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from Brown University's Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World

Month: October 2024 (Page 4 of 4)

Three Libraries on Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

We are pleased to offer for sale three important libraries on Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts: the Libraries of Johannes Spalt, Oscar Reira Ojeda and Peter Tarantino, with additions from the Library of David Hanks. Each library is offered complete.

Prof. Johannes Spalt

The Library of a Viennese Architect. Architecture, Design, Urban Planning, with an Emphasis on European architecture & design from the 19th to the 20th. Professor Johannes Spalt

2,985 titles in circa 3,175 volumes

Link to the catalogue

Oscar Riera Ojeda

Contemporary Architectural Practice: The Library of Oscar Riera Ojeda
Part One: Architecture and Interior Design — Part Two: Photography, Fashion, Graphic Design, Product Design

3,158 titles in circa 3,375 volumes    

Link to the catalogue

Peter Ayers Tarantino & David A. Hanks

International Decorative Arts & Crafts, Folk Art, Design & Architecture. The Library of Peter-Ayers Tarantino,with additions from the Library of David A. Hanks

4,768 titles in over 4,900 volumes                    

Link to the catalogue

Please email us at orders@arslibri.com for inquiries and further details

Click here to view all available collections at our website

Creative Wealth : African Art, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation

Arts and (re)Creation from Africas to the World presents…

Creative Wealth: African Art, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation

The rich tapestry of African heritage within economic systems generates  “creative wealth,” a mode of value production that places art at the intersection of economic, social, and cultural development. This session addresses how African art is utilized, valued, and leveraged within the realms of commodity exchange, wealth building, and resource production—drawing from the perspective and experiences of African art entrepreneurs within the broad scope of creative industries.

October 25th, 2024
Time: 10am EST

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The Middle East & The Islamic World: 7 Libraries and 2 Archives

Each library is offered complete. Catalogues of the libraries in pdf format are to be found on our website. Our current stock of collections includes libraries on Archaeology, Art, Architecture & Design from the Ancient World to Contemporary Art.

Professor Sheila Blair and Professor Jonathan Bloom

Islamic Art & Architecture: The Library of Professor Sheila Blair and Professor Jonathan M. Bloom, joint holders of the Norma Jean Calderwood University Chair of Islamic and Asian Art at Boston College, 2000-2018; and joint holders of the Hamad bin Khalifa Endowed Chair of Islamic Art at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, 2006-2022

3,908 titles in circa 4,765 volumes

Link to the catalogue

Professor Daniel T. Potts

Archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula, Central & Western Asia & The Indus Valley: The Library of Professor Daniel T. Potts. Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and History, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University; Freie Universität Berlin (1981-86); University of Copenhagen (1980-81, 1986-1991); Edwin Cuthbert Hall Chair of Middle Eastern Archaeology, University of Sydney (1991-2012); Founding editor of the journal Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

2,611 titles in over 3,165 volumes  

Link to catalogue

Professor Roy P. Mottahedeh

Islamic Civilization: The Library of Professor Roy P. Mottahedeh, Gurney Professor of History, Emeritus, Harvard University; Director of The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University from 1987-1990; Inaugural Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University, 2006-2011; MacArthur Foundation Prize recipient, 1981; Founder of the journal Harvard Middle East and Islamic Review

6,527 titles in over 8,125 volumes

Link to the catalogue

Professor Baber Johansen

The Library of Professor Baber Johansen, Professor of Islamic Religious Studies and Research Professor of Islamic Studies, Harvard Divinity School; Acting Director of the Islamic Legal Studies Program, Harvard Law School (2006-2010); Director of The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University (2010-2013); Faculty Associate and Executive Committee Member of The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University. Professor for Islamic Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin (1972-1995); Directeur d’études at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Centre d’étude des normes juridiques), Paris (1995-2005)

1,526 titles in circa 1,820 volumes

Link to the catalogue

The Ebrahim Motazedi Archive of Qajar Documents

The Ebrahim Motazedi Archive. A collection of more than 34 groups of documents and manuscripts of various size and character, dating from 1785-1925, largely of the Kings and Royal Court of Iran. Numbering in excess of 120,000 sheets of documents

Link to the prospectus

Art and Culture of Muslim Lands

The Library of a Private Collector of Persian Art

2,957 titles in over 3,000 volumes                         

Link to the catalogue

Dr. Mohammed B. Alwan

Photographs of the Near and Middle East, 1860s-1930s. The Dr. Mohammed B. Alwan Collection

