Prof. Thomas Schneider awarded a 2016 Dean of Arts Faculty Research Award.
We’re happy to announce that Professor Thomas Schneider has been awarded a 2016 Dean of Arts Research Award. The award provides a teaching release for one semester, which Prof. Schneider will take in the autumn of 2016. Congratulations, Thomas!
UBC Student Richard Cameron wins CAC Sight Translation Competition
Richard Cameron from UBC has won first place in the CAC Senior Greek Sight Translation Competition and third place in the CAC Senior Latin Sight Translation Competition! Excellent work, Richard. Congratulations!
Prof. Lisa Cooper’s New Book on Gertrude Bell is Published
We’re happy to announce the publication of Prof. Lisa Cooper’s new book In Search of Kings and Conquerors: Gertrude Bell and the Archaeology of the Middle East (London: I.B. Tauris), which has just arrived in advance copy (with a publication date of 2016). Congratulations Lisa!
Jayne Knight appointed Lecturer at University of Tazmania
We are very happy to announce that our own Dr. Jayne Knight has accepted a tenure-track appointment as Lecturer in Classics as the University of Tasmania. She starts in July. Congratulations Jayne!
Gregg Gardner wins Killam Fellowship
Dr. Gregg Gardner has been awarded a UBC Killam Research Fellowship for his project “Giving with Interest: Wealth and Poverty in Jewish Antiquity.” Congratulations Gregg!
Roger Wilson Named the Dalrymple Lecturer at Glasgow
Dr. Roger Wilson has been invited to be the Dalrymple Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Glasgow in November 2017, where he will give four public lectures on his archaeological research in Sicily. This will give publicity in Scotland for UBC, in particular on Roger’s three recent UBC archaeological projects in Sicily (Gerace, Kaukana […]
Another Award for the From Stone to Screen Project
From Stone to Screen just received notice that they were awarded a Field Museum Visiting Scholarship! The application was completed by Nicholas Kraus (CNERS alum, and current PhD Candidate at Yale) and Chelsea Gardner. The team will travel to Chicago in 2016 to train on advanced Ortery photogrammetric equipment, and will digitize the Field Museum’s […]
From Stone to Screen Project Wins TLEF Funding
We are pleased to announce that the From Stone to Screen application for third-year funding through the TLEF-FL was successful. This third year of funding will allow the From Stone to Screen team to continue cataloguing the Bahrain and Todd artifact collections and uploading the relevant metadata, while also expanding the McGregor collection to include […]
New Book by CNERS Faculty Members
The department has received an advance copy of Not Sparing the Child – Human Sacrifice in the Ancient World and Beyond – Studies in Honor of Professor Paul G. Mosca, a volume co-edited by Daphna Arbel, Paul Burns, Rob Cousland, Richard Menkis and Dietmar Neufeld from Bloomsbury’s T&T Clark Biblical Studies series. It will go […]
Profs. Chaudhry and Ahmed Granted Tenure
Rumee Ahmed and Ayesha Chaudhry received official word from the President’s office that they have been granted promotion to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure at the beginning of July. Congratulations Ayesha, Congratulations Rumee.