Sat down with Ashur Bet Oshana and Assyrian Times in the Khorsabad Court Gallery at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures. Grateful for the conversation 🖤🙏 youtu.be/GvBeqswY6wI?...

Inside Ancient Assyria with Dr. Kiersten Neumann : Assyrian Times #history #ancient

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In May 2026, I had the honor of delivering the commencement address for my alma mater, the Department of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures at UC Berkeley. I’ve since had a number of requests to share what I said, so I’ve posted the speech—titled “In Pursuit of Awe:” tinyurl.com/inpursuitofawe

Stones in all their glory, explored in my latest paper “What’s in a name? Material self-referentiality, aesthetic values and stone classifications” 💎🪨✨ www.jstor.org/stable/jj.36... (open access) #aesthetics #materiality #classification #mesopotamia

And many thanks to @uclpress.bsky.social for working with us and ensuring an open access volume!

UCL Press@uclpress.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Thanks, @sarahebond.bsky.social 🙏 🙌

Sarah E. Bond@sarahebond.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Today is the publication day for _ Scribal Worlds: Scholarship and classification in cuneiform cultures _ Bravo e Brava to editors Eduardo A. Escobar @knpazuzu.bsky.social & C. Jay Crisostomo (Editor). It is free / open access to read! uclpress.co.uk/book/scribal... ✍️

It’s here 📖 ✍️ “Scribal Worlds: Scholarship and classification in cuneiform cultures” is out today from UCL Press— in print & free open access PDF. Co-editing it with Jay and Eduardo, in honor of Niek Veldhuis, has been one of the most meaningful projects. uclpress.co.uk/book/scribal...

Scribal Worlds

Scribal Worlds: Scholarship and classification in cuneiform cultures delves into the history of the earliest writing cultures of the ancient Middle East, bridging disciplines that include ancient hist...

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My latest for @asor_research’s ANE Today: “Severed Spaces: Documenting Cultural Heritage at Risk in Iran”—on Cultural Heritage Watch, an interactive database launched by ISAC’s CAMEL in partnership w/ the Society of Iranian Archaeology. anetoday.org/cultural-her...

Middle East Cultural Heritage at Risk in Armed Conflict

Interactive map for documenting, monitoring, and preserving cultural heritage sites at risk in armed conflict across the Middle East.

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Cold-blooded creatures of Nubia 🐍🐢🐸🐊🦎—my recent publication on reptiles and amphibians in the “A Bestiary of Ancient Nubia” ISAC Museum exhibit catalogue: www.academia.edu/165950922/Re...

Grateful to contribute to “Middle East Cultural Heritage at Risk in Armed Conflict Project”, a new effort with ISAC’s CAMEL Lab mapping heritage sites damaged by the ongoing conflict—already documenting 70 sites in Iran, with more expected as information becomes available: heritagewatch.camelab.net

A celebration of the extraordinary depth and beauty of Iranian history & culture ✨💙 “Ancient Iran in the ISAC Museum: From Prehistory to the Achaemenid Period” by Abbas Alizadeh, Research Assoc Prof of Iranian Archaeology. Download & purchase: isac.uchicago.edu/research/publications/ISACMP/isacmp3

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Suzanne Karr Schmidt@drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I learned so much from a curator tour by @knpazuzu.bsky.social! Even if you can't make it before the show closes, there are more resources, like an eerily perfect piece of video art that could have been commissioned for the exhibition. AND there's a coloring book! isac.uchicago.edu/megiddoimagi...

Nowruz—a time to celebrate the Persian New Year and Persian culture at the ISAC Museum 🌺 🔥 🎶 Drop in anytime from 1:00–3:00 pm for hands-on activities and gallery experiences, then join us at 3:00 pm for live music from the Middle Eastern Music Ensemble. Register: isacnowruz2026.eventbrite.com

✨🎨 Now available for all your coloring dreams — “Megiddo Ivories Coloring Book” 🖍️✨ Created for the ISAC Museum special exhibition “Megiddo: A City Unearthed, A Past Imagined” (Sep 18, 2025–Mar 15, 2026) — 32 pages, Softcover, $7.99, ISBN: 978-1-61491-134-0 ▶️ isac.uchicago.edu/research/pub...

Thanks @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social! Checkout my latest article “From Armageddon to Chicago: The Legacy of the University of Chicago’s Megiddo Expedition" in the new issue of NEA!

Yale Classics Library@yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · last yr.