An archive of circa 4,500 photographs, including albumen and silver prints, color photochroms, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, stereoviews, and glass magic lantern slides

Link to the prospectus

Professor Irene J. Winter

The Ancient Near East. he Library of Professor Irene J. Winter, William Dorr Boardman Professor of Fine Arts, Department of History of Art & Architecture, Harvard University, 1988-2010; Queens College, CUNY, 1971-1976; The University of Pennsylvania, 1976-1988; MacArthur Foundation Prize recipient, 1983; Editor of the Brill series, Culture and History of the Ancient Near East

1,944 titles in over 2,110 volumes                          

Link to catalogue

Science & Philosophy in the Islamic World

The Library of a Private Collector

673 titles
12 titles printed in the 15th century (Incunabula)
56 titles printed in the 16th century
37 titles printed in the 17th century
20 titles printed in the 18th century
55 titles printed in the 19th century

Link to the catalogue

Cultures and Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean Work-in-Progress Group Meeting

The next meeting of the Cultures and Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean work-in-progress group will be held on Tuesday, October 15 at 12:00pm in Rhode Island Hall, Room 008.

The discussion will center on a paper by Robyn Price (JIAAW) entitled, “On Sensory Archaeology”.

CRAM is an interdisciplinary group aimed at graduate students, postdocs, and faculty whose research interests encompass the ancient Mediterranean, understood broadly both chronologically and geographically, and is supported by the Program in Early Cultures. We discuss pre-circulated work in progress in an informal atmosphere over lunch. All are welcome; we tend to form a community of regulars, but you are also very welcome to drop in and out over the course of the year as your interests and schedule dictate.

Please email Lauren Arsenault at lauren_arsenault@brown.edu if you plan to attend by Wednesday, October 9th with your dietary requirements to book your free lunch. Note that there’s no RSVP required to attend and participate.

2-year postdoctoral position at Yale

Postdoc Ad: ARCHAIA, AY 24-25

Yale University seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Associate for a two-year position beginning in the academic year 2025-2026 within Archaia: the Yale Program for the Study of Global Antiquity. Archaia is a collaborative forum that brings together scholars and graduate students working on early and pre-modern cultures and civilizations at Yale in the Humanities and Social Sciences in addition to the Divinity and Law Schools and various University collections and libraries, including the Yale University Art Gallery, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and the Institute for the Preservation of
Cultural Heritage. Participating departments and disciplines include Classics, East Asian Languages and Literatures, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, History, Religious Studies, Archaeology and Anthropology, History of Art, and the Divinity School. In addition to hosting conferences and colloquia, the year-long Ancient Societies Workshop (ASW), and study tours, Archaia offers a graduate qualification for students interested in research beyond departmental lines. For additional information, see https://archaia.yale.edu/certification. Information about past post-doctoral fellows can be found here.

Past Archaia seminars and ASW topics have included ancient music, comparative
linguistics in pre-modern languages, ancient comparative law, ancient ritual, antiquity through the digital humanities, and the archaeology of Dura Europos. Anticipated upcoming topics include environmental determinism, constructions of the human body and race and how these ideas travel cross culturally, and the archaeology of Gerasa; we are also open to other innovative and cross-disciplinary proposals for future workshops and core seminars. We especially welcome applicants working in areas beyond the ancient Mediterranean world. The postdoctoral associate is expected to take an active role in Archaia programming while pursuing research in their own area of expertise. Additionally, the associate’s duties include: (1) participating in the Archaia Steering Committee, coordinating the graduate certification program, and participating in the graduate forum as a mentor; (2) offering, in the first year, a graduate seminar and/or a study tour (the seminar may be connected with the tour); (3) in the second year of the appointment, co-teaching the Archaia core seminar with a Yale faculty member and/or co-organizing the Archaia Study Tour. The postdoctoral associate will receive guidance from and report to the Archaia co-chairs and will also be provided with at least one mentor from a field/department close to their area of training and expertise. Salary is commensurate with education and experience along with Yale’s benefits package that includes health insurance.

