Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

ABOUT ISAW

ISAW is a center for advanced scholarly research and graduate education, which aims to encourage particularly the study of the economic, religious, political and cultural connections between ancient civilizations. It offers both doctoral and postdoctoral programs, with the aim of training a new generation of scholars who will enter the global academic community and become intellectual leaders.

NEWS

• Introducing ISAW's Expanding the Ancient World Program
• Communities of Archaeology - Supporting Humanitarian Aid in Turkey and Syria
• ISAW Professor Claire Bubb Publishes First Book with Cambridge University Press

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Scholarly Research & Graduate Education

ISAW is an independent research center within NYU that cultivates comparative and connective investigations of the ancient old world from the Mediterranean to East Asia. It was founded by Shelby White and the Leon Levy Foundation in 2006.

Upcoming Events

• The Temple of the Lion-Goddess Repit in Athribis
• Expanding the Ancient World Workshop
• Enheduana, Nisaba, Gilgamesh, and the Lapislazuli Tablet:

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EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTHERN TURKEY AND NORTHERN SYRIA

Faculty, scholars, students, staff and the whole community of ISAW wish to express their sincere sympathy for the people of Syria and Turkey who have been heavily hit by the recent severe earthquake. We are particularly close to Syrian and Turkish scholars and students and the museum staff and the workers and their families in those countries.