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ISAW Releases Geospatial Dataset Update
by Tom Elliott | 11/16/2023
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.
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ISAW Announces Graduate Conference Series: I Saw the Futures of the Past
by ice2010@nyu.edu | 10/26/2023
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.’
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Recent Publication by ISAW Prof. Dan Potts on Aspects of Kinship in Ancient Iran
by ll3203@nyu.edu | 10/25/2023
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.
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Through the Lens: Latif Al Ani’s Visions of Ancient Iraq
by Carl Walsh | 10/09/2023
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 artists
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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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