Requirements
• A Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Classics, East Asian Studies, South Asian Studies, History, Religious Studies, Archaeology, Anthropology, History of Art, or a related field.
• The intellectual training and trajectory of the postdoctoral associate must show a
commitment to cross-disciplinary or cross-cultural research in more than one of the areas, languages, and/or disciplines represented by Archaia.
• The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate a desire and ability to build collaborative relationships across departments and collections.
• We especially encourage applications from scholars underrepresented in the study of antiquity.

Applicants and referees should upload documentation via
Interfolio:  https://apply.interfolio.com/155704
Applicants must supply:
(1) a cover letter,
(2) a curriculum vitae,
(3) a research statement (1000 words max.) detailing the work that the associate wishes to pursue at Yale,
(4) three brief descriptions (not syllabi) of up to 500 words each, for
a) a co-taught global antiquity seminar to be offered as an Archaia core course;
b) a graduate seminar related to your own research specialization, and with some concern for global antiquity;
c) a travel study opportunity (5-10 days)
(5) a teaching portfolio (including teaching evaluations or other evidence of  teaching effectiveness and syllabi for courses taught or planned),
(6) three letters of recommendation addressed to the Chair of the Search Committee, Prof. Molly Zahn.

Review of applications will begin Dec. 1, 2024.
For any questions please contact the chair of the committee, Prof. Molly Zahn
(molly.zahn@yale.edu), and Keith Mazzadra (keith.mazzadra@yale.edu), Archaia Program administrator.

Yale University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. Yale values diversity among its students, faculty, and staff and especially welcomes applications from women, persons with disabilities, protected veterans, and underrepresented.

SCS Placement

The following advertisement has been added or updated on classicalstudies.org:

Position Title: Associate/Full Professor, Classical Archaeology
Institution Name: University of California, Los Angeles
Position Rank: Open
Area of Specialty: Archaeology
Application Deadline: 2024-11-01

The Department of Classics at the University of California, Los Angeles, has been authorized to make an appointment to a full-time position in Classical Archaeology at the rank of Associate or Full Professor, with tenure, effective July 1, 2025. We invite applications from scholars with expertise in any area of Classical Greek and Roman Archaeology. The successful candidate will be able to offer courses in Greek and/or Roman Archaeology at all levels and to participate in the interdepartmental Ph.D. program in Archaeology. It would also be customary for the successful candidate to be elected to affiliation with the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and to participate in its activities, including archaeological fieldwork.

The UCLA Classics Department is home to a productive community of scholars and teachers. Our members also participate in other UCLA interdisciplinary academic units, in addition to the Cotsen Institute, such as the new initiative in Global Antiquity, the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World, the Center for the Study of Religion, and the Program in Digital Humanities, and we would welcome applicants who could contribute to these units, as well.

The Ph.D. is required before the date of appointment, and applicants should either hold a tenured appointment or its equivalent, or be eligible to begin a tenured position. Candidates should have an outstanding record in research, teaching, and service. Candidates should also demonstrate a commitment to student mentoring/advising and to teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. We welcome candidates whose experience in teaching, research, or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity and excellence.

For a candidate of suitable rank and stature in the field, the Steinmetz Chair in Classical Archaeology may be awarded, which can assist in furthering the chairholder’s research.

Applicants should submit the materials listed below by November 1, 2024, after which date the search committee will begin to review applications:
• Letter of application, including a detailed research statement
• Current curriculum vitae
• Names and contact information for three recommenders
• Course evaluations and/or other material bearing on teaching effectiveness
• A representative article-length publication
• Statement on contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion
• Reference check authorization release form
These materials must be submitted online at:
https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09819

Informal inquiries may be directed to Professor David Blank, Chair of the Search Committee (blank@humnet.ucla.edu). Please cite the reference number for this search in all correspondence: JPF09819.
Staff contact (for help with the application process): Mark Kaminsky (mkaminsky@humnet.ucla.edu)

The Search Committee expects to begin meeting selected candidates remotely in November. In a second stage of the search, the committee will request letters of reference and additional materials, such as further samples of scholarly work and sample course syllabi.

View the entire advertisement on the SCS website at https://classicalstudies.org/placement-service/2024-2025/38490/associat…

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Six Modern and Contemporary Art Libraries

We are pleased to offer for sale the libraries of these distinguished scholars, art professionals and artists: Coosje van Bruggen/Claes Oldenburg, Marjory Jacobson, Stephen C. Foster/Estera Milman, Athena Tacha, Kirby Gookin and Hans Joachim Beyer. Catalogues of the libraries in pdf format are to be found on our Collections page on the Ars Libri website. Each library is offered complete.

