Events

Exhibition Hours: Tuesday-Sunday: 11am-6pm, Friday: 11am-8pm, Closed Monday
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Free Admission
Free Guided Tours Fridays at 6pm
Contact: isaw@nyu.edu

NYU's Department of Classics in conjunction with the NYU Center for Ancient Studies, the NYU Humanities Initiative, the NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, the Faculty of Arts Radboud University Nijmegen, OIKOS Dutch National Research School in Classical Studies, and
Dreyfus Sohne & Cie AG present

Eleventh Workshop of the International Network Impact of Empire: "Rome and the Worlds beyond Roman Frontiers"

Friday, June 14, 9:30am-5:00 pm
Jurow Lecture Hall, Silver Center for Arts and Science, 32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)

Saturday, June 15, 10:00am-5:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, 15 East 84th Street

Sunday, June 16, 10:00am-12:30pm
Jurow Lecture Hall, Silver Center for Arts and Science, 32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)

The Workshop is free and open to the public. For more information contact: nik212@nyu.edu

NYU's Department of Classics presents
Platonic Influences on Lucretius
Emma Park (University of Warwick)

Tuesday, May 28, 12:00pm
Silver Center for Arts and Science, Classics Department, Room 503

32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)

NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences presents

Archimedes in the 21st Century: 23 Centuries of Influence on Mathematics, Engineering, and Science
Chaired by Chris Rorres (University of Pennsylvania)

Friday, May 31, 9:00am-5:00pm
Saturday, June 1, 9:30am-1:30pm
Warren Weaver Hall, 251 Mercer Street

Registration is required; register online here.

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World;
The Center for Ancient Studies;
CNRS/NYU, Center for International Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities (CIRHUS);
and The Center for the Study of Human Origins and the Department of Anthropology present:

Afghanistan’s Cultural Heritage:
A Conference in Honor of Omara Khan Masoudi
May 23, 2013, 1:00pm–5:30pm

Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

This conference is free and open to the public, but seating is limited and registration is required.To register, please contact ISAW at 212.992.7860 or by email at kathryn.lawson@nyu.edu

PROGRAM

1:00pm Welcome
Alexander Jones, Professor of the History of the Exact Sciences in Antiquity, Acting Director of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, NYU

Matthew S. Santirocco, Senior Vice-Provost, Professor of Classics, and Angelo J. Ranieri Director of Ancient Studies, NYU

Rita Wright, Professor of Anthropology, NYU

1:25pm Mr. Masoudi and the Reconstruction of the Kabul Museum in Historical Perspective
Deborah Klimburg-Salter, University Professor Institute of Art History, Univ. of Vienna; Coordinator Kabul Museum Capacity Building Program

1:50pm Paris and Afghan Heritage
Pierre Cambon, Senior Curator, the Musee’ Guimet, France

2:15pm Reconstructing the Archaeology of Afghanistan and DAFA Involvement
Philippe Marquis, Director of DAFA, the French Archaeological Mission to Kabul

2:40pm The Treasure of the National Museum
Susanne Annen, Senior Adviser to Afghanistan’s Ministry of Information and Culture

TEA BREAK

3:25pm The Bronze Age World of Afghanistan
Fred Hiebert, National Geographic Fellow, Washington, D.C.

3:50pm Portraits in Miniature: Glyptic Art of Pre-Islamic Afghanistan (4th–8th Centuries CE)
Judith Lerner, Research Associate, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

4:15pm Medieval Marbles from Ghazni. Between pre-Islamic Traditions and Ghaznavid Art
Martina Rugiadi, Assistant Curator, Department of Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art

4:40pm United States Public Diplomacy and Cultural Heritage Preservation in Afghanistan
Laura Tedesco, Cultural Heritage Program Officer, U.S. Department of State,Bureau of South and Central Asia Affairs

5:05pm Afghanistan’s Multiple Pasts. Reflections on the Courageous Work of Omara Khan Masoudi
Philip Kohl, Professor of Anthropology and Kathryn W. Davis Professor of Slavic Studies, Wellesley College

5:30pm Concluding Remarks
Sören Stark, Assistant Professor of Central Asian Art and Archaeology,Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

RECEPTION TO FOLLOW

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Everything Is Forever until It Is No More
Michael Jones (Assoc. Director, Egyptian Antiquities Conservation Project)

Thursday, May 16 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Registration is required; RSVP to info@arceny.com

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
The Zoology of Kingship: From Alexander the Great to the Epigoni (336-c. 250 B.C.)
Victor Alonso Troncoso (ISAW)

Tuesday, May 14 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The NYU Institute of Fine Arts presents
Henry Blundell and His Classical Marbles
Elizabeth Bartman (Archaeological Institute of America)

Tuesday, May 9 at 6:00 pm
The Institute of Fine Arts, 1 East 78th Street, Lecture Hall

This lecture is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is required.

