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Sören Stark Promoted to Full Professor
by Iris Fernandez | 09/06/2023
We are delighted to announce that NYU Interim Provost Georgina Dopico has approved the recommendation of ISAW's faculty to promote Sören Stark from Associate Professor to Professor of Central Asian Archaeology, effective September 1.
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New Publication by ISAW Professor Dan Potts on Albert Houtum Schindler: A Remarkable Polymath in Late-Qajar Iran
by Iris Fernandez | 08/30/2023
Prof. Dan Potts recently published a biography of Albert Houtum Schindler, a person whose name crops up frequently in literature on Iran concerning everything from geography and geology to numismatics and archaeology.
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New Publication by ISAW Professor Claire Bubb on Medicine and the Law under the Roman Empire
by Iris Fernandez | 08/23/2023
ISAW Assistant Professor Claire Bubb and NYU Classics Professor Emeritus Michael Peachin have published a collected volume, Medicine and the Law under the Roman Empire, with Oxford University Press.
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Report from our 2023 Judith A. Lerner, Ph.D. Summer Traveler: Yu Song
by Yu Song | 08/08/2023
We are pleased to share the summer travel report from ISAW Student Yu Song, the 2023 recipient of the Judith A. Lerner, Ph.D. Summer Travel Fund.
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ISAW Commencement 2023
by Marc LeBlanc | 08/04/2023
Four ISAW students were awarded doctoral degrees during the 2022-23 academic year: Georgios Tsolakis (September 2022), Yan Zhang (September 2022), Christine Roughan (January 2023), and Nathan Lovejoy (May 2023). The ISAW community celebrated these students' accomplishments at an in-person graduation ceremony and reception on May 16, 2023. We are extremely proud of ISAW’s recent graduates!
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ISAW announces the publication of Scientific Traditions in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East
by David Ratzan | 08/03/2023
The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World and NYU Press are pleased to announce the publication of the latest volume from ISAW Monographs, Scientific Traditions in the Ancient Mediterranean and the Near East, edited by Sofie Schiødt, Amber Jacob, and Kim Ryholt.
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ISAW's Rachel Herschman to Lead the Exhibitions and Publications Program at Yale’s Beinecke Library
by Iris Fernandez | 06/02/2023
After seven years as ISAW’s Assistant Curator, Rachel Herschman will soon join Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library as its inaugural Exhibitions and Publications Program Director.
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ISAW Prof. Sören Stark Awarded Grant for Scientific Work on Finds from Central Asian Archaeological Site
by David Ratzan | 05/22/2023
Prof. Sören Stark (ISAW) and Dr. Lynne Rouse (German Archaeological Institute) win a research grant for archaeo-scientific work on finds from Kimirekkum-1 in Central Asia.
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ISAW’s Director Emeritus Roger Bagnall Announced as the new President of the American Philosophical Society
by Iris Fernandez | 05/15/2023
On April 29, 2023, Dr. Roger Bagnall took office as President of the American Philosophical Society. Dr. Bagnall is professor emeritus of ancient history and Leon Levy Director Emeritus of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University.
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