Lectury by Kathryn Bandy on "Town and District: Local Administration during the Second Intermediate Period"
Kathryn Bandy, Ph.D. candidate in Egyptology at the University of Chicago, will give a lecture on "Town and District: Local Administration during the Second Intermediate Period" on Saturday, June 6, 2015, at 5:00pm in the LaSalle Banks room of the Oriental Institute.
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Lecture by Donald Whitcomb on "From Fustat to Cairo: The Many Meanings of 'Old Cairo'"
Donald Whitcomb will give a lecture on "From Fustat to Cairo: The Many Meanings of 'Old Cairo'" on Wednesday, May 27, at 5:00pm in Breasted Hall of the Oriental Institute.
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Symposium on Ancient DNA Held at the Oriental Institute
A conference on "Ancient DNA Research" will be held on Friday, May 22, 2015 the the Oriental Institute from 1:00-5:00 pm.
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OI Director Gil Stein Addressed Cultural Heritage Concerns at Workshop in Washington, D.C.
The Univeristy of Chicago Cultural Policy Center and the Smithsonian held a joint workshop on April 17, 2015, to discuss the protection of cultural heritage throughout the world.
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Lecture by Marina Rustow on "The Material Turn in Cario Geniza Research"
Marina Rustow will give a lecture on "The Material Turn in Cairo Geniza Research" on Wednesday, May 13, at 5:00pm in the Swift Common Room of the Divinity School.
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Oriental Institute Seminars 10
As part of its Electronic Publications Initiative, the Oriental Institute Publications Office announces the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) release of OIS 10. Household Studies in Complex Societies: (Micro) Archaeological and Textual Approaches.
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Symposium on Labor Contracting to be Held at the University of Chicago
A conference on "Hunger Games: Labor Contracting from Mesopotamia to Rome" will be held on Friday, May 8, 2015 the the Neubauer Collegium Forum from 2:00-6:00 pm.
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New publication of Boğazköy tablets in transliteration now available in print and online.
As part of its Electronic Publications Initiative, the Oriental Institute Publications Office announces the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) release of CHDS 2: Unpublished Bo-Fragments in Transliteration 1: Bo 9536-Bo 9736.
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Lecture by Jodi Magness on "New Discoveries in the Ancient Village and Synagogue at Huqoq in Israel's Galilee"
Jodi Magness will give a lecture on "New Discoveries in the Ancient Village and Synagogue at Huqoq in Israel's Galilee" on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, at 7:00pm in Breasted Hall of the Oriental Institute.
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Lecture by Tasha Vorderstrasse on "Multiculturalism and Christian Art in Old Cairo"
Tasha Vorderstrasse will give a lecture on "Multiculturalism and Christian Art in Old Cairo" on Wednesday, April 29, 2015, at 5:00pm in the Divinity School, Swift Common Room.
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