The Department of Near Eastern Studies is proud to announce that Dr. Alice Mandell’s Book, Canaanite Scribal Creativity and the Making of Cuneiform Culture in the Amarna Age, has been […]
The Roots of Civilization
The Department of Near Eastern Studies was founded in 1883 and was the first program in the United States to offer a PhD in the field. Choose from four programs of study: Assyriology, Egyptology, Hebrew Bible and Northwest Semitic Studies, and Near Eastern Archaeology/Near Eastern Art.
- Degrees Offered BA, PhD
- Major Near Eastern Studies
- Minor Near Eastern Studies
News & Announcements
Former Undergraduate Major, Samantha Suppes (’17), Defends Dissertation at University of Chicago
The Department of Near Eastern Studies is excited to congratulate former Archaeology undergraduate major, Samantha Suppes (née, Lindgren) (’17), on her successful dissertation defense at The University of Chicago! Samantha’s […]
Assyriology Graduate Student, Lucas G. Freire, Awarded AGHI Faculty Fellowship
The Alexander-Grass Humanities Institute (AGHI) has awarded Near Eastern Studies, Assyriology, graduate student, Lucas Grassi Freire with their AGHI Faculty Fellowship for the AY 2026-2027! The AGHI Faculty Fellowship aims […]