Upcoming Workshops
05/07/2025 05:30 PM
Online
Expanding the Ancient World Workshop:
From Sheep to Sign: Inventing Writing in Ancient Mesopotamia
Abigail Hoskins
This workshop will take place online. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Zoom information will be provided via confirmation email to registered participants. Expanding the Ancient World is a series of professional development workshops and online resources for teachers. Writing is such an integral part of our everyday lives that it is difficult to imagine how we could live without it. But just like so many of the other technologies that have become essential to us, writing had to be invented. Scholars studying the ancient past have discovered that writing was invented independently in four different places: in Mesopotamia (in modern-day Iraq) around 3300-3200 BCE; in ancient Egypt around 3200 BCE; in ancient China around 1200 BCE; and in ancient Mesoamerica (in modern-day Mexico) around 1000 BCE. In this workshop, we will focus on the invention of writing in Mesopotamia.
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05/12/2025 05:30 PM
Online
RESCHEDULED: Expanding the Ancient World Workshop
Ancient Religion with Asclepius: Exploring Epidaurus, the Iamata, and Religious Healing in Classical Greece
Allyson Blanck
This workshop has been rescheduled for Monday, May 12th, at 5:30pm. The workshop will take place online. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Zoom information will be provided via confirmation email to registered participants. Expanding the Ancient World is a series of professional development workshops and online resources for teachers. This workshop will explore ancient Greek religious systems through the lens of a particular god, the god of healing, Asclepius.
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