Department of Near Eastern Studies

Two NES students present their research: Marc Flores, “Enkidu Knows Things: Recycling Narrative Roles and Themes in the Old Babylonian Huwawa Narratives” Morganne Ottobre, "'For there was an interpreter between them': Multilingual Discourse as a Literary Device in the Joseph Narrative”

Presented by the Graduate Students of The Department of Near Eastern Studies at Jonhs Hopkins University Petra Creamer, Assistant Professor, Emory University The Other Side of the Empire: Rural spaces under Assyrian control This event is made possible by support from the Department of Near Eastern Studies and the GRO. It is free and open […]

Archaeological Institute of America – Baltimore Lecture Series presents Sam Holzman (Princeton University), 'Architectural Innovation at the Sanctuary of the Great Gods, Samothrace: the Engineering of the Stoa'. This talk will be held in person on the Towson University campus, Center for the Artsroom 2032 and also will be streamed on Zoom. Link distributed in […]

The Baltimore Society of The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) welcomes Joanne Baron, a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks, for a talk titled "Painted Nightmares: Wahys on Classic Maya Ceramics." Room TBD.

Johns Hopkins' Classics department presents a discussion/Q&A with Dr. Emily Wilson, the famed female translator of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad. Dr. Wilson, a professor of Classics at UPenn, has received effusive international media coverage for her award-winning translations of Homer. The talk will happen in Maryland Hall 110 from 5-6:30pm with reception to follow in […]

Two NES students present their research: Alison Wilkinson, “A Case of Adultery, or a Woman’s Choice to Leave? A New Interpretation for O.DeM 439” Ishbel Russell, “Queer(y)ing our Approach to Sexual Transgression and Violence in Sumerian Texts: Agency, Vulnerability, and Harm in Enlil and Ninlil”