Our 2025-2026 lecture series - In Progress Posting

URL for the upcoming month's lecture will be on the HOME page.

Most will be recorded and available on our YouTube page shortly after the meeting.

Our October program will by Zoom Only. Our December meeting will be in-person for  Holiday Luncheon and Speaker.

January – March programs are only via Zoom due to the variability of Chicago weather.  Zoom opens at 2:15 PM and Announcements and Speaker  start at 2:30 PM.

April and May programs are at the Evanston Public Library and via Zoom. At the library, doors open at 2:00 PM for social time; Zoom opens at 2:15 PM and Announcements and speaker start at 2:30 PM.

September 28, 2025

Bill Iseminger

Retired, Cahokia Mounds State Park Assistant Site Manager

"Cahokia: First City of the Americas

In-person and via Zoom

October 26, 2025

Dr. Gabriel Wrobel, PhD, Michigan State University

"The Hidden Dead: Bioarchaeology of Ancient Cave Ritual"

Via Zoom Only

December 7, 2025

The day starts with our Annual Holiday Party, more information later.

Daniel T. Melone

Illinois State Archaeological Survey

"The Historic Alexander Robinson Family Native American Cemetery:

A Discussion of the Site Chronology, Landscape and Vandalism

Utilizing Photographic and Documentary Evidence"

In-Person and Via Zoom

 January 2026

Dr. Michael S. Nassaney

Western Michigan University

Title to be announced 

Via Zoom then posted to CAS YouTube

February 22, 2026

Andrea Crider and Jennifer Hall

ASC Group, Inc.

Florence, Kentucky

Title to be announced

Via Zoom then posted to CAS YouTube

March 29, 2025

Sissel Schroeder

Title to be Announced

Via Zoom then posted to CAS YouTube

April 26, 2026

Meg Sands, M.A. University of Chicago

Title to be announced

In-Person and via Zoom 

May 17, 2026

Anne Wilson-Dooley, M.A.

University of Illinois-CU

"50 Years into and around Archaeology:

Changing Times" 

In-Person and via Zoom 

Summer Safaris

To be planned in later spring