Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

This workshop is being organized by the OER Project and the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. It will take place online. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Zoom information will be provided via confirmation email to registered participants. Expanding the Ancient World is a series of professional development workshops and online resources for teachers. Early belief systems weren’t just priests, temples, and lists of gods to memorize. Religion was embedded in every aspect of people's lives—at home, in the marketplace—and it informed everyday decisions.

Published 03/26/2026 — filed under: ETAW Located in Events

PLEASE NOTE: Due to unforeseen circumstances, this workshop has been postponed. The new date is March 17th, 2027, at 5:30pm (Eastern Time). We apologize for any inconvenience. The workshop will take place online. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Zoom information will be provided via confirmation email to registered participants. Expanding the Ancient World is a series of professional development workshops and online resources for teachers. Sphinxes, lions, griffins, winged demons, angels, chimeras of all sorts are some of the most captivating and enduring images of Mediterranean antiquity. Monsters are found across in objects of all sizes, from tiny scarab amulets to monumental statues, across the region. They were part of the visual imaginary of people in antiquity, cutting across regions, periods, social classes, and communities.

Published 01/27/2026 — filed under: ETAW Located in Events

This workshop will take place online. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Zoom information will be provided via confirmation email to registered participants. Expanding the Ancient World is a series of professional development workshops and online resources for teachers. This workshop uses the prompt of a newly started digital project to consider how large scale narratives and individual objects can be integrated into curriculums and into classroom experiences. The project is Global Approaches to Early Representations of the Human Figure, currently browseable at https://gaerhf.org

Published 01/23/2026 — filed under: ETAW Located in Events

This workshop will take place online. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Zoom information will be provided via confirmation email to registered participants. Expanding the Ancient World is a series of professional development workshops and online resources for teachers. This workshop is designed for high-school educators seeking to incorporate archaeological evidence into their teaching of the ancient Mediterranean in concrete, accessible ways. It introduces ceramics as a uniquely powerful category of material culture for classroom use: abundant, visually legible, and deeply informative about trade, technology, daily life, and social organization.

Published 01/20/2026 — filed under: ETAW Located in Events

This workshop will take place in person at ISAW. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Zoom information will be provided via confirmation email to registered participants. Expanding the Ancient World is a series of professional development workshops and online resources for teachers. This in-person workshop invites teachers to discover the profound impact of ancient Egyptian art on the French master sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840–1917), through both the sculptors works and through the Egyptian antiquities he collected. Throughout the workshop you will take part in a series of object-based learning activities that explore how Rodin studied ancient Egyptian statuary and reliefs, which subsequently fed into his own practice and revolutionary approach to the human form.

Published 12/17/2025 — filed under: ETAW Located in Events

This workshop will take place online. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Zoom information will be provided via confirmation email to registered participants. Expanding the Ancient World is a series of professional development workshops and online resources for teachers. This online workshop invites teachers to discover the profound impact of ancient Egyptian art on the French master sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840–1917), through both the sculptors works and through the Egyptian antiquities he collected. Throughout the workshop you will take part in a series of object-based learning activities that explore how Rodin studied ancient Egyptian statuary and reliefs, which subsequently fed into his own practice and revolutionary approach to the human form.

Published 12/17/2025 — filed under: ETAW Located in Events

This workshop will take place online. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Zoom information will be provided via confirmation email to registered participants. Expanding the Ancient World is a series of professional development workshops and online resources for teachers.

Published 09/04/2025 — filed under: ETAW Located in Events

This workshop will take place online. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Zoom information will be provided via confirmation email to registered participants. Expanding the Ancient World is a series of professional development workshops and online resources for teachers. As the Roman Empire expanded into the Eastern Mediterranean, the city of Rome became a crossroads of new products, peoples, and religions. Much to the dismay of some Roman authors, the capital transformed into a multi-religious city, home to cults and communities from Egypt, Syria, Anatolia, Judaea-Palestina, and beyond. Within this diverse landscape, religious groups both preserved their traditions and adapted to life in Rome.

Published 09/04/2025 — filed under: ETAW Located in Events

This workshop will take place online. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Zoom information will be provided via confirmation email to registered participants. Expanding the Ancient World is a series of professional development workshops and online resources for teachers. Belief systems around the body have a great influence on how societies conceptualize themselves, others, and their divinities. For the ancient world, the idealized bodies of gods and heroes, immortalized in flawless marble, have long defined our vision of Greece and Rome, but beyond these perfect forms lies a more complex story. This workshop delves into the lived reality of the body in antiquity, exploring how beliefs surrounding beauty, fitness, medicine, and disability shaped societies.

Published 09/04/2025 — filed under: ETAW Located in Events

This workshop will take place online. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Zoom information will be provided via confirmation email to registered participants. Expanding the Ancient World is a series of professional development workshops and online resources for teachers. Mysterious rituals, legends of mighty gods, massive temples, tombs filled with offerings for the afterlife, visions of mythical creatures, magic amulets, and echoes in literature that remain sacred today.

Published 09/04/2025 — filed under: ETAW Located in Events

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