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Announcements, Students

2024W Call for Submissions | Logos: The AMNE Undergraduate Journal

December 11, 2024
Faculty

AMNE welcomes Dr. Rachel Philbrick as Assistant Professor of Latin Literature

April 25, 2024
Achievements, Faculty, Spotlight

AMNE's Dr. Matt McCarty awarded Killam Teaching Prize

April 9, 2024
Achievements, Spotlight, Students

Congratulations to Hannah Stengler on receiving the Outstanding Student Leader in the Faculty of Arts award!

April 5, 2024
Faculty

AMNE Welcomes Dr. Isaac Soon as our new Assistant Professor of Early Christianity

April 3, 2024
Announcements, Publications, Students

LOGOS Issue No. 07, 2021-2022 Publication Now Available!

January 25, 2024
Announcements, Students

Now Accepting Submissions for the 2023/24 Issue of Logos

December 20, 2023
Publications, Students

LOGOS Student Journal - 2023 Call for Editors

October 24, 2023
Achievements, Faculty, In the Media

‘On the Coast’ with Gloria Macarenko, and Dr. Matt McCarty!

September 29, 2023
Achievements, Research, Spotlight, Students

AMNE’s Experiencing Antiquity project receives SCS Ancient Worlds, Modern Communities grant!

July 15, 2023
Achievements, Faculty, Publications

Congratulations to Dr. Megan Daniels, co-editor of Data Science, Human Science, and Ancient Gods: Conversations in Theory and Method!

July 15, 2023
Achievements, Students

AMNE Student Association Wins AUS Best Club Award for 2022- 2023!

May 3, 2023
Achievements, Department Life, Faculty, Research

Congratulations to the 2022 Peopling the Past Team!

April 3, 2023
Achievements, Faculty, Publications, Research

Congratulations to Kevin Fisher, Monumentality, Place-Making, and Social Interaction on Late Bronze Age Cyprus published!

March 14, 2023
Achievements, Students

Congratulations to Ashley Samsone on receiving the Outstanding Student Leader in the Faculty of Arts award!

March 8, 2023
Faculty, Publications, Research

Congratulations to Prof. Schneider, "Language Contact in Ancient Egypt" published!

March 6, 2023
Faculty, In the Media, Research, Spotlight

Euripides Chorus Brought to Life

January 23, 2023
Students

CALL FOR PAPERS: AIGSC Conference 2023 Order and Chaos

January 20, 2023
Achievements, Faculty

Dr. Megan Daniels awarded SSHRC Insight Development Grant

December 12, 2022
Achievements, Faculty

Wealth, Poverty, and Charity in Jewish Antiquity-- winner of the 2022 Canadian Jewish Literary Award

December 11, 2022
Achievements

Sheri Pak awarded the Dean of Arts’ Staff Excellence Award for 2022!

December 7, 2022
Spotlight

Congratulations to our recent AMNE grads!

November 25, 2022
Department Life

How AMNE Pumpkins....

November 1, 2022

Introductory Courses in Ancient Mediterranean & Near Eastern Studies

September 3, 2022

Holy Hollywood! What the Movies Teach Us about the Bible.

August 31, 2022
Announcements

CNERS changes name to better reflect departmental goals

August 26, 2022

Application for One-year leave replacement Lecturer in Classical Studies and Latin Language

June 22, 2022

Application for One-year Assistant Professor Without Review in Greek History and Language

June 22, 2022
Announcements

Gregg Gardner’s book has officially been published by the University of California Press!

June 22, 2022
Announcements

Peopling the Past podcast episode on ancient Roman midwifery and childbirth with Dr. Tara Mulder

June 21, 2022
Announcements

Sara Milstein has won the Scott Award from the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies for her new book

June 21, 2022
Announcements

Homo Migrans: Modeling Mobility and Migration in Human History edited by Megan Daniels

April 28, 2022
Announcements

Thomas Schneider has established the Pacific Alliance of Liberal Arts Colleges (PALAC)

March 29, 2022
Announcements

The Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies celebrates its new identity

March 24, 2022
Announcements

Dr. Milstein elected member of Humanities and Social Sciences Class of the Academy of Sciences of Göttingen

March 9, 2022

RSVP Department Curling - April 6, 6:45 pm to 8:45 pm

March 3, 2022
Announcements

Matt McCarty has Received a SSHRC Explore Grant for Reforesting Roman Africa Project

February 14, 2022

Faculty - Van Dusen Garden (Festival of Lights) - Thurs. Dec. 9th, 5:00 pm

November 30, 2021

Van Dusen Garden (Festival of Lights) - Thurs. Dec. 9th, 5:00 pm

November 30, 2021
Announcements

Dr. Daniels awarded Hampton New Faculty Grant

November 25, 2021
Announcements

New book on Lagash ceramics by Dr. Steve Renette

November 25, 2021
Announcements

Dr. Yoo awarded Hampton New Faculty Grant

November 10, 2021

CNERS Holiday Reception - Thursday, Dec. 9, 6pm (ish)

