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On Wednesday evening, just after white nationalists stormed the U.S. Capitol, a panel in the Society for Historical Archaeology annual conference was kicked off. And a well-known white male professor used Nazi language and gesture to intimidate a younger woman panelist. (1/6)
Shortly after the plenary panelists were introduced, archaeologist Liz Quinlan spoke about her successful efforts to create accessibility documents for the SHA conference. She concluded and the moderator, Dr. Della Scott-Ireton, asked if there were questions. (2/6)
U Penn archaeologist Dr. Robert Schuyler said he had questions, but they ended up being irrelevant to Liz's presentation and to the plenary topic itself. As Liz told him this wasn't the place and held the floor, he shouted her down. See video in next tweet. (3/6)
Content Warning: This video contains tactics of harassment and intimidation, as well as a Nazi gesture and language. (4/6)
The SHA is aware and is working on a resolution. Their immediate plan is to excise the hateful behavior from the posted plenary video. While I think this bowdlerizing is the right plan going forward, I also believe that we all need to see this colleague's behavior. (5/6)
As archaeologists, we need to stridently condemn what Dr. Schuyler did in this video. There is no excuse for these intimidation tactics, and the fact that he used them on January 6 against a colleague who had just laid bare her precarious identity in this field is horrific. (6/6)
Clarification: Liz had NOT finished speaking. She had paused, and Schuyler took that pause to ask the moderator if he could ask a question.
Also, Dr. Morrison (U Penn anthro chair) is seeking people who were in the plenary who might want to talk: https://twitter.com/global_landuse/status/1347981827580035073
And for anyone reading this far who's not convinced... Schuyler does not deny what he did. https://twitter.com/queerlybeloveds/status/1348037015460139010?s=20