ISAW News Blog
News: New York Times article features astonishing treasures of the Israel Antiquities Authority on view at ISAW
Read Edward Rothstein's New York Times review of ISAW's current exhibition "Masters of Fire: Copper Age Art from Israel". ...
Sabbatical Notes: Professor Sören Stark on News from the Dīvār-i Kanpirak – the ‘Long Wall’ around Bukhārā
During the 2013 field season of ISAW’s project studying the ‘long wall’ of Bukhārā, conducted in co-operation with the Institute of Archaeology at the Uzbek Academy of Sciences and co-directed by Prof. Sören Stark and Dr. Djamal Mirzaakhmedov, investigations were ...
Masters of Fire: Copper Age Art from Israel in the News
Masters of Fire: Copper Age Art from Israel opened to the public last week with warm reception from the press in the midst of a snow storm. ...
News: ISAW's Spring 2014 Newsletter Is Now Available
The Spring 2014 issue of the ISAW Newsletter is now available. Issue 10 includes a list of publications by ISAW faculty and past and present Visiting Research Scholars, a look into the exhibition Masters of Fire: Copper Age Art from Israel ...
News: Live Science Article Highlights ISAW Excavation
The school discovered at Amheida, ISAW's excavation in Egypt's Dakhla Oasis, is featured in an article just published on Live Science. The article quotes extensively ISAW affiliated faculty member Raffaella Cribiore, professor of classics at NYU, ...
Sabbatical Notes: Professor Robert Hoyland on Initial Prospection in Ancient Axum, Ethiopia
While on sabbatical during the fall of 2013, I started preparatory work in two countries: the city of Barda in Azerbaijan, which was a capital of the Caucasian Albanian kingdom in the Roman period (then called Partaw) and the base ...
Masters of Fire: Copper Age Art from Israel Opens February 13
In 1961 Israeli archaeologists discovered over 400 copper objects at Naḥal Mishmar in what was to become known as the Cave of the Treasure. These copper objects were so spectacular that they define an era in Southern Levantine history now ...
News: Seeking a Curatorial Post-Doctoral Associate
ISAW is pleased to announce a two-year Curatorial Post-Doctoral Associate position in its Exhibitions Department. The associate will report to the Exhibitions Director and work closely with other members of the exhibitions team. Training will be provided in curatorial aspects of an exhibition project. A complete description of the position, and application instructions, may be found on ...
News: David Ratzan Becomes ISAW's Head Librarian
David Ratzan joins ISAW this month as Head of the Library. He is currently Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Greek and Roman Classics at Temple University. Before that he served as Curator of Papyri in Columbia University’s Rare ...
News: New Geographic Data for the Ancient Near East
Last week, ISAW and its partners significantly expanded coverage of the ancient Near East in the online Pleiades gazetteer. Using data prepared by the Alexandria Archive Institute (with financial sponsorship from the National Endowment for the Humanities ...
News: NY Times Article Features NYU Honorary Degree Recipient Omara Khan Masoudi, Director of the National Museum of Afghanistan
Real progress has been made on the mammoth task of restoring the collections of the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul that were ransacked by the Taliban in 2001. This recent New York Times article discusses the efforts that have ...
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: 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 ...
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. ...