November 3, 2021
Students

2021 Halloween - How We Pumpkin

October 29, 2021
Announcements

Two New Volumes from SBL Press Co-edited by Tony Keddie

October 18, 2021

Sessional Lecturer Position 2021-2022 Academic Year - RELG 203 002

October 6, 2021
Announcements

New book by Dr. Milstein: Making A Case

September 16, 2021
Announcements

CNERS FACULTY ELECTED TO RSC

September 16, 2021
Announcements

Equity and Social Justice Committee 2021 Report

August 16, 2021
Announcements

Dr. Marshall Receives SSHRC Insight Grant for Roman Comedy Project

July 8, 2021
Announcements

Dr. Keddie and Dr. Yoon promoted to Associate Professor

July 1, 2021
Announcements

WELCOME TO DR. PHILIP YOO

July 1, 2021

Archaeology Courses at UBC

June 17, 2021

2021/22 COURSES

June 10, 2021
Announcements

Sara Milstein Receives Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship

April 22, 2021

Teaching Assistant Positions 2021-2022 Academic Year

April 1, 2021

Sessional Lecturer Positions 2021-2022 Academic Year

March 31, 2021

Teaching Assistant Positions 2021 Summer

March 25, 2021

Sessional Lecturer Positions 2021 Summer

March 25, 2021
Announcements

Susanna Braund's edited volume receives award for contribution to Vergilian studies

February 4, 2021
Announcements

Lisa Cooper recognized by ASOR for work with Damascus Committee and Syrian people

February 4, 2021
Announcements

Ancient Egypt and the environment: conference proceedings co-edited by Dr. Schneider published

January 25, 2021
Announcements

HIGHEST HONOUR IN ARTS AND HUMANITIES

January 20, 2021
Department Life

2020 Grad Zoom Gingerbread

December 18, 2020
Announcements

WELCOME DR. MEGAN DANIELS

September 22, 2020
Announcements

Franco De Angelis's new edited volume A Companion to Greeks Across the Ancient World out

September 8, 2020

HISTORY OF MEDICINE

July 20, 2020

THE EVOLUTION OF JEWISH ETHICS

July 20, 2020
Announcements

Matt McCarty’s edited volume The Archaeology of Mithraism: New Finds and Approaches to Mithras-Worship released

July 13, 2020
Announcements, Spotlight

2020/21 Course Delivery Online

June 10, 2020
Announcements

New Book by Florence Yoon

February 14, 2020
Announcements

Robert Cousland on BCIT's 'For the Record'

February 5, 2020

WHY STUDY LATIN?

January 22, 2020

2019/20 Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellows

December 6, 2019

Classical Studies at The University of British Columbia: A Brief History

December 2, 2019

Report on UBC Excavations at Bestansur, Iraqi Kurdistan, Spring 2019

November 14, 2019

Grad Student Research Around the World

October 23, 2019

Performing Sophocles in Greece for 'Barefaced Greek'

October 23, 2019

Susanna Braund receives national and international recognition

October 23, 2019
Announcements

Dr. Anthony Keddie's New Book is Published

October 7, 2019
Announcements

Dr. Siobhán McElduff Receives a Public Humanities Course-Release Award

September 26, 2019
Announcements

CNERS STATEMENT ON CLIMATE STRIKES

September 23, 2019

FROM ANCIENT GREECE TO THE PRESENT

September 23, 2019
Announcements

Diamond Foundation donates $1M to support Jewish studies at UBC

September 23, 2019
Announcements

Dr. Susanna Braund is Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

September 10, 2019

Sessional Lecturer Position - Winter 2019-2020

August 14, 2019
Announcements

CNERS Faculty Members Win SSHRC Competitions

August 7, 2019

Sessional Position 2019 Winter - RELG 209

June 24, 2019
Spotlight

ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHODS

June 18, 2019

WOMEN IN THE ROMAN WORLD

June 18, 2019

HOW DID CHRISTIANITY BEGIN?

