RECENT NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

List of recommended courses for Fall 2021
List of recommended courses for archaeology majors and concentrators, fall 2021
Award for “Archaeology in the Time of Black Lives Matter”
The CCA has been honored with the Outstanding Public Archaeology Initiative Award from the Society for American Archaeology for the event “Archaeology in the Time of Black Lives Matter” which we organized together with the Society for Black Archaeologists...
The CCA stands in solidarity with Asian American and Pacific Islander communities
We stand with our community members of Asian descent in this time of increased harassment and violent attacks in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Stop AAPI Hate was launched by the Asian Pacific Planning and Policy Council (A3PCON), Chinese for Affirmative Action...
The Ishtar Diaries
The graduate students at Columbia University’s Department of Art History and Archaeology, in collaboration with the Columbia Global Center, Istanbul, wish to announce the launch of The Ishtar Diaries, a podcast series.

“The Soil Is Sentient”
The art/archaeology exhibit “The Soil Is Sentient” curated by Jeff Benjamin was installed in Low Library in Spring 2020. Covid restrictions made it relatively inaccessible to most, so artists Natalia Granquist and Jorie Van Nest have now translated the show into a virtual exhibit. Click through to explore the site.

Spring 2021 Newsletter
News and upcoming archaeology events for Spring 2021

Special Student-Organized Course in Race, Climate, and Environmental Justice
Students from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences have organized the EESC GR9810 Seminar in Race, Climate Change and Environmental Justice, open to graduate and undergraduate students. The seminar had a highly successful and engaging semester in the...Building a Foundation for Action: Anti-Racist Historic Preservation Resources
Announcing the launch of “Building a Foundation for Action: Anti-Racist Historic Preservation Resources,” an open-access, collaborative resource list for preservationists seeking to acknowledge the field’s structural racism and to take actions toward decentering...
List of recommended courses for Spring 2021
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The CCA Receives Award from the CU Addressing Racism Seed Grant Initiative
Rethinking archaeological pedagogy at Columbia and in the discipline more broadly