ISAW Names Clare Fitzgerald Associate Director for Exhibitions and Gallery Curator
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The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) at New York University announced today the appointment of Clare Fitzgerald, PhD, as associate director for exhibitions and gallery curator, effective March 12, 2018.
ISAW Photography Exhibition Explores Persia's Past, 10/22
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The Eye of the Shah: Qajar Court Photography and the Persian Past explores the fascinating world of early Iranian photography and the country it so richly depicted.
ISAW Exhibition "From Ancient To Modern" Opens Feb. 12
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A major exhibition opening at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) on February 12, 2015, examines the fascinating process through which archaeological objects are transformed from artifacts to artworks and, sometimes, to popular icons, as they move from the sites in which they were discovered, to mass media, to museum displays.
ISAW Showcases Treasures from the Copper Age
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A comprehensive selection of artifacts from the Nahal Mishmar Hoard and the Great Burial Cave at Peqi’in, another landmark find, will be seen for the first time in this country from February 12 to June 8, 2014 at The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University (ISAW).
The Robert Foster Cherry Award Lecture, “The Dynamics of Discovery: Unearthing Lost Histories of The Ancient World”—November 19
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Professor Joan Breton Connelly will deliver “The Dynamics of Discovery: Unearthing Lost Histories of the Ancient World,” the Robert Foster Cherry Award Finalist Lecture, on Tuesday, November 19, 5 p.m. at NYU’s Hemmerdinger Hall, Silver Center for Arts and Science.
ISAW Exhibition Examines Geographic Knowledge In Antiquity
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An exhibition focused on ancient cartography and the ways in which Greek and Roman societies perceived and represented both the known and unknown worlds opens on October 4 at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) at New York University.
Important Exhibition at ISAW Explores Ancient Nomadic Culture of Kazakhstan; Includes Spectacular Never-Exhibited Objects from Elite Burial Site
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The first U.S. exhibition devoted entirely to the nomadic culture of ancient Kazakhstan opens on March 7, 2012, at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) at New York University.
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World Exhibition Opens Window Onto Little-Known Cultures of Ancient Nubia
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The rich cultures of ancient Nubia, located in present-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan, are the subject of an exhibition on view at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) at New York University from March 11 through June 12, 2011.
ISAW Exhibition of Ancient Tablets Reveals Sophisticated Mathematical Achievements Of Ancient Babylonian Culture
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An illuminating exhibition of thirteen ancient Babylonian tablets, along with supplemental documentary material, opens at New York University’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) on November 12, 2010.
NYU’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World and Courant Institute Host an Important Conference on Otto Neugebauer and His Impact on the History of the Exact Sciences
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Otto Neugebauer (1899-1990), more than any other scholar of recent times, shaped the way we perceive and study ancient science.