Lunch Lecture Series: Mike Chapin and Karlene Shippelhoute

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 "Shaping Communication: Affordances and Tablet Shape in the Amarna Correspondence". This event is closed to the public.

VITRUVIAN: film screening and Q&A

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 activist and educator Pia Hargrove, LMSW. VITRUVIAN shares an allegorical tale of the life cycle of the Vitruvian man as he traverses multiple hemispheres, now in […]

VITRUVIAN by Jerron Herman

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 of Art. The Baltimore Museum of Art and Johns Hopkins University are proud to present: VITRUVIAN by Jerron Herman. Hailed by the Brooklyn Rail as “a triumph of […]

Assyriology Lecture: Michael Kozuh

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 Babylonian Political Institutions in 539 B.C.E." The lecture will take place in Gilman Hall 130G on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at 5:30 pm.

AOS Two Hundred and Thirty-Third Meeting

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTSOctober 15, 2022 The 233rd Meeting of the American Oriental Society will be held Friday, March 10–Monday, March 13, 2023, in Los Angeles, CA USA. Hotel and Reservations: A block of conference-rate accommodations has been reserved at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza, 251 South Olive Street, Los Angeles, California, 90012 […]

ANSHE Lecture 2023: Joseph Lam

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 is titled "Theorizing Multilingualism in Late Bronze Age Ritual Texts from Syria and Anatolia." The lecture will take place in Gilman Hall Room 50 with […]

Tenth Annual Hyvernat Lecture at CUA: Theodore Lewis

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. 21st. The lecture title is “Representations of Israelite Divinity: From the Physical to the Abstract” and will take place in Caldwell Auditorium at 5pm with […]

2023 Albright Lecture: Christian Leitz

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." There will be a reception immediately following the lecture in the Gilman Atrium. Abstract: Athribis lies on the west bank of the Nile about 15 […]

NES Lecture: Daniela Mendel-Leitz

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 Service undertook a survey in the area of Horbeit north of Zagazig in the province of Sharqiyeh. A preliminary report published only one year later […]

NES Lecture: Anne Goddeeris

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 multi-headed monster. What did a crisis look like in the 18th century BCE?” The lecture will take place in Gilman 130G.

Spring Professionalization Seminar

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.

ARCE 2023 Annual Meeting In-Person

April 21-23, 2023, Minneapolis Marriott City Center 30 S 7th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402 From approximately 08:30 AM US CDT to 5:00 PM US CDT Friday and Saturday, and 08:30 AM US CDT to 1:15 US CDT on Sunday.   Visit the American Research Center in Egypt website for more information. https://www.arce.org/annual-meeting