Our staff of archeologists and architectural historians is available to give public lectures on a variety of topics. Please consult our list of available programs below organized by geographical location. To request a speaker for your event or Career Day at your school, please contact us.ease check back at a future date.

Listing of Programs

Albany

• A Cheerful Prospect: The Ten Broeck house-New Observations on its Construction and Cultural Context
• From the Ground Up: Reconstruction of Three Urban House Types in Albany
• Getting the Job Done: Construction, Builders and Materials in Albany, 1755-1765
• In a Neat, Plain, Modern Stile: The Architecture of Philip Hooker
• Vernacular Architecture of Albany in the Seventeenth Century: Construction Methods, Materials and Technology as Revealed by Recent Archeological Excavations
• Worms, Waste, and Water: Parasites and Public Health in the 18th and 19th Century Albany
• Harbor at the Headwaters of Prosperity: The Transformation of Albany's Late 18th Century Waterfront
• Beyond the North Gate: The Rum Distillery on the Outskirts of Colonial Albany, New York
• "A Very Working Class Neighborhood": Archeology in Sheridan Hollow
• Sewant Maker, an Albany Craft: More Wampum Production in 18th Century Albany, New York.
• Forgotten in Life, Forgotten in Death: Rediscovering an Almshouse Cemetery in Albany, New York
• Seeds of Growth and Change: Archeological Excavations at the Church Family Seed House and Garden Barn, Wisdom's Valley
• Albany Silver, 1650-1950
• Walking tour of downtown Albany
• From Refrigerator to Oven to Down the Drain: 19th Century Analogs of 20th Century Household Conveniences
• Stewart Dean and the Worms in the Cricket Cage: The Archeology of A Hometown Hero
• The Picket Fence in Albany's Front Yard: Archeology and History of the 18th Century Stockade

Capital Region, New York

• "A Necessary to be Constructed…": Building Privies in the Capital Region, 1760-1900
• "Many New Houses have lately been built in this city, all in the modern style…": The Introduction of the Gambrel Roof to the Upper Hudson Valley
• "Of a Compound Character," Post -Colonial Vernacular Architecture in the Upper Hudson and Mohawk vallies.
• “Getting the Job Done: Construction, Builders, and Building Materials in the  Upper Hudson and Mohawk Valleys, 1755-1765"   
• Early Architecture of Watervliet
• Eighteenth Century Houses in Cohoes and the Town of Colonie
• Eighteenth Century Houses in the old Town of Watervliet
• Victorian Architects of the Capital Region
• "They That Have This Medicine Well-Made Need but Few Others"
• Making Tracks: the Archeology of America's Pioneering Railroad, The Mohawk and Hudson

Mohawk Valley

• Building Samuel Fuller: The Construction of a Mohawk Valley Legend

New York State

• Building on What We Know: An Overview of the Diagnostic Potential of Architectural Materials
• Constructing Slavery: House form and Households in New York State, 1620-1827
• The Erie Canal: How Does the Dang Thing Work, Anyway?
• It Came From Schenectady: Archeological Evidence for Health and Diet from an Industrial City
• Temperance, Tobacco, and Ten-Year-Olds: Archeology Summer Camp at the Burtonville Methodist Episcopal Church

Troy

• Altogether a Handsome Place: Architecture in Troy, 1825-1861.
• Personal Artifacts and Social Identity: Archeological Investigations at RPI in Troy
• Working-Class Heroes: Archeological Investigations at RPI in Troy
• Archeology In Troy: The College Avenue Site

Vermont

• The Harding Site, a mid-19th century farm in northern Vermont

Hudson Valley

• Orient Fishtails and Fishkill Creek:  8,000 Years of Culture at the Polo Fields Site
• Trace of a Past Migration: The Presence of Ulus on Inland Sites