Mon, Mar 17
|Washington
Profs & Pints DC: The Archaeology of Ireland
“The Archaeology of Ireland,” a look at what major sites reveal about the island from prehistory to the present, with Victoria McAlister, assistant professor of Digital Environmental Humanities at Towson University and scholar of medieval buildings.
Time & Location
Mar 17, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Washington, 801 E St NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA
About the event
Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Archaeology of Ireland,” a look at what major sites reveal about the island from prehistory to the present, with Victoria McAlister, assistant professor of Digital Environmental Humanities at Towson University, scholar of medieval buildings, teacher of a course on Irish history, and author of the award-winning book The Irish Tower House.
Although Ireland is just a tiny island in the Atlantic Ocean, its cultural impact has been immense, with evidence of crucial moments and figures in its past to be found throughout its landscape.
Gear up for Saint Patrick’s Day by taking a whirlwind scholarly tour of several Ireland’s major archaeological sites and learning what they tell us about the island’s history.
Your guide on this journey, Dr. Victoria McAlister, is a historian who uses modern technologies such as drones and 3D scanners to virtually reconstruct medieval structures. She has given excellent Profs and…