Jonathan Skaff, Professor Emeritus of History at Shippensburg University and ISAW 2015-16 Visiting Research Scholar, recently published a new book, "Silk Roads, Steppe Roads: History Unearthed from the Tombs of Medieval China" (Princeton Un…
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ISAW is happy to announce the 2026-27 cohort visiting research scholars. These scholars will work on exciting research projects as well as participating in ISAW seminars and public lectures. Please join us in welcoming them to our community…
A very warm welcome to the incoming cohort of Fall 2026 PhD students at ISAW. We are so thrilled to have them join us on their journey and become a part of our community. Please give them a warm welcome, and read more to hear about their ac…
This talk introduces how the Arabic and Islamic manuscript tradition inherited and adapted images of the late antique cosmos, focusing on a series of cosmographical maps from the 12th century Andalusian Sufi thinker, Ibn al-ʾArabi (d. 1240)…
Congratulations to Leon Levy Director and Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Studies Greg Woolf on being awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters at the University of Chicago’s 540th Convocation ceremony in recognition of his…
Beate Pongratz-Leisten, Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies at ISAW, has released her new book, Myth, Text and Image in Ancient Mesopotamia: A Narrative Reading of the World (Cambridge University Press, 2026). Describing the book, Pon…
ISAW is proud to congratulate four students – Kyle Brunner, Mariana Castro, Emily Frank, and Katherine Thomson – who were awarded doctoral degrees in January 2026. The ISAW community celebrated the graduates and their accomplishments at a…
ISAW Research Associate and Director’s Council member, Gilles Bransbourg, has been invited by the Collège de France assembly as a guest lecturer on June 15,2026 speaking on, “The Plague and the End of the Ancient World: Not so Simple. A Vie…
ISAW is proud to congratulate Samantha Rainford and Braden Cordivari, each honored with an NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science (GSAS) dissertation fellowship for the 2026–2027 academic year. Samantha Rainford has been awarded the GSAS L…
On March 12 and 13, 2026, the Department of Classics at Rutgers University hosted a hybrid conference on the latest advances in AI and the Study of Antiquity. ISAW Associate Research Scholar Patrick J. Burns and PhD students Tanrui Zhu, Man…
This workshop will take place online; a Zoom link will be provided via email to registered participants. This workshop is presented in partnership with OER Project. Registration is required via the OER Project's website. Expanding the Ancie…