2025-2026 Lecture Series

In person attendance takes place in the Lecture Hall of NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts (1 East 78th Street, New York, NY 10075) and will be limited to 74 guests. A reception follows. Please note: to bring ourselves into conformity with alcohol licensing laws as they pertain to NYU, we are no longer serving wine. All of our lectures will be hybrid (both in-person and real time Zoom). Advanced registration is now only required for in-person attendance and remote-only presentations. Registration links are posted just as soon as they are made available (if you don’t see it, please check back with us).

Monday,  November 3, 2025   6:00 PM              
Pulling at the Thread of Pañamarca’s Hall of the Moche Imaginary
LISA TREVER, PHD. Lisa and Bernard Selz Associate Professor of Pre-Columbian Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University

Monday,  March 23, 2026   6:00 PM.        
The Rabbit’s Book: Reading the Princeton Vase in its Historical Context
JOANNE BARON, PHD. Peter J. Sharp, Class of 1952, Curator and Lecturer in the Art of the Ancient Americas, Princeton University Art Museum

Monday,  April 20, 2026   6:00 PM                    VIRTUAL PRESENTATION
The Powerful Beings of the Cupisnique-Chavín World
HUGO C. IKEHARA-TSUKAYAMA, PHD. Harris Family Curator of the Arts of the Americas, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University