Emeritus Professor Miguel Civil, Leading Expert in Sumerian, Passes Away at 92
Miguel Civil, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, passed away on January 13, 2019. He was widely considered the world's leading expert in the Sumerian language.
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Lecture by Klaus Wagensonner on Handbook of Cuneiform Characters
Klaus Wagensonner will give a lecture about "Putting Signs in Order: Notes on a Pocked-Sized Handbook of Cuneiform Characters" on Friday, February 1, 2019, at 4:00 PM in the LaSalle Banks Room of the Oriental Institute.
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Lecture by Hanan Charaf on Lebanon in the Days of the Canaanites
Hanan Charaf will give a lecture about "Lebanon in the Day sof the Canaanites: Recent Discoveries from the Middle Bronze Age" on Thursday, January 31, 2019, at 12:00 PM in the LaSalle Banks Room of the Oriental Institute.
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Lecture by Shlomit Bechar on the Late Bronze Age Palaces at Hazor
Shlomit Bechar will give a lecture about "The Late Bronze Age Palaces at Hazor" on Tuesday, January 22, 2019, at 12:00 PM in the LaSalle Banks Room of the Oriental Institute.
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Lecture by Brian Rose on Troy and Gordion
Brian Rose will give a lecture about "Troy and Gordion: The Historiography of Excavation at Two Legendary Sites in Anatolia" on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 7:00 PM in Social Sciences Room 122.
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Oriental Institute Annual Report 2017–19 Now Available
The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago announces the online publciation of Oriental Institute 2017–18 Annual Report.
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Oriental Institute News & Notes, Issue 240, Winter 2019, Now Available
The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago announces the online publciation of Oriental Institute News & Notes Issue 240 (Winter 2019).
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Lecture by Stephen Chrisomalis on "Ancient Written Numerals"
Stephen Chrisomalis will give a lecture about "How to Choose a Number: Multimodal Variations in Ancient Written Numerals" on Wednesday, December 5, at 7:00 PM in Social Sciences Room 122.
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Interview with Gil Stein Now Available on the OI Podcast in iTunes
Lectures, interviews, and more are now available for listening and download on the Oriental Institute Podcast through iTunes and SoundCloud. As part of the launch, former OI director Gil Stein's oral history is now available as a podcast on iTunes for the first time.
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Own an iconic artifact from the Oriental Institute!
The first 50 people who start a new membership or make an additional gift of $250 or more will receive an original chair from Breasted Hall!
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