Dr. Petra Creamer, Assistant Professor at Emory University, will present a lecture titled “The Other Side of the Empire: Rural Spaces Under Assyrian Control” on Thursday, March 7th, 2024. The […]
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NES Graduate Student Morganne Ottobre Receives ASOR 2023 Student Paper Award
The Department of Near Eastern Studies is proud to announce that Morganne Ottobre, a PhD student at Johns Hopkins, won ASOR’s student paper award for her paper on the bilingual […]
In Memoriam: Marc Blum (1942-2023)
It is with tremendous sadness that we learned of the passing of Marc Blum on Tuesday, August 15th, 2023. Marc was a great and true friend to us in the […]
Dr. Marie-Lys Arnette co-directs Issue of the Journal Clio. Femmes, Genre, Histoire
The Department of Near Eastern Studies is proud to announce the recent publication of the volume “Joueuses!” Co-directed by Dr. Marie-Lys Arnette, an Assistant Professor and the Alexander Badawy Chair […]
Michael Chapin Awarded Prestigious JHU Society of Fellows Postdoctoral Fellowship
Michael Chapin, a PhD student in the Assyriology program, has been awarded a JHU Society of Fellows Postdoctoral Fellowship and will join the Society’s 2023-2024 cohort. During his time as […]
Public Lecture by Dr. Anne Goddeeris of Ghent University
The Department of Near Eastern Studies at Johns Hopkins presents a public lecture by Dr. Anne Goddeeris, a post-doctoral researcher and teaching assistant of Assyriology in the Department of Languages […]
2023 William Foxwell Albright Lecture to Feature Dr. Christian Leitz
Dr. Christian Leitz, Professor of Egyptology and Director of the Institute of Egyptology at the University of Tübingen, presents a lecture titled “The Temple of the Lion-Goddess Repit in Athribis.” […]
Public Lecture by Dr. Daniela Mendel-Leitz
The Department of Near Eastern Studies at Johns Hopkins presents a public lecture by Dr. Daniela Mendel-Leitz of the Athribis Temple Project of the University of Tübingen. The lecture is […]
Public Lecture by Dr. Michael Kozuh of Auburn University
The Department of Near Eastern Studies at Johns Hopkins presents a public lecture by Michael Kozuh, the Jane Dickson Lanier Professor of History at Auburn University, titled “‘The People of […]
Dr. Theodore Lewis to Present Hyvernat Lecture at Catholic University of America
Prof. Theodore J. Lewis, the Blum-Iwry Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Johns Hopkins, will present the Tenth Annual Hyvernat Lecture at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., […]