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On May 1st, 2026, Dr. Caroline Cheung (Princeton University) met with a panel of CIAMS-affiliated students (Nicole Romero, Olivia Graves Ph.D.) and Dr. Rebecca Gerdes (Hirsch Postdoc Fellow) to discuss her work on the dolia makers and menders. This episode discusses the following book chapter: Cheung, Caroline. “Precious Pots: Making and Repairing Dolia.” In The Value in Making: Theory and Practice in Ancient Craft Production, vol. 13, edited by Helle Hochscheid and Ben Russell. Brepolis, 2021.

Dr. Seth Estrin from Harvard University joins a panel of Cornell students, to discuss his most recent book; Grief Made Marble.

A special episode featuring AD White Professor at Large Dr. Lynn Meskell, along with a panel of Cornell Faculty.

On April 22, 2025, Dr. Lauren McCormick (Postdoctoral Researcher at Princeton's Center for Culture, Society, and Religion) met with a panel of CIAMS-affiliated students (Haley Stuckey, Alice Wolff (Ph.D.), and Ruth Portes) and Lauren Monroe (Associate Professor, Department of Near Eastern Studies) to discuss her work on Judean Pillar Figurines (JPFs). The articles discussed in this episode are: Ben-Shlomo, David, and Lauren K. McCormick. "Judean Pillar Figurines and “Bed Models” from Tell en-Naṣbeh: Typology and Petrographic Analysis." Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 386, no. 1 (2021): 23-46. McCormick, Lauren K. "Paint: A Fourth Dimension of Sculpture." Expedition Magazine, vol. 64 no. 3 (2023): 92-93. Let there be Light web exhibit: https://laurmcco.github.io/judeanpillarfigurineexhibit/ Dr. Lauren McCormick's podcast: https://laurmcco.github.io/judeanpillarfigurineexhibit/podcast.html

On October 10, 2024, Nathan Acebo (Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut) met with a panel of CIAMS students (Rafael Cruz Gil, Daniel Osborne, and Julio RuizDiaz) and Kurt Jordan (Professor, Department of Anthropology, Cornell University) to discuss his research on Survivance Storytelling in Archaeology. Podcast Engineer: Ruth Portes (CIAMS Assistant Director) Articles discussed in this conversation: Acebo, Nathan P. "Survivance storytelling in archaeology." In Routledge Handbook of the Archaeology of Indigenous-Colonial Interaction in the Americas, pp. 468-485. Routledge, 2021. Montgomery LM, Fryer TC. "The future of archaeology is (still) community collaboration." Antiquity. 2023;97(394):795-809. doi:10.15184/aqy.2023.98

On March 21, 2025, Ellen Morris (Professor of Ancient Studies, Barnard College, Columbia University) met with a panel of CIAMS students (Rafael Cruz Gil, Quinn Stickley, David Dishman, Li Hayes) and Caitlín Barrett (Professor, Department of Classics, Cornell University) to discuss her work on telling the stories of female captives and prisoners of war in the ancient world. Podcast Engineer: Ruth Portes The article discussed in this episode is titled: "How to tell "moving" stories of female captivity in the ancient world," published in "Migration and Mobility in the Ancient Near East and Egypt -- The Crossroads IV." Proceedings of an International Conference Held in Prague. edited by Mynářová, Jana, Ludovica Bertolini, and Federico Zangani. 2022.

On November 15, 2024, Sarah Beckmann (Assistant Professor, Department of Classics, UCLA) met with a panel of CIAMS-affiliated students (Priscilla Dantas de Moraes, Li Hayes, and Carson Riggs), and Verity Platt (Professor, Department of Classics) to discuss her work on representations of enslaved children in the Roman world. Podcast Engineer: Ruth Portes (CIAMS Assistant Director) CONTENT WARNING: Listeners are advised that this episode discusses evidence for the sexualization and sexual exploitation of minors, especially enslaved minors. The articles discussed in this episode are: Beckmann, Sarah E. "The Naked Reader: Child Enslavement in the Villa of the Mysteries Fresco." American Journal of Archaeology 127, no. 1 (2023): 55-83. and her forthcoming chapter: "Alterity, Enslavement, and Empire in a Roman Genre Sculpture: The Oplontis-Borghese Boy with a Duck" in U. Roth (ed.), Enslaved Childhoods in the Roman Imperial World. Alienation, Accommodation, Approbation. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2025

On April 12, 2024, Prof. José Capriles from the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) met with a panel of CIAMS students (Marcela Goeller, Annapaola Passerini, Casey Snyder, and Arnav Tandon) and Jacob Damm (Hirsch Postdoctoral Fellow) to discuss his research on the Bolivian Radiocarbon Database. Podcast Engineer: Nikhil Arolkhar

On March 22, 2024, Prof. Marine Frouin from Stony Brook University met with a panel of CIAMS students (Kate Bajorek, Rebecca Gerdes, Marcela Goeller, and Alex Symons) to discuss her research on Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating.

On March 8, 2024, Prof. Lindsay Montgomery from the University of Toronto met with a panel of CIAMS students (Amanda Domingues, Arnav Tandon, Marcela Goeller, and Emma Zilke) and faculty (Adam Smith) to discuss her research on the archaeology of collective trauma and colonial violence.

On February 19, 2016, Dr. Barbara Mills (University of Arizona) met with the graduate and undergraduate students taking the course Ceramic Analysis, which is taught by CIAMS professor Lori Khatchadourian. Their discussion of about 45 minutes–which considers how technological style and choice relate to the archaeological analysis of ceramic material–opens below.

As part of the 40th Northeast Conference on Andean and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory, on November 3, 2023, Prof. Frank Salomon from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison met with a panel of students (Anna Whittemore) and faculty (Matthew Velasco and Vanessa Gubbins) to discuss his research in the Andes.

On November 2, 2023, Dr. Jacob Damm, from the Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies (CIAMS), met with a panel of CIAMS students (Rebecca Gerdes, Liam McDonald, and Jamie Ellis) and faculty (Sturt Manning) to discuss his research on foodways and material identities focusing on case studies in the southern Levant.

On September 22, 2023, heritage consultant and author Robert Bevan met with a panel of CIAMS students (Faridah Laffan, Rafael Cruz Gil and Jaimie Luria, and Rafael Cruz Gil) and faculty (Adam Smith and Lori Khatchadourian) to discuss his book- Monumental Lies: Culture Wars and the Truth about the Past. The RadioCIAMS Special Series on Heritage Forensics is made possible by a New Frontiers Grant from the Cornell University College of Arts & Sciences. This episode was also made possible by support from the Cornell University Department of City and Regional Planning.

Archaeologists Darryl A. Wilkinson joins Radio CIAMS to discuss his work in the Andes. Dr. Wilkinson is joined in the podcast by CIAMS members Dr. Matt Velasco, PhD students Anna Whittemore, Rafael Cruz Gil, Marcos Ramos Valdés, and CIAMS M.A. Andrea Mauri.