The Stanford Archaeology Center is pleased to host Luke Kemp for a discussion of his book Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse.

Drawing on more than 440 cases across five millennia, Kemp offers an unprecedented “deep systems” analysis of why societies rise and fall. At a time of climate crisis and global instability, the book asks a pressing question: will we make it? 

Join us for a timely conversation on what the past reveals about the risks ,and possibilities, facing our shared future.