Visiting Research Scholars Alumni News

This article first appeared in ISAW Newsletter 16, Fall 2016.

  • Gilles Bransbourg, Research Associate, VRS 2010-11, was appointed Associate Curator at the American Numismatic Society on September 1, 2016, after several years of joint appointment at ISAW and ANS.
  • Ari Bryen, VRS 2008-9, assumed a new position as Assistant Professor of History and Classics at Vanderbilt University on August 15, 2016, after several years at West Virginia University.
  • Daniel F. Caner, VRS 2011-12, is assuming a new position as Associate Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Indiana University, after 16 years in a joint position in History and Classics at the University of Connecticut, Storrs.
  • Muriel Debié, VRS 2009-10, will be a member in the School of Historical Studies of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton for the 2016-17 academic year.
  • Jacco Dieleman, VRS 2010-11, will be a member in the School of Historical Studies of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton during fall 2016.
  • Lidewijde de Jong, VRS 2010-11, received tenure and was promoted to Associate Professor/Rosalind Franklin Fellow in the Department of Archaeology, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (University of Groningen), in April 2016.
  • Annalisa Marzano, VRS 2010-11, has been appointed Hugh Last Fellow at the British School at Rome for fall 2016.
  • Elizabeth Murphy, VRS 2014-16, will be a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Research Center for Anatolian Civilization in Istanbul, Turkey, for the 2016-17 academic year.
  • Michael Penn, VRS 2011-12, will assume a new position on January 1, 2017, as Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Stanford University, after many years at Mount Holyoke College.