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Reading the landscape
Graduate research assistants use cutting-edge mapping technologies to understand the everyday lives of ancient people.
“I think of it as a laboratory...
New human rights track offers MA students new opportunities for learning
With deepening conflicts in the region, human rights are central to the study of the modern Middle East. As a result, the UChicago Center for Middle E...
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations changes name to Department of Middle Eastern Studies
By Sara PattersonThe Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago Division of the Humanities announced Aug. 19 ...
Donald Whitcomb, renowned scholar of Islamic archaeology, 1944‒2024
The following was published in UChicago News on April 17, 2024.
Donald Whitcomb was a pioneering scholar in the field of Islamic archaeology, w...
Gaming Islam
The following was published in the Martin Marty Center of the UChicago Divinity School on September 14, 2023.
This collaborative research initiativ...
Two Humanities Faculty Receive Named Professorships
The following was published in UChicago News on July 5, 2023.
Sixteen University of Chicago faculty members have received distinguished service pro...
Two perspectives on urbanism
Sometimes an unexpected angle tells an interesting story. An Assyriologist learns about ancient cities from an unconventional source, while a visual a...
Two Perspectives on Ancient Climate Change
Coping with changing climates in early antiquity
In the past 30 years, much has been written about climate’s effects on ancient civilizations, but pa...
Two Perspectives on Monuments
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A monument can be a memorial, a work of art, a physical object, or something else entirely. Its meaning shifts depending on the audience and era. Engl...
A Lot of Antiquity, A Little Modernity
The work of new NELC faculty members "represents very different intellectual traditions."
Through efforts like the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary, the U...