June 17, 2019
Announcements

Peter Wall Institute Produces Video about Dr. Sara Milstein's Work

June 17, 2019

Sessional Position 2019 Winter - CLST 110

June 3, 2019
Announcements

Dr. Gregg Gardner is awarded the Jody Ellant and Howard Reiter Family Fellowship

May 21, 2019
Announcements

Dr. Matt McCarty Wins a Dean of Arts Faculty Research Award

May 14, 2019
Announcements

Dr. Michael Griffin is awarded a UBC Killam Teaching Prize

May 9, 2019

Sessional Posting - Winter 2019

April 8, 2019

THE ILIAD AND ODYSSEY

March 20, 2019

THE LITERATURE OF ANCIENT IRAQ

March 20, 2019

CLASSICAL ARABIC

March 20, 2019

SEX, LIES, AND VIOLENCE IN THE HEBREW BIBLE

March 20, 2019
Announcements

Dr. Susanna Braund wins UBC Killam Research Prize

February 6, 2019
Announcements

Thomas Schneider receives ASOR Membership Service Award

December 21, 2018
Announcements

Dr. Susanna Braund is elected to the Australian Academy of the Humanities

November 27, 2018

Sessional Posting - Summer 2019

November 21, 2018
Announcements

Matthew McCarty receives prize for best article in Phoenix

November 21, 2018
Announcements

Another new book by Dr. Keddie

November 2, 2018
Announcements

New Book by Dr. Keddie

September 25, 2018
Announcements

Thomas Schneider's research on early alphabet discovery garners international attention

May 24, 2018
Announcements

Gregg Gardner named division Chair for Association for Jewish Studies

May 8, 2018
Announcements

Franco De Angelis awarded two fellowships

May 8, 2018
Announcements

Dr. Thomas Schneider elected Visiting Professor of Halbert Centre

April 19, 2018
Announcements

New Book by Dr. Cousland

April 19, 2018
Announcements

Kevin Fisher, Roger Wilson receive SSHRC Insight Grants

April 19, 2018
Announcements

Graduate Student Success: Gillian Glass, Emma Ramsden receive scholarships

April 19, 2018
Announcements

Dr. Gregg Gardner receives Halbert Centre grant for workshop on charity in classical Jewish law

April 4, 2018

Assistant Professor Without Review in Latin Language and Literature

March 19, 2018

Sessional Instructors: LATN 101, 102, 350; CLST 501

March 19, 2018

Lecturer, Greek and Latin

February 8, 2018

Lecturer, Islamic and Religious Studies

February 8, 2018
Announcements

Dr. Michael Griffin receives UBC Killam Research Fellowship

February 5, 2018
Announcements

3D modeling, augmented reality being applied to Dr. Kevin Fisher's work at Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios (Cyprus)

February 5, 2018

Sessional Instructor: Latin 101 Summer Term 2

January 18, 2018
Department Life

How we gingerbread....

December 16, 2017
Announcements

Sara Milstein Receives Award for Book, "Tracking the Master Scribe"

November 23, 2017
Announcements

Lisa Cooper runner-up for British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Award

October 20, 2017
Announcements

Emma Ramsden (MA ACRE) a Highly Commended Entrant in the Undergraduate Awards

September 21, 2017
Announcements

New Publications from C.W. Marshall

September 21, 2017
Announcements

Sara Milstein promoted to Associate Professor

September 8, 2017
Announcements

Archaeology of Mithraism Oct 23-29 in Alba Iulia, Romania

July 21, 2017
Announcements

Professor Katharine (Kat) Huemoeller gives the goods on the Ides of March

June 9, 2017
Department Life

Gingerbread traditions at CNERS

December 3, 2016
Announcements

New book by Cillian O'Hogan

October 28, 2016
Announcements

Cillian O'Hogan publishes the British Library Greek Manuscripts Project

October 8, 2016
Announcements

Congratulations to Courtney Innes on a clutch of scholarly awards!

October 8, 2016
Announcements

Congratulations to Michael Goco for his award winning paper on Second Temple Judaism!

September 9, 2016
Announcements

New Book by Dr. Sara Milstein

September 9, 2016
Announcements

New book by Dr. Kurtis Peters!

August 14, 2016
Announcements

Promotion of Dr. Leanne Bablitz to Full Professor

August 9, 2016
Announcements

Thomas Schneider appointed Advisor to the President at Quest University

August 2, 2016
Announcements

Youcef Soufi appointed Assistant Professor without review

July 19, 2016
Announcements

Cillian O'Hogan new Assistant Professor without review

July 19, 2016
Announcements

CNERS Faculty and Emeriti in the UK

July 8, 2016
Announcements

Dr. Arden Williams teaching LATN 100 this summer

July 8, 2016

Dr. Franco De Angelis promoted to Full Professor

July 5, 2016
Announcements

Dr. Gregg Gardner promoted to Associate Professor

July 5, 2016
Announcements

Irresistible: The Homeric Heroism of Muhammad Ali

June 15, 2016
Announcements

Roman Historian joining CNERS July 1

June 1, 2016
Announcements

Michael Griffin promoted to Associate Professor

May 20, 2016

Job Posting: Assistant Professor without Review in Islamic Studies

May 5, 2016

Job Posting: Assistant Professor without Review in Latin Language and Literature

May 5, 2016
Announcements

Recent PhD, Andrew McClellan, accepts 2 year Post-Doctoral Fellowship.

