Continuing a 77-year-old tradition of informal lectures at the Museum of Northern Arizona, this year’s Summer Seminar Series highlights ongoing research at MNA. The seven Tuesday lectures from June through August are free and begin at 4 p.m. at Branigar Hall.
About the Summer Seminar Series museum director Robert Breunig said, “For many years scholars have shared their findings and scientific insights for the public in summer afternoon programs at the Museum. The Summer Seminar Series continues this great MNA tradition with exciting talks, focused around the research interests of MNA staff members and research associates.”
Tuesday, June 14
Finding Fossil Mammals in Antarctica
by Mike Woodburne, Ph.D., MNA Honorary Curator of Geology
Tuesday, June 28
Exciting Discoveries in MNA’s Herbarium
by Will Moir, Ph.D., USFS Research, retired
Tuesday, July 12
Collecting the Art of the Loom: Stories Behind the MNA Navajo Textile Collection
by Laurie Webster, Ph.D., Textile scholar
Tuesday, July 26
Paleozoic Vertebrates from Central and Northern Arizona
by David Elliott, Ph.D., NAU Geology
Tuesday, August 9
Wings and Mucus in the Halls of Time
by Larry Stevens, Ph.D., MNA Botany
Tuesday, August 23
Big Picture Archaeology: New Syntheses in Southwestern Archaeology
by David R. Wilcox, Ph.D., MNA Senior Curator of Anthropology