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 […]
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 […]
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, 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 […]
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 […]
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.” […]
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 […]
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 […]
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., […]
Dr. Joseph Lam, Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will present a lecture titled “Theorizing Multilingualism in Late Bronze […]
On February 6, 2023, southern Turkey and northwestern Syria were devastated by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake which has claimed the lives of more than 20,000 people and destroyed multiple towns, […]