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Life on the Fringe: Reconstructing the Lives of the Ancient Peoples of the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt
Tosha Dupras (ISAW)

Tuesday, May 7 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

NYU's Department of Classics presents
Creating Tomorrow's Technology to Capture the Relics of the Past
Orestis Kourakis (Fulbright Artist and Photographer )

Monday, May 6 from 4:30 to 6:00 pm
Silver Center for Arts and Science, Classics Department, Room 503

32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)

NYU's Department of Classics presents
Craftsmen, Occupations, and Voluntary Associations in the Roman World: New Perspectives
Jinyu Liu (DePauw University)

Thursday, May 2 at 6:15pm
Silver Center for Arts and Science, Room 503

32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)

Contact: Philip Katz pjk324@nyu.edu

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Toiletries from Burials of Early China and Neighboring Cultures
Sheri Lullo (Union College)

Tuesday, April 30 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
The Political Machine in the Late Bronze Age
Adam Smith (Cornell University)

Monday, April 29 at 6:00pm: The 4th Annual M. I. Rostovtzeff Lecture Series
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is limited; RSVP to isaw@nyu.edu

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
The Archaeology of Sasanian Politics
Organized by Richard Payne (ISAW) and Mehrnoush Soroush (ISAW)

Friday, April 26, 9:00am-5:00pm: Workshop
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Registration is required; contact: isaw@nyu.edu

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
"For 'Illmuquh and for Saba": Warfare, Religion, and Ideology in the Res Gestae of Karib'il Watar bin Dhamar'ali
George Hatke (ISAW)

Tuesday, April 23 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
The War Machine in the Middle Bronze Age
Adam Smith (Cornell University)

Monday, April 22 at 6:00pm: The 4th Annual M. I. Rostovtzeff Lecture Series
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is limited; RSVP to isaw@nyu.edu

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Archaeoastronomy in Malta: Exploring the Connections between Maltese Temples and Their Skies
Clive Ruggles (University of Leicester)

Thursday, April 18 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

NYU's Department of Classics presents
Orpheus, Orphism, and the Orphic-Bacchic Mysteries: New Discoveries, Old Problems
Jan Bremmer (University of Groningen)

Wednesday, April 17 at 6:15pm
Silver Center for Arts and Science, Room 503

32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)

Contact: Philip Katz pjk324@nyu.edu

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
The Civilization Machine in the Early Bronze Age
Adam Smith (Cornell University)

Monday, April 15 at 6:00pm: The 4th Annual M. I. Rostovtzeff Lecture Series
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is limited; RSVP to isaw@nyu.edu

The NYU Institute of Fine Arts presents
Archaeology, Heritage, and Mediation of Time: A conference in conjunction with the Mellon Initiative
David Wengrow, Convenor (University College London)

Friday, April 12 and Saturday, April 13
The Institute of Fine Arts, 1 East 78th Street, Lecture Hall

This lecture is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is required.

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Ancient and Modern Perspectives on Historiography in Mesopotamia
Organized by Beate Pongratz-Leisten (ISAW)

Friday, April 12, 9:30am-5:30pm: Workshop
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Registration is required; contact: isaw@nyu.edu

NYU's Department of Classics presents
Horace and the Roman Past: Lyric, Epic, and History in Odes 4
Denis Feeney (Princeton University)

Thursday, April 11 at 5:30pm
Silver Center for Arts and Science, Room 503

32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)

Contact: Philip Katz pjk324@nyu.edu

The NYU Center for the Study of Human Origins, in collaboration with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, present
An International Symposium: Aurignacian Genius: Art, Technology, and Society of the First Modern Humans of Europe
Randall White (NYU), Raphaelle Bourrillon (University of Toulouse)

Tuesday, April 9, 1:00-5:00pm
Kimmel Center, Room 914
60 Washington Square South

The Symposium is free and open to the public, but confirmed registration is required.
Call 212.992.7488 or email valerie.dubois@nyu.edu

