Islamic archaeology on the Silk Road in Turkmenistan (Photo: Emily O'Dell)
Symposium: Women in Archaeology
Where: Widener Lecture Hall at the University of Pennsylvania Museum
When: March 29th 9 AM – 5 PM
Archaeology is a field that has traditionally been dominated by men, and even though women tend to outnumber men in undergraduate programs, their numbers decline significantly through graduate school and ultimately in tenured positions. Why such a decline occurs is one of the questions this workshop will explore. Women rarely take on the role of Project Directors, and instead are more typically included as senior personnel, lab specialists, or collaborators. This event will consider how the situation that archaeologists face have changed over the last fifty years. By bringing together women of all ages, we will be able to address the question of whether these issues have improved over the past several decades, if they have stayed the same, or even deteriorated.
