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Recent Publications by the ISAW Community
In conjunction with Claire Bubb’s recent lecture “Dissecting History Repopulating the World of Roman Medical Research,” the ISAW Library arranged a display of ... by Iris Fernandez last modified 10/04/2023 11:17 AM
An Appetite for the Past
NOTE: We are now fully booked for this event and are no longer accepting RSVPs. This endeavor will bring scholars of the ancient world and food specialists ... by Marc LeBlanc last modified 09/06/2018 03:23 PM
Rostovtzeff Lecture Series: The End in Sight? Archaeological Science, Globalisation and Unsustainability
This lecture -- the second in a four-part series -- will take place in person at ISAW. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. The ... by Isabella Edgeworth last modified 02/16/2024 07:10 PM
Rostovtzeff Lecture Series: The End in Sight? Archaeological Science, Globalisation and Unsustainability
This lecture -- the third in a four-part series -- will take place in person at ISAW. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. In ... by Isabella Edgeworth last modified 02/16/2024 07:11 PM
Recent Publications
by sm7902@nyu.edu last modified 08/21/2020 02:38 PM
Rostovtzeff Lecture Series: The Sky over Ancient Iraq: Babylonian Astronomy in Context
Note: We are now fully booked for this event and are only accepting names for the wait-list. Due to inclement weather on March 21st, the first lecture of the ... by Marc LeBlanc last modified 02/05/2019 02:22 PM
DAY TWO: Medicine and the Law under the Roman Empire: Professionalism, Intellectual Pursuit, Entertainment, and Socio-Political Competition
Ancient Roman medicine and ancient Roman law have traditionally been viewed by scholars as highly specialized and are, therefore, often studied in isolation. ... by Marc LeBlanc last modified 09/20/2019 03:45 PM
Rostovtzeff Lecture Series: The End in Sight? Archaeological Science, Globalisation and Unsustainability
This lecture -- the first in a four-part series -- will take place in person at ISAW. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Great ... by Marc LeBlanc last modified 03/06/2024 03:57 PM
Rostovtzeff Lecture Series: As If: Fiction, Make-Believe, and the Legal World of Early Medieval Francia, 5th-9th Centuries AD
This lecture will take place online. Registration is required, click through for the registration link. Zoom information will be provided via confirmation ... by Marc LeBlanc last modified 10/14/2021 02:25 PM
Rostovtzeff Lecture Series: The End in Sight? Archaeological Science, Globalisation and Unsustainability
This lecture -- the fourth in a four-part series -- will take place in person at ISAW. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. ... by Isabella Edgeworth last modified 02/16/2024 07:11 PM
ISAW Library New Titles: February 2016
Books acquired and accessioned by the ISAW Library from February 1 to February 29, 2016. by Gabriel McKee last modified 07/06/2016 12:31 PM
Ancient Archives, Modern Libraries, and Star Wars: Rogue One
ISAW’s librarian and resident science fiction expert weighs in on the overlap between Star Wars and libraries both ancient and modern. by Gabriel McKee last modified 12/21/2016 04:11 PM
Commencement 2016
by sm7902@nyu.edu last modified 08/24/2020 04:01 PM
ISAW Commencement 2022
ISAW doctoral candidates Lorenzo Castellano and David Danzig successfully defended their dissertations during spring 2022 and graduated in May 2022. The ISAW ... by Marc LeBlanc last modified 07/06/2022 11:43 AM
Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology publishes sixth volume
by Judith A. Lerner last modified 09/21/2021 12:43 PM
Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri Launched
In November, ISAW submitted a final report to the National Endowment for the Humanities on the "Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri" project (DCLP). This report ... by Tom Elliott last modified 04/12/2018 04:35 PM
Hellenistic finds from ISAW’S Excavations at Niğde Kınık Höyük, Turkey
With the closing of the 2019 excavation season at the site of Niğde Kınık Höyük, the most recent results on the Late Hellenistic occupation of the site are ... by hnm231@nyu.edu last modified 11/09/2022 06:03 PM
The 7th Annual Rostovtzeff Lecture Series, presented by VRS Jonathan Skaff
Tomorrow marks the first of four presentations entitled "Silk Roads and Steppe Roads of Medieval China: History Unearthed from Tombs" presented by VRS Jonathan ... by mp4071@nyu.edu last modified 08/25/2016 03:28 PM
Summer 2016 ISAW Library Research Digest
An update about research by ISAW library staff over the spring and summer of 2016. by David Ratzan last modified 03/01/2018 01:17 PM
The Rostovtzeff Lectures
Each spring ISAW sponsors a series of four lectures, named after the great ancient historian M. I. Rostovtzeff. This page provides information about past ... by Tom Elliott last modified 02/28/2024 02:09 PM
The Education and Miseducation of an Administrator in Late Roman Egypt
This lecture will take place online. Registration is required, click through for the registration link. Zoom information will be provided via confirmation ... by Marc LeBlanc last modified 06/02/2021 01:16 PM
ISAW Library New Titles: March 2016
Books acquired and accessioned by the ISAW Library between March 1, 2016 and March 31, 2016. by Gabriel McKee last modified 08/04/2016 12:17 PM
Rostovtzeff Lecture Series: Feeding Civilizations: A Comparative Long-Term Consideration of Agricultural and Culinary Traditions across the Old World
This lecture, the first in a four-part lecture series, will reconsider the origins of agriculture based on recent empirical evidence that tells us both how ... by Marc LeBlanc last modified 02/14/2019 03:05 PM
Property and Power in Late Antiquity
by cguardia last modified 02/03/2016 01:37 PM
Rostovtzeff Lecture Series: Feeding Civilizations: A Comparative Long-Term Consideration of Agricultural and Culinary Traditions across the Old World
Lecture 2 in a four-part series — Between the Neolithic origins of agriculture and the establishment of hierarchical, urban societies, key agricultural ... by Marc LeBlanc last modified 02/04/2020 01:54 PM
Lectures: 11th Annual M.I. Rostovtzeff Lecture Series
by Marc LeBlanc last modified 02/18/2021 04:54 PM
Rostovtzeff Lecture Series: Feeding Civilizations: A Comparative Long-Term Consideration of Agricultural and Culinary Traditions across the Old World
Lecture 4 in a four-part series — Baked bread is both basic to west Asian civilization and distinctive of it in the global context. The origins of cereal ... by Marc LeBlanc last modified 04/03/2019 10:22 AM
Rostovtzeff Lecture Series: Feeding Civilizations: A Comparative Long-Term Consideration of Agricultural and Culinary Traditions across the Old World
Lecture 3 of a four-part series — While regional variation in the production of food and farming systems underpinned trajectories towards civilization, these ... by Marc LeBlanc last modified 04/03/2019 10:18 AM
Recent and Forthcoming Publications by ISAW Community Members
As part of ISAW's commitment to making specialized research on the ancient world widely available to other academics and the public, we encourage our community ... by Marc LeBlanc last modified 02/21/2018 03:22 PM
Community News
by sm7902@nyu.edu last modified 09/30/2022 03:02 PM