ISAW News Blog
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The latest news and announcements from the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University.
ISAW Professor Claire Bubb is awarded the 2023 IAHS Young Historians Prize
https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/isaw-professor-claire-bubb-is-awarded-the-2023-iahs-young-historians-prize
The International Academy of the History of Sciences recently announced that one of the two winners of the 2023 Young Historians Prize is Claire Bubb, ISAW’s Assistant Professor of Classical Literature and Science. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU)Nicole Kitsberg2024-02-26T16:40:00ZNews ItemISAW announces the publication of The Sanctuary of Hermes and Aphrodite at Syme Viannou VII: The Greek and Roman Pottery
https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/syme-viannou07
The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World and NYU Press are pleased to announce the publication of the latest volume from ISAW Monographs, The Sanctuary of Hermes and Aphrodite at Syme Viannou VII: The Greek and Roman Pottery, by Antonis Kotsonas. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU)David Ratzan2024-02-15T18:26:08ZNews ItemPublication of proceedings of 'Material Worlds' workshop held at ISAW in 2016
https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/publication-of-proceedings-of-material-worlds-workshop-held-at-isaw-in-2016
ISAW is delighted to announce that the proceedings of ‘Material Worlds: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Contacts and Exchange in the Ancient Near East’, edited by Arnulf Hausleiter, was published by Archaeopress Archaeology in December 2023. The workshop was originally held at ISAW on 7th March 2016, with contributions delivered by 11 leading experts in their respective fields. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU)Nicole Kitsberg2024-02-13T21:50:00ZNews ItemISAW Professor Claire Bubb receives the 2023 Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit
https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/isaw-professor-claire-bubb-won-the-2023-charles-j-goodwin-award-of-merit
The C. J. Goodwin Award of Merit Committee recently announced that one of the three winners of this year's Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit is Claire Bubb, ISAW's Assistant Professor of Classical Literature and Science. The Goodwin Awards honor outstanding contributions to classical scholarship by members of the Society.Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU)Lahenza Lamour2023-11-20T15:30:07ZNews ItemISAW Releases Geospatial Dataset Update
https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/pleiades-datasets-3-2
On Friday, 3 November 2023, ISAW released version 3.2 of Pleiades Datasets, a free, open, and platform-neutral collection of spatial, historical, archaeological, and bibliographic information about 40,418 ancient places and spaces derived from the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places.Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU)Tom Elliott2023-11-16T17:34:22ZNews ItemISAW Announces Graduate Conference Series: I Saw the Futures of the Past
https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/graduate-conference-series-i-saw-the-futures-of-the-past
The ISAW Student Council invites submissions for the inaugural session of a graduate conference series ‘I Saw the Future of the Past.’ This first conference, to be held in March 2024, is titled ‘Encountering the Past: Reflections on an Interdisciplinary Ancient World.’ Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU)Isabella Edgeworth2023-10-26T19:48:18ZNews ItemRecent Publication by ISAW Prof. Dan Potts on Aspects of Kinship in Ancient Iran
https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/recent-publication-dan-potts-kinship-in-ancient-iran
Originally delivered as the Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lectures, Aspects of Kinship in Ancient Iran is an exploration of kinship in the archaeological and historical record of Iran’s most ancient civilizations. Prof. D.T. Potts brings together history, archaeology, and social anthropology to provide an overview of what we can know about the kith and kinship ties in Iran, from prehistory to Elamite, Achaemenid, and Sasanian times. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU)Lahenza Lamour2023-10-25T15:42:03ZNews ItemThrough the Lens: Latif Al Ani’s Visions of Ancient Iraq
https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/through-the-lens-exhibition-opening
ISAW exhibitions is excited to announce our upcoming Fall exhibition, Through the Lens: Latif Al Ani’s Visions of Ancient Iraq, opening November 8, 2023. Through the Lens explores the cultural and political exploitation of Iraq’s history through the eyes of nineteenth century archaeologists, twentieth century photographers, and contemporary artistsInstitute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU)Carl Walsh2023-10-09T19:50:00ZNews ItemISAW Announces Fall 2023 Roster of "Expanding the Ancient World: K-12" Workshops
https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/etaw-k-12-fall-2023
Expanding the Ancient World: K-12, a professional development program for K-12 teachers, is starting its second year, and we are excited to announce the fall schedule of events. These free events will take place on zoom, and registration is required. CTLE hours are available for New York State educators. We hope you can join us!Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU)Marc LeBlanc2023-10-06T15:18:53ZNews ItemRecent Publications by the ISAW Community
https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/2023-publication-event
In conjunction with Claire Bubb’s recent lecture “Dissecting History Repopulating the World of Roman Medical Research,” the ISAW Library arranged a display of recent publications (from 2020-2023) by members of the ISAW community. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU)Iris Fernandez2023-10-03T18:55:00ZNews ItemEstablishment of the Raffaella Cribiore Fund for Archaeology at ISAW
https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/bagnall-cribiore-endowment-fund
Roger S. Bagnall, Emeritus Professor of Ancient History and Leon Levy Director Emeritus, and his wife Whitney S. Bagnall, have endowed the Raffaella Cribiore Fund for Archaeology in honor of Prof. Raffaella Cribiore, who passed away unexpectedly on July 13, 2023. The endowment will support archaeological fieldwork in the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds, including Egypt, and the publication of the results of that fieldwork. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU)david.ratzan@nyu.edu2023-09-14T19:15:00ZNews ItemSören Stark Promoted to Full Professor
https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/stark-full-professor-promotion
We are delighted to announce that NYU Interim Provost Georgina Dopico has approved the recommendation of ISAW's faculty to promote Sören Stark from Associate Professor to Professor of Central Asian Archaeology, effective September 1.Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU)Iris Fernandez2023-09-06T15:10:00ZNews ItemNew Publication by ISAW Professor Dan Potts on Albert Houtum Schindler: A Remarkable Polymath in Late-Qajar Iran
https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/potts-publication-schindler
Prof. Dan Potts recently published a biography of Albert Houtum Schindler, a person whose name crops up frequently in literature on Iran concerning everything from geography and geology to numismatics and archaeology.Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU)Iris Fernandez2023-08-30T15:02:59ZNews ItemNew Publication by ISAW Professor Claire Bubb on Medicine and the Law under the Roman Empire
https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/bubb-publication-roman-medicine-and-law
ISAW Assistant Professor Claire Bubb and NYU Classics Professor Emeritus Michael Peachin have published a collected volume, Medicine and the Law under the Roman Empire, with Oxford University Press. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU)Iris Fernandez2023-08-23T20:10:00ZNews ItemReport from our 2023 Judith A. Lerner, Ph.D. Summer Traveler: Yu Song
https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/2023-lerner-fund-travel-yu-song
We are pleased to share the summer travel report from ISAW Student Yu Song, the 2023 recipient of the Judith A. Lerner, Ph.D. Summer Travel Fund. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU)Yu Song2023-08-08T19:58:48ZNews Item