Funded by the estate of Elizabeth “Betty” Courtney Banks in 2021 and organized by the Department of Classics, Archaeology, and Religion together with the Museum of Art and Archaeology, the Weinberg Lecture honors the legacy of two of the University of Missouri’s premier archaeologists with an annual lecture presented by a leading scholar in the fields of Aegean Art and Archaeology, Greek Architecture, or Ancient Glass.  

Upcoming Lectures

Dr. Christopher Ratté, Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Art and Archaeology, Department of Classical Studies, University of Michigan; "Archaeological Research at the Ionian City of Notion"; Thursday, 3 April 2025, Mumford Hall 133, 5:30 PM. 

Past Lectures

Dr. Katerine Larson, Curator of Ancient Glass, Corning Glass Museum, Corning NY; "From Jerusalem to Jalame: Glass Workshops in Roman Syro–Palestine"; Thursday, 9 April 2024, Lefevre Hall 106, 5:30 PM.

Dr. Thomas Tartaron, Associate Professor of Classical Studies and Executive Director of the Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials, Penn Museum; University of Pennsylvania; “Kalamianos: The Brief but Brilliant Life of a Mycenaean Harbor." Thursday, 20 April 2024, Swallow Hall 101, 7:00 PM.

Dr. Andrea Berlin, James R. Wiseman Chair in Classical Archaeology, Boston University, “A Cosmopolitan World and its Discontents: the Southern Levant after Alexander.” Wednesday, 20 April 2023, Mumford Hall 133, 7:00 PM.