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2024 ANSHE Lecture to Feature Dr. Petra Creamer

2024 ANSHE Lecture to Feature Dr. Petra Creamer

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 […]

NES Graduate Student Morganne Ottobre Receives ASOR 2023 Student Paper Award

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)

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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., […]