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the Oriental Institute Publications Office announces the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) release of CHDS 2: Unpublished Bo-Fragments in Transliteration 1: Bo 9536-Bo 9736.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 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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Lecture by Samra Azarnoche on "Myths and Science: Zoroastrian Media of Power in Late Sasanian Iran"

Samra Azarnoche will give a lecture on  "Myths and Science: Zoroastrian Media of Power in Late Sasanian Iran" on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, at 5:00pm in Pick Hall, Room 216.

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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 Elisa Rossberger on "Objects from the Temple of Ištar-Kitītum at Iščali"

Elisa Rossberger will give a lecture on "Things to Remember: Form and Function of Dedicated Objects from the Temple of Ištar-Kitītum at Iščali" on Thursday, April 23, 2015, at 12:00 pm in the LaSalle Banks Room at the Oriental Institute.

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Lecture by Kathleen Sheppard on "The Tomb of the Two Brothers, or Margaret Murray and the Manchester Mummies"

Kathleen Sheppard, University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, will give a lecture titled "The Tomb of the Two Brothers, or Margaret Murray and the Manchester Mummies" on Saturday, May 2, 2015, at 5:00 pm in the LaSalle Banks Room of the Oriental Institute.

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Lecture by Raphael Greenberg on "The Future of Archaeology in Israel Palestine"

Rabphael Greenberg will give a lecture on "The Future of Archaeology in Israel Palestine" on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, at 4:30 pm in Room 142 at 1155 East 60th Street.

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