Events
Spring 2013
The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents Temple and Tomb: Prehistoric Malta, 3600-2500 BCE March 21, 2013 - July 7, 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
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 presentsPoseidon 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 presentsArchaeological 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 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
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 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
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 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
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 StreetsRSVP 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
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