New issue of Near Eastern Archaeology Vol. 88, No. 3 (2025) www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/nea/2025... @asor-research.bsky.social @chicagojournals.bsky.social Megiddo, the Mother of All Tells Part 2, The Iron Age @knpazuzu.bsky.social

Snapshots of “Allspice: Michael Rakowitz and Ancient Cultures” (May 13–Oct 31, 2025) @ the Acropolis Museum. Also very fun to see my ISAC object labels displayed with their Greek-translation counterparts 😆 🇬🇷 #michaelrakowitz #restorativejustice www.theacropolismuseum.gr/en/allspice-...

Thrilled to be celebrating the installation of J.L. Smith’s Persepolis Paintings in the ISAC Museum’s Persian Gallery! I’ll speak about Smith & the history of the paintings’ creation & display before being joined in conversation with 3 exceptional conservators who’ve helped make this a reality 🖤🎨

Now available to stream: exhibition lecture “(Un)broken Continuity: Counter-narratives of a Mesopotamian Past,” presented live Jan 2024 in connection with ISAW exhibition, “Through the Lens: Latif Al Ani’s Visions of Ancient Iraq.” isaw.nyu.edu/events/archi...

Exhibition Lecture: (Un)broken Continuity

This lecture will take place online. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Zoom information will be provided via confirmation email to registered participants.

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Tell me how this 19th-c. chair @brooklynmuseum.org is a perfect embodiment of Falkor, the luckdragon with big dopey eyes, scaly back and all, yet it predates both Michael Ende’s 1979 Die unendliche Geschichte book & Wolfgang Peterson’s 1984 The Neverending Story film?! 🐉 #theneverendingstory #falkor

ASOR will offer the Herbert Warren Mason Fellowship in 2025. The fellowship, valued at $5,000, is awarded to a scholar/poet/writer/artist whose project proposal comes closest in scope to Herbert Mason’s lifework and is in English. Applications are due March 3, 2025. Read more here: buff.ly/3C6HZw0

HERBERT WARREN MASON FELLOWSHIP - American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR)

Herbert Warren Mason Fellowship ; ASOR Fellowships ; Mason Fellowship ; ASOR grants and fellowships ; Herbert Mason

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#Jobalert! I am looking for a #postdoc to join my team in Warsaw for 2 years. The project focuses on Material Religion in #Mesopotamia. You'll be working with Rafał Solecki, two research assistants, and me. The application deadline is coming up soon: 14 Jan wnhs.uksw.edu.pl/.../employme...

The gift I didn’t know I needed 👽 🎅 😂 #merrychristmas #anunnaki

So grateful both to ASOR & TARII for helping make the Tigris Travel Grant a success in its first year and to the three recipients—Jaafar Jotheri, Mustfaa Al-Hussainy, Hasan Ahmed Qasim Berwary—thank you for sharing your research & your company with us in Boston! Read more here: buff.ly/3Dm8jm6

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It feels like a fitting day to share photos from a recent visit with the imaginative & masterful Syrian-American artist & architect #MohamadHafez to explore his work “Eternal Cities,” installed as part of the new Ancient Egypt & Mesopotamia Gallery at Yale Peabody Museum curated by Agnete Lassen. 1/

#SensesSunday a midkhan (incense burner) used to burn oud to scent the guest area, or majlis, where it was passed around to guests as a sign of hospitality, today on display in the National Museum of Qatar, Doha #incense #incenseburner #qatar

Applications for the 2023-2024 Contingent Faculty Grants are due December 31st! The grants provide professional development and financial assistance funds to contingent faculty who study or teach about the ancient Mediterranean and its reception: classicalstudies.org/awards-and-f...

The Whipple Museum are recruiting for a Collections Assistant - offered for 5 years, fixed term due to funding. Wonderful collections and a brilliant team, this is a really excellent role for someone! #museumjobs 📜 #histsci www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49320/

“Masterpieces of the MANN,” a special exhibit currently on display at Maraya, #AlUla, showcasing collections from the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, including those of Alexander III of Macedon, Trajan & Marcus Aurelias, and a mosaic replete with beautiful creatures 🐍 #SaudiArabia

#SensesSunday Short circular ceramic incense burner from the Assyrian capital Dur-Šarrukin, Iraq, excavated by ISAC’s Khorsabad Expedition & recorded on this Catalog Card, in the ISAC Museum Archives 💨 🔥 #Assyria #Incense #Archives On types & use of Assyrian censers www.academia.edu/111948197/_I...

A monumental thanks to the entire ASOR team for yet another incredible annual meeting, hybrid and all! None of this would be possible without all of you. You go above and beyond, and always with a smile 😊 🙏🖤🙌 #ASOR2024 #ASORstaff Join us next year to celebrate ASOR’s 125th! 🍾