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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

We’re excited to announce that this April marks the start of this year’s Annual M.I. Rostovtzeff Lecture Series at ISAW! RSVP here: isaw.nyu.edu/events/rosto...

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

We’re happy to share the Spring ’26 lineup for Expanding the Ancient World! Our #ETAW K–12 educator professional development workshops bring big ideas straight into the classroom. Join us for engaging talks, fresh approaches, and CTLE credit. 📅 Feb–May | 💻 Zoom 🔗 Register: isaw.nyu.edu/outreach

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Meet Brian Lander! One of ISAW's 2025-26 Visiting Research Scholars. Brian studies how humans transformed the forests and wetlands of core regions of Chinese civilization into farmland using textual, archaeological, and paleoecological evidence. Publications link: vivo.brown.edu/display/blan...

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

All of us at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World extend our warmest wishes for a joyful holiday season and a happy, healthy #NewYear. We look forward to welcoming you in the year ahead for new discoveries, collaborations, and opportunities to engage with the ancient past. #ISAW

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Meet Aydogdy Kurbanov! One of ISAW's 2025-26 Visiting Research Scholars. Aydogdy Kurbanov is a historian and archaeologist specializing in the prehistoric and Late Antique periods of Central Asia. Read more here: isaw.nyu.edu/people/visit...

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

🎨 Join us for a Drawing Workshop at #ISAW! On December 6 at 1 pm, come sketch in the galleries with artist Joan Chiverton as part of our latest Rodin’s Egypt exhibition. 🔗 Learn more & register: isaw.nyu.edu/events/rodins-exhibition-drawing-workshop #RodinsEgypt #DrawingWorkshop

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Exhibition Drawing Workshop

Please join illustrator and teaching artist Joan Chiverton for an afternoon of sketching and watercolor in the galleries in conjunction with our new exhibition Rodin’s Egypt. Develop your drawing…

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Robert Hoyland recently published an edition, translation and study of the work of one of the most famous of all Arabic prose writers, al-Jahiz (d. 868), namely "The Turks and the Caliphal Army: (NYU Press, 2025). You can purchase the book here: www.libraryofarabicliterature.org/books/978147...

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

#ISAW invites submissions for the graduate student conference: Reimagining Body and Space in the Ancient World held March 5-6th. Submissions are due by December 19th and should be emailed to isawstudentconference@gmail.com. For more info: isaw.nyu.edu/news/isaw-gr...

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Meet Amanda Podany. One of ISAW's Fall 2025 VRS! Dr. Podany is a Prof. Emeritus of History at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. She holds a PhD in history from UCLA and an MA in archaeology from the University of London. For more information: isaw.nyu.edu/people/visit...

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Meet Amanda Ball! Dr. Ball is a Mediterranean archaeologist whose research focuses on sacred landscapes and material evidence of cultural interaction between Greeks and Thracians in the northeast Aegean. For more information: isaw.nyu.edu/people/visit...

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Discover the story of Mapungubwe, southern Africa’s earliest state — a center of trade, craftsmanship, and cultural power nearly 1,000 years ago. Join us on October 21 at 5:30 PM for “Mapungubwe Beyond the Golden Rhino,” a lecture by Jay Stephens. RSVP: isaw.nyu.edu/events/Mapun...

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Congratulations to Yukina Zhang, Assistant Professor of Art and Chinese Studies at Davidson College and ISAW Alumna Class of 2024, who has received the 2025 NYU University-Wide Outstanding Dissertation Award for Arts & Humanities. More info here: www.nyu.edu/students/com...

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

We’re #NYUgreen. The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World is a Certified Platinum Green Workplace!

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Congratulations to ISAW doctoral student Mi Wang, who has been awarded a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation! Read more about the Foundation here: www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/ Read more about Mi Wang and her research here: isaw.nyu.edu/people/stude...

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Meet Abigail Hoskins! One of ISAW's 2024-25 VRS. Abigail is an ancient historian who specializes in the intellectual and religious history of the Hellenistic Mediterranean world. For more information on our visiting research scholar, please visit: isaw.nyu.edu/people/visit...

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

We are delighted to announce the Wall Street Journal's recent review of Assistant Professor Claire Bubb's recent publication, How to Eat: An Ancient Guide for Healthy Living! Read the review here: www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Congratulations to ISAW research associate Candida Moss, who was awarded the 2024 Mary-Kay Gamel Outreach Prize by the Society for Classical Studies. Read more here: isaw.nyu.edu/news/Candida...

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Meet Ming Guo! One of ISAW's 2024-25 VRS. Dr. Guo is an archeologist specializing in the archeology of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties in China, with an emphasis on architecture and bronzes. For more info: isaw.nyu.edu/people/visit...

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Upcoming lecture on Tuesday, April 8th, at 5:30 pm: "Uncovering Kimirek-Kum 1: Exploring a Forgotten Delta and Central Asia’s Bronze Age to Iron Age Transition in Central Uzbekistan." Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Next month marks the start of this year's Annual M.I. Rostovtzeff Lecture Series! This year is "Power at Hand: Luxury and the Contestation of Political Identities in Hellenistic Asia and the Post-Achaemenid Iranian World," presented by Matthew P. Canepa. RSVP here: isaw.nyu.edu/events

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

REGISTER TODAY! Next Tuesday, March 4th, Radu Iovita from #NYU Anthropology will be giving a lecture titled "Stone Age Precursors to the Silk Road: Theory, Models, and Field Results" as part of the 2024-2025 NYU ArchaeoHub Lecture Series. Register here: buff.ly/4i1z7aW

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Sam Mirelman, ISAW Alumnus Class of 2018 and Swiss National Science Foundation Research Fellow at the University of Geneva (Switzerland), has published his new book "The Performance of Balaĝ and Eršema Prayers in the Late First Millennium BC." Read more here:

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New Book Publication by ISAW Alumnus Sam Mirelman

Sam Mirelman, ISAW Alumnus Class of 2018, has published his new book The Performance of Balaĝ and Eršema Prayers in the Late First Millennium BC, as part of the Heidelberger Emesal-Studien book…

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Claire Bubb, Assistant Professor of Classical Literature and Science at ISAW, has published her book "How to Eat: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers" (Princeton, 2025). Learn more and purchase it here: buff.ly/42x9XvW with a 30% discount using code BUBB30.

