2025 Exe-X South West Alumnae Group - 'The Easter bunny and other (cotton) tales'
Professor Naomi Sykes is the Head of Department of Archaeology and History and takes a unique cross discipline approach where the science of archaeology is analysed with consideration to anthropology, art and culture and linguistics. This approach gives a fuller picture of the past being informative and innovative as well as highly accessible and understandable.
| An Alumni and supporters event | |
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| Date | 2 April 2025 |
| Time | 18:00 to 20:00 |
| Place | Upper Lounge, Reed Hall, Streatham Campus |
| Provider | Alumni and supporters |
Event details
Her 2014 book Beastly Questions: Animal Answers to Archaeological Issues highlights this approach and provides a starting platform for further research. In 2020 Professor Sykes and her Easter Project team made a short animation about the history and archaeology of the brown hare in Britain which was shown on the BBC.
In her talk to our alumnae (female graduates) group on 2nd April, a couple of weeks before Easter, Professor Sykes will highlight the interaction between animals and religious celebrations. Can this explain the trope of the Easter Bunny? Is this why we have eggs at Easter? Where does the indigenous hare fit into all of this? Or should we going further back – before Christianity to fully understand these relationships?
This will be a fantastic opportunity to meet fellow female graduates and after her talk there will be a Q&A session with Professor Sykes.
This event will be free to attend and refreshments will be provided - but it is necessary to book your place.
Please note that this event will be taking place on the first WEDNESDAY of the month, instead of the usual Tuesday.
