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Department of Archaeology

 

The Ancient Near East Seminar Series is the weekly term-time event for those interested in the Ancient Near East.

With visiting speakers coming from universities, museums and other institutions from around the world, it is hoped that these evenings will  offer a focus for the wide range of Assyriological and Ancient Near Eastern archaeological projects across the University, build links with other research centres, and offer a chance for all to see the incredible work that is being carried out in this vast and hugely important field of research.

Evening lectures take place on Tuesday evenings at 5.00pm. 

 

Future events will be announced here.

 

Contact name: 
Megan Hinks
Contact email: 

Events In This Series For This Academic Year

Session Name Date Event speaker
**POSTPONED - see below** Assyrian has-beens and an Anatolian nouveau-riche? Shrinking archives, increasing grave wealth, and social change at Kültepe-Kaneš Tuesday, 24 October, 2023 - 17:00 to 19:30 Dr Yağmıur Heffron (University College London)
Rediscovering Old Babylonian societies: The excavation project at Tell Muhammad (Baghdad) Thursday, 16 November, 2023 - 17:00 to 19:30 Professor Nicola Laneri (University of Catania)
Cultural variation and consensus in daimonic clay figures of the Neo-Assyrian period Tuesday, 28 November, 2023 - 17:00 to 19:30 Glynnis Maynard (University of Cambridge)
Assyrian has-beens and an Anatolian nouveau-riche? Shrinking archives, increasing grave wealth, and social change at Kültepe-Kaneš Tuesday, 23 January, 2024 - 17:00 to 18:45 Dr Yağmur Heffron (University College London)
Bison Eyes and a Beard of Lapis Lazuli: Aesthetics and Art for the Senses in Ancient Mesopotamia Tuesday, 6 February, 2024 - 17:00 to 19:30 Dr Karen Sonik (Auburn University, AL, U.S.A)
Highland societies against the state: outlining an archaeology of resistance in the Zagros Mountains Tuesday, 20 February, 2024 - 17:00 to 19:30 Dr Steve Renette (University of Cambridge)
Who was in charge? Identifying and distinguishing proto-Elamite administrative actors Tuesday, 12 March, 2024 - 17:00 to 19:30 Dr Clélia Paladre (Musée du Louvre, France)