BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221106 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221107 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE SUMMARY:The Getty VIlla: The First Black Archaeologist: Exploring the Life and Work of John Wesley Gilbert DESCRIPTION:To attend in person\, click the "Get Tickets" button above.\n\nTo watch on Zoom\, register here.\n\n\n\nBorn into slavery in rural Georgia\, John Wesley Gilbert (1863-1923) rose to national prominence as a classical scholar\, teacher\, community leader\, and missionary. As a member of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens in 1890 91\, Gilbert was the first African American to conduct archaeological work in Greece. Yet for many decades\, his pioneering achievements were forgotten. Professor John W.I. Lee\, who recently published the first biography on Gilbert\, shares his years-long quest to reconstruct the archaeologist's remarkable life and career.\n\n\n\nJohn W.I. Lee is professor of history at UC Santa Barbara. He grew up in Asia and Hawai'i\, studied history at the University of Washington (Seattle)\, and received his PhD in history from Cornell University. His publications include A Greek Army on the March: Soldiers and Survival in Xenophon's Anabasis (Cambridge University Press\, 2008)\, The Persian Empire (The Great Courses\, 2012)\, and The First Black Archaeologist: A Life of John Wesley Gilbert (Oxford University Press\, 2022).\n\n\n\nCopies of The First Black Archaeologist: A Life of John Wesley Gilbert will be available for sale in the Getty Store. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To attend in person\, click the "\;Get Tickets"\; button above.
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\nBorn into slavery in rural Georgia\, John Wesley Gilbert (1863-1923) rose to national prominence as a classical scholar\, teacher\, community leader\, and missionary. As a member of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens in 1890&ndash\;91\, Gilbert was the first African American to conduct archaeological work in Greece. Yet for many decades\, his pioneering achievements were forgotten. Professor John W.I. Lee\, who recently published the first biography on Gilbert\, shares his years-long quest to reconstruct the archaeologist'\;s remarkable life and career.
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\nJohn W.I. Lee \;is professor of history at UC Santa Barbara. He grew up in Asia and Hawai&rsquo\;i\, studied history at the University of Washington (Seattle)\, and received his PhD in history from Cornell University. His publications include \;A Greek Army on the March: Soldiers and Survival in Xenophon&rsquo\;s Anabasis \;(Cambridge University Press\, 2008)\, \;The Persian Empire \;(The Great Courses\, 2012)\, and \;The First Black Archaeologist: A Life of John Wesley Gilbert \;(Oxford University Press\, 2022).
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\nCopies of \;The First Black Archaeologist: A Life of John Wesley Gilbert \;will be available for sale in the Getty Store. LOCATION:The Getty Villa 17985 E Pacific Coast Hwy\, Pacific Palisades\, CA UID:e.2860.10994 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260514T085300Z URL:https://www.malibu.org/events/details/the-getty-villa-the-first-black-archaeologist-exploring-the-life-and-work-of-john-wesley-gilbert-10994 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR