2024W Call for Submissions | Logos: The AMNE Undergraduate Journal
The undergraduate journal for the AMNE department, Logos, is now accepting submissions for the upcoming 2024/25 issue. The journal publishes any and all work relating to the ancient world. We accept submissions from any department outside of AMNE, but of course encourage submissions written for the AMNE courses. Papers must pertain to the ancient Mediterranean and Southwest Asian world, but departments […]
LOGOS Issue No. 07, 2021-2022 Publication Now Available!
We are excited to announce the publication of Logos Issue No. 07, 2021-2022! Come explore a breadth of student work, from essays on pseudoarchaeology to Egyptian mummy portraits! We’re happy to share this long-awaited issue with you.
Now Accepting Submissions for the 2023/24 Issue of Logos
The LOGOS Editorial Team is now accepting submissions for the upcoming 2023/24 issue of Logos. The journal welcomes the submission of any work pertaining to the ancient world for consideration.
Congratulations to the 2022 Peopling the Past Team!
On March 23-25, the Peopling the Past team (Victoria Austen, Melissa Funke, Chelsea Gardner, Sabrina Higgins, Christine Johnston, Carolyn Laferrière, and AMNE’s own Megan Daniels) held a conference entitled “Presenting the Past: Responsible Scholarship and Ancient Mediterranean History”. Speakers included museum and heritage professionals, artists, podcasters, and educators in various sectors, who presented on their own work and participated in broader discussions regarding our responsibilities in presenting the ancient past to modern audiences.
How AMNE Pumpkins….
Thanks to all the students and faculty who showed up to carve and/or support friends and colleagues at yesterday’s department pumpkining. It was great to finally do this in person if only to see so many creative processes in action! And what fabulous pumpkins there were (see below)! Next year, I’ll bring more hot apple […]
CNERS changes name to better reflect departmental goals
The department of classical, near Eastern and religious studies (CNERS) has officially changed its name to the department of ancient Mediterranean and near Eastern studies (AMNE). AMNE faculty say the name better reflects the department’s goals, research projects and spirit of furthering knowledge. Please see the link to the UBYSSEY article for the further info: […]
Gregg Gardner’s book has officially been published by the University of California Press!
The book undertakes a comprehensive study of early rabbinic (2nd-3rd century CE) views on wealth, poverty, and charity, in light of comparative contexts drawn from Greek, Latin, and early Christian writings, archaeological finds, and even a bit of economic theory. The cover features the mosaic floor of the synagogue in Sepphoris. Here is the link: […]
Peopling the Past podcast episode on ancient Roman midwifery and childbirth with Dr. Tara Mulder
Dr. Tara Mulder joined the next episode of the Peopling the Past podcast to talk about what a Roman birth may have looked like for different classes of people, who would have been a midwife and what their role was, and how things have changed or stayed the same regarding women and pregnancy from the Roman […]
Sara Milstein has won the Scott Award from the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies for her new book
The CSBS Scott Award has been awarded to Dr. Sara Milstein for her recent book, Making a Case: The Practical Roots of Biblical Law. This award recognizes an outstanding book in the areas of Hebrew Bible and/or the Ancient Near East, written in English or French by a member of the CSBS and published in […]
Homo Migrans: Modeling Mobility and Migration in Human History edited by Megan Daniels
Megan Daniel’s edited volume, Homo Migrans: Modeling Mobility and Migration in Human History has just been published through SUNY Press! This publication stems from her year-long post-doctoral fellowship at SUNY Buffalo, where she organized an international conference on the topic. The volume brings together archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, and geneticists to discuss the past, present, and […]