https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/collector The latest news and announcements from the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University. https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/isaw-director-alexander-jones-receives-2019-henry-allen-moe-prize-in-the-humanities Alexander Jones, Professor of History of the Exact Sciences in Antiquity and Leon Levy Director of ISAW, was recently awarded the American Philosophical Society’s 2019 Henry Allen Moe Prize in the Humanities in recognition of his paper “‘Like Opening a Pyramid and Finding an Atomic Bomb’: Derek de Solla Price and the Antikythera Mechanism.” Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU) Iris Fernandez 2019-06-04T21:15:00Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/isaw-alumna-project-nomisma The Department of Ancient History at the University of Basel has just announced the new project “Nomisma: Measuring Monetary Integration in the Late Roman Empire," led by ISAW alum Dr. Irene Soto Marín and funded by the Forschungsfonds Nachwuchsforschende of the University of Basel. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU) Iris Fernandez 2019-05-22T16:25:00Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/prof-daniel-t-potts-honored-by-indiana-university Prof. Daniel T. Potts was recently honored by Indiana University as the Program in Ancient Studies - Spring 2019 Distinguished Lecturer and as the 2019 Jean and Denis Sinor Faculty Fellow. On April 8th he presented "A walk with the water buffalo: Zoological peregrinations from the Indus Valley to Mesopotamia" as part of the Ancient Studies Distinguished Lecturer Series. On April 9th he presented his lecture “Horse and Pasture in Pre-Islamic Iran” as part of their Jean and Denis Sinor Faculty Fellowship Lecture series. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU) Iris Fernandez 2019-05-16T15:50:39Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/associate-professor-rod-campbell-featured-in-scientific-american ISAW Associate Professor Roderick Campbell’s research on animal sacrifice and human-animal relations in Early China was recently featured in several prominent and widely distributed publications, including Scientific American, Sapiens, Live Science, and The Atlantic. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU) Iris Fernandez 2019-05-07T14:10:00Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/isaw-cohosts-international-conference-in-paris On April 18th and 19th ISAW will host a joint international conference with the École Pratique des Hautes Études at the Institut National de l’Histoire de l’Art in Paris, France. The conference titled Between the Age of Diplomacy and the First Great Empire in Ancient West Asia (1200 - 900 BC): Moving Beyond the Paradigm of Collapse and Regeneration was co-organized by Maria Grazia Masetti-Rouault (EPHE, PSL), Lorenzo d’Alfonso (ISAW, NYU) & Robert Hawley (EPHE, PSL). Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU) Iris Fernandez 2019-04-25T17:30:32Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/announcing-the-digital-central-asian-archaeology-collection-dcaa The ISAW Library is proud to announce the launch of the Digital Central Asian Archaeology collection (DCAA), a digital library dedicated to preserving scholarly material about Central Asian history and archaeology and to making it as easily discoverable and as widely accessible as possible. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU) Gabriel McKee 2019-04-22T15:55:00Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/pompeii-artistic-landscape-project-funded-by-the-getty-foundation In collaboration with UMass Amherst, Professor Sebastian Heath has been awarded a grant from the Getty Foundation for the "Pompeii Artistic Landscape Project" project. This award is a part of a series of grants totaling $1m to support virtual preservation of cultural locations worldwide. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU) Sebastian Heath 2019-02-22T20:10:00Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/opening-march-6th-hymn-to-apollo-the-ancient-world-and-the-ballets-russes Opening March 6th, "Hymn to Apollo: The Ancient World and the Ballet Russes" explores both the role of dance in ancient culture and the influence of antiquity on the modernist reinventions of the Ballets Russes. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU) Rachel Herschman 2019-02-14T19:55:00Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/wine-making-in-the-south-caucasus Research Associate Karen Rubinson traveled to Georgia and Armenia to conduct research for the Library's South Caucasus digital publications initiative and recounts here the area's fascinating history of winemaking in vessels known as qvevri. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU) Karen Rubinson 2019-01-16T16:45:00Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/object-history-and-significance-the-cameo-of-jupiter-chartres The current exhibition Devotion and Decadence features many remarkable archaeological finds, but some masterpieces of ancient art were consistently saved as luxury objects from the time of their creation. Cameos, for example, were frequently preserved and passed through different collections from the ancient world to the present. In the case of the Cameo of Jupiter (The Cameo of Chartres), its fourteenth-century mount tells us something about the object’s history as well as its changing significance over time. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU) Rachel Herschman 2018-12-21T15:30:00Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/isaw-hosts-conference-on-the-archaeology-of-neighborhood-life-concepts-communities-and-change On December 14th, ISAW hosted a one-day conference on “The Archaeology of Neighborhood Life: Concepts, Communities, and Change” which brought together scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds — Anthropology, Archaeology, History, Art History, Classics, Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations — who are all contributing to a growing interest in the communal and cultural aspects of ancient urban districts. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU) J. Andrew Dufton 2018-12-19T16:29:21Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/a-guggenheims-works-process-commission-inspired-by-isaws-upcoming-exhibition On April 28 and 29, Works & Process costume designers will perform a dance and costume commission inspired by our upcoming spring 2019 exhibition, "Hymn to Apollo: The Ancient World and the Ballets Russes." Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU) Maggie Pavao 2018-12-18T15:20:12Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/caa-announces-milette-gaifman-and-lillian-lan-ying-tseng-as-coeditors-of-the-art-bulletin Associate Professor of East Asian Art and Archaeology Lillian Tseng was appointed co-editor of the CAA's The Art Bulletin. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU) Maggie Pavao 2018-12-11T15:55:00Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/isaw-members-attend-the-joint-aia-scs-conference-1 It is the time of year again for the joint annual meetings of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Society for Classical Studies, which will be held January 3-6, 2019 in San Diego. Members of the ISAW community, present and past, can be found throughout the program. Here’s your guide to ISAW presentations and activities at AIA/SCS 2019. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU) Patrick J. Burns 2018-12-10T15:40:00Z News Item https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/devotion-and-decadence-in-the-new-york-review-of-books James Romm says of the objects in Devotion and Decadence: "...the silver splendors of this Gallic shrine can be seen for the next month in a sumptuous exhibition." Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU) Maggie Pavao 2018-12-07T16:10:17Z News Item