Thomas Schneider has established the Pacific Alliance of Liberal Arts Colleges (PALAC)
Thomas Schneider has been successful in establishing a new consortium of liberal arts institutions across the Pacific Basin, the Pacific Alliance of Liberal Arts Colleges (PALAC), in conversations with many senior administrators and more recently, Vice President Bryan Penprase from Soka University of America as a co-initiator. The new alliance groups together as founding members […]
The Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies celebrates its new identity
We are excited to announce that the Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies (CNERS to our friends) in UBC’s Faculty of Arts has officially changed its name to the Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies (AMNE).
Dr. Milstein elected member of Humanities and Social Sciences Class of the Academy of Sciences of Göttingen
The department congratulates Dr. Sara Milstein on her election to the Humanities and Social Sciences Class of the Academy of Sciences of Göttingen in Germany. The Academy of Sciences in Göttingen was founded in 1751 and is the oldest continuously existing institution of its kind in Germany. It brings together academics who, as stated in […]
Matt McCarty has Received a SSHRC Explore Grant for Reforesting Roman Africa Project
Matt McCarty has been awarded a SSHRC Explore grant to provide RA support for his exciting project, “Reforesting Roman Africa.” The project examines lifeways related to the Aleppo pine forests of the Tunisian/Algerian Tell in the Roman imperial period, focusing on the intersections of sylvan economies and worship as well as their reception in modernity. […]
Dr. Daniels awarded Hampton New Faculty Grant
Dr. Megan Daniels was recently awarded a Hampton New Faculty grant for her project: Reorienting “Orientalizing”: Articulating the Ideology of the Nude Standing Female through Networks of Religious Iconography in Eastern and Central Crete, 1100-500 BCE. Congratulations, Megan!
New book on Lagash ceramics by Dr. Steve Renette
Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr. Steve Renette has published a book on the pottery from al-Hiba, the ancient Sumerian city-state of Lagash: Lagash I: The Ceramic Corpus from Al-Hiba, 1968–1990: A Chrono-Typology of the Pottery Tradition in Southern Mesopotamia during the 3rd and Early 2nd Millenium BCE (Brepols, 2021). Congratulations, Steve!
Dr. Yoo awarded Hampton New Faculty Grant
The department congratulates Dr. Philip Yoo on receiving a Hampton New Faculty Grant for his book project, “From Egypt to Canaan: The Wilderness and the Israelite Mythmakers”.
Two New Volumes from SBL Press Co-edited by Tony Keddie
Society of Biblical Literature Press has published two new volumes co-edited by Dr. Tony Keddie, also featuring essays by Prof. Keddie. The first, The Struggle over Class: Socioeconomic Analysis of Ancient Christian Texts, co-edited with Michael Flexsenhar III and Steven J. Friesen, “brings together scholars from the fields of New Testament and early Christianity to examine ancient […]
New book by Dr. Milstein: Making A Case
Congratulations to Dr. Sara Milstein on the publication of her new book, Making a Case: The Practical Roots of Biblical Law (Oxford UP, 2021). Description from the publisher: Outside of the Bible, all of the known Near Eastern law collections were produced in the third to second millennia BCE, in cuneiform on clay tablets, and in […]
CNERS FACULTY ELECTED TO RSC
Honour recognizes distinguished individuals from all branches of learning who have made remarkable contributions in the arts, the humanities and the sciences, as well as in Canadian public life.