Robert Foster Cherry Award Lecture
The Dynamics of Discovery:
Unearthing Lost Histories of the Ancient World
By Joan Breton Connelly, New York University

Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 5:00pm, reception to follow

Hemmerdinger Hall
Silver Center for Arts and Science
32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)

From excavation trenches to the history books, the discovery of new
evidence and the ways in which this shapes what we call “knowledge” is
an ever-dynamic process. Focusing on a series of recent breakthroughs,
Professor Connelly takes us from the Acropolis of classical Athens, to
the island sanctuary of Yeronisos off Cyprus in the final years of
Cleopatra’s reign, to Failaka Island in the Arabian Gulf where
descendants of Alexander’s armies kept Greek culture alive centuries
after his death. New archaeological and textual discoveries turn
conventional wisdom on its head as they rewrite history.

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This event is free and open to the public. For more information,
please contact the Center for Ancient Studies at 212.992.7978, or at
ancient.studies@nyu.edu