Oriental Institute News & Notes 231 (Fall 2016) Released
The Oriental Institute Publications Department announces the in-print and online publication of Oriental Institute News & Notes 231 (Fall 2016) featuring articles on Babylonian Kudurrus, Late Neolithic houses in the Black Desert of eastern Jordan, and new results at Kom-ed Dahab in the eastern delta of Egypt.
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Posted on September 21, 2016
New Book Co-Edited by Richard Payne Examines Cosmopolitanism and Empire
Richard Payne, Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, has co-edted a new book on Cosmopolitanism and Empire: Universal Rulers, Local Elites, and Cultural Integration in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016).
Posted on September 17, 2016
Dr. Kiersten Neumann to Give Assyrian Heritage Lectures
Dr. Kiersten Neumann will give two Assyrian Heritage lectures about "Feeding the Gods in the Neo-Assyrian Temple." These lectures have been postponed to next semester. We will update this news article when dates are announced.
Posted on September 6, 2016
New Book by Brian Muhs Examines the Ancient Egyptian Economy
Brian Muhs, Associate Professor of Egyptology at the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, has published a new book on The Ancient Egyptian Economy 3000-30 BC (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016).
Posted on August 21, 2016
Oriental Institute Job Posting: Head of Museum Archives and Digital Content Specialist
The Oriental Institute seeks a dynamic archivist with training, expertise, and experience in the acquisition, accession, and long-term stewardship of archival materials, with a particular emphasis on the growing needs of the Oriental Institute’s digital asset repository. The Head of Museum Archives and Digital Content Specialist works closely with museum and institutional staff to determine standards, policies, procedures and tools for processing, discovery, and access to the Oriental Institute archives and the content held in the digital repository.
Posted on July 20, 2016
Oriental Institute Job Posting: Research Associate in Egyptian Archaeology
The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago invites applications for the position of Research Associate in Egyptian Archaeology, with a special focus on settlement and harbor archaeology.
Posted on July 15, 2016
Oriental Institute Receives $25,000 Healthy Kids Innovation Grant
The Oriental Institute has been awarded a $25,000 Healthy Kids Innovation grant from Whole Kids Foundation, the chartiable giving entity of the Whole Foods Market, for a summer K-12 teacher professional development program - Leadership Legacy Institute 2017.
Posted on June 24, 2016
Dr. Kiersten Neumann Receives the Donny George Youkhana Dissertation Prize
Dr. Kiersten Neumann, Curator for the Oriental Institute Museum, has won the biannual Donny George Youkhana Dissertation Prize for her 2014 University of California, Berkeley, dissertation Resurrected and Reevaluated: The Neo-Assyrian Temple as a Ritualized and Ritualizing Built Environment. The prize is awared by the American Academic Research Institute in Iraq.
Posted on June 16, 2016
Dr. Foy Scalf Receives Archival Innovator Award from Society of American Archivists
Dr. Foy Scalf, head of the Research Archives and Integrated Database Project Team at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, is the 2016 recipient of the Archival Innovator Award from the Society of American Archivists (SAA).
Posted on June 1, 2016
Lecture by Irving Finkel on "The Ark before Noah"
Irving Finkel, Assistant Keeper of the Mesopotamian Collection of the British Museum, will give a talk about "The Ark before Noah: A Great Adventure" on Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at 7:00 pm in Breasted Hall of the Oriental Institute.
Posted on May 31, 2016