Research programme
Ancient Worlds network
The Ancient Worlds Network brings together staff and graduate students in LIAS working on the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern world.
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- Miriam Müller
The Ancient Worlds Network brings together staff and graduate students in LIAS working on the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern world. Our expertise covers a wide range of areas and disciplines, including the study of Ancient Arabia, Assyriology, Coptic Studies, Egyptology, Hebrew and Aramaic Studies, ancient Iranian Studies, Papyrology, linguistics, the study of religions, and the history of philosophy and science. The aim of the network is threefold. First, we want to stimulate scientific debate and synergy among faculty and graduate students engaged in the study of the ancient world at LIAS. To this aim we regularly organize discussion sessions on "Current Debates" in our respective fields. Second, we aim to reflect on current and future challenges to our various academic fields and to propose strategies for improving our resilience and versatility. Third, we will contribute to improving facilities for graduate training in ancient world studies at LIAS through a "Teaching Lab", designed and implemented to facilitate graduate teaching training.
Lecture Series Ancient Worlds Lunch Talks
Fall semester 2024: every other Monday 13:00-14:00 - free pizza and everyone is welcome to bring lunch.
This will be an opportunity to exchange ideas and latest research in an informal atmosphere with a small audience of MA and PhD students, Postdocs and Faculty of the ONOS and CAC program and all interested students and colleagues of Classics, History and Archaeology.
List of speakers and schedule:
September 23rd, 2024: Moving into the MEL library – Anita Keizers and Mariëtte Keuken (Middle Eastern Library, University Library)
13:00-14:00, Herta Mohr, KITLV Seminar Room 1.30 (1st floor)
October 7th, 2024: The monster in the mirror: Characterization in the Standard Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic– Karen Sonik (NINO research fellow 2022/ Professor of Art History, Auburn University)
13:00-14:00, Herta Mohr, KITLV Seminar Room 1.30 (1st floor)
October 21st, 2024: The viper in the sun, the lion in the moon and the lumāšu – Jeanette Fincke (NINO research fellow 2019/Lecturer in Assyriology, Heidelberg University)
13:00-14:00, Herta Mohr, KITLV Seminar Room 1.30 (1st floor)
November 4th, 2024: Gods and demons: A collection of unusual statuettes from the Valley of the Kings in the British Museum – Willem Hovestreydt (Emeritus editor AEB/Emeritus lecturer in Egyptology)
13:00-14:00, Herta Mohr, KITLV Seminar Room 1.30 (1st floor)
November 18th, 2024: A new approach to the Pyramid Texts: What about Seth? – Wantje Fritschy (Egyptologist/Professor emerita in the History of Early Modern Public Finance, VU University Amsterdam)
13:00-14:00, Herta Mohr, KITLV Seminar Room 1.30 (1st floor)
December 2nd, 2024: Back to the Sinai: The archaeological mission at Tell el Ghaba – Eva Calomino (NINO Incoming Mobility Fellow)
13:00-14:00, Herta Mohr, KITLV Seminar Room 1.30 (1st floor)