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Sara E. Cole Appointed as Next Bernard and Lisa Selz Director of Exhibitions & Gallery Curator at ISAW
by Soraya Garcia | 12/18/2025
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Sara E. Cole as Bernard and Lisa Selz Director of Exhibitions and Gallery Curator. She will join us at the end of March 2026 to lead ISAW’s exhibitions program into its third decade.
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Connecting the Ancient World: Pleiades and Itiner-e
by Tom Elliott | 12/15/2025
Two free digital resources—Pleiades, ISAW's gazetteer of ancient places, and Itiner-e, a newly launched atlas of Roman roads—are closely interlinked. Itiner-e uses Pleiades data to enrich and contextualize the road maps on their website, while Pleiades' uses Itiner-e's data to help its users discover Roman roads close to ancient places of interest. This is digital humanities at its finest: creating richer, more interconnected tools for exploring the ancient world.
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NYU Undergrads Developed Egyptian Hieroglyph Recognition Applications at ArchaeoHack 2025
by Soraya Garcia | 12/15/2025
On November 15–16, 2025, the NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) hosted ArchaeoHack 2025, the first university-level hackathon dedicated to archaeology and the ancient world. The event brought together undergraduate students from across New York University to explore how Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence can address a long-standing challenge in ancient language studies: the lack of a user-friendly input system for ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
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Reflections from ISAW Visiting Student: Javier Larequi Fontaneda
by Kaleha Kegode | 12/01/2025
ISAW is pleased to highlight Javier Larequi Fontaneda, a former ISAW visiting student earlier this year.
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ISAW Announces ArchaeoHack 2025: Hacking the Ancient World with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
by Soraya Garcia | 11/05/2025
This November, the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World will host ArchaeoHack 2025, the first university-level programming competition (hackathon) focused on archaeology and the ancient world.
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ISAW Announces Graduate Conference: Reimagining Body and Space in the Ancient World
by Soraya Garcia | 10/23/2025
The ISAW Student Council invites submissions for the inaugural session of a graduate conference, ‘Reimagining Body and Space in the Ancient World.’ This conference is to be held in March 2026.
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ISAW announces the publication of Ostraka from Trimithis, Volume 3 (Amheida VIII)
by David Ratzan | 10/07/2025
The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World and NYU Press announce the publication of the latest volume from ISAW Monographs, Ostraka from Trimithis, Volume 3: Texts Mainly from the 2014 and 2015 Seasons (Amheida VIII) by Rodney Ast, Roger S. Bagnall, Clementina Caputo, Roberta Casagrande-Kim, Giovanni R. Ruffini, and Günter Vittmann; with contributions from Paola Davoli and Anna L. Boozer.
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Welcome to ISAW's Visiting Research Scholars for the 2025-2026 Academic Year!
by Kaleha Kegode | 10/06/2025
ISAW is pleased to announce the visiting research scholars for the 2025-2026 academic year. Each scholar will spend there time here working on their research projects, in addition to participating in ISAW seminars and presenting their work in a public lecture. Please join us in welcoming them to our community!
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Welcome to ISAW's First Year Ph.D. Cohort
by Kaleha Kegode | 10/03/2025
A very warm welcome to the 2025-2026 first-year students at ISAW. We are so thrilled to have them join us on their journey and become a part of our community. Please give them a warm welcome, and read more to hear about their academic backgrounds, research endeavors, and the work they will embark on at their time at ISAW.
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