April 20, 2016
Announcements

Prof. Rumee Ahmed appointed Associate Dean, Communications and Innovation

April 19, 2016
Announcements

Prof. Susanna Braund awarded 2016 Killam Research Fellowship

April 19, 2016
Announcements

Prof. Thomas Schneider awarded a 2016 Dean of Arts Faculty Research Award.

April 19, 2016
Announcements

UBC Student Richard Cameron wins CAC Sight Translation Competition

March 29, 2016
Announcements

Prof. Lisa Cooper's New Book on Gertrude Bell is Published

February 5, 2016
Announcements

Jayne Knight appointed Lecturer at University of Tazmania

February 1, 2016
Announcements

Gregg Gardner wins Killam Fellowship

February 1, 2016
Announcements

Roger Wilson Named the Dalrymple Lecturer at Glasgow

January 27, 2016
Announcements

Another Award for the From Stone to Screen Project

December 18, 2015
Announcements

From Stone to Screen Project Wins TLEF Funding

December 18, 2015

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Roman History and Culture

October 25, 2015
Announcements

New Book by CNERS Faculty Members

October 23, 2015
Announcements

Profs. Chaudhry and Ahmed Granted Tenure

October 23, 2015

Diet Neufeld - In Memoriam

September 24, 2015
Announcements

CNERS Student Association Kicks Off a New Year

August 27, 2015
Announcements

CNERS Professors win SSHRC Grants

August 27, 2015
Announcements

Ancient Papyrus Brought to Light

July 19, 2015
Announcements

New Book by Prof. Gregg Gardner

July 19, 2015
Announcements

New Book by Prof. Richard Menkis

July 19, 2015
Announcements

CNERS Head Promoted to Full Professor

July 19, 2015
Announcements

CNERS Students Succeed at CAC/SCEC Competition

July 19, 2015
Announcements

Two New Books by CNERS Professors

July 19, 2015
Announcements

Professors Ahmed and Chaurdhry Receive Prestigious Fellowships

July 19, 2015
Announcements

Two New Books by Prof. Michael Griffin

July 19, 2015

WHEN CLASSICAL WORLDS COLLIDE

July 17, 2015

EXPLORE THE PAST AND GAIN INSIGHT INTO THE PRESENT

July 16, 2015

UNEARTHING ANCIENT CULTURES

July 15, 2015

STATEMENT ON THE DESTRUCTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE IN IRAQ AND SYRIA

March 11, 2015
Announcements

Welcome to our new Roman Archaeologist - Dr. Matthew McCarty

February 28, 2015

12-Month Lecturer in Early Formative Christianity

February 18, 2015
Announcements

CNERS Graduate Tia Sager wins Russ Patrick Award for Undergraduate Research in the Arts

January 2, 2015
Announcements

Kevin Fisher's Augmented Reality App Makes the News

October 30, 2014
Announcements

Lisa Tweten Makes Successful Pitch at I-Cubed Challenge

October 30, 2014
Announcements

Susanna Braund Awarded Medal by Collège de France

September 5, 2014

12-Month Lecturer in Greek and Roman History

July 14, 2014

LATN402C

May 9, 2014
Announcements

Sara Milstein and Gregg Gardner are Top Teachers

April 12, 2014
Announcements

Siobhan McEldruff Appointed Co-interim Director of UBC's MAGIC Lab

April 10, 2014
Announcements

CNERS Department Faculty Among Recent Grant and Award Winners

April 10, 2014
Announcements

Susanna Braund Honoured by the College de France

April 5, 2014
Announcements

Ayesha Chaudhry's Op-ed in the Globe and Mail

March 27, 2014
Announcements

Ayehsa Chaudhry's New Book Featured in the Vancouver Sun

March 2, 2014
Announcements

Thomas Schneider Wins Killam Research Fellowship

March 2, 2014
Announcements

Congratulations to CNERS student Kris Rhude - UBC's Top Academic Varsity Athlete!

January 28, 2014
Announcements

Congratulations to Christian Brady

October 24, 2013
Announcements

Chelsea Gardner has been awarded the Philip Lockhart Fellowship

July 15, 2013
Announcements

Roger Wilson awarded a SSHRC Insight Grant

July 15, 2013
Announcements

Congratulations to Siobhan McElduff!

July 15, 2013
Announcements

CNERS welcomes our newest faculty member, Dr Kevin Fisher!

July 15, 2013
Announcements

Congratulations Andrew McClellan - best grad student paper at the CAC!

July 12, 2013
Announcements

Test thing

March 8, 2013

PhD Classical Archaeology Reading Lists

February 8, 2013

CLST 231 (002): Ancient Greece

November 5, 2012

History of Classical Studies at UBC

September 14, 2012

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