Readings & Research
AS.131.800 (06)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Delnero, Paul
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Readings & Research
AS.131.800 (02)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Lewis, Theodore
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Seminar Near Eastern History: Mesopotamia
AS.131.600 (01)

Seminar in Near Eastern History: Mesopotamia

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: T 2:00PM - 4:30PM
• Instructor: Delnero, Paul
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/20

Seminar: Near Eastern Archaeology
AS.131.634 (01)

Topic varies but can include the archaeology of Mesopotamia, Syria, or Palestine, or thematic discussions (e.g., on ideology, state collapse, etc.).

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: W 10:00AM - 12:00PM
• Instructor: Schwartz, Glenn M
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 14/20

Space Archaeology: An Introduction to Satellite Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS
AS.131.653 (01)

This course introduces technologies archaeologists use to map ancient landscapes. These include Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping software, advanced Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, and various types of satellite imagery. Taught together with AS.130.353.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
• Instructor: Harrower, Michael James
• Room: Krieger 108
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/10

Archaeology of Arabia
AS.131.664 (01)

This course examines the archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula from the earliest Paleolithic in the region (c. 1.5 million years ago) through the first few centuries of the Islamic era (c. 1000 AD). We will review basic geology and environmental conditions, examine the development of animal herding and crop cultivating lifeways, and scrutinize the rise of ancient South Arabian complex societies and civilizations. Co-listed with AS.130.364.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: Harrower, Michael James
• Room: Gilman 119
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 2/5

Readings & Research
AS.131.800 (01)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: McCarter, P Kyle, Jr.
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Readings & Research
AS.131.800 (03)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Lauinger, Jacob
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Readings & Research
AS.131.800 (04)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Schwartz, Glenn M
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Readings & Research
AS.131.800 (05)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Bryan, Betsy Morrell
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Readings & Research
AS.131.800 (07)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Jasnow, Richard
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Readings & Research
AS.131.800 (08)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Harrower, Michael James
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Dissertation Research
AS.131.848 (01)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Bryan, Betsy Morrell
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 8/10

Readings & Research
AS.131.800 (10)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Mandell, Alice H
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Dissertation Research
AS.131.848 (03)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: McCarter, P Kyle, Jr.
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Dissertation Research
AS.131.848 (04)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Delnero, Paul
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/10

Dissertation Research
AS.131.848 (05)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Lauinger, Jacob
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/10

Readings & Research
AS.131.800 (09)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Feldman, Marian
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Dissertation Research
AS.131.848 (07)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Jasnow, Richard
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/10

Introduction to Middle Egyptian
AS.133.600 (01)

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.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM
• Instructor: Jasnow, Richard
• Room: MSE Library Eisenberg
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 4/5

Dissertation Research
AS.131.848 (06)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Lewis, Theodore
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 6/10

Dissertation Research
AS.131.848 (02)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Schwartz, Glenn M
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/10

Intro To Coptic
AS.133.648 (01)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: T 10:00AM - 12:00PM
• Instructor: Jasnow, Richard
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/12

Late Egyptian
AS.133.640 (01)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: M 2:00PM - 4:00PM
• Instructor: Jasnow, Richard
• Room: MSE Library Eisenberg
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 6/10

Elementary Sumerian
AS.132.700 (01)

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

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: Chapin, Michael A
• Room: MSE Library Eisenberg
• Status: Canceled
• Seats Available: 10/10

Dissertation Research
AS.131.848 (09)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Mandell, Alice H
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Elementary Akkadian
AS.132.600 (01)

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

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: F 1:30PM - 4:00PM
• Instructor: Essam, Richard James Llewellyn
• Room: MSE Library Eisenberg
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Middle Egyptian Texts
AS.133.610 (01)

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

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: Th 9:00AM - 12:00PM
• Instructor: Bryan, Betsy Morrell, Jasnow, Richard
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 8/12

Treaties And Diplomacy
AS.132.644 (01)

Reading treaties and related materials in Akkadian.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: F 2:00PM - 4:00PM
• Instructor: Lauinger, Jacob
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 4/15

Mesopotamian Seminar
AS.132.800 (01)

Research and discussion on topics of current interest.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Delnero, Paul, Feldman, Marian, Lauinger, Jacob, Schwartz, Glenn M
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 11/20

Advanced Sumerian
AS.132.710 (01)

We will read Letter Collection B and related materials in the original cuneiform.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: M 2:00PM - 4:00PM
• Instructor: Delnero, Paul
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/10

Dissertation Research
AS.131.848 (08)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Harrower, Michael James
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/10

