Speaker at June 13 Meeting<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agatha Christie, Archaeology and Alzheimer\u2019s<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you\ndon\u2019t know what these three things have in common, then join us to learn how\nthe great mystery novelist\u2019s life is revealed within the pages of her books. Her\nlove of the Middle East and the life she lived with her famous archaeologist\nhusband provided the basis for many of her greatest novels including Murder on\nthe Orient Express, Death on the Nile, and Murder in Mesopotamia. And now her novels are being used to unravel\nthe mysteries of the human mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Amy Barron<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Amy Barron received her PhD at the University of Toronto in\nthe field of Mesopotamian history and archaeology. She has excavated in the Middle East and\nelsewhere, and has travelled widely studying the archaeology of various remote\nparts of the world from Peru to China. She\nhas also worked in the museum field for over twenty years and presently teaches\nMuseum Studies at Fleming College as well as serving as Program Coordinator for\nthe Clarington Museums and Archives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PhD<\/strong>: Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Toronto, 2010 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Thesis: \u201cLate Assyrian Arms and Armour: Art versus Artifact\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n MA<\/strong>: Assyriology, University of Toronto, 1996<\/p>\n\n\n\n BA<\/strong>: History and Art History, double major, University of Guelph, 1994Certificate in Museum Studies<\/strong>, Ontario Museum Association, 2000 Speaker at June 13 Meeting Agatha Christie, Archaeology and Alzheimer\u2019s If you don\u2019t know what these three things have in common, then join us to learn how the great mystery novelist\u2019s life is revealed within the pages of her books. Her love of the Middle East and the life she lived with her famous archaeologist … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[119],"class_list":["post-10743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-speakers","tag-speaker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manselldesign.ca\/ProbusORGtoRedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manselldesign.ca\/ProbusORGtoRedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manselldesign.ca\/ProbusORGtoRedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manselldesign.ca\/ProbusORGtoRedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manselldesign.ca\/ProbusORGtoRedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10743"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/manselldesign.ca\/ProbusORGtoRedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10748,"href":"https:\/\/manselldesign.ca\/ProbusORGtoRedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10743\/revisions\/10748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manselldesign.ca\/ProbusORGtoRedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manselldesign.ca\/ProbusORGtoRedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manselldesign.ca\/ProbusORGtoRedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manselldesign.ca\/ProbusORGtoRedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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