Dear Mar Shiprim readers, This month we thank Prof. Mathieu Ossendrijver for sharing updates from the ZODIAC project funded by the European Research Council and hosted at Freie Universität Berlin. The ZODIAC project’s interdisciplinary approach seeks to develop an updated account of the emergence and cross-cultural impact of zodiacal astral 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, 2024. Please get in touch with any corrections or additions via marshiprim@iaassyriology.com. With best wishes, Pavla Rosenstein Read more…
Dear Mar Shiprim readers, Happy New Year! To kick off 2025 we invite you to take a look at Mar Shiprim’s newly established YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MarShiprim. Sit back and relax as Eric Cline and Glynnis Fawkes kindly join us to discuss their collaborative adaptation of 1177 B.C. The Year Civilization Read more…
Dear Mar Shiprim readers, See below new titles in Assyriology and related fields shared through the Agade mailing list between July 1st and September 30, 2024. Please get in touch with any corrections or suggestions via marshiprim@iaassyriology.com. With best wishes, Pavla Rosenstein Mar Shiprim Editor List of Publications: July Read more…
Dear Mar Shiprim readers, This month we thank Jaafar Jotheri, Professor of Geoarchaeology at the University of Al-Qadisiyah, for taking the time to share his thoughts on the past, present and future of Archaeology and Assyriology in Iraq. With warm wishes, Pavla Rosenstein Mar Shiprim Editor In the Spotlight Read more…
Dear Mar Shiprim readers, Please join us in congratulating William McGrath (University of Toronto) for winning this year’s IAA dissertation prize, Christopher W. Jones (Union University) for winning this year’s IAA first article prize and Alessia Pilloni (Freie Universität Berlin) for receiving an honorable mention for her first article. All Read more…
Dear Mar Shiprim readers, See below for new titles in Assyriology and related fields shared through the Agade mailing list between April 1st and June 30, 2024. Please get in touch with any corrections or suggestions via marshiprim@iaassyriology.com. Wishing everyone a happy summer! Pavla Rosenstein Mar Shiprim Editor Béranger, Read more…
Dear Mar Shiprim readers, With less than a month to go till the 69th Rencontre in Helsinki, we speak to University of Helsinki’s Prof. Saana Svärd about the inspiration behind the theme ‘Politics, Peoples, and Polities in the Ancient Near East,’ the organising process, and the highlights that this year’s Read more…
Dear Mar Shiprim readers, Please allow us to introduce a new series, whereby we invite a specialist to provide a primer for their area of expertise, featuring accessible introductory information for scholars who wish to embark on research in a particular sub-field. We thank Dr. Erica Scarpa from the Institute Read more…
This month we speak to curator Dr. Agnete Lassen about the Yale Babylonian Collection’s first permanent exhibition space at the Yale Peabody Museum in New Haven, Connecticut. Interview, images and video by Pavla Rosenstein ____ What has been your path towards Assyriology and your current role? I have my degree Read more…