http://www.brown.edu/academics/egyptology/news en Bodies of Knowledge in Ancient Mesopotamia: The Diviners of Late Bronze Age Emar and their Tablet Collection by Matthew Rutz, Brown University http://www.brown.edu/academics/egyptology/news/2013-04/bodies-knowledge-ancient-mesopotamia-diviners-late-bronze-age-emar-and-their-tablet-col <p>New book by Professor Matthew Rutz published.<br /> </p> <p><a href="http://www.brown.edu/academics/egyptology/news/2013-04/bodies-knowledge-ancient-mesopotamia-diviners-late-bronze-age-emar-and-their-tablet-col" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:32:44 +0000 cbenson 205 at http://www.brown.edu/academics/egyptology Cities and the Shaping of Memory in the Ancient Near East by Ömür Harmanşah, Brown University, Rhode Island http://www.brown.edu/academics/egyptology/news/2013-03/cities-and-shaping-memory-ancient-near-east-%C3%B6m%C3%BCr-harman%C5%9Fah-brown-university-rhode-islan <p>New book by Professor Ömür Harmanşah published.</p> <p><a href="http://www.brown.edu/academics/egyptology/news/2013-03/cities-and-shaping-memory-ancient-near-east-%C3%B6m%C3%BCr-harman%C5%9Fah-brown-university-rhode-islan" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:38:51 +0000 cbenson 204 at http://www.brown.edu/academics/egyptology Graduate Student Julia Troche Receives Mellon Workshop & Graduate International Colloquium Fund from the Office of International Affairs http://www.brown.edu/academics/egyptology/news/2012-06/graduate-student-julia-troche-receives-mellon-workshop-graduate-international-colloquiu <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Mellon workshop, established by a grant from the Andrew Mellon<br />Foundation, is awarded to graduate students in the Humanities.<br />Typically Brown awards only five graduate workshops each year. The<br />workshop is intended to both provide a means by which to facilitate<br />dissertation completion and to foster communication across disciplines<br />within the academy. Each group is encouraged to bring visitors to<br />campus who will enable their participants to refine their writing and<br />promote new depths of understanding in their work. On a more regular<br />basis, the groups serve as forums to discuss their participants’<br />writing and explore topics of mutual interest, thus fostering an<br />environment of collaboration and intellectual exchange.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Julia's workshop is entitled "Local Religious Practice in the Ancient<br />World." In her proposal, she writes of the motivations and </p> <p><a href="http://www.brown.edu/academics/egyptology/news/2012-06/graduate-student-julia-troche-receives-mellon-workshop-graduate-international-colloquiu" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:13:05 +0000