Anthony Aveni, the Russell B. Colgate Professor of Astronomy and Anthropology at Colgate University, will give the Winslow Lecture at Hamilton College on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 4:10 p.m. in the Kennedy Auditorium of the Science Center. His lecture is titled "Scientific Astronomy in Hesiod? The Roots of Prehistoric Star Gazing," and is free and open to the public.
This lecture is funded by the Winslow Lecture Fund, which was established in through a bequest from William Copley Winslow, Class of 1862, to support lectures on classical archaeology.
Aveni is one of the pioneers in the field of archaeoastronomy. His publications include three cover articles in Science magazine and key works in American Scientist, The Sciences, and American Antiquity. His books include Empires of Time: Calendars, Clocks, and Cultures, Conversing with the Planets: How Science and Myth Invented the Cosmos, Ancient Astronomers, and Behind the Crystal Ball: Magic, Science, and Religion from Antiquity through the New Age. In 1991 Rolling Stone listed Aveni as one of the 10 best university professors in America, and he was voted 1982 Professor of the Year by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.
His awards at Colgate include the Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society Distinguished Teaching Award. Aveni has lectured at more than 300 universities worldwide and has appeared on the Learning Channel, the Discovery Channel, NPR, Nova, The Larry King Show, The Today Show, and Unsolved Mysteries. In 2004, Harvard University honored him with the H.B. Nicholson Award for Excellence in Mesoamerican Studies.
This lecture is funded by the Winslow Lecture Fund, which was established in through a bequest from William Copley Winslow, Class of 1862, to support lectures on classical archaeology.
Aveni is one of the pioneers in the field of archaeoastronomy. His publications include three cover articles in Science magazine and key works in American Scientist, The Sciences, and American Antiquity. His books include Empires of Time: Calendars, Clocks, and Cultures, Conversing with the Planets: How Science and Myth Invented the Cosmos, Ancient Astronomers, and Behind the Crystal Ball: Magic, Science, and Religion from Antiquity through the New Age. In 1991 Rolling Stone listed Aveni as one of the 10 best university professors in America, and he was voted 1982 Professor of the Year by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.
His awards at Colgate include the Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society Distinguished Teaching Award. Aveni has lectured at more than 300 universities worldwide and has appeared on the Learning Channel, the Discovery Channel, NPR, Nova, The Larry King Show, The Today Show, and Unsolved Mysteries. In 2004, Harvard University honored him with the H.B. Nicholson Award for Excellence in Mesoamerican Studies.
