THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII: DECADENCE, APOCALYPSE, AND REDEMPTION
As part of the Archaeological Institute of America lecture series, the Bozeman Chapter is pleases to welcome Dr. Kenneth Lapatin, Associate Curator of Antiquities with the J. Paul Getty Museum as he examines the last days of Pompeii. Dr. Lapatin will explore the role of the destruction of Vesuvian sites on the modern imagination. He will discuss the allegorical constructs of decadence, apocalypse, and salvation through painting, sculpture, and other media from the rediscovery of sites in the eighteenth century to the present day. The interplay between history and science, on the one hand, and staged fiction on the other, will be a major sub-theme for the tragedy of these cities.
Tuesday, April 20
6 pm
Free to public

THE SUN AND SOLAR ECLIPSES
Solar eclipses are the most spectacular celestial phenomena in which we on Earth can participate.  Prof. Pasachoff, a veteran of 50 solar eclipses, will describe how the outer part of the sun shines and how his studies at the recent eclipses in Greece, Russia, and China have helped our understanding of our nearest star. Jay Pasachoff, Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy at Williams College in Massachusetts, is chair of the International Astronomical Union's Working Group on Eclipses.
Friday, April 30
7:30 pm (doors open at 7:00)
Free to public