Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

ISAW is pleased to host a screening of the groundbreaking documentary "Iraq's Invisible Beauty" written and directed by Jurgen Buedst and Sahim Omar Kalifa. The screening will be preceded by a pre-recorded conversation between the director Jurgen Buedts and the Iraqi-born artist Wafaa Bilal, Arts Professor at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

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

This lecture will take place in person at ISAW. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. 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 Pedro Azara (Barcelona University) and artists Nadine Hattom and Mahmoud Obaidi as they discuss the genesis of this project. Pedro, Nadine, and Mahmoud will address the themes of the exhibition, discuss the contemporary artworks on display, and evaluate the role of photography 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 in person at ISAW. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Ancient Egyptian images of the body are at the same time both highly recognizable and foreign to the modern viewer. From impossible composite figures of human-animal hybrids to seemingly stiff and block-like human forms in sculpture, Egyptian depictions were meant not simply to capture a likeness, but to manifest powers in order to establish the presence of, and relations between, depicted entities.

Published 11/05/2025 — filed under: exhibition-event Located in Events

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 2023-2024

This lecture will take place in person at ISAW. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. To celebrate the opening of the Institute of the Study of the Ancient World’s new exhibition Through the Lens: Latif Al Ani’s Visions of Ancient Iraq, join us for a screening of Iraq’s Invisible Beauty (2022), a documentary exploring the work and life of the father of Iraqi photography, Latif Al Ani.

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

Published 08/08/2016 — filed under: exhibition-event, video Located in Events Events Archive Academic Year 2016-2017

Nearly six hundred sundials are preserved from ancient Greek and Roman times. This richly illustrated lecture will explore the styles, uses, and significance of ancient sundials and their relevance historically and in context to our modern understanding of time.

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

This talk looks at how time was structured in Greek and Roman antiquity. How and why was the year divided into just this many units and not more or less? Where did the seven-day week come from? How was the division of the year into weeks, days, and months related to religious and political cycles and duties?

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

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

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 Events Archive Academic Year 2024-2025

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