On Thursday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m., Rowan Flad, professor of anthropology at Harvard University, will be speaking at The College of Wooster. His lecture is entitled “Technological Changes and Long-Distance Interaction in Prehistoric Northwest China: New Research on the Qijia Culture” and will be in the Lean Lecture Room in Wishart Hall.
According to an article on the College’s website, Flad’s talk will center primarily on “his role as a member of a team … that conducted intensive field investigations at the site of Qijaping, the type-site of the Qijia Culture (2400 BC-1900 BC) along the Yellow River in north-central China.”
Flad received his Bachelor of Arts in anthropology from the University of Chicago in 1994, where he graduated with general and departmental honors. He then received a Masters of Arts and a doctorate degree from the Interdisciplinary Program in Archaeology at University of California, Los Angeles. Flad also spent a year as a visiting graduate student at Peking University in its Department of Archaeology.
Flad has taught at Harvard since 2004.
“Professor Flad is one of the leading experts on the archaeology of China,” said P. Nick Kardulias, professor and chair of archaeology at The College of Wooster. “He has published five books and over 30 articles, and is the recipient of numerous research grants.”
Further information about the specifics of the talk can be found on Wooster’s website under “News and Events.”