An orange book cover "How To Eat: An Anicent Guide for Healthy Living" with a figure image of a fish asparagus, and an artichoke stating the original mediterranean diet. A buffet of Ancient Authors. Selected, translated, and introduced by Claire Bubb

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Meet Rong Huang! One of ISAW's VRS this year. Her research focuses on interpreting the interaction of East Syriac Christianity with Chinese Buddhism and Daoism after this Christian tradition arrived in China during the Tang dynasty (618-907 CE). For more info visit buff.ly/4adRQww

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Attention all educators! The roster for ISAW's professional development program, Expanding the Ancient World, for Spring 2025 has been set! For more information or to register visit isaw.nyu.edu/outreach Please email etaw@nyu.edu with any questions!

Workshop Roster
Spring 2025
Expanding the Ancient World
Expanding the Ancient World is a series of professional development workshops and online resources for teachers. Keyed to the NYC Department of Education Social Studies Scope and Sequence, this program is designed to offer K-12 educators opportunities to develop their knowledge of the ancient world and to provide classroom-ready strategies for teaching the past with reliable sources. Featuring inquiry-based workshops, flexible lesson plans, and up-to-date research, Expanding the Ancient World aims to equip teachers with information and skills that they can share with their students. CTLE credits will be offered to New York State teachers.
January 30, Understanding Spain in the Islamic World through “Madinat al-Zahra: The Radiant Capital of Islamic Spain”
Carl Walsh & Lylaah Bhalerao

February 25, Studying the Ancient World Through Ancient DNA
Tianrui Zhu

March 18, Ancient Religion with Asclepius: Exploring Epidaurus, the Iamata, and Religious Healing in Classical Greece
Allyson Blanck

April 7, Exploring the Minoans and the Mycenaeans
Manolis Mavromatis

May 7, From Sheep to Sign: Inventing Writing in Ancient Mesopotamia
Abigail Hoskins

Workshops will take place online; a Zoom link will be provided via email to registered participants.
Visit isaw.nyu.edu/outreach to register.
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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Watch the recording of ISAW Professors Lorenzo d'Alfonso and Antonis Kotsonas' event "The Survival of Civilizations? The Mediterranean after 1177 BCE" held on May 7, 2024. You can view the recording now at this link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G8E...

NYU Arts & Science. The Center for Ancient Studies in conjunction with the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents "The Survival of Civilizations? The Mediterranean after 1177 BCE" Why discuss the survival of civilizations in the Med after 1177 BCE? Why discuss this at NYU? How is the discussion structured?

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Meet Éric Fournier! One of ISAW's VRS this academic year. Dr. Éric Fournier's research focuses on North Africa in the late antique period, particularly the Vandal era, Victor of Vita, and power struggles between bishops and civic government For more information, visit buff.ly/4adRQww.

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Tom Elliott @paregorios.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Effective 1 January 2025, Greg Woolf took over the Leon Levy directorship of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU from Alexander Jones. Greg's profile is now live on the @isawnyu.bsky.social website: isaw.nyu.edu/people/facul...

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Andrea Trameri, ISAW Alumnus from the Class of 2020 and Researcher at the University of Würzburg (Germany), has published his new book, Kizzuwatna. History of Cilicia in the Middle and Late Bronze Age (ca. 2000-1200 bc). Read more here: buff.ly/49Nybn8

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East, of which ISAW Professor Dan Potts was one of three co-editors, was awarded the Frank Moore Cross Award at the 2024 American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) meeting. Read more about these exciting updates here: buff.ly/4gGGTWw

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Library of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World @isawlibrary.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

NYU museum studies interns Mina Turunc and Madeline Baird worked with ISAW staff to create 2 vitrines of NYU collections materials exploring the myth and history of Madinat al-Zahra. See them on the 2nd fl during public lectures and events at ISAW @isawnyu.bsky.social isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog...

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Spotlighting Islamic Spain Through NYU's Library Collections

To complement ISAW’s new exhibition “Madinat al-Zahra: The Radiant Capital of Islamic Spain,” NYU museum studies interns Mina Turunc and Madeline Baird worked with ISAW curatorial assistant Carl Walsh...

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Library of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World @isawlibrary.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

*NEW* ISAWLib Blog: Federico Di Pasqua describes his experiments with #generativeAI looking to make @isawnyu.bsky.social data and collections more accessible and useful. He also publishes his draft code for the “ISAW AI Librarian.” #librarydata #nextgenreference isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog...

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Experimenting with the ISAW AI Librarian

A guest blog post by Federico Di Pasqua, who spent several weeks in the ISAW during the Fall 2024 term experimenting with deploying generative AI to find potential avenues for making ISAW Library coll...

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Tom Elliott @paregorios.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I see that there's a new paper out in the open access ISAW Papers from @isawnyu.bsky.social: Carman, Christián C., and Dennis Duke. “Tables of Lunar and Solar Eclipses from -800 to 1650 Using Modern and Almagest Models.” ISAW Papers, no. 28 (2024). hdl.handle.net/2333.1/m37pw.... #ancientAstronomy

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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

#ISAW is excited to bring its new vision of the old world to Blue Sky! Keep an eye out for news and research content from our community at 15 E 84th St and around the world!

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