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ISAW Announces Fall 2023 Roster of "Expanding the Ancient World: K-12" Workshops
by Marc LeBlanc | 10/06/2023
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!
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Recent Publications by the ISAW Community
by Iris Fernandez | 10/03/2023
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.
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Establishment of the Raffaella Cribiore Fund for Archaeology at ISAW
by david.ratzan@nyu.edu | 09/14/2023
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.
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Sören Stark Promoted to Full Professor
by Iris Fernandez | 09/06/2023
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.
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New Publication by ISAW Professor Dan Potts on Albert Houtum Schindler: A Remarkable Polymath in Late-Qajar Iran
by Iris Fernandez | 08/30/2023
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.
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New Publication by ISAW Professor Claire Bubb on Medicine and the Law under the Roman Empire
by Iris Fernandez | 08/23/2023
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.
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Report from our 2023 Judith A. Lerner, Ph.D. Summer Traveler: Yu Song
by Yu Song | 08/08/2023
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.
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ISAW Commencement 2023
by Marc LeBlanc | 08/04/2023
Four ISAW students were awarded doctoral degrees during the 2022-23 academic year: Georgios Tsolakis (September 2022), Yan Zhang (September 2022), Christine Roughan (January 2023), and Nathan Lovejoy (May 2023). The ISAW community celebrated these students' accomplishments at an in-person graduation ceremony and reception on May 16, 2023. We are extremely proud of ISAW’s recent graduates!
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ISAW announces the publication of Scientific Traditions in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East
by David Ratzan | 08/03/2023
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, Scientific Traditions in the Ancient Mediterranean and the Near East, edited by Sofie Schiødt, Amber Jacob, and Kim Ryholt.
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