Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

This event will take place online. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Zoom link will be provided via email to registered participants. Please join us as Roberta Casagrande-Kim, Co-curator of ISAW’s Through the Lens: Latif Al Ani’s Visions of Ancient Iraq exhibition, hosts a conversation with artists Adel Abidin, Nadine Hattom, Hanaa Malallah, Mahmoud Obaidi, and Walid Siti as they discuss the genesis of this project. The artists will address the themes of the exhibition, discuss their works in relation to Latif Al Ani's pictures and Nineteenth century excavation practices, and evaluate the role of art in the depiction and understanding of ancient Iraq.

Published 06/27/2024 — filed under: exhibition-event Located in Events Events Archive Academic Year 2023-2024

This lecture will take place online; a Zoom link will be provided via email to registered participants. Registration is required; click through for the registration link.

Published 06/27/2024 — filed under: exhibition-event Located in Events Events Archive Academic Year 2022-2023

This lecture will take place online. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Zoom information will be provided via confirmation email to registered participants. In this presentation, Professor Michael Galaty will demonstrate that avenues to political power in the ancient Balkans were not so different from today, revolving around land, marriage, religion, and, sometimes, violence.

Published 06/27/2024 — filed under: exhibition-event Located in Events Events Archive Academic Year 2022-2023

This lecture will take place online. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Zoom information will be provided via confirmation email to registered participants.

Published 06/27/2024 — filed under: exhibition-event Located in Events Events Archive Academic Year 2022-2023

On July 22nd, ISAW Associate Director for Exhibitions and Gallery Curator Clare Fitzgerald gave a Virtual Tour of our recent exhibition, Hymn to Apollo: The Ancient World and the Ballet Russes. This online presentation was given in collaboration with NYU's Alumni office, and we are pleased to be able to provide our community with the full recording.

Published 01/22/2021 — filed under: exhibition-event, video, hymn-to-apollo Located in Events Events Archive Academic Year 2019-2020

This lecture will take place in person at ISAW. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. This lecture is given in conjunction with ISAW's exhibition Madinat al-Zahra: The Radiant Capital of Islamic Spain. Islam’s first dynasty is usually presented as two separate phenomena: the Umayyads of Syria (r. 661-750), ruling from Damascus, and, later, a “second” Umayyad dynasty that flourished in Spain (756-1031), centered around Cordoba and Madinat al-Zahra.

Published 11/12/2024 — filed under: exhibition-event Located in Events

This workshop will take place in person at ISAW. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Please join illustrator and teaching artist Joan Chiverton for an afternoon of sketching in the galleries in conjunction with the exhibition Madinat al-Zahra: The Radiant Capital of Islamic Spain. Develop your drawing skills and discover a new way of seeing the exhibit, as you sketch masterpieces and other objects. Following a brief introduction and tutorial, Ms. Chiverton will circulate the galleries and provide individual coaching, if desired. All skill levels are welcome, from beginner to advanced. Participants should bring their own drawing pad or paper with a board, but we will have paper on hand if necessary. Gallery specific pencils will be provided by ISAW. For conservation reasons pens, pastels, charcoal and paints need to be kept at home.

Published 11/14/2024 — filed under: exhibition-event Located in Events

On December 16th, ISAW Associate Director for Exhibitions and Gallery Curator Clare Fitzgerald gave a Virtual Tour of our recent exhibition, Devotion and Decadence: The Berthouville Treasure and Roman Luxury. This online presentation was given in collaboration with NYU's Alumni office, and we are pleased to be able to provide our community with the full recording.

Published 01/22/2021 — filed under: exhibition-event, video, devotionanddecadence Located in Events Events Archive Academic Year 2019-2020

This lecture will take place online. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Zoom information will be provided via confirmation email to registered participants. This talk will demonstrate the process of fundamental cultural change during the European Early Neolithic that took place in the northern marginal zones of the Balkans in the first half of the 6th millennium BCE.

Published 06/27/2024 — filed under: exhibition-event Located in Events Events Archive Academic Year 2022-2023

This lecture considers one type of Roman sundial represented in the exhibition that has not been sufficiently appreciated from geographical, cultural, and social perspectives. These are the miniature bronze instruments fitted with adjustable rings to accommodate the changes of latitude liable to occur during long journeys. This lecture will explore the possibility that often they were valued not so much for practical use, but rather as prestige objects.

Published 09/22/2016 — filed under: exhibition-event, video Located in Events Events Archive Academic Year 2016-2017

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