Department of Near Eastern Studies

Mike Chapin presents his research titled "Kassite Naming Practices in the First Dynasty of the Sealand (ca. 1500 BCE)," followed by a presentation by Karlene Shippelhoute on her research titled […]

This event will take place in the Lazarus Center of the Maryland Institute, College of Art. VITRUVIAN Access Film by Jerron Herman, directed by Cayla Mae Simpson followed by a Q&A hosted by […]

This event takes place at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Registration Required. On Wednesday, March 1, there will be an open rehearsal of this work. If you wish to join, please contact History […]

Michael Kozuh, the Jane Dickson Lanier Professor of History at Auburn University, presents a public lecture titled "'The People of Sumer and Akkad Had Become Like Corpses': Nabonidus, Cyrus, and […]

The 2023 ANSHE Lecture will be presented by Dr. Joseph Lam, Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The lecture […]

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., on Tuesday, Mar. […]

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." […]

Dr. Daniela Mendel-Leitz, Egyptologist and Epigrapher of the Athribis Temple Project, presents a lecture titled "The Bull Sarcophagi of Tell Abu-Yasin" in Gilman 130G. Abstract: In 1937 the Egyptian Antiquities […]

Dr. Anne Goddeeris, Post-Doctoral Researcher and Teaching Assistant of Assyriology in the Department of Languages and Cultures of the University of Ghent, will present a lecture titled “Samsuiluna and his […]

The primary topic of this professionalization seminar is JHU Mentorship Commitments of Faculty Advisors and PhD Students as outlined in Appendix 2 of the Graduate Student Handbook.