Seminars
The Archaeology seminar series is one of the oldest traditions in the Archaeology department and indeed, one of the oldest in the whole archaeology community of BC!
Join us once a week during the Fall and Spring terms for in-person presentations and discussions with a diversity of experts covering the broad range of topics that fall under the archaeology umbrella.
Archaeology Fall 2026 Seminar
Brought to you by the Department of Archaeology
All seminars are held in person in the Archaeology Seminar Room, SWH 9152 from 3:30-5:00pm. If you’re able, join us in person for the seminar and afterwards in the Biercraft Pub or the Archaeology Lounge.
| Week | Speaker(s) | Topic |
| Sep 10 | (no seminar) | Archaeology Orientation and Department Meet and Greet |
| Sep 17 | Bryn Letham Sabrina Higgins Kaia Carr-Meehan |
Snapshots of Summer Research (facilitated by Bob Muir) |
| Sep 24 | TBD | |
| Oct 1 | Organized by Cara Tremain |
Professional Development Workshop Special Library Collections Tour (max 20 participants) |
| Oct 8 | Professor Guo Yi, Department of Archaeology, Cultural Heritage and Museology, Zhejiang University, China | Tianluoshan, an early Neolithic (ca. 7000 BP) site in Southern China |
| Oct 15 | Lia Tarle | Comox Harbour Fish Trap Research |
| Oct 22 | Dennis Sandgathe | Palaeolithic Fire Research |
| Oct 29 | Sarah Holma, Colleague of John Welch | The Orphaned Sanctuary: French Archaeology, Sacred Deposits, and the Making of Angkor as World Heritage |
| Nov 5 | TBD | |
| Nov 12 | Bryn Letham | TBA |
| Nov 19 | Hailay Teklay Weldegebrial | Professional Development Workshop Apps for Fieldwork |
| Nov 26 | Mark Collard | TBA |
| Dec 3 | John Welch | Cultural Landscape Studies Bridge Archaeocentric and Holistic Approaches to Impact Assessments |