Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

Institute for the Study of the Ancient World is a research center and graduate school located in New York City, New York, United States, that is affiliated with New York University. The institute was founded in 2006 with the goal of supporting research and graduate education in the study of the ancient world, including ancient civilizations such as Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, and Ancient Rome. The institute is led by a team of renowned scholars, including Roger Bagnall, Glen Bowersock, and Catharine Lorber, and has partnerships with institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Numismatic Society, and British Museum. The institute's research focuses on the Mediterranean region and the Near East, and its faculty and students have conducted excavations and research projects at sites such as Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Persepolis.

● History

The institute was established in 2006 with a generous gift from Shelby White and Leon Levy, and it is housed in a state-of-the-art building in New York City. The institute's founding director was Roger Bagnall, a renowned scholar of ancient history and papyrology, who has also taught at Columbia University and University of Michigan. The institute has also been led by other prominent scholars, including Glen Bowersock, who has written extensively on ancient Greece and Roman Empire, and has taught at Harvard University and University of California, Berkeley. The institute has hosted numerous conferences and workshops, including a conference on ancient Mesopotamia in collaboration with the University of Chicago and a workshop on ancient numismatics with the American Numismatic Society and British Museum.

● Organization

The institute is organized into several departments and programs, including the Department of Ancient Near Eastern Studies, the Department of Classical Studies, and the Program in Ancient History. The institute also has a number of research centers and initiatives, such as the Center for the Study of Ancient Religions and the Initiative for the Study of Ancient Economies. The institute's faculty includes scholars such as Catharine Lorber, who has written extensively on ancient coinage and has taught at University of California, Los Angeles and University of Oxford, and Jonathan M. Hall, who has written on ancient Greece and has taught at University of Chicago and University of Cambridge. The institute has partnerships with a number of other institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, and German Archaeological Institute.

● Research

The institute's research focuses on the ancient world, including ancient civilizations such as Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, and Ancient Rome. The institute's faculty and students have conducted research projects at sites such as Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Persepolis, and have collaborated with institutions such as the British Museum, Louvre, and National Museum of Iran. The institute has also hosted numerous research seminars and workshops, including a seminar on ancient Mesopotamian law with the University of Pennsylvania and a workshop on ancient Greek archaeology with the Archaeological Institute of America and Greek Ministry of Culture. The institute's research has been supported by grants from organizations such as the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Science Foundation, and Getty Foundation.

● Publications

The institute publishes a number of scholarly journals and books, including the Journal of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World and the ISAW Papers series. The institute has also published books in collaboration with other presses, such as Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press. The institute's publications have included works on ancient history, archaeology, and numismatics, and have been written by scholars such as Roger Bagnall, Glen Bowersock, and Catharine Lorber. The institute has also published catalogs of exhibitions, such as the Cats of Ancient Egypt exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum and the Roman Mosaics exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

● Exhibitions

The institute has hosted a number of exhibitions, including the Lost City of Petra exhibition in collaboration with the Jordan Museum and the Ancient Greek Bronze exhibition with the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. The institute has also lent objects to exhibitions at other institutions, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the British Museum. The institute's exhibitions have been supported by grants from organizations such as the National Endowment for the Arts and the Getty Foundation. The institute has also collaborated with other institutions on exhibitions, such as the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the Ashmolean Museum.

● Academics

The institute offers a number of academic programs, including a Ph.D. program in ancient studies and a Master's program in classical studies. The institute's faculty includes scholars such as Jonathan M. Hall, who has written on ancient Greece and has taught at University of Chicago and University of Cambridge, and Catharine Lorber, who has written extensively on ancient coinage and has taught at University of California, Los Angeles and University of Oxford. The institute has also hosted a number of visiting scholars and researchers, including Sir John Boardman, who has written extensively on ancient Greek art and has taught at University of Oxford and University of Cambridge, and Susan Alcock, who has written on ancient landscape archaeology and has taught at University of Michigan and Brown University. The institute's academic programs have been supported by grants from organizations such as the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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