Presentations

Conference Posters/Papers

Cunningham, A.S., Rivera Prince, J., Dwyer, I., Justinvil, D., (2025). Embodiments and Exposures: (Re)forming bioarchaeologies of the Black Atlantic. Paper presented at the Theoretical Archaeology Group annual conference, Williamsburg.

Cunningham, A.S. (2025). Elucidating processes of objectification, contestation, and repair for African diasporic burial spaces. Paper presented for invited session, “Landscapes of death: Placemaking and postmortem agencies,” at SAA annual conference, Denver.

Wesp, J.K., Cunningham, A.S. (2025). Kindred Beings: Entwining biodata of African Diaspora populations in Latin America. Paper presented for invited session, “Exercising Freedoms: Historical Archaeology of the African Diaspora in Latin America,” at SAA annual conference, Denver.

Cunningham, A.S. (2025). Biohistories of the Black Atlantic: Reframing diasporic island connections through biosocial thought and practice. Paper presented for invited session at AABA annual conference, Baltimore.

Rivera Prince, J.A., Bryson, E.R., Cunningham, A.S., Dwyer, I.S., Summers, SS. (2024). What comes next? Collective experiences on translating theory to praxis in modern bioarchaeology. Paper presented at the American Anthropological Association annual conference, Tampa.

Fricke, F.J., Herrera Malatesta, E., de Waal, M., Aguasvivas, M., Ammerlaan, L., Chiappa, O., Cunningham, A.S., Farmer, K., van Litsenburg, Z., kok, m., Seferidou, E., and Victorina, A. (2024). An informal network for ethically engaged researchers in Caribbean archaeology. Paper presented at the International Association for Caribbean Archaeology biannual conference, Nevis.

Cunningham, A.S. (2024). Women in recaptivity: Subversion and kinship in the mid-19th century South Atlantic. Paper presented at the New York University Atlantic History Conference, New York.

Cunningham, A.S. (2024). 3D skeletal digitization as a tool for collaborative artistic commemoration. Poster presented at the Society for American Archaeology annual conference, New Orleans.

Cunningham, A.S., de la Cova, C.M. (2024). Fraught (re)conceptions: Diasporic decedents and paths to commemoration. Published abstract for the American Association of Biological Anthropologists annual conference, Los Angeles.

Cunningham, A.S., Shuler, K.A. (2022). Biocultural interpretations of skeletal and archival indicators of health in enslavement in Barbados. Poster presented at the American Association of Biological Anthropologists annual conference, Denver.

Cunningham, A.S. (2021). Positioning enslaved persons in 19th century Barbados fugitive slave advertisements. Poster presented at the University of Florida Graduate Student Diversity Research Symposium, virtual.

Find out more

Invited Lectures

Brandeis University, Department of Anthropology

Brandeis University Department of Anthropology Fall 2024 Colloquium Series
Lecture Title: "Reframes and Refusals: Toward biosocial theory and practice in African diaspora studies"

Brown University, Anthropology Department

Brown University Anthropology Department Fall 2024 Colloquium Series
Lecture Title: “Positioning Black decedents: Changing theory and practice in African diaspora studies”

Harvard University, Archaeology Program

Harvard University Archaeology Program Fall 2024 Speaker Series
Lecture Title: “Between enslavement and freedom: Biosocial approaches to sites of the 19thcentury Black Atlantic

University of Kentucky, Department of Anthropology

UKY Department of Anthropology Fall 2024 Colloquium Series
Lecture Title: “Stories of biosociality: Diasporic connections across the 19th century British slave trade”

Museum of St. Helena (Recording Below)

Dissertation findings community public talk
Lecture Title: “St. Helena and the African diaspora: An interdisciplinary approach”