The Active Retirement Association (ARA) announces a FREE event, “The Shock of Colonialism: Archaeology in a New England Frontier.” The presenter is Meghan C. L. Howey, PhD., Professor of Anthropology and in the Earth Systems Research Center and currently the Director of the Center for the Humanities at UNH. She is also the Director of The Great Bay Archaeological Survey. This event will take place on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 2:00 – 3:30 PM, at the Durham Evangelical Church (lower level), 114 Dover Road (Route 108), Durham, NH. Dr. Howey will share stories of global colonialism (ca. 1600-1750) embedded in the local landscape of the Great Bay Estuary from her new book, “The Shock of Colonialism in New England: Fragments from a Frontier.”
This FREE event is open to the public and is a part of the ARA’s Memorial Fund Lecture Series established in 2004 with a grant from the Robert E. Smith family and further endowed by membership donations. Pre-registration is not required – bring a friend or two! For more information about the ARA visit www.unh.edu/ara or write to arainfo1982@gmail.com.We want to help expand your world!