Coosje van Bruggen/Claes Oldenburg
Contemporary Art: The Coosje van Bruggen/Claes Oldenburg Library
2,060 titles in circa 2,325 volumes
Link to the catalogue

Marjory Jacobson
Contemporary Art: The Library of Marjory Jacobson
Former Director of Exhibitions at Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Founder of Marjory Jacobson & Associates, art advisory firm
4,570 titles in over 4,700 volumes
Link to the catalogue

Athena Tacha
Athena Tacha: An Artist’s Library on Environmental Sculpture and Conceptual Art1,192 titles in 1,270 volumes
Link to the catalogue

Stephen C. Foster & Estera Milman
Studies in the Fine Arts: The Avant-Garde. The Library of Professor Stephen C. Foster, including The Library of Estera Milman
1,833 titles in circa 1925 volumes
Link to the catalogue

Kirby Gookin
Contemporary Art: The Reference Library of Professor Kirby Gookin, New York University
4,468 titles in over 4,525 volumes
Link to the catalogue

Hans Joachim Beyer
Contemporary Art: The European Panorama and Its American Counterparts: Boltanski, Bourgeois, Clemente, LeWitt, Rainer, Richter, Tuttle, Weiner. The Library of Hans Joachim Beyer, Bismarck-Verlag, Publisher of Artists Books & Print Portfolios
6,994 titles in over 7,360 volumes
Link to the catalogue

Click here to view all available collections at our website 

Please email us at orders@arslibri.com for inquiries and further details

 

 

Mountains of the Pharaohs: An In-Person Book talk with Zahi Hawass

Join us for a book talk with Dr. Zahi Hawass about the new paperback edition of his book Mountains of the Pharaohs: The Untold Story of the Pyramid Builders (AUC Press, 2024).

Hawass will walk us through the story of the pyramids, weaving archaeological data with a history of Egypt’s powerful pharaohs, and argues that the pyramids—including the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the only one of the Seven Wonders of the World still standing—were built by skilled craftsmen who took great pride in their work.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear from one of the world’s foremost experts on Ancient Egyptian history and you will get a chance to ask Dr. Hawass questions about the pyramid builders, so make sure to send in your questions before the event through the link below.

Register

Ewart Hall
113 Al Kasr Al Aini, AUC Tahrir Campus, Cairo Governorate 11511
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Oct 08, 2024 07:00pm
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U2 Aerial Photography of Egypt

Please join the Center for Digital Scholarship for our next DH Salon on Thursday, October 10, 2024 at noon EST via Zoom** or in person in the Digital Scholarship Lab (room 137) in the Rockefeller Library. Free and open to the public. Lunch will be provided.

Laurel Bestock, “U2 Aerial Photography of Egypt”

In 1959 the CIA flew two reconnaissance flights using high-altitude U2 spy planes over Egypt. The photographs taken on these flights have recently been declassified, and hold a wealth of information relevant to archaeologists, demographers, and other researchers. This presentation reports on the progress of a CDS-supported Brown/Toronto team that is digitizing the large-scale negatives from these flights and building a website to make the georeferenced images freely available.

Laurel Bestock is Professor of Archaeology and the Ancient World and Egyptology and Assyriology, Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture at Brown University.

Register here

 ** Zoom link is https://brown.zoom.us/j/98789975614 

* The DH Salon series is a regular, informal presentation series bringing together digital humanities work across the Brown campus. Join us either in the Digital Scholarship Lab (Room 137) on the first floor of the Rockefeller Library (w/ lunch!) or on Zoom: https://brown.zoom.us/j/98789975614). See attached or the library events calendar for a full list of the Fall 2024 DH Salons

 
We look forward to seeing you there.

SBA October Update

Regional SBA Writing Affiliation Groups – In celebration of the 15 year anniversary of the Society of Black Archaeologists in 2026, we are organizing writing groups to celebrate our collective power in knowledge production, while at the same time gathering across different regions to curate the next era of SBA scholarship. We hope to engage with members from across the writing spectrum reaching students, emerging scholars, advanced career writers, and those new to the writing process in the world of archaeology. This is about building regional hubs to write together and generate something new to mark this milestone in SBA history! Launching in Fall 2024.

Deadline to submit interest form October 15th: https://forms.gle/PNAm81hrx4cL167T6

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