Department of Near Eastern Studies

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.

Dr. Jacob Lauinger presents his research "On Envelopes and Everyday Work" Sanchita Balachandran presents her research "Can Ancient Objects Do Modern Racist Work? Excavating the History of the Johns Hopkins […]

Karlene Shippelhoute presents her research: "Tablet Shape and Wear Patterns as an Indicator of Archival Storage Practices at Amarna." Mike Chapin presents his research: "The Neo-Assyrian 'Name Book' (5R 44) […]