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We have a number of events next week, April 14-18, to mark the official launch of the Kim-Park Program for the Study of the Book. The first is a tour Monday 4/14 at 3:30 PM of our current exhibit on women in the printing trade: lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/kim…

Join us for the Kim-Park Program for the Study of the Book's Inaugural Lecture on April 16, 4:30–6PM. Adrian Johns will consider the history of the book and how the University of Chicago has contributed to the discipline. eventbrite.com/e/why-the-hist…

Next week we have a number of events celebrating the official launch of the Kim-Park Program for the Study of the Book including a talk by Professor Zachary Lesser about editing Macbeth (Thursday) and a bookbinding workshop (Friday). More info: lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/kim…

April marks the launch of the Kim-Park Program for the Study of the Book. Made possible by a gift from the parents of an alum, the program supports cross-disciplinary research/teaching related to the study of the transmission/materiality of texts. Events: shorturl.at/wKXJ1

In honor of the new photography exhibition opening at ISAC this week, "Staging the East: Orientalist Photography in Chicago Collections," we are highlighting previous exhibitions of photographs at ISAC starting with the 2021 exhibition, "Antoin Sevruguin: Past and Present."

Come to Byte-Sized AI: A sample of AI tips, tools, and traps, next Wed. 4/23. This event will offer explainers and mini-sessions on jargon-busting, copyright and creating with AI, hallucinations and reliable library resources, and PhoenixAI. lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/byt…

There are still seats available for our Zotero workshop tomorrow at noon. Register here: rooms.lib.uchicago.edu/event/14401857

The RCC is hosting a data management and sharing workshop series, featuring Globus! This hands-on workshop series will provide a comprehensive overview of data management and sharing resources on the Midway HPC systems at the RCC. rcc.uchicago.edu/support-and-se…

Getting and using your #ORCID iD and #ORCID record can help you save time and get credit for your work in #funding, #publishing, and #research reporting. Find out more from this June 4 workshop: lyrasis.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Foy Scalf. “New Papyri from Bab el Gusus? The Prosopography and Provenience of Papyrus HM 84123.” Bulletin de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale 125 (2025): 425–448. Papyrus of Taaatemperamun foyscalf.com/portfolio/papy…

Luxor is currently unveiling a series of remarkable developments and discoveries at four of its key archaeological sites. New discoveries, restorations in Luxor shed new light on Egypt’s heritage: english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/…

All campus libraries will be closed this Thursday, June 19 for the Juneteenth holiday. Normal summer hours resume on Friday, June 20.

We're pleased to announce a new resource based on the ancient Egyptian collection at the Art Institute by ISAC associate Emily Teeter and associate curator of ancient Egyptian art in the Arts of Africa department at the Art Institute of Chicago, Ashley Arico.

All campus libraries will be closed Friday, July 4 in for the Independence Day holiday. Summer hours resume on Saturday, July 5. See hours.lib.uchicago.edu for a complete list of our summer hours.

On July 2 & 3, the RCC Walk-in Lab located in Regenstein will be closed. Our help desk services will be available during business hours via [email protected] on those days. The RCC will be closed on July 4. The Walk-in lab and in-person services will resume on Monday, July 7.

TFW: it’s 1,800 years ago and your mum writes to your fella offering to pay for your camel-taxi so you can give birth with her by your side. This ancient artefact can currently be seen as part of our free exhibition, Treasured, from now until 26 October in the Weston Library.

Take a peek at what new archives, manuscripts, rare books, and digitized items were added in June at the Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center: lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/new…

We're set up at the International Association for Assyriology annual meeting in Prague. Stop by our exhibit to see titles from The American Oriental Society Archaeopress ASOR Cotsen Institute HUC Press Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Lockwood Press Mohr Siebeck Penn Museum and more! #assyriology #cuneiformstudies

Prof Ben Zhao from #UChicago was another excellent keynote speaker at Open Repositories 2025, who gave an engaging presentation about #GenAI, harms, and mitigation techniques. youtube.com/watch?v=HL62C3… #AI #openrepos2025

Work with us at Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures! ISAC is looking for an Archivist to join the team. The Archives is an essential pillar at the core of what we do. Through its dedicated predecessors, it has a built a wealth of incredible potential for future transformation. Please share widely!