Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

ISAW Library and Digital Programs is excited to announce the program for the upcoming Linked Ancient World Data Initiative New York (LAWDNY) event "Digital Antiquity Research Workshop 2016" on Friday, December 2.

Published 11/17/2016 — filed under: library-event Located in Library ISAW Library Blog

This lecture is the first in the ISAW Libraries events series for the 2024-2025 academic year. It will take place in person at ISAW. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. The fabled reign and tragic death of Cleopatra loom large in the Western imagination, but they can only be properly understood in the context of the queen’s inheritance: the preceding three centuries of Ptolemaic rule over the Nile Valley. In advance of the publication of a major new history of the period, Egyptologist and best-selling author Toby Wilkinson revisits Ptolemaic Egypt, with its dazzling mix of Greek and Egyptian cultures, exploring how Egypt under the Ptolemies became the greatest of the Hellenistic kingdoms.

Published 08/06/2024 — filed under: library-event Located in Events Events Archive Academic Year 2024-2025

This lecture will take place in person at ISAW. Prof. von Reden will offer alternative ways of thinking about why we find Chinese silk in Palmyra, Egyptian glass vessels in Afghanistan, and Roman coins in Thailand and Vietnam.

Published 09/19/2025 — filed under: library-event Located in Events

The domestication of plants in prehistory allowed humanity to demographically expand, form dense population congregations (urbanism and social hierarchies), and advance the arts and sciences. For millennia, humans drove the evolution of domestication traits in crops and animals. Archaeologists, ecologists, and geneticists are all working to develop new theories about how domestication in antiquity occurred; one of these theories – the ecological release hypothesis – suggests that crops and animals evolved traits of domestication as a response to humans simply removing predators and herbivores. Dr. Spengler will briefly explore a few key themes in this theory and the rich history of domestication and culture, which he traces in his recent book, Nature's Greatest Success: How Plants evolved to Exploit Humanity.

Published 07/31/2025 — filed under: library-event Located in Events

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