ISAC Events
Archaeology and the Bible tour
Join us for a tour exploring the connections between remarkable artifacts in the ISAC Museum collection and the Bible. Space is limited, so please register in advance.
Book Talk: Omar Mohammed on “Mosul Eye,” in conversation with ISAC Director Tim Harrison
Historian Omar Mohammed, who secretly chronicled life under ISIS as the anonymous blogger “Mosul Eye,” presents his new book Mosul Eye: A Scholar’s Clandestine War Against ISIS. Following his talk,…
Stories Objects Hold: Exploring (Non)Material Remnants of Türkiye: Curator and Artist in Conversation on “Time, Fragmented”
What stories do objects carry long after the people and places that made them have changed? Join ISAC Museum curator Kiersten Neumann for a conversation with Defne Ergöz, curator of Time, Fragmented,…
Cultural Heritage Experiment (CHE) Lending Day
Join the Cultural Heritage Experiment’s 2026 Lending Day for the chance to borrow an object from the ISAC Archives lending collection! The Cultural Heritage Experiment connects students with archival…
The Haunted Museum
Do you dare enter the Haunted Museum? Guided demon hunts, spooky stories, creepy crafts, mummification demonstrations, and more! Dress up in your costume and experience this frightfully fun…
ISAC Discovery Tours
Join us for a docent-led tour of the ISAC Museum every Saturday, with a few exceptions on holidays. The tour is free with museum admission and completely free for ISAC members and University of…
ISAC Discovery Tours
Join us for a docent-led tour of the ISAC Museum every Saturday, with a few exceptions on holidays. The tour is free with museum admission and completely free for ISAC members and University of…
ARCE-ISAC Joint Lecture: Treasure Fit for a Queen: Royal Burials from el-Kurru, Sudan
ARCE-ISAC November Lecture, 5–6pm in person and on Zoom, Dr. Denise Doxey, Norma Jean Calderwood Curator of Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Some of…
K-12 Teacher Workshops: Object Based Learning and Artifact Analysis
Join ISAC Education for teacher workshops looking at how to incorporate objects as primary sources in your classroom. Object Based Learning & Virtual Artifact Analysis …
ISAC Discovery Tours
Join us for a docent-led tour of the ISAC Museum every Saturday, with a few exceptions on holidays. The tour is free with museum admission and completely free for ISAC members and University of…
Archaeology and the Bible Tour
Join us for a tour exploring the connections between remarkable artifacts in the ISAC Museum collection and the Bible. Space is limited, so please register in advance.
ASOR-ISAC Teacher Workshop: Bring Archaeology to your Classroom
Join the American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) and the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (ISAC) for a hands-on workshop created for K–12 educators. Workshop Schedule 10:00am…
ISAC Discovery Tours
Join us for a docent-led tour of the ISAC Museum every Saturday, with a few exceptions on holidays. The tour is free with museum admission and completely free for ISAC members and University of…
ISAC Discovery Tours
Join us for a docent-led tour of the ISAC Museum every Saturday, with a few exceptions on holidays. The tour is free with museum admission and completely free for ISAC members and University of…
ISAC Short Class: Imagining and Re-Imagining Homer
Sundays, 10:00–10:30 AM, November 29–December 20), pre-recorded episodes drop every Sunday by 10:00 am Instructor: Tasha Vorderstrasse, PhD, Manager, Continuing Education Program, ISAC Join…
Online Class: Phoenician Schemes: The History of the Ancient Phoenicians
6 weeks, Wednesdays, December 2–December 16 and January 6–20, 5pm–7pm Central, class does not meet on December 23 or 30. Instructor: Samanth Suppes, PhD (’26) In this class, learn the history…
ISAC Discovery Tours
Join us for a docent-led tour of the ISAC Museum every Saturday, with a few exceptions on holidays. The tour is free with museum admission and completely free for ISAC members and University of…
Writing the Past: Storytelling Workshop
Sunday December 6 and 13, 1:00pm–3:00pm, LaSalle Banks (basement) of ISAC. Instructor: Malayna Evans, PhD From character arcs and plot structures to processes and beat sheets, telling tales…
