Social networks & ancient Near East: do they match? Indeed, they do! Here we provide you with a brilliant example: Olga V. Popova’s “Smart Babylonia with Olga” is an efficient tool to disseminate knowledge of Assyriology amongst Russian readers and Read more…
Dear Mar Shiprim readers, we hope that you have spent a nice and relaxing summer time! While we start a new academic year, we are back with a new list of recent publications in the fields of Assyriology and Mesopotamian Read more…
Today we have the opportunity to know better the recently appointed curator of the Ancient Near Eastern collections at the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, RMO). David Kertai, who has taken his position in Leiden in 2020, has Read more…
Directly from Jack M. Sasson’s Agade mailing list, here we offer you a list of recent publications in the fields of Assyriology and Mesopotamian Archaeology. Please note that this list only includes titles that have been notified between April, 1st Read more…
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This year’s Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale is fast approaching! After a one-year break, we are indeed looking forward for a week full of fruitful discussions and meeting, though virtual. The Organizing Committee has sent us the following contribution, rich with information Read more…
A new 3D animated movie on Gilgamesh is currently in preparation in Buenos Aires, and the first images that have been released are simply stunning! We have interviewed Tomás Lipgot, founder of the production company that is working on the Read more…
The IAA deeply misses Wilfred van Soldt (1947-2021), its first president (2003 – 2005), and its secretary from the foundation of the association till 2016. After the founding of the IAA in 2003, Wilfred formed the constant center of the Read more…
In its latest “In the Spotlight” post, Mar Shiprim had a (virtual) chat with students and researchers from the Assyriology program at the Hebrew University: Uri Gabbay, Associate Professor; Beatrice Baragli, postdoctoral researcher; Julia Tulaikov, PhD student; Benny Asavan, MA Read more…
The Oriental Institute Position Type: Faculty Chicago, IL Apr 2, 2021 Apply Here: https://academicjobs.uchicago.edu/positions/72605 Description This is a twenty-four-month, non-renewable appointment. During this appointment, the Post-Doctoral Fellow will work closely with University of Chicago faculty members from the Oriental Institute and the Department Read more…