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Greek Papyri as a Linguistic Resource
Marja Vierros (National Museum of Archaeology, Malta)

Tuesday, April 9 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
The Sovereignty of Assemblages
Adam Smith (Cornell University)

Monday, April 8 at 6:00pm: The 4th Annual M. I. Rostovtzeff Lecture Series
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is limited; RSVP to isaw@nyu.edu

The NYU Department of Anthropology presents
Where in the World are Values: Exemplarity, Morality and Social Process
Joel Robbins (UC San Diego)

Thursday, April 4 at 6:00pm
Hemmerdinger Hall, Silver Center for Arts and Science

32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)

Registration is necessary; RSVP to anthropology@nyu.edu

The NYU Institute of Fine Arts presents
Attic Vase-inscriptions: the Verbal and the Visual
Francois Lissarrague (EHESS, Paris)

Thursday, April 4 at 6:00pm
The Institute of Fine Arts, 1 East 78th Street, Seminar Room

This lecture is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is required.

NYU's Center for Ancient Studies, the Office of the Dean for Humanities, and the Department of Classics present

The Rose-Marie Lewent Memorial Lecture

Vergil's Aeneid and the Destiny of Italy
Alessandro Barchiesi (University of Siena at Arezzo and Stanford University)

Wednesday, April 3 at 5:00pm
Jurow Lecture Hall, Silver Center for Arts and Science

32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)

Reception to follow. For more information, please contact ancient.studies@nyu.edu

The NYU Institute of Fine Arts presents
Abydos in Egypt: Thwarting Pillagers and Making New Discoveries
David O'Connor (IFA)

Wednesday, April 3 at 6:00pm
The Institute of Fine Arts, 1 East 78th Street

Reservations are required; to RSVP, please click here.

NYU's Department of Classics presents
Italy as a Wild Landscape in Vergil's Aeneid
Alessandro Barchiesi (University of Siena at Arezzo and Stanford University)

Tuesday, April 2 at 12:30pm
Silver Center for Arts and Science, Room 503

32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)

Contact: Philip Katz pjk324@nyu.edu

The NYU Institute of Fine Arts presents
The Trojan War in Archaic Greek Art: A Chapter on Greek Pessimism
Tonio Holscher (University of Heidelberg)

Tuesday, March 26 at 6:00pm
The Institute of Fine Arts, 1 East 78th Street, Lecture Hall

This lecture is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is required.

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Maltese Megalithic Mysteries
Sharon Sultana (National Museum of Archaeology, Malta)

Thursday, March 21 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

NYU's Department of Classics presents
The Landscape of Medieval Greece
Maria Georgopoulou (Director, Gennadius Library)

Thursday, March 14 at 6:15pm
Silver Center for Arts and Science, Room 503

32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)

Contact: Philip Katz pjk324@nyu.edu

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Excavating a Provincial Capital of the Assyrian Empire: The Ziyaret Tepe Archaeological Project
John MacGinnis (University of Cambridge)

Wednesday, March 13 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Trade, Migration, and Acculturation: China and the Prehistoric Silk Routes
Li Zhang (ISAW)

Tuesday, March 12 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The NYU Abu Dhabi Institute, New York City presents
Conceptions of Charity among the Abrahamic Religions
Gary Anderson (University of Notre Dame) and Mark Cohen (Princeton University)

Monday, March 11 at 6:00pm
19 Washington Square North

Seating is limited, click here to register.

The NYU Abu Dhabi Institute, New York City presents
God, the Bible, and the Problem of Suffering
Bart D. Ehrman (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Thursday, March 7 at 6:00pm
19 Washington Square North

Seating is limited, click here to register.

The Tikvah Center for Law & Jewish Civilization's Tikvah Public Lecture Series presents:
The Rabbis and Rome: Power, Prudence, and Piety
Gerald Blidstein (NYU)

Thursday, March 7 at 6:00pm
Faculty Library, Vanderbilt Hall, Third Floor
40 Washington Square South

Registration is required; click here to RSVP.

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Kinik Hoyuk, a new excavation in Southern Cappadocia, Turkey
Lorenzo d'Alfonso (ISAW)

Thursday, March 7 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is limited, click here to register.

