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Welcome to ISAC’s New Website

ISAC launches a redesigned website built to make it easier to explore our research, collections, publications, programs, and the people who make them possible.

Posted on September 28, 2026

Job Opportunity: ISAC Museum Assistant Registrar

ISAC seeks applicants for an Assistant Registrar. The Assistant Registrar reports to the Museum Registrar and the Museum Director and leads the ISAC Museum’s imaging and rights and permissions program.

Posted on September 26, 2026

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ISAC Museum to Introduce New Admissions Model

Beginning September 28th, 2026, the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum will introduce paid admission as part of a broader commitment to the future of the Museum and the world-class exp…

Posted on September 26, 2026

October 22: Columbia University Seminar on the Ancient Near East Highlights the Türkmen-Karahöyük Archaeological Project

The Columbia University Seminar on the Ancient Near East invites you to attend the second meeting of our 2026-2027 series:James Osborne, University of Chicago and Michele Rüzgar Massa, Bilkent Univers…

Posted on September 25, 2026

Financial Times Calls ISAC Museum an “Underrated” and “Gorgeous” Chicago Gem

The Financial Times has highlighted the ISAC Museum in a feature on “Chicago’s best-kept secrets,” praising its galleries, architecture, and collections and calling it an “underrated and gorgeous” Chicago gem.

Posted on September 23, 2026

Professor Gil Stein Quoted in Radio Free Europe Regarding Cultural Heritage Preservation in Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s current incarnation of the Taliban is taking a pragmatic approach to cultural heritage preservation, supporting work to safeguard the famous UNESCO-listed eleventh century Minaret of Jam…

Posted on September 22, 2026

Boxes housing the Sevruguin photographs.

UChicago Graduate Student Job Opportunity: Archives Cataloger

The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Archives seeks applicants with an interest in cultural heritage, archival collections, and ancient history for the position of Archives Cataloger. …

Posted on September 10, 2026

Kiersten Neumann with Ashur Bet Oshana of Assyrian Times in the Khorsabad Court.

Curator Kiersten Neumann Joins Assyrian Times Podcast with Ashur Bet Oshana

In a new video from Assyrian Times, ISAC Museum Curator Kiersten Neumann explores with Ashur Bet Oshana the history and cultural legacy of ancient Assyria. The conversation examines the rise of the As…

Posted on September 9, 2026

Fragment of a glazed piece of pottery (D. 8166).

UChicago Highlights Derek Kennet’s Class on Ceramic Analysis in Archaeology

A University of Chicago course brings students face-to-face with ancient ceramics from ISAC’s collections to learn how archaeologists reconstruct the past.

Posted on September 1, 2026

Photograph by Sevruguin during rehousing.

UChicago Student Job Opportunity: Archives Processing and Digitization Technician

The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Archives seeks applicants with an interest in cultural heritage, archival collections, digitization, and ancient history for the position of Archives Pr…

Posted on August 31, 2026

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