The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures has launched a new initiative, the ISAC Data Research Center, which brings together data science, AI and the humanities to transform how scholars study the ancient world.

The ISAC Publications department announces that SAC 5, Ḫattannaš: A Festschrift in Honor of Theo van den Hout, edited by Petra Goedegebuure and Joost Hazenbos, with the assistance of Emily Smith, is now available for purchase and download.

ISAC Publications is pleased to announce that a monograph published last year in ISAC’s Late Antique and Medieval Islamic Near East (LAMINE) series, An Armenian Futūḥ Narrative, recently won the Mediterranean Seminar’s 2025 Prize for Best Edition and Translation.

The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (ISAC) at the University of Chicago invites applications for a one-year funded position focused on developing Geospatial AI applications for archaeology, history, and cultural heritage. This is a unique opportunity to join an ambitious project at the University of Chicago that aims to transform how archaeology and historical researchers use archival satellite imagery and geospatial data for knowledge production on human-environment history.