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
The Eurasian Spread of Tin-Bronze Metallurgy with Special Reference to Prehistoric Thailand
Vincent Pigott (ISAW)

Wednesday, March 6 at 6:30pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Archaeological Landscapes of Highland and Steppe Zones in Naxcivan, Azerbaijan
Emily Hammer (ISAW)

Tuesday, February 26 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The NYU Department of Anthropology and the AIA-NY Society present
Lake Dwelling Fever: 150 Years of Exploring Neolithic and Bronze Age Switzerland
Bettina Arnold (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)

Thursday, February 21 at 6:30pm
Kriser Room Theater
25 Waverly Place

This lecture is free and open to the public.

THIS LECTURE HAS BEEN CANCELED. Visit Isaw.nyu.edu for further information.

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Myth, Politics, and Biography in Ancient Egypt
Janet Richards (University of Michigan, ISAW Senior Fellow)

Thursday, February 21 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
This lecture is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Contact: info@arceny.com

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
"Big Prehistory" and the Mashup of Inner Asian Civilization
Michael Franchetti (ISAW)

Tuesday, February 19 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

NYU's Department of Classics presents
From Backwardness to Leapfrogging? Rethinking the 'Greek Miracle' in the Cultural Development of Pre-Roman Italy
Franco De Angelis (University of British Columbia)

Wednesday, February 13 at 5:30pm
Silver Center for Arts and Science, Room 503

32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)

Contact: Philip Katz pjk324@nyu.edu

The NYU Humanities Initiative, the NYU Department of Classics and the NYU Center for Ancient Studies present
Settling the West: Comparing Frontier Development between the New World and Ancient Greece
Franco De Angelis (University of British Columbia)

Tuesday, February 12 at 5:00pm
The Humanities Initiative
20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor

This lecture is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is required.

NYU's Department of Classics presents
History without Malice? Plutarch Rewrites the Persian Wars
John Marincola (Florida State University)

Thursday, February 7 at 6:15 pm
Silver Center for Arts and Science, Room 503

32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)

Contact: Philip Katz pjk324@nyu.edu

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
The Reinvention of Iran: the Sasanians and the Huns, ca 350-557 CE
Richard Payne (ISAW)

Tuesday, February 5 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia at NYU presents
Origins, Authenticities
The Diasporas Project at NYU

Thursday, January 31 from 2:30pm-6:30pm
Friday, February 1 from 2:30pm-6:30pm
Glucksman Ireland House at NYU
1 Washington Mews

An RSVP is required. Contact: jordan.russia.center@nyu.edu

The NYU Institute of Fine Arts presents
Henry Blundell and His Classical Marbles
Elizabeth Bartman (President, Archaeological Institute of America)

Thursday, January 31 at 6:00pm
The Institute of Fine Arts, 1 East 78th Street, Seminar Room

This lecture is free and open to the public but an RSVP is required.

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Egypt Dances
Magda Saleh

Thursday, January 24 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
This lecture is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Contact: info@arceny.com

Fall 2012

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan
September 11, 2012 - January 6, 2013

Exhibition Hours: Tuesday-Sunday: 11am-6pm, Friday: 11am-8pm, Closed Monday
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Free Admission
Free Guided Tours Fridays at 6pm
Contact: isaw@nyu.edu

The NYU Institute of Fine Arts presents
Poseidon and His Youths on Cape Sounion:
The Archaic Sanctuary, the Colossal Kouroi, and Political Dedications in Early-Sixth-Century Attica
Ioannis Mylonopoulos (Columbia University)

Thursday, December 6, 6:00pm
The Institute of Fine Arts, 1 East 78th Street, Seminar Room

This lecture is free and open to the public but an RSVP is required.

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Archaeological Sites of the Xiongnu: New Discoveries in Russia
Sergey Miniaev (Russian Academy of Sciences)

Wednesday, December 5 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

NYU's Department of Classics presents
Making Sense of Suetonius in the Twelfth Century
Robert Kaster (Princeton University)

Tuesday, December 4, 6:45pm
Silver Center for Arts and Science, Room 503

32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)

Contact: Philip Katz pjk324@nyu.edu

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Supplying Wine for the Army in Early Roman Egypt
Dorota Dzierzbicka (ISAW)

Tuesday, December 4 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Nemea and the Pan-Hellenic Sanctuary of Zeus
Kim Shelton (University of California, Berkeley)

Thursday, November 29 at 6:30pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The NYU Institute of Fine Arts presents
Excavations at Selinunte
Clemente Marconi (NYU)

Thursday, November 29, 6:00pm
The Institute of Fine Arts, 1 East 78th Street, Seminar Room

This lecture is free and open to the public but an RSVP is required.

