. You can register online via the QR code in the poster. A toonie raffle will be held at the beginning of the lecture for three prizes and a reception will follow. We hope to see you there!

01/05/2026

AIA Niagara would like to welcome back Brock students & staff for another semester. Our first talk of this semester will be on January 23rd at 6:30PM online via MS Teams. Our guest lecturer is Katherine Larson from the Corning Glass Museum. Larson will be talking about the materiality of glass in the ancient Mediterranean and beyond! Please register for the teams link here https://forms.office.com/r/9GZnjvfpgv

11/19/2025

Murray Wilcox Memorial Scholarship:

Murray Wilcox was a cherished member of both the AIA Niagara and Brock Classics communities. Murray often attended Brock classes as a student auditor and attended many AIA guest lectures. He used to bring freshly baked bread to lectures that would often be given out as a favourite raffle prize! Murray was always a friendly face in the department known for sharing his thoughts and recent archaeology news.

Our goal is to raise $25,000 in Murray’s honour to help send undergraduate students abroad for fieldwork and study opportunities.

Contributions are kindly welcome at
https://brocku.ca/donate by selecting “In Memory of Murray Wilcox” from the drop down menu under “please select the designation of your gift”.

Thank you, AIA Niagara

10/28/2025

Cool event happening over in Hamilton!

"Stonehenge – Explore the Mystery"
Dr Mike Parker Pearson

University College London

Archaeologist Mike Parker Pearson explains the mysteries of Stonehenge, one of the wonders of the world and the best-known prehistoric monument in Europe.

In the past two decades, research on Stonehenge has revolutionized our understanding of this iconic stone circle and its builders. Archaeological excavations and a remarkable range of scientific methods have cast light on many new aspects of when, how and why Stonehenge was built. In this talk, archaeologist Mike Parker Pearson draws on his more than two decades of research to explain many of this 5,000-year-old stone circle’s secrets

13/11/2025 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm - Stonehenge - Explore the Mystery Dr Mike Parker Pearson University College London Archaeologist Mike Parker Pearson explains the mysteries of Stonehenge, one of the wonders of the world and the best-known prehistoric monument in Europe. In the past two decades, resea...

04/22/2025

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The Archaeological Institute of America (Toronto Society) and The Archaeology Centre welcome Lisa Trentin for a talk titled: "Bodies of Difference: Deformity and Disability in Roman Art and Archaeology." All welcome.

03/20/2025

01/30/2025

Have you ever wondered how to use your Classics degree to write historical novels for the public? Join the Niagara Peninsula Society of the Archaeological Institute of America on Teams for a virtual lecture on Wednesday, February 5 at 6:00 PM.

Yvonne Korshak (Professor Emerita of Art History) will discuss how she brought the golden age of Classical Athens to life in her recent book, "Pericles and Aspasia." Register here for the Teams link: https://forms.office.com/r/0cn3uqnqiz

All are welcome to hear about the writing process, but you can find the book in advance here: https://www.amazon.ca/Pericles-Aspasia-Story-Ancient-Greece/dp/1959182218

01/13/2025

The new year brings an amazing new slate of talks, beginning this Sunday. Maria Liston (Department of Anthropology, University of Waterloo) will present, "Ancient Enemies: Skeletons of Macedonians and the Theban Sacred Band from the Battle of Chaironeia, 338 BCE." Help us welcome Professor Liston in person on Sunday, January 19th at 3:00 pm in Academic South (STH) 215. We look forward to seeing you there!

Here's an abstract of the lecture:
In 338 BCE Macedonian forces under the command of Phillip II and his son Alexander defeated a combined Greek force of Athenians, Thebans, and others near the town of Chaironeia, establishing Macedonia dominance over much of the Greek mainland. Anchoring the Greek line was the Theban Sacred Band, an elite military unit consisting of 150 pairs of hoplite soldiers, who were purportedly lovers as well as comrades in arms. Opposite them on the Macedonian left was the cavalry force led by Alexander. Early excavations on the battlefield recovered skeletons of the Theban soldiers interred at the Lion Monument near Chaironeia, and the cremated remains of an elite group of Macedonian soldiers, probably the cavalry. This lecture presents evidence from these skeletons for death on the and explores the use and efficacy of weapons and armor in ancient warfare.

11/10/2024

Join us in person for our November lecture! Alexander Smith (SUNY Brockport) will come to Brock to speak about "Cultural Cohesion, Colonialism, and the End of the Balearic Iron Age: Excavations at Torre d’en Galmés, Menorca." Hope to see you in RFP 214 / 215 on Sunday, November 17 at 3:00 PM.