Symposia
The Oriental Institute sponsors an annual post-doctoral fellowship and conference program. Post-doctoral Fellows are selected from an international pool of applicants, based on their proposals to organize a two day conference at the Oriental Institute. The conferences address important theoretical or methodological issues in the field of ancient studies—archaeological, text-based, and/or art historical avenues of research. We encourage cross disciplinary proposals that deal with the ancient Near East (including Egypt) or that compare the Near East with other cultural areas. The conferences generally have 10–15 participants, and take place in mid-February each year. After the conference, the Fellow assembles and edits the proceedings for publication in the new series “Oriental Institute Seminars”. The Fellow is also encouraged to pursue his or her own research and may, if they wish, teach a course while in residence and to interact with the Oriental Institute community.
2009 Symposium
Science and Superstition: Interpretation of Signs in the Ancient World.
March 6–7, 2009
Past Symposia
- 2008 Symposium—Nomads, Tribes, and the State in the Ancient Near East: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives
- 2007 Symposium—Religion and Power: Divine Kingship in the Ancient World and Beyond
- 2006 Symposium—Performing Death: Social Analyses of Funerary Traditions In The Ancient Mediterranean
- 2005 Symposium—Margins of writing, origins of cultures: Unofficial writing in the ancient Near East and beyond
Revised: November 5, 2008