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Chicago Summer Institute Interns Tackle the Papers of Charles F. Nims

This summer at ISAC, Noel Cormack (University of Chicago, BA ‘27) and Kameryn King (University of Chicago, BA ‘29), interns from the College Summer Institute, worked with archivist Allie Scholten and ISAC DRC Director Foy Scalf to complete the first comprehensive organization and cataloging of the Charles Francis Nims Papers housed in the ISAC archives.

Job Opportunity: Associate Director of Development

The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (ISAC) at the University of Chicago invites applications for an Associate Director of Development – Major Gifts & Campaigns. This position will collaborate closely with the Director of Development, senior ISAC leadership, and volunteer leadership to develop and pursue ambitious yet achievable annual fundraising, proposal/solicitation and visit goals.

Now Available: CHDS 6.Unpublished Bo-Fragments in Transliteration V (Bo 1398–Bo 6002)

The ISAC Publications department announces that CHDS 6.Unpublished Bo-Fragments in Transliteration V (Bo 1398–Bo 6002), by Oğuz Soysal and Mine Çifçi, is now available for purchase and download.

Now Available: ISACMP 4. A Bestiary of Ancient Nubia

The ISAC Publications department announces that ISACMP 4. A Bestiary of Ancient Nubia, edited by Marc Maillot, is now available for purchase and download.

Opportunity: ISAC/Divinity School Postdoctoral Scholar

The University of Chicago Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (ISAC) and Divinity School invite applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar in religious and literary cultures of the Islamic World for the 2026—2029 academic years. This is a three-year, non-renewable appointment. The Postdoctoral Scholar will engage in research, curation, publication, and exhibition and conference planning. The Scholar will collaborate closely with ISAC’s conservation and exhibition preparation team and the Divinity School’s academic community.

Now Available: ISACMP 3. Ancient Iran in the ISAC Museum

The ISAC Publications department announces that ISACMP 3. Ancient Iran in the ISAC Museum: From Prehistory to the Achaemenid Period by Abbas Alizadeh, is now available for purchase and download.

LAMINE 4 awarded the 2025 Dr. Sona Aronian Book Prize for Excellence in Armenian Studies

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 the 2025 Dr. Sona Aronian Book Prize for Excellence in Armenian Studies.

Archival assistant Megan Sands (UChicago, MAPSS in Anthropology '25, MA in Middle Eastern Studies '27) transforms photographs of Antoin Sevruguin

We are delighted to highlight the work of Archival Assistant Megan Sands, whose careful and sustained efforts have transformed access to the Antoin Sevruguin photographic collection in the ISAC Archives.

Now Available: LAMINE 6. A Connecting Polemic in the Medieval Mediterranean

The ISAC Publications department announces that LAMINE 6. A Connecting Polemic in the Medieval Mediterranean, edited and translated by Thomas E. Burman, Nuria de Castilla, Seonyoung Kim, Sergio La Porta, Jeremy Pearson, and Alison M. Vacca, is now available for purchase and download.

Naomi Harris translates Hittite poems for The Paris Review

As reported by the Division of the Arts & Humanities and UChicago News, translations of ancient Hittite poems by PhD student Naomi Harris have been published in The Paris Review Issue no. 253 (Fall 2025).