The Anthropology Department would like to invite you to our 2024 Anthropology Roberts Lecture Series. We are honored to have Dr. Akin Ogundiran as our Roberts Lecture Speaker this year.
Dr. Ogundiran is a West African archaeologist, historian, and the Cardiss Collins Professor of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University. He is also affiliated with the Departments of Anthropology and Black Studies and is the director of the Material History Lab in the Department of History. He is broadly interested in the archaeology and history of Africa over the past 2,500 years, emphasizing the Yoruba world (West Africa).