Open Access Monograph Series: ISAC Seminars (ISACS)

[First posted in AWOL 30 October 2015, updated 26 April 2024]

ISAC Seminars (ISACS)
ISSN: 1559-2944

The Oriental Institute yearly appoints a Postdoctoral Fellow for a twenty-four month (non-renewable) appointment. Postdoctoral Fellows are selected from an international pool of applicants, based on their proposals to organize a two-day conference at the Oriental Institute. The conferences address important theoretical or methodological issues in the field of ancient studies — archaeological, text-based, and/or art historical avenues of research. The Oriental Institute encourages cross-disciplinary proposals that deal with the ancient Near East (including Egypt) or that compare the Near East with other cultural areas. The conferences generally have 12–16 participants, and take place annually in the beginning of March during the first year of the Postdoctoral Fellow’s appointment. Following the conference, the Postdoctoral Fellow assembles and edits the proceedings for publication in the Oriental Institute Seminar series. During the second year of the appointment, the Postdoctoral Fellow will assist in organizing a series of faculty seminars at the Oriental Institute and other activities that build interaction and collaboration within the scholarly community. The Postdoctoral Fellow is expected to pursue his or her own research while in residence and to interact closely with the Oriental Institute community. The Postdoctoral Fellow may also, if he or she wishes, teach a course while in residence if approved by the OI/NELC faculty. [Source]

ISACS 16. Pomp, Circumstance, and the Performance of Politics: Acting Politically Correct in the Ancient World. Kathryn R. Morgan, ed. 2024.
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ISACS 15. Outward Appearance versus Inward Significance: Addressing Identities through Attire in the Ancient World. Aleksandra Hallmann, ed. 2024.
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ISACS 14. Seen Not Heard: Composition, Iconicity, and the Classifier Systems of Logosyllabic Scripts. Ilona Zsolnay, ed. 2023.
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OIS 13. Irrigation in Early States: New Directions. Stephanie Rost, ed. 2022.
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OIS 12. Structures of Power: Law and Gender Across the Ancient Near East and Beyond. Ilan Peled, ed. 2018.
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OIS 11. The Late Third Millennium in the Ancient Near East: Chronology, C14, and Climate Change. Felix Höflmayer, ed. 2017.
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OIS 10. Household Studies in Complex Societies: (Micro) Archaeological and Textual Approaches. Miriam Müller, ed. 2015.
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OIS 9. Heaven on Earth: Temples, Ritual, and Cosmic Symbolism in the Ancient World. Deena Ragavan, ed. 2013.
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OIS 8. Iconoclasm and Text Destruction in the Ancient Near East and Beyond. Natalie Naomi May, ed. 2012.
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OIS 7. Slaves and Households in the Near East. Laura Culbertson, ed. 2011.
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OIS 6. Divination and Interpretation of Signs in the Ancient World. Amar Annus, ed. 2010.
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OIS 5. Nomads, Tribes, and the State in the Ancient Near East: Cross-disciplinary Perspective. Jeffrey Szuchman, ed. 2009.
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OIS 4. Religion and Power: Divine Kingship in the Ancient World and Beyond Nicole Brisch, ed. 2008. Second printing with minor corrections, 2012.
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OIS 3. Performing Death: Social Analyses of Funerary Traditions in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean Nicola Laneri, ed. 2007.
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OIS 2. Margins of Writing, Origins of Cultures. (second printing) Seth L. Sanders, ed. 2007.
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OIS 1. Changing Social Identity with the Spread of Islam: Archaeological Perspectives. Donald Whitcomb, ed. 2004.
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