Seminar: Egyptian Technology
AS.133.750 (01)

The aim of this course is to consider technology on ancient Egyptian terms. First we will consider construction and architecture, building technologies, materials, and advances/changes over time. Research on concepts of technology and science will also be included, as well as discussion of ancient words for materials and tools. The course will concentrate on the Middle and New Kingdom era, ca. 2000 to 1000 B.C.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: F 11:30AM - 1:30PM
• Instructor: Bryan, Betsy Morrell
• Room: Gilman 150A
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/15

Pentateuch
AS.134.623 (01)

This course surveys the linguistic and literary structure of the Pentateuch. A second and equally important focus will be the history of scholarship and its broader impact on the study of the history and religion of ancient Israel and Judah.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: F 10:00AM - 12:00PM
• Instructor: Mandell, Alice H
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/15

Seminar in Ancient Israelite Religion
AS.134.652 (01)

Topics include history of scholarship, methodology, representations of deity, the aniconic tradition, solar Yahwism, sacred space, blood rituals, passover, royal cult, family religion, divination, prophecy, incantations, etc.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: W 3:00PM - 5:00PM
• Instructor: Lewis, Theodore
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/10

Readings and Research
AS.131.801 (06)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Bryan, Betsy Morrell
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Art and Architecture at the Eastern Frontier: Medieval Georgia
AS.010.646 (01)

This seminar investigates the fascinating landscape of medieval art and architecture of Georgia. Its specific geographic position in the South Caucasus, at the cross roads between the East and West, the Christian and Islamic Worlds, had a profound impact on the art and architecture in the region. Ancient sites show close connections with the Graeco-Roman World on the western border and with the Sassanid Empire in the East. The Christianization of the Kingdom of Kartli in the early fourth century resulted in close ties with the development of early Christian art in Syria, the Holy Land, and Byzantium. While the Christian religion remained an identifying factor during several hundred years of Muslim rule (736 to 1122) during which the city of Tbilisi was the capital of an emirate, Islamic motifs and style became an important factor for art works in medieval Georgia. Art and architecture with a specific Byzantine profile flourished in particular after the reunification of Georgia during the reign of King David the Builder (1073- 1125) and Queen Tamar (1184 to 1213). The cathedral and monastery of Gelati and Mzcheta, the murals in the royal monasteries of Vardzia and Khintsvisi, and the countless icons are a testimony to this relationship. We will discuss the specific diverse aesthetics and materiality (stone, enamel and metal works) of Georgian art with the goal to reassess the map of medieval art and architecture that currently does not include the Eastern Frontier. A mandatory c. 10 days field trip to Georgia is planned after classes end in May 2020.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: W 3:00PM - 5:00PM
• Instructor: Zchomelidse, Nino
• Room: Gilman 177
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 3/6

Seminar Near Eastern History: Mesopotamia
AS.131.601 (01)

A three-year history cycle required of all graduate students and forming the core of our graduate program. One year each will be devoted to Egyptian history, Mesopotamian history, and Syro-Palestinian history.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: F 2:00PM - 4:30PM
• Instructor: Lauinger, Jacob
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 11/15

Archaeology of Africa: From Human Origins to the Emergence of Civilizations
AS.131.613 (01)

This course examines Africa’s ancient past from the emergence of biologically modern humans, ancient hunter-gatherers, the earliest animal herding and farming populations, to cities and civilizations. While Egypt plays an undeniably central role in world history, this course concentrates in particular on ancient geographies other than Egypt.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: Harrower, Michael James
• Room: Gilman 17
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 15/15

Seminar: Near East Archaeology
AS.131.635 (01)

Topic varies but can include the archaeology of Mesopotamia, Syria, or Palestine, or thematic discussions (e.g., on ideology, state collapse, etc.).

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: W 10:00AM - 12:00PM
• Instructor: Schwartz, Glenn M
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 19/20

Readings and Research
AS.131.801 (01)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Staff
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Readings and Research
AS.131.801 (03)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Lewis, Theodore
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Readings and Research
AS.131.801 (04)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Delnero, Paul
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Readings and Research
AS.131.801 (05)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Lauinger, Jacob
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Readings and Research
AS.131.801 (07)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Jasnow, Richard
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Readings and Research
AS.131.801 (08)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Schwartz, Glenn M
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Readings and Research
AS.131.801 (09)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Harrower, Michael James
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Readings and Research
AS.131.801 (10)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Feldman, Marian
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/10

