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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU

ISAW is a center for advanced scholarly research and graduate education, which aims to encourage particularly the study of the economic, religious, political and cultural connections between ancient civilizations. ISAW's public presence matches its vision, engaging both the public and scholars worldwide in the work and findings of its scholarly community. Exhibitions, public lectures, publications, digital resources, and other programs reflect the Institute's ideal of study that bridges disciplines and ancient peoples.

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Past Events 43

Tue, Sep 24 6:00 PM

AIA Lecture: Crete, the Aegean, and the Near East in the Early 1st Millennium BCE

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Thu, Sep 26 6:00 PM

The Fictitious Construction of Presence: Evoking the Image in Art and Writing in Ancient Mesopotamia

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Thu, Oct 3 2:00 PM

Day One: Medicine and the Law under the Roman Empire: Professionalism, Intellectual Pursuit, Entertainment, and Socio-Political Competition

NYU Kimmel/Global Center, New York

Fri, Oct 4 9:00 AM

Day Two: Medicine and the Law under the Roman Empire: Professionalism, Intellectual Pursuit, Entertainment, and Socio-Political Competition

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Tue, Oct 15 6:00 PM

Paros and the Archaic Sanctuary of Apollo on the Island of Despotiko

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Mon, Oct 21 10:30 AM

Prospective Student Open House 2019

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Thu, Oct 24 6:00 PM

ARCE Lecture: The Mystery of the “White Walls”: The New Discoveries at Memphis

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Wed, Oct 30 6:00 PM

American Friends of the Jewish Museum of Greece Lecture: Συναγωγή των Εβραίων

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Tue, Nov 12 6:00 PM

New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium: Mari and the Minoans

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Tue, Nov 19 6:00 PM

Speaking Truth to Power in Greece and Babylon: Mythological Paradigms Compared

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Tue, Dec 3 6:00 PM

The Discovery of Knossos by the Cretan Antiquarian Minos Kalokairinos: Politics and Research Agendas in the Early Days of Aegean Archaeology

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Thu, Dec 5 6:00 PM

A Tale of Two Stories: Mythological Texts as a Source on Ancient Egyptian Gender Roles

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Fri, Sep 20 9:30 AM

Day Two: Scientific Traditions in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East

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Thu, Sep 19 9:15 AM

Day One: Scientific Traditions in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East

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Thu, May 9 6:00 PM

Exhibition Lecture: Dance as Reverie: Ancient Preludes to a Modern Idea

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Wed, May 8 6:00 PM

New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium: “Bringing the Minoan Fragmentary Relief Frescoes from Pseira to Life”

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Sat, May 4 1:00 PM

Exhibitions Event: Sketching from Models

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Fri, May 3 9:00 AM

Mediterranean and Caribbean: Island Populations and Migrations

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Tue, Apr 30 6:00 PM

Manuscript Networks and the Evolution of Technical Texts in Early China

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Tue, Apr 23 6:00 PM

Beyond Meaning: The Form, Substance, Color and Pattern of Shang Things

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Wed, Apr 17 6:00 PM

Rostovtzeff Lecture IV: Baking up Western Civilization and Some African Alternatives

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Sat, Apr 13 1:00 PM

Exhibitions Event: Sketching from Models

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Thu, Apr 11 6:00 PM

Exhibition Lecture: Moving in Parallel: Ancient and Modern Dance Makers

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Mon, Apr 8 6:00 PM

Rostovtzeff Lecture III: Sticking with the Spirits: Eastern Cuisines, Grain Wines, and Civilization

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Fri, Apr 5 9:00 AM

MATERIA III: New Approaches to Material Text in the Ancient World

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Wed, Apr 3 6:00 PM

Rostovtzeff Lecture II: From Sustainability to Investment Agriculture: Logics of Productive Consumption and Disparity

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Thu, Mar 28 6:00 PM

Exhibition Lecture: Pilgrimage to an Imagined West: Antiquity and the Early Ballets Russes

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Wed, Mar 27 6:00 PM

Rostovtzeff Lecture I: Domestication, Demography, and Settlement: Alternative Mathematics for Early Agriculture

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Thu, Mar 14 6:00 PM

AIA Lecture: “Discourses on Empire: Roman Baths Here, There, and Everywhere”

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Tue, Mar 12 6:00 PM

Return to Sumer: New Archaeological Investigations in South Iraq

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Thu, Feb 28 6:00 PM

Theodore N. Romanoff Lecture (ARCE): ’The Medium is the Message’: The Mechanics of Egyptian Royal Living-Rock Stelae

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Tue, Feb 26 6:00 PM

New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium: The Recently Discovered Kiln Complex at Gournia: Its Construction and Operation within the Late Minoan IA Settlement

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Tue, Feb 19 6:00 PM

Mastering Speed: The Bronze Age of Mongolia

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Tue, Feb 12 6:00 PM

The Archaeology of Colors: Polychromy and Classical Chinese Bronze Art

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Tue, Feb 5 6:00 PM

Assyria Identities: The Role of Elite Individuals in the Art of Assyria

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Thu, Jan 31 6:00 PM

The Practical Archaeologist's Approach to 3D Modeling and Related Technologies

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Mon, Jan 28 5:00 PM

Opening of the Digital Exhibition: “The Sogdians: Influencers on the Silk Roads”

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Sat, Jan 5 9:00 AM

Exhibition Gallery Event: Sketch Morning

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Sat, Dec 15 4:00 PM

Exhibition Gallery Talk: Ancient Silversmithing and Modern Practice

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Fri, Dec 14 9:00 AM

Conference: The Archaeology of Neighborhood Life: Concepts, Communities, and Change

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Thu, Dec 13 6:00 PM

Exhibition Gallery Talk: Ancient Silversmithing and Modern Practice

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Thu, Dec 6 6:00 PM

Exhibition Panel Conversation: The Berthouville Treasure and the Gallo-Roman World: Art, Literature, and Cultural History

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