BROWN BAG LECTURE: Douglas Boin, "See Something? Say Something! Archaeological Ethics and the Gray Areas of Papyrology"

Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 12:30pm

Penn Museum

Material culture studies are changing much of what is known about the ancient and late Roman Mediterranean world. But many of the ethical considerations that the archaeological community has championed for decades—who found an object, where it came from, and when it left its country of origin—are not being given the same weight by researchers working outside these fields. Dr. Douglas Boin, Assistant Professor of History, Saint Louis University, discusses some of the ethical "gray areas" that are the source of current debate between archaeologists, classicists, papyrologists, ancient historians, and religious scholars. Sponsored by the Penn Cultural Heritage Center. Free admission.