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Signs of Inflation
Gilles Bransbourg (ISAW/American Numismatic Society)

Tuesday, November 27 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

NYU's Department of Classics presents
Historical Memory in Roman Ostia
Christer Bruun (University of Toronto)

Monday, November 26, 6:00pm
Silver Center for Arts and Science, Room 503

32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)

Contact: Philip Katz pjk324@nyu.edu

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Landscape and Urban Planning in Second Millennium BC Qatna:
Twelve Years of Italian Archaeological Research at Mishrifeh, Inner Syria
Daniele Morandi Bonacossi (University of Udine, Italy)

Tuesday, November 20 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Exhibition Lecture: Xiangtangshan: Northern Qi Architecture and Decoration
Presented by Nancy S. Steinhardt (University of Pennsylvania)

Thursday, November 15 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the lecture will not be permitted once the lecture begins.
Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is limited; email isaw@nyu.edu to register

NYU's Department of Classics presents
Sweet Stesichorus: Theocritus 18 and the Helen Revisited
Richard Hunter (Cambridge University)

Thursday, November 8 at 5:00pm
Silver Center for Arts and Science, Room 503

32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)

If you would like to join the speaker for dinner after the talk, please email Mandy Hawley (ah2644@nyu.edu).

Contact: Philip Katz pjk324@nyu.edu

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Recent Fieldwork in the Upper Zerafshan Valley (Tadjikistan) by the Pendjikent Mission of the State Hermitage.
Main Results of the first three seasons (2010-2012) in Hisorak (Medieval Martshkat)
Presented by Pavel B. Lurye (State Hermitage, St. Petersburg)

Wednesday, November 7 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Did the Ancient Mysteries Influence Early Christianity?
Presented by Jan Bremmer (ISAW)

Tuesday, November 6 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Gods, Humans, and Rulers: Religion and Empire in Early China
Presented by Michael Puett (Harvard University)

Thursday, November 1 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Toiletries from Burials of Early China and Neighboring Cultures
Presented by Sheri Lullo (Union College)

Tuesday, October 30 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is limited; email isaw@nyu.edu to register

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Exploring the Significance of a Ninth Century Sinai Palimpsest
Presented by Father Justin (Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai)

Monday, October 29 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is limited; email isaw@nyu.edu to register

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Chinese Buddhist Sculpture in the West: Charles Lang Freer and the Xiangtangshan Cave Chapels
Presented by Keith Wilson (The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the Freer Gallery of Art)

Thursday, October 25 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is limited; email isaw@nyu.edu to register

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Traveling, in Theory: Movement as Metaphor in the Ancient Greek Symposium
Presented by Hallie Franks (ISAW & Gallatin School, NYU)

reception to follow

Tuesday, October 23 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is limited; email isaw@nyu.edu to register

NYU's Department of Classics presents
Aristotle's Cosmology: Is There one?
Taneli Kukkonen (University of Otago, New Zealand)

Monday, October 22 at 5:30pm
Silver Center for Arts and Science, Room 503

32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)

Contact: Philip Katz pjk324@nyu.edu

NYU's Department of Classics would like to invite you to the following 2-day workshop:
Public and Private in the Roman House Workshop
Friday, October 12, 1pm - Saturday, October 13, 6pm
Silver Center for Arts and Science, 100 Washington Square East, 5th floor, room 503
(entry on the Waverly Place side door)

Seating is limited; please RSVP to romanhouse2012@gmail.com
Practical information and abstracts of all papers are available at romanhouse.org

Friday, October 12
1pm
Keynote session: Leanne Bablitz: Living with the Law at Home: Visual, spatial and theoretical considerations

2.15pm - 3.45pm
Rafaella Cribiore: Multifunctionality of spaces in a Roman House in Egypt
Rachel Goldman: Looking back in color: The Roman system of interiors and polychromacity
Adlai Lang: GIS approaches to visibility and circulation in the Roman houses of Pompeii

4.15pm - 5.45pm
Evan Proudfoot: Non Item Valvata: The Seasonality of Physical Boundaries in the Pompeian Domus
Samuli Simelius: Peristyle as a place of juridical activity and administration
Summer Trentin: Space in Transition: Public and Private in the Pompeian Domestic Peristyle

