ISAW News Blog
News: Humanities Initiative Video Features Panel on Measuing and Mapping Space
On December 11, 2013, NYU's Humanities Project highlighted ISAW's current exhibition Measuring and Mapping Space, hosting a panel discussion exploring how ancient societies understood and visualized the world. Panelists included curatorial staff and faculty from ISAW as well as ...
In Its Final Weeks: Measuring and Mapping Space
There are only a few more weeks to see the critically acclaimed exhibition Measuring and Mapping Space: Geographic Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity and learn how the Greeks and Romans perceived both the known and unknown worlds. Combining ancient artifacts ...
News: The Achelis Foundation Supports ISAW Public Programs
The Achelis Foundation has awarded the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World a generous grant to support our broad range of public programming. This grant enables ISAW to bring in scholars from around the world as well as ...
News: Seventh Leon Levy Lecture Held on November 7
The Seventh Annual Leon Levy Lecture was presented on Thursday, November 7 to a packed room of students, scholars, and the interested ...
News: Proceedings of Comparative Demonology Conference at ISAW Published
The proceedings of the ISAW conference Evil Spirits, Monsters and Benevolent Protectors: Demonology in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, organized by visiting research scholar Rita Lucarelli in 2012, have now been published in Volume 14 (Issue 1, Sept. 2013) of Archiv ...
News: Joining geography and imagery online
In recent days two of ISAW's flagship online resources — the Ancient World Image Bank and the Pleiades gazetteer — significantly advanced our mission to connect and contextualize information about the ancient world on ...
News: ISAW Now Accepting Visiting Research Scholar Applications for 2014-15
Each year the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, makes about 9 appointments of visiting research scholars. ISAW's scope embraces research and graduate education in the history, archaeology, and culture of the entire Old World ...
Job: Senior Digital Humanities Web Developer/Architect
ISAW is seeking a full-time Senior Digital Humanities Web Developer/Architect. The job description and application instructions may be reached via the available staff positions page. ...
News: Sabine Huebner's book published by Cambridge University Press
Sabine Huebner's book The Family in Roman Egypt has been published by Cambridge University Press. The Family in Roman Egypt: A Comparative Approach to Intergenerational Solidarity and Conflict, by Sabine Huebner, has been published by Cambridge University Press. The book explores such topics as parent-child obligations, residence patterns, adoption, and old age. Part ...
News: Fall 2010 Events at ISAW
Unless otherwise indicated, all events are held at: ...
Job: IT Support Analyst
ISAW is seeking a full-time IT Support Analyst. The job description and application instructions are available via the available staff positions page. ...
News: Amheida Database now Open Access
The database of ISAW’s excavations at Amheida (ancient Trimithis, in Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis), is now open to public use at www.amheida.com. Electronic versions of the volumes of the series Amheida will soon be ...
Job: Head Librarian
ISAW, in collaboration with the NYU Libraries, is seeking a new Head Librarian for the Institute. The job description and application instructions may be found via the ISAW jobs page. ...
Job: Development Associate
ISAW is looking for a talented professional who has the ability to work with cross-functional groups to manage the institute's fund-raising efforts and communications. The right candidate has experience with supporting fund-raising at a university or not-for-profit or sales in a for-profit. S/he will create and manage the public face of ISAW through written publications and the website. Please visit ...
News: Cohn receives grant for research in Paris
Yehudah Cohn has been awarded a senior researcher position under the aegis of the Research in Paris program, and will be hosted by the École Pratique des Hautes Études. He will be working on the Hebrew Pentateuch commentary by Rashi of Troyes (in Northern France).
News: Book on Amheida excavations published
Announcement of publication of a book on the excavations at Amheida written for a general audience.
Franz Steiner Verlag (Stuttgart) has published Eine Wüstenstadt. Leben und Kultur in einer ägyptischen Oase im 4. Jahrhundert n. Chr., by ISAW director Roger Bagnall. The book presents the results of the ...
News: NEH Funds Literary Papyri Project
A grant from a joint National Endowment for the Humanities and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft program will fund the creation of a database of Greek and Latin literary papyri by an international team led by ISAW and the University of Heidelberg. A joint program of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft has given ISAW and the University of Heidelberg a three-year grant to create a Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri (DCLP), building an infrastructure that initially ...
Job: Grants and Excavation Manager
ISAW is looking for a talented professional who has experience in financial and grant management to serve as primary financial manager on restricted funding; manage sponsored research grants and contracts and financial activity; maintain comprehensive grant records and grant opportunities; ...
News: ISAW Announces Visiting Research Scholars for 2013-14
ISAW is pleased to announce the research scholar roster for 2013-14. In addition to working on the listed research project, each scholar will participate in ISAW seminars and present a public lecture. Please join us in welcoming them to our ...
News: JIAAA Volume 5
The editors of the Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology – Judith A. Lerner, Lilla Russell-Smith and Sören Stark – are happy to announce the publication of volume 5. Published under the aegis of ISAW the journal focuses on ...
