Completion of the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary Celebrated at the Assyrian National Council of Illinois
On Sunday, June 15, the Assyrian National Council of Ilinois hosted an event celebrating the completion of the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary, one of the great humanistic triumphs of the last century. The event was featured in "Assyria Foundation Honors Oriental Institute Scholars."
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Employment: Assistant Professor of Anatolian Archaeology
The Oriental Institute and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations of the University of Chicago invite applications for a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Anatolian Archaeology.
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Studies In Ancient Oriental Civilization Volume 68
As part of its Electronic Publications Initiative, the Oriental Institute Publications Office announces the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) release of its Studies In Ancient Oriental Civilization (SAOC) 68.
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New book by Walter Farber on Lamaštu incantations 40 years in the making
A new book has appeared by Walter Farber, Professor of Assyriology in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago and Research Associate and Tablet Room Curator for the Oriental Institute.
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Recent Research by OI Scholars Seeks to Revise Bronze Age Chronology
A recent article published in the Journal of Near Eastern Studies 73:1 (2014) by Oriental Institute scholars Robert Ritner and Nadine Moeller provides a re-assessment of an ancient Egyptian text known as the "Ahmose Tempest Stela."
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Chicago Demotic Dictionary publishes final letter online
The Chicago Demotic Dictionary announced the online publication of the final letter of the Chicago Demotic Dictionary: letter S. Containing 540 pages of lexical entries, letter S is the longest letter file of the dictionary and represents the final stages of completion for the upcoming multi-volume print publication.
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Oriental Institute on the Cutting Edge of Using Technology
Oriental Institute projects employ cutting edge technology to gather, interpret, and care for cultural heritage information. Tableau, the magazine of the Division of Humanities at the University of Chicago recently profiled several OI projects and interviewed scholars about their use of technology in the article Back and to the Future: Digital Tools Transform the Study of Ancient Civilizations.
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Profile of Oriental Institute Archaeologists Working in the Middle East
A recent University of Chicago news article headlined "For archaeologists, Middle East conflicts create ‘perfect sandstorm’ of challenges" profiles Oriental Institute archaeologists and the challenges faced by working in conflict zones
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29th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference
The 29th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference is taking place in Stuart Hall at the University of Chicago on Friday, 2 May and Saturday, 3 May 2014.
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Public Symposium: In Remembrance of Me: Feasting with the Dead in the Ancient Middle East
The Oriental Institute invites you to a free half-day symposium to be held in conjunction with the special exhibit, In Remembrance of Me.
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