ISAW Announces 2017-18 Visiting Research Scholars
ISAW is pleased to announce its roster of visiting research scholars for the 2017-18 academic year. Each scholar will work on a research project (listed below), participate in ISAW seminars, and present a public lecture during his or her time at ISAW. Please join us in welcoming these scholars to our community!
One-Year Visiting Research Scholars
Marta Ameri (Colby College)
Miniature Arts of the Harappan World: Seals, Sealing and Tablets as Small Windows onto the Indus Valley Civilization
David Levene (New York University, Classics)
Livy: The Fragments and Periochae. Text and Commentary
Eva von Dassow (University of Minnesota)
Toward a New History of the Ancient Near East
Martin Worthington (University of Cambridge)
Interpreting the Minor Masterpieces of Mesopotamian Literature
Zhan Zhang (Ph.D., Harvard University)
Khotan as Seen by Khotanese: A Documentary History of Khotan During the Sixth to the Ninth Centuries
Two-Year Visiting Assistant Professors
Emily Cole (Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles) - continuing
Translation on Display: Multilingual Monuments in Ptolemaic Egypt
J. Andrew Dufton (Ph.D., Brown University)
Works in Progress: Regional Trends and Grassroots Developments in the Cities of Roman North Africa
Yitzchak Jaffe (Ph.D., Harvard University) - continuing
Rediscovering the Multiethnic & Multi-cultural Origins of Chinese Civilization
Stephanie Rost (Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook)
Ancient State Economies: A Case Study of the Umma Province of the Ur III State (2112-2004 B.C.)