Dissertation Research
AS.131.849 (02)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Schwartz, Glenn M
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Dissertation Research
AS.131.849 (04)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Delnero, Paul
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Dissertation Research
AS.131.849 (05)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Lauinger, Jacob
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Dissertation Research
AS.131.849 (07)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Jasnow, Richard
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Dissertation Research
AS.131.849 (03)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: McCarter, P Kyle, Jr.
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Dissertation Research
AS.131.849 (01)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Bryan, Betsy Morrell
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Late Egyptian Texts
AS.133.641 (01)

An introduction to the grammar and texts of Late Egyptian.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: M 2:00PM - 4:00PM
• Instructor: Jasnow, Richard
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/12

Elementary Sumerian II
AS.132.701 (01)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
• Instructor: Chapin, Michael A
• Room: MSE Library Eisenberg
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Seminar in Egyptian Technology: Theban Tombs
AS.133.751 (01)

This course will explore the artistic expression of Egyptian culture from the 3rd through the 6th Dynasties, ca. 2700-2100 B.C. Tombs, temples, statuary, and two-dimensional wall decoration provide a large visual vocabulary of Egyptian concepts. This class will look at these elements, separately and in combination in order to consider the intentions behind the art and evaluate the degree to which religious and ideological symbolism, known from later Egyptian art, should be understood in the early pyramid-building era.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: Th 1:00PM - 3:00PM
• Instructor: Bryan, Betsy Morrell
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 12/15

Advanced Coptic
AS.133.649 (01)

In this class we will read Coptic texts of various genres.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: F 12:00PM - 2:00PM
• Instructor: Jasnow, Richard
• Room: MSE Library Eisenberg
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 8/10

Dissertation Research
AS.131.849 (08)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Harrower, Michael James
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Dissertation Research
AS.131.849 (09)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Mandell, Alice H
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Dissertation Research
AS.131.849 (06)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Lewis, Theodore
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Seminar in Research Methods in Near Eastern Studies: Religion and Science
AS.132.609 (01)

This writing intensive seminar examines the relationship between religion and science in ancient Mesopotamia and the rest of the Near East from the 4th millennium to the Hellenistic period. Using a variety of case studies, and through engagement with scholarly literature pertaining to the topic of the course, students will develop skills in specific research skills such as critical reading, analysis, and interpretation.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: W 2:00PM - 4:30PM
• Instructor: Delnero, Paul
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 15/15

Readings and Research
AS.131.801 (02)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Mandell, Alice H
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Book Of Ezekiel
AS.134.608 (01)

A rapid reading course aimed at increasing proficiency in reading the Hebrew text of the book of Ezekiel. Various aspects of translation and interpretation will be studied (e.g., grammar, textual criticism, Philology) including literary, historical, and theological questions. Cross-listed with Jewish Studies.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: T 3:00PM - 5:00PM
• Instructor: Lewis, Theodore
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Middle Egyptian Texts
AS.133.611 (01)

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

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: Th 9:00AM - 12:00PM
• Instructor: Bryan, Betsy Morrell, Jasnow, Richard
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/12

Mesopotamian Seminar
AS.132.801 (01)

Research and discussion on topics of current interest.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Delnero, Paul, Feldman, Marian, Harrower, Michael James, Lauinger, Jacob, Schwartz, Glenn M
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 15/20

Advanced Akkadian
AS.132.612 (01)

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 signle genre (e.g., letters).

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: F 12:00PM - 2:00PM
• Instructor: Lauinger, Jacob
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 13/15

Advanced Sumerian
AS.132.711 (01)

In this course a selection of Sumerian texts from different periods and genres will be read and discussed from a linguistic, philological, historical, and literary perspective.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: T 10:00AM - 12:00PM
• Instructor: Delnero, Paul
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Old Egyptian
AS.133.631 (01)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: Th 1:00PM - 3:00PM
• Instructor: Bryan, Betsy Morrell
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Canceled
• Seats Available: 12/12

Seminar in Hebrew: Archaic Biblical Poetry
AS.134.650 (01)

Translation and analysis of selected texts in Biblical Hebrew giving attention to advanced features of grammar and syntax. Topic: “The Book of Judges”

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: Th 3:00PM - 5:00PM
• Instructor: Lewis, Thoedore
• Room: Gilman 130G
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10

Introduction To Middle Egyptian (Hieroglyphs)
AS.133.601 (01)

Introduction to the grammar and writing system of the classical language of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom (ca. 2011-1700 B.C.). Co-listed with AS.130.401

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM
• Instructor: Jasnow, Richard
• Room: MSE Library Eisenberg
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 4/5