Saturday, October 13
9.15am - 10.45am
Deborah Chatr Aryamontri: Public display of private life: the emperor's house
Harriet Fertik: Privacy and Power in Neronian Rome
Daira Nocera: The Domus Flavia and the Domus Augustana: an interpretation of public and private spaces in the imperial palace on the Palatine in Rome

11.15am - 12.45pm
Laura Nissinen: Public aspect of Roman cubicula
Jason Linn: Snuggling with your identity: Beds in Roman culture
Elisabetta Cova: Closets, Cupboards, Pantries, and Shelves: Storage in the Roman House

Lunch break

14.15pm - 15.45pm
Matthew Perry: The Paterfamilias and the Family Council in Roman Public Law
Jeffrey Tatum: Contio domestica: canvassing for voters at home
S.A. Speksnijder: Salutationes: the display of social relationships in the Roman domus

16.15pm - 17.45pm
Anne Hrychuk Kontokosta: Making the private public: from elite horti to imperial thermae
Lea Cline and Sandra Joshel: Public/private, slave/owner: Locating the Slave at Oplontis
Anna Anguissola: Social and intimate: the case of the 'urban villas' on the south-western slopes of Pompeii

Dinner after 6 pm

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Archaeology and City Planning in the Phrygian City at Kerkenes Dag, Turkey
Presented by Scott Branting (Oriental Institute, University of Chicago)

Thursday, October 11 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is limited; email isaw@nyu.edu to register

NYU's Department of Classics presents
Graeco-Arabic Studies, in Classics and NELC Combined: Future Prospects
Dimitri Gutas (Yale)

Thursday, October 11 at 6:00pm
Silver Center for Arts and Science, Room 503

32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)

If you would like to join the speaker for dinner after the talk, please email Mandy Hawley (ah2644@nyu.edu).

Contact: Philip Katz pjk324@nyu.edu

NYU's Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies presents
Megiddo: Modern Technologies Decipher the Past
Israel Finkelstein (Tel Aviv University)

Thursday, October 11, 6:00 - 7:30pm
New York University
528 La Guardia Place
Between Bleecker and West 3rd Streets

RSVP by Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Register Now

Contact: Joe Huber at 212.742-9059 or email jhuber@aftau.org

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Cities in Steppes - Turks, Uyghurs and Mongols in the Orkhon Valley
Presented by Jan Bemmann (University of Bonn)

Tuesday, October 9 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is limited; email isaw@nyu.edu to register

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
The Scythians in Tbilisi: Recent Excavations at Treligorebi
Presented by Mikheil Abramishvili (Ilia State University & Georgia National Museum)

Thursday, October 4 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is limited; email isaw@nyu.edu to register

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
New Questions about Old Gold: In Search of the First Chinese Goldsmiths
Presented by Sarah Laursen (ISAW)

reception to follow

Tuesday, October 2 at 6:00pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is limited; email isaw@nyu.edu to register

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
The Reception of Antiquity: China and Europe
Organized by Lillian Tseng (ISAW, NYU)

Friday, September 28 at 9:00am
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is limited; email isaw@nyu.edu to register

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Revisiting the Great North Cave at Xiangtangshan, Cultural and Religious Interactions
Katherine R. Tsiang (University of Chicago)

Thursday, September 27 at 6pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is limited; email isaw@nyu.edu to register

NYU's Department of Classics presents
Raving Lunatics and Kind Fathers: The Image of the Emperor as Judge in the Early Principate
Kaius Tuori (NYU/University of Helsinki)

Tuesday, September 18 at 6:45pm
Silver Center for Arts and Science, Room 503

32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)

Contact: Philip Katz pjk324@nyu.edu

The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Recent Fieldwork at Gordion, Royal City of Midas
C. Brian Rose (University of Pennsylvania)

Thursday, September 13 at 6:30pm
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street, Lecture Hall

Admission to the ISAW Lecture Hall closes 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
Seating is limited; email isaw@nyu.edu to register

NYU's Department of Classics presents
Sadness in Demons: A Mediaeval Emotional Dilemma
Juanita Ruys (University of Sydney)

Wednesday, September 12 at 4:30pm
4 Washington Sq. N., Dean's 2nd Floor Conference Room
Co-Sponsored by the Department of Classics and the Mediaeval Emotions Colloquium

Contact: martha.rust@nyu.edu