Dear Mar Shiprim Readers, This month we thank Troels Arbøll, Associate Professor of Assyriology at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen, for taking the time to tell us about From Catastrophe to Culture: Understanding Epidemics in Ancient Mesopotamia (C2C): a three-year research project funded Read more
Dear Mar Shiprim readers, Please join us in congratulating Evelyne Koubková for winning this year’s IAA Dissertation Prize for her dissertation on the Mesopotamian exorcist’s self-presentation. Applications are now open for next year’s prizes. For more information, see https://iaassyriology.com/awards. With best wishes, Pavla Rosenstein Mar Shiprim Editor Congratulations to this Read more
Dear Mar Shiprim readers, This month we meet Prof. Philippa Steele at the University of Cambridge who shares with us the goals and current activities of the VIEWS (Visual Interactions in Early Writing Systems) project. With warm wishes, Pavla Rosenstein Mar Shiprim Editor VIEWS (Visual Interactions in Early Writing Read more
List of Publications: January – March 2026 Dear Mar Shiprim readers, See below for new titles in Assyriology and related fields shared through the Agade mailing list between January 1st and March 31st, 2026. Please get in touch with any corrections or additions via marshiprim@iaassyriology.com. With best wishes, Pavla Read more
The Institute for Ancient Near Eastern Studies (IANES) of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Tübingen invites applications for a Full Professor (W3) for Near Eastern Archaeology and Digital Archaeology (f/m/d) to commence as soon as possible. We are looking for a recognized scholar who is able to Read more
The Institute of Near Eastern Studies, Indo-European Studies and the Archaeology of Prehistory to the Early Middle Ages at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena invites applications for the position of a Research Assistant in Ancient Near Eastern Studies to begin October 1, 2026. The successful applicant will support the Chair Read more
Job Category: Faculty – Tenure Stream (continuing) Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science Department: Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: The Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for a Read more
Dear Mar Shiprim Readers, Over the next two months, we will take a virtual trip to Iraq, first to visit the Girsu Project in Tello, and next month to learn more about the upcoming RAI 71 in Baghdad. We thank Dr. Sébastien Rey for this month’s insights into excavation, conservation Read more
Dear Mar Shiprim readers, See below for new titles in Assyriology and related fields shared through the Agade mailing list between October 1st and December 31st, 2025. Please get in touch with any corrections or additions via marshiprim@iaassyriology.com. With best wishes, Pavla Rosenstein Mar Shiprim Editor List of Publications: Read more
Dear Mar Shiprim readers, As 2025 draws to a close, we thank the team at the Leipzig Akkadian Dictionary (LAD) for sharing their work on this exciting seventeen-year lexicography project. With best wishes for the holiday season and the new year ahead, Pavla Rosenstein Mar Shiprim Editor In the Read more