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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 16, 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

Two students stand at podium near projector screen showing a presentation

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.

Posted on August 24, 2026

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News & Updates

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

UChicago Graduate Student Job Opportunity: Archives Cataloger

Curator Kiersten Neumann Joins Assyrian Times Podcast with Ashur Bet Oshana

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

UChicago Student Job Opportunity: Archives Processing and Digitization Technician

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

Update from James Osborne on Türkmen-Karahöyük Excavations

James Osborne Co-Leads Discovery of Rare Luwian Seal and Christian Amulet at Türkmen-Karahöyük

New Publication Lowland Susiana in the Fourth Millennium BCE by Abbas Alizadeh now available

LAMINE 4 Wins the Mediterranean Seminar’s 2025 Prize for Best Edition and Translation