Events
Encyclopaedia, Historical Narrative and the Origins of Zionism
Dan Tsahor, a Post Doctoral Fellow in the Judaic Studies Program, will deliver a lecture titled, “Encyclopaedia, Historical Narrative and the Origins of Zionism,” for the Jewish History Colloquium on Thursday, January 28th at 12 pm.
YIWSA workshop: Prophecy and Oracle in Egypt.
Papers and discussion by Olivia Stewart (RS) and Maria Guttierez (NELC). Yale Interdisciplinary Workshop for the Study of Antiquity.
Shawkat Toorawa (Cornell)
Minding and Mending al‐Mutanabbī Azād Bilgrāmī (d. 1200/1786), classical Arabic poetry (and us)
Rostovtzeff Colloquium
Thursday, November 5
Ancient Societies Workshop
Alicia Jimenez (Duke): the western provinces of the Roman Empire.
Rosenthal Lecture; John Huehnergard (UT Austin)
Fall 2015 Rosenthal Lecture
John Huehnergard: “The Legacy of Akkadian”
HGS 211
Reception to follow
Jo Ann Hackett: "The Construction of Evil: Foreign Women in Proverbs 1-9"
October 28 at 5 p.m.
Jo Ann Hackett (U. of TX at Austin) lecture at the Divinity School
“The Construction of Evil: Foreign Women in Proverbs 1-9”
Golden Oldies: Music from Mesopotamia
Music Talks at the Whitney: TODAY, October 16
Irving Finkel, British Museum; Richard Dumbrill, University of London; and respondent Miriam Kolar, Amherst College
Archaeology Brown Bag lunch: Margaret Andrews
FRIDAY, October 2nd, from 12 PM to 1:15 PM in 51 Hillhouse Ave., Room 101.