Lecture by Janet Johnson on "Egypt in the Persian Period"

Janet Johnson will give a lecture for the Chicago Chapter of ARCE about "Egypt in the Persian Period" on Saturday, March 5, 2016, at 5:00pm in the LaSalle Banks Room of the Oriental Institute.

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Lecture by Carter Lupton on "The Long and Winding Crossroads: The Evolution of an Exhibition Concept"

Carter Lupton, Head of the Anthropology & History Department and Curator of Ancient History, Milwaukee Public Museum, will give a lecture about "The Long and Winding Crossroads: The Evolution of an Exhibition Concept" on Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at 7:00pm in Breasted Hall of the Oriental Institute.

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Oriental Institute Collections Research Grants 2016-2017

This year, through the generosity of Jim Sopranos, one or more Museum Collections Research Grants will be available to researchers.  We welcome applications from a wide spectrum of researchers, from those at the graduate student level (i.e. Masters Degree or PhD candidates) to well-established professional researchers in their field of study.

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Lecture by Petra Goedegebuure on "Luwian Hieroglyphs: An Indigenous Anatolian Syllabic Script from 3500 Years Ago"

Petra Goedegebuure, Associate Professor of Hittitology, will give a lecture about "Luwian Hieroglyphs: An Indigenous Anatolian Syllabic Script from 3500 Years Ago" on Wednesday, February 3, 2016, at 7:00 pm in Breasted Hall of the Oriental Institute.

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Lecture by Ömür Harmanşah on "Vibrant Places: Yalburt Yaylasi, Landscape Archaeology, and the Genealogy of a Hittite Borderland"

Ömür Harmanşah will give a lecture about "Vibrant Places: Yalburt Yaylasi, Landscape Archaeology, and the Genealogy of a Hittite Borderland" on Tuesday, Junuary 26, 2016, at 3:30 p.m. in the LaSalle Banks Room of the Oriental Institute.

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Lecture by Kiersten Neumann on "More Than Meets the Eye: The Multisensory Experience of the Neo-Assyrian Temple"

Kiersten Neumann will give a lecture about "More Than Meets the Eye: The Multisensory Experience of the Neo-Assyrian Temple" on Tuesday, February 9th, 2016, at 3:30 p.m. in Classics 21 as part of the Ancient Societies Workshop.

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The Neubauer Collegium Will Host a Workshop on "Economic Analysis of Ancient Trade"

A Workshop on "Economic Analysis of Ancient Trade: The Case of the Old Assyrian Merchants of the 19th Century BCE" will be held on the Friday, January 22, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society.

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Jean Jacquet, Architect and Archaeologist, Passess Away at 95

On January 7th, 2016, the Swiss architect and archaeologist Jean Jacquet passed away peacefully at age 95. He was the husband of the late Helen Jacquet- Gordon, American egyptologist and ceramicist, who died in April, 2013. The life of the Jacquets is one of the great stories of Egyptology.

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Lecture by Michael Danti on "Cultural Property Crimes in Syria and Iraq"

Michael Danti will give a lecture about "Cultural Property Crimes in Syrai and Iraq: Countering the Jihadi-Salafi Dual-Exploitive Doctrine" on Wednesday, January 13, at 3:30pm in Breasted Hall of the Oriental Institute.

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Lecture by Michael Danti on "The Repercussions of Great Archaeological Discoveries"

Michael Danti will give a lecture about "The Repercussions of Great Archaeological Discoveries: The Hasanlu Gold Bowl and All That Glitters" on Thursday, January 14, at 3:30pm in the LaSalle Banks Room of the Oriental Institute.

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