The annual ROM Colloquium highlights recent discoveries by ROM curators and researchers. ROM experts deliver fascinating 15-minute presentations on the latest research in the arts, archaeology and pure and applied sciences.
Free (Museum admission not included). Signy & Cléophée Eaton Theatre. Please enter the ROM by the President's Choice School Entrance, located at the south end of the building on Queen’s Park.
ROM 2013 Colloquium: World Discoveries - Long Program (PDF)
| Time | Presentation |
|---|---|
| 9:15 am - 9:30 am |
Welcome Dr. Mark Engstrom, Deputy Director - Collections & Research |
| 9:30 am - 9:45 am |
The Mystery of the Hidden Bateaux: Paul Kane at the Dalles des Morts Kenneth Lister, Department of World Cultures, ROM |
| 9:45 am - 10 am |
Rare minerals from northeastern Yukon Kim Tait, Department of Natural History, ROM |
| 10 am - 10:15 am |
Using Gecko Adhesive Surfaces for Exhibition and Conservation Julia Fenn, Conservation Department, ROM |
| 10:15 am - 10:45 am |
Break |
| 10:45 am - 11 am |
Hybridization in hawthorns: not just diploids Tim Dickinson*, Department of Natural History, ROM Shery Han, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto Mehdi Zarrei, ROM Green Plant Herbarium, Department of Natural History |
| 11 am - 11:15 am |
Online Botanical Outreach - Species Deborah Metsger*, Jenny Bull, John Barker, Botany section, Department of Natural History |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am |
Why Photography is Important? Deepali Dewan, Department of World Cultures, ROM |
| 11:30 am - 11:50 am |
Who Painted John Brant? Trudy Nicks, Department of World Cultures, Heidi Sobol, Conservation Department, ROM |
| 11:50 am - 1 pm |
Break |
| 1 pm - 1:15 pm |
The Oregon caves fossil jaguar, and the puzzle of the paucity of fossil jaguars from the western USA. Kevin Seymour, Department of Natural History |
| 1:15 pm - 1:30 pm |
European Influence in the Mandan and Hidatsa Paintings and Drawings Collected by Prince Maximilian Arni Brownstone, Department of World Cultures, ROM |
| 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm |
Hostage to Cloth: European explorers in East Africa, 1850-1890 Sarah Fee, Department of World Cultures, ROM |
| 1:45 pm - 2 pm |
Six Months of Social Media Ryan Dodge, Communications Department, ROM |
| 2 pm - 2:30 pm |
Break |
| 2:30 - 2:45 |
A Centerpiece by Froment Meurice: Luxury Objects at the World’s Fairs Peter Kaellgren, Department of World Cultures, ROM |
| 2:45 pm - 3 pm |
Some assembly required - enigmatic Late Ordovician eurypterids from central Manitoba David Rudkin, Department of Natural History, ROM |
| 3 pm - 3:15 pm |
Tale of the Caesar's Mushroom Santiago Sanchez-Ramirez, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Department of Natural History, ROM |
| 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm |
Sertularella mutsuensis Stechow, 1931 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Sertulariidae) from Japanese tsunami debris: Systematics and evidence for transoceanic dispersal Henry Choong, Department of Natural History, ROM |
| 3:30 pm - 4 pm |
Break |
| 4 pm - 4:15 pm |
Flags of defiance. Military prowess and artistry in southern Ghana Sivia Forni, Department of World Cultures, ROM |
| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm |
The Art of Pochoir in the Collections of the Royal Ontario Museum Arthur Smith, Library & Archives, ROM |
| 4:30 pm - 4:45 pm |
The ROM's Late Archaic Greek Kore Paul Denis, Department of World Cultures, ROM |
| 4:45 pm - 5 pm |
CHANEL: The American Look Alexandra Palmer, Department of World Cultures, ROM |
| 5 pm - 5:30 pm |
Break |
| 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm |
VAUGHAN LECTURE: Justin Jennings, Department of World Cultures, Royal Ontario Museum
Death and Destruction at La Real: Mortuary Rituals and Social Change in Pre-Columbian Peru |
Location
Signy & Cléophée Eaton Theatre, Level B1
President’s Choice School Entrance
Contact
info@rom.on.ca
416.586.8000