New Book by Nadine Moeller Examines Urbanism in Ancient Egypt
Nadine Moeller, Associate Professor of Egyptian Archaeology at the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, and Director of the Tell Edfu Project, has published a new book on The Archaeology of Urbanism in Ancient Egypt: From the Predynastic Period to the End of the Middle Kingdom (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016).
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Conference at the Neubauer Collegium on "Dealing with Heritage: New Policy Approaches"
The Neubauer Collegium will host a conference about "Dealing with Heritage: New Policy Approaches" on Thursday-Friday, May 19-20, 2016, at the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society. Dealing with Heritage is a conference of The Past for Sale: New Approaches to the Study of Archaeological Looting, an interdisciplinary project sponsored by the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society. The conference is co-sponsored by the Department of Art History.
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Lecture by the MANTIS Project, An Interdisciplinary Project for Monitoring the Antiquities Trade in Iraq and Syria
Fiona Rose-Greenland, Oya Topcuoglu, and James Marrone will give a lecture about MANTIS: An Interdisciplinary Project for Monitoring the Antiquities Trade in Iraq and Syria on Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at 12:00pm in the LaSalle Banks Room of the Orientl Institute.
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UChicago News Highlights OI Special Exhibit "Persepolis: Images of an Empire"
A recently posted UChicago News feature on "Preserving Persia’s Glorious Past" by William Harms highlights the many ways in which scholars at the Oriental Institute have contributed to the understanding of the material culture and languages of the Persian Empire.
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Lecture by Maria Macuch on "Constructing Desscent: Legal Strategies of Succession and Inheritance in Sasanian Iran"
Maria Macuch, Professor of Iranian Studies at the Freie Universität in Berlin, will give a lecture about "Constructing Desscent: Legal Strategies of Succession and Inheritance in Sasanian Iran" on Friday, May 13th, 2016, at 4:30 pm in room 146 of Saieh Hall for Economics.
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OI Announces Joint Publication with the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage
The Oriental Institute is proud to announces the joint publication with the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage of Nimrud: The Queens' Tomb by Muzahim Mahmoud Hussein, Oriental Institute Miscellaneous Publications (Baghdad: Iraqi Sate Board of Antiquities and Heritage and Chicago: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2016).
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Workshop by Holly Pittman about "Case Study in Glyptic Art"
Holly Pittman, Bok Family Professor in the Humanities, Department of the History of Art and Curator of the Near Eastern Section, University of Pennsylvania Museum, will give a workshop about "Case Study in Glyptic Art: Evaluating the Place of Arslantepe in the Late Chalcolithig and the Late Uruk World" on Thursday, May 12, 2016, at 12:00-1:00 pm in the LaSalle Banks Room of the Oriental Institute.
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Neubauer Collegium to Host Workshop on "The Magical Handbooks on Papyrus from Egypt"
The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society will host a workshop on "The Transmission of Magical Knowledge: The Magical Handbooks on Papyrus from Egypt" featuring talks by Christopher Faraone, Raquel Martín Hernández, and Sofía Torallas Tovar on Friday, May 6, at 4:30-6:30 pm.
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Lecture by Assaf Yasur-Landau about "Resilience and Integrative Archaeology of Maritime Connectivity in Israel"
Assaf Yasur-Landau will give a lecture about "Resilience and Integrative Archaeology of Maritime Connectivity in Israel" on Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at 12:00 pm in the LaSalle Banks Room of the Oriental Institute.
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Lecture by Holly Pittman about "From Mesopotamia to the Oxus through Iran: Shifting the Center in Bronze Age Trade"
Holly Pittman, Bok Family Professor in the Humanities, Department of the History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania and Curator of the Near Eastern Section, University of Pennsylvania Museum, will give a lecture about "Mesopotamia to the Oxus through Iran: Shifting the Center in Bronze Age Trade" on May 11, 2016, at 7:00 pm in Breasted Hall of the Oriental Institute.
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