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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 […]


NES Graduate Students Awarded Krieger School Scholar-Teacher Awards

The Department of Near Eastern Studies is excited to announce recipients of the KSAS Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences Scholar-Teachers Awards (STAR). Hebrew Bible and Northwest Semitics […]


Crossing Borders: Translating the Ancient World – Dr. Christie Carr Visits NES

Landscape photo of Dr. Carr, her presentation slide, and lecture attendees.

On April 6th and 7th, the Departments of Classics and Near Eastern Studies teamed up to host a joint event on the topic of translation with visiting speaker Dr. Christie Carr. […]


Department Chair, Dr. Jacob Lauinger, and Graduate Student, Zeynep Türker, Write for ASOR

The American Society for Overseas Research (ASOR) recently published a report written by JHU affiliates, including the department of Near Eastern Studies Chair, Dr. Jacob Lauinger, and graduate student, Zeynep […]


Marian Feldman’s Forthcoming Book Featured in Apollo Magazine

Feldman's book cover with an ancient ruin in front of a blue sky and the title in dark blue words

Dr. Marian Feldman’s forthcoming book, Remembering and Forgetting in Ancient Mesopotamia: Ziggurats, Royal Sculpture, and the Shaping of the Akkadian Legacy during the Ur III Period, has been featured in […]


Defne Bilgili Awarded Joy Ungerleider Poster Award

Bilgili stands next to her poster presentation which is adorned with a blue ribbon

Near Eastern Studies graduate student, Defne Bilgili, was awarded the Joy Ungerleider Poster Award at the 2025 ASOR annual meeting for her poster on “Preservation and Public Engagement at Tell […]