Public Outreach and Invited Presentations

Invited lectures and presentations

Buikstra, J. E., 2020. The Birth of Democracy in Ancient Athens: A View from the Grave. George E. Mylonas Memorial Lecture, University of Missouri, STL and Washington University, STL. St. Louis Art Museum.

Buikstra, J. E., 2020. The Birth of Democracy in Ancient Athens: A Bioarchaeological Perspective. American School of Classical Studies In Athens, Webinar.

Buikstra, J. E., 2021. The Birth of Democracy in Ancient Athens: A Bioarchaeological Perspective. Invited Lecture, University of Minnesota, Department of Anthropology.

Buikstra, J. E., 2021. The People of the Phaleron Cemetery: Life and death at an ancient Attic port. Invited lecture RDF Workshop, University of Freiburg, Germany.

Buikstra, J. E., 2021. The Physical Costs of Athenian Democracy: The People of Phaleron. Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen DFG Center for Advanced Studies.

Buikstra, J. E., 2022. Structural and Physical Violence at the Birth of Democracy: A Bioarchaeological Perspective. Invited Lecture, University of Birmingham, UK.

Buikstra, J. E., 2022. Phaleron: Violence during the Archaic Period Special Lecture: Summer Program, American School of Classical Studies in Athens.

Buikstra, J. E., 2022. The Birth of Democracy in Ancient Athens: a View from the Grave. Invited Lecture, Department of Biology, School of Science and Technology, University of Évora, Portugal.

Buikstra, J. E., Alexandropoulou, A, Cerezo-Román, J, Chryssoulaki, S, Liedl, H., Pappas, I., Rothwell, J., and Velegraki, M., 2022. Phaleron, Pyres, and Contexts: Situation Fire in Cemeteries of Archaic Athens. Invited paper in Workshop, “Fire it up.” Athens, Greece.

Buikstra, J. E., 2022. Phaleron: Structural and Physical Violence at the Birth of Democracy. Invited Lecture; Girton College Alumnae, U of Cambridge, UK.

Buikstra, J. E., 2022. Structural and Physical Violence at the Birth of Democracy: A Bioarchaeological Perspective. Swiss Society of Physical Anthropology, Plenary Lecture.

Buikstra, J. E., 2022, 2023, 2024. The Bioarchaeology of Phaleron. Invited lecture for summer bioarchaeology class, Wiener Laboratory of the ASCSA.

Buikstra, J. E., 2023. Structural and Physical Violence at the Birth of Democracy: A Bioarchaeological Perspective. Social Science History Association Presidential Panel.

Buikstra, J. E., 2023. The People of Phaleron: Physical and Structural Violence at the Birth of Democracy. Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland.

Buikstra, J. E., 2023. Bioarchaeology and the Phaleron Project. Invited Lecture, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea.

Buikstra, J. E., 2024. Multiscalar analyses of the Phaleron Burial Ground. Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. New Orleans, LA. Invited Podium Presentation.

Buikstra, J. E., 2024. The Bioarchaeology of the Phaleron Burial Ground. Ghent University, Belgium, Department of Archaeology. Invited lecture.

Buikstra, J. E., 2024. The Bioarchaeology of the Phaleron Burial Ground: Multi-scalar Study: Liangzhou Museum, China (invited lecture).

Cerezo-Román, J., Walsh, M., Velegraki, M. and Buikstra, J. E., 2024. Cremation Mortuary Practices at Phaleron during the Archaic Period. Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. New Orleans, LA. Invited Podium Presentation.

Cormier, A. and Buikstra, J. E., 2024. Distinctive Burials of the Phaleron Cemetery, Archaic Greece: Marginalized in Life and Death. Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. New Orleans, LA. Invited Podium Presentation.

Hannigan, E., Buikstra, J. E., Bartelink, E., Tritsaroli, P., and Liedl, H., 2024. The Archaic-Period Diet: Preliminary Isotope Results for Adult Individuals from the Phaleron Cemetery. Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. New Orleans, LA. Invited Podium Presentation.

Karligkioti, A. and Buikstra, J. E., 2024. Death and the City: Funerary Practices and Social Transformations during the Archaic Period in Greek Poleis and Beyond. 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. New Orleans, LA. Invited Podium Presentation.

Liedl, H., 2023. Trauma at Phaleron: Exploring risk and interpersonal violence in Ancient Athens. Bioarchaeology Research Seminar, Department of Archaeology, Durham University.

Rothwell, J., Liedl, H., Tritsaroli, P., and Buikstra, J. E., 2024. Investigating Childhood Metabolic Health during the Rise of the Athenian Democracy. 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. New Orleans, LA. Invited Podium Presentation.

Stamer, J. R., Rothwell, J. E., Knudson, K. J., and Buikstra, J. E, 2024. Investigating the Residential History of the Esplanada Mass Graves at Phaleron, Greece. 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. New Orleans, LA. Invited Podium Presentation.

Stojanowski, C., 2024. Phenotypic Perspectives on Biological Variation at Phaleron. 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. New Orleans, LA. Invited Podium Presentation.

Zikidi, C., 2025. Αποκαλύπτοντας την Αρχαία Ιστορία μέσω της Βιοαρχαιολογίας: Το Νεκροταφείο στο Δέλτα Φαλήρου. Invited lecture presentation, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Zikidi, C., 2026. Αποκαλύπτοντας την Αρχαία Ιστορία μέσω της Βιοαρχαιολογίας: Το Νεκροταφείο στο Δέλτα Φαλήρου. Invited lecture presentation, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Zikidi, C., 2025. Από τα οστά στις βιογραφίες: Οι οστεοβιογραφίες του Φαλήρου [Παρουσίαση μεταδιδακτορικής έρευνας]. Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών.

Zikidi, C., 2026. Από τα οστά στις βιογραφίες: Οι οστεοβιογραφίες του Φαλήρου [Παρουσίαση μεταδιδακτορικής έρευνας]. Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών.