I am presently living in So.California and will not be able to make it to this event. However, let me just write from the point of view of a West Philadelphia native and a professor of Southeast Asian Studies (specifically Lao Studies). Dr. White's work is dynamic and rigorous. She and her colleagues in Laos and Thailand have done much important work under difficult conditions (politically, economically, technically, and administratively). She is one of the only experts on Southeast Asian archaeology in North America and the only true expert on early Lao and Thai archaeology actively working in the U.S. As you know, Penn's Museum and Anthropology and Archaeology is the premier institution of its kind in the world. It would be a great shame to see budget cuts tarnish its ability to preserve world heritage sites and illuminate young minds who go to the museum or read their impressive publications. I could go on and on...
Please do what you can to support Dr. White and her work. Take your children and your neighbors! Thank you for your consideration, justin ______________ Dr. Justin McDaniel Dept. of Religious Studies 3046 INTN University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA 92521 951-827-4530 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 13:37:21 EST >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [UC] Lecture Wednesday evening at 6: New Surprises from Ban Chiang, >Thailand >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], univcity@list.purple.com > > I'm posting the message below for a friend & 48th > St. neighbor, Joyce White. The University Museum > has just announced that it is cutting a number of > archaeologists from its staff, so it is especially > important right now to demonstrate an interest in > the (hopefully remaining) archaeologists' work. Ban > Chiang has been Joyce's project for many years, and > I've enjoyed her previous talks - plus, Joyce was > the connector who brought the owners of Vientiane > Cafe to 4728 Baltimore Ave.! A great example of > something in the larger world, having a positive > effect on us locally because we have such > interesting neighbors! > > This lecture, with the added topic of artifact > smuggling, sounds especially intriguing! And > perhaps we can get together a group to go to dinner > at Vientiane afterwards? If you are interested in > dinner, let me know. > > Hope to see you at the museum, > > - Melani Lamond > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Neighbors, > > Hope you can come to my talk in the Museum's > "Great Sites of the Ancient > World Series" next Wednesday evening: New Surprises > from Ban Chiang, Thailand > > When: Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 6:00 PM > Cost: $5 general admission; free for Museum > members; sponsored by Penn Museum > Location: Rainey Auditorium. Enter through the > main door of the museum (Trescher door), above the > half-circle drive inside the main gates on the 3300 > block of Spruce St. OR, go in the east side door > called the Kress Entrance -the wall of glass on the > side looking towards the expressway & train tracks. > - Dr. Joyce C. White, The Ban Chiang Project > Penn Museum, University of Pennsylvania > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > From its discovery by a Harvard student falling on > some sherds along a back > village alleyway in the 1960s, to its recent central > role in the biggest > U.S. case to date on international antiquities > smuggling, Ban Chiang has > repeatedly made headlines. Penn Museum has been the > lead scholarly > institution investigating this fascinating ancient > culture for more than > three decades. Dr. Joyce C. White, Senior Research > Scientist and Director of > the Ban Chiang Project, presents one of her newest > "in press" and surprising > findings concerning one of the big Ban Chiang > debates-the source for the > earliest bronze metallurgy at the site and in > Southeast Asia generally. She > also gives a first-hand account of her three-year > participation in the > investigation of Ban Chiang smuggling, including her > role in the Federal > raids of several California and Chicago-area museums > in January 2008. > Information: 215/898-4890. > > (Full disclosure: many years ago, I sold Joyce her > house!) > > Melani Lamond, Associate Broker > Urban & Bye, Realtor > PA License Number AB048377L > 3529 Lancaster Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19104 > cell phone 215-356-7266 - office phone 215-222-4800 > #113 > personal fax 215-386-1345 > > This e-mail is intended solely for the use of the > individual to whom it is addressed and may contain > information that is privileged, confidential or > otherwise exempt from disclosure. If the reader of > this e-mail is not the intended recipient or the > employee or agent responsible for delivering the > message to the intended recipient, you are hereby > notified that any dissemination, distribution, or > copying of this communication is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this > communication in error, please immediately notify us > by replying to the original message at the listed > e-mail address. Thank You. > > > ************** > Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try > the NEW AOL.com. > > (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002) ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
