Dialogues with Florida's Past

Last year's popular Traces of Our Past lectures laid the foundation for another exciting archaeology series at New College, free and open to the public.

“Dialogues with Florida's Past” seeks to engage the public in a discourse that will draw upon Florida’s archaeological heritage as we address contemporary concerns. It is organized to pair an archaeologist with a scholar from another discipline. Although each speaker comes to the dialogue with a different frame of reference, each shares a research or occupational interest in the topic at hand.

Associate Professor of Anthropology Uzi Baram, director of the New College Public Archaeology Lab, will serve as moderator for each program. Funding for the series comes from the Florida Humanities Council.

November 10: Archaeology and Climate Change

Speakers:

Dr. Ken Sassaman, Hyatt and Cici Brown Professor of Florida Archaeology, University of Florida, with specialties in the Archaic Period of the American Southeast, technological change, and community patterning, including work on community responses to inundation.

Dr. Frank Alcock, Director of Marine Policy Institute, Mote Marine Lab, and associate professor of political science, New College of Florida. His current research focuses on climate and energy politics, oceans governance, seafood markets and fisheries management.