Independent summer research

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• Instructor: Bryan, Betsy Morrell
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

Independent summer research

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Schwartz, Glenn M
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 8/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

Independent summer research

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Delnero, Paul
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 8/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

Independent summer research

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Lauinger, Jacob
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 8/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

Independent summer research

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Lewis, Ted
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

Independent summer research

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Jasnow, Richard
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

Independent summer research

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Harrower, Michael James
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

Independent summer research

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Mandell, Alice H
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

Independent summer research

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• Instructor: Feldman, Marian
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

Seminar in Near Eastern History.

• Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
• Instructor: Delnero, Paul
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 19/20
• PosTag(s): n/a

Water and its histories reveal deep similarities and pivotal differences among human societies that are critical to understanding the human past and our future. Environments are often defined by water availability and periodicity, water is a frequent theme of religious traditions and a common point of political conflict. The hydraulic hypothesis, one of the longest-standing potential explanations for the rise of the world’s earliest civilizations, claims that organizational requirements of large-scale irrigation spawned ancient political hierarchies and cities. Archaeologists now know irrigation was not the only factor responsible for the origins of ancient states, but water management was important to agriculture in every region of ancient state formation. This course explores economic and social histories of water in the ancient Near East. It examines water’s diverse roles in ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Levantine and South Arabian agriculture, politics, ritual and religion, including water’s interconnected significance in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

• Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
• Instructor: Harrower, Michael James
• Room: Gilman 119
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Topic varies but can include the archaeology of Mesopotamia, Syria, or Palestine, or thematic discussions (e.g., on ideology, state collapse, etc.). In addition to seminar times, students are expected to complete online discussions, supplemental readings and assignments, and attend several guest lecture events. In addition to seminar times, students are expected to complete online discussions, supplemental readings and assignments, and attend several guest lecture events.

• Days/Times: W 10:00AM - 12:00PM
• Instructor: Schwartz, Glenn M
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 12/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course examines the archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula from the earliest Paleolithic in the region (ca. 1.5 million years ago) through the first millennium of the Islamic era (ca. AD 1600). We will review basic geology and environmental conditions, examine the development of animal herding and crop cultivating lifeways, and study the rise of ancient complex societies and civilizations.

• Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: Harrower, Michael James
• Room: Latrobe 120
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Lewis, Ted
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Lauinger, Jacob
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Schwartz, Glenn M
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Bryan, Betsy Morrell
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Delnero, Paul
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Jasnow, Richard
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Harrower, Michael James
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Feldman, Marian
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Mandell, Alice H
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Arnette, Marie-Lys
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Bryan, Betsy Morrell
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Schwartz, Glenn M
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Delnero, Paul
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Lauinger, Jacob
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Lewis, Ted
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Jasnow, Richard
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Harrower, Michael James
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Mandell, Alice H
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Feldman, Marian
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

An introduction to the paleography, grammar and lexicon of the Akkadian language, and the reading of simpler texts in that language.

• Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
• Instructor: Grassi Freire, Lucas
• Room: Gilman 238
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

This hybrid seminar examines in depth a series of artistic case studies over a 3000 year period in the region of what is today Iraq, Syria, and southeastern Turkey, from c, 3500-500 BCE. Discussion will focus on processes of making and contexts of using myriad forms of art and architecture. Topics will include the invention of writing and complex imagery; portraiture and ritual practice; the symbolic value of materials; visual narration; and the uses of space for expressive purposes. We will approach these and other topics through critical engagement with existing scholarship, as well as by direct study of objects in nearby museum collections.

• Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
• Instructor: Feldman, Marian
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): HART-ANC

Students read texts in the original Akkadian cuneiform with attention to their philological, archaeological, historical, and literary features. The seminar topic varies from semester to semester but usually consists either of texts of various genres from a single period (e.g., Neo-Assyrian) or texts of various period from a single genre (e.g., letters). In addition to seminar times, students are expected to complete online discussions, supplemental readings and assignments, and attend several guest lecture events.

• Days/Times: F 2:00PM - 4:00PM
• Instructor: Lauinger, Jacob
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 11/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

We will read Letter Collection B and related materials in the original cuneiform. In addition to seminar times, students are expected to complete online discussions, supplemental readings and assignments, and attend several guest lecture events.

• Days/Times: T 10:00AM - 12:00PM
• Instructor: Delnero, Paul
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

Research and discussion on topics of current interest.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Harrower, Michael James; Lauinger, Jacob; Schwartz, Glenn M
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 19/20
• PosTag(s): n/a

Introduction to the grammar and writing system of the classical language of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom (ca. 2135-2000 B.C.). In the second semester, literary texts and royal inscriptions will be read.

• Days/Times: TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
• Instructor: Staff
• Room: Gilman 238
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

In this course we read a variety of Middle Egyptian hieroglyphic compositions and documents. Knowledge of Middle Egyptian Required.

• Days/Times: Th 9:00AM - 12:00PM
• Instructor: Bryan, Betsy Morrell
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 11/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

The course is devoted to the study of Egyptian art from the Predynastic period to the Roman era. This semester follows on from the first part of the course, given in the Spring Semester 2025: we will study works from the New Kingdom to the end of the Roman period. The course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the evolution of art history, with a particular focus on the evolution of style, iconography and artistic practices across time. Several thematic sessions will also be dedicated to specific aspects of ancient Egyptian culture, history, and archaeology. The course will be primarily based on the collection of the musée du Louvre, complemented with several other key Egyptological collections, including the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the Metropolitan Museum of The course will comprise lectures delivered by the professor, which will be structured chronologically; lectures delivered by guest lecturers; and discussion sessions with students on the mandatory readings.

• Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: Arnette, Marie-Lys
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 8/10
• PosTag(s): NEAS-ARTARC

Translation and analysis of selected texts in Hebrew Bible giving attention to advanced features of grammar and syntax. Topic: "Archaic Biblical Poetry".

• Days/Times: T 3:00PM - 5:30PM
• Instructor: Lewis, Ted
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

An advanced course in Aramaic devoted to the study of Old Aramaic inscriptions. We will be translating and analyzing a selection of texts from Northern Syria (e.g. Bar-Rakib; Hadad; Kuttamuwa, Nerab, Panamuwa, Sefire, Zakkur), Southern Syria (e.g. Bar-Hadad/Melqart Stela, Hazael, Tel Dan) and Northern Mesopotamia (e.g. Tell Fakhariyah). Students will be expected to vocalize such texts as a study in historical and comparative linguistics and to clarify their understanding of the morphology and syntax. In addition to seminar times, students are expected to complete online discussions, supplemental readings and assignments, and attend several guest lecture events.

• Days/Times: Th 3:00PM - 5:00PM
• Instructor: Lewis, Ted
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a