Introduction to Sahidic Coptic starts in 2 weeks (Feb 4). Take 1&2 at discount for complete Coptic (16 weeks). Meet on Zoom. Recordings/materials are available on our Canvas course website to learn at your own pace. Register here: eventbrite.com/e/introduction… R/T to spread the word

If you're in Chicago and are looking for a family friendly event tomorrow, why not come to the ISAC Museum! Drop in at any time between 11am - 1pm! Learn to write hieroglyphs, make your own crown, create a copy an incense burner, and more! Register here: bit.ly/ISACFabulous

Join us tonight at 5pm for the ISAC Exhibit lecture, "Epigraphy and Exploration at Beni Hassan, Egypt," by Anna-Latifa Mourad-Cizek, assistant professor of Egyptology, ISAC. Join the lecture via Zoom here: bit.ly/ISACBeniHassan

The Teaching of Amenemhat is an ancient Egyptian literary work told from the perspective of the murdered Pharaoh Amenemhat. Attend the free hybrid lecture “Murder, Poetry, & Scribes in Ancient #Egypt” on 3/26 with Egyptologist Maggie Geoga Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures. tinyurl.com/MurderPoetrySp…

Friends, my new Cambridge Element has been published this week! If you are interested in materiality, embodiment, performativity and their role in the practice of memory, this read may be your jam. It will be available to download FOR FREE until April 8th.

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.

Work with us! ISAC invites applications for the position of Archivist. The Archivist supports the stewardship, discoverability, and long-term preservation of our archival collections, including both physical (analogue) and digital materials. Please visit bit.ly/ISACArchivist

Really pleased to see my research on an ancient #Sumerian #myth discussed on phys.org/news/2025-07-f… & elsewhere (I can't keep track!). We should all delight in more cunning foxes saving the day.

As the reorganization of the University’s Division of the Arts & Humanities commences, Clifford Ando warns that the fate of the humanities is up for grabs. chicagomaroon.com/48231/viewpoin…

New Cambridge Element Hieratic by Fredrik Hagen is now free to read for 2 weeks! cup.org/4l32iLn #cambridgeelements #archaeology

The most direct and baleful thing the Dean said in response to objections that consolidation would mean the disappearance of important disciplines: “There are different ways of disappearing.”

Congratulations to ISAC associate professor Egyptology, Brian Muhs, on the appearance of his new book: "Lending in Ptolemaic Egypt: The Demotic Loan-Account Papyri of Panas, Son of Espmetis." Read more here: bit.ly/ISACPtolemaicL…

And it begins. No music history and theory, comp lit, classics, and on and on.

My new piece in The Chronicle of Higher Education focuses on the ways in which university administrators knowingly undercut the humanities. Take a look! chronicle.com/article/theyre…

The dean has now decided to pause PhD admissions to all Humanities Division departments (with a few exceptions)…

Virtual Lecture: Decolonizing Eurocentrism and Arabocentrism: Rethinking Ancient Egyptian Language and Literature by Hany Rashwan arce.org/event/virtual-…

The University of Chicago recently announced pauses on admissions to some of its humanities doctoral programs. Tyler Austin Harper argues that it's “a particular gut-punch to the humanities, not just at the university itself, but nationally and even globally.” theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…