K-12 Teacher Workshops: Object Based Learning and Artifact Analysis
Join ISAC Education for teacher workshops looking at how to incorporate objects as primary sources in your classroom. Object Based Learning & Virtual Artifact Analysis …
ISAC Discovery Tours
Join us for a docent-led tour of the ISAC Museum every Saturday, with a few exceptions on holidays. The tour is free with museum admission and completely free for ISAC members and University of…
ISAC Discovery Tours
Join us for a docent-led tour of the ISAC Museum every Saturday, with a few exceptions on holidays. The tour is free with museum admission and completely free for ISAC members and University of…
ISAC Discovery Tours
Join us for a docent-led tour of the ISAC Museum every Saturday, with a few exceptions on holidays. The tour is free with museum admission and completely free for ISAC members and University of…
ISAC Discovery Tours
Join us for a docent-led tour of the ISAC Museum every Saturday, with a few exceptions on holidays. The tour is free with museum admission and completely free for ISAC members and University of…
ISAC Discovery Tours
Join us for a docent-led tour of the ISAC Museum every Saturday, with a few exceptions on holidays. The tour is free with museum admission and completely free for ISAC members and University of…
ISAC Discovery Tours
Join us for a docent-led tour of the ISAC Museum every Saturday, with a few exceptions on holidays. The tour is free with museum admission and completely free for ISAC members and University of…
Online Class: Life Along the Ever-Changing Nile
4 weeks, Tuesdays, January 19–February 9, 5pm–7pm Instructor: Katherine Rose, PhD, CAMEL Lab Research Fellow, ISAC and Director of Programs for the Institute for Field Research This course…
ISAC Discovery Tours
Join us for a docent-led tour of the ISAC Museum every Saturday, with a few exceptions on holidays. The tour is free with museum admission and completely free for ISAC members and University of…
ISAC Discovery Tours
Join us for a docent-led tour of the ISAC Museum every Saturday, with a few exceptions on holidays. The tour is free with museum admission and completely free for ISAC members and University of…
ISAC Discovery Tours
Join us for a docent-led tour of the ISAC Museum every Saturday, with a few exceptions on holidays. The tour is free with museum admission and completely free for ISAC members and University of…
ISAC Discovery Tours
Join us for a docent-led tour of the ISAC Museum every Saturday, with a few exceptions on holidays. The tour is free with museum admission and completely free for ISAC members and University of…
ISAC Discovery Tours
Join us for a docent-led tour of the ISAC Museum every Saturday, with a few exceptions on holidays. The tour is free with museum admission and completely free for ISAC members and University of…
ISAC Discovery Tours
Join us for a docent-led tour of the ISAC Museum every Saturday, with a few exceptions on holidays. The tour is free with museum admission and completely free for ISAC members and University of…
ISAC Discovery Tours
Join us for a docent-led tour of the ISAC Museum every Saturday, with a few exceptions on holidays. The tour is free with museum admission and completely free for ISAC members and University of…
ISAC Discovery Tours
Join us for a docent-led tour of the ISAC Museum every Saturday, with a few exceptions on holidays. The tour is free with museum admission and completely free for ISAC members and University of…
ISAC Exhibit: Hartapu: The Forgotten King of Anatolia
Seven years ago, Hartapu was little more than a name. Then, in 2019, an inscribed stone pulled from an irrigation canal in central Türkiye introduced the world to a king who claimed to have conquered…
ISAC Discovery Tours
Join us for a docent-led tour of the ISAC Museum every Saturday, with a few exceptions on holidays. The tour is free with museum admission and completely free for ISAC members and University of…
ISAC Discovery Tours
Join us for a docent-led tour of the ISAC Museum every Saturday, with a few exceptions on holidays. The tour is free with museum admission and completely free for ISAC members and University of…