ISAW is an independent research center within NYU that cultivates comparative and connective investigations of the ancient old world from the Mediterranean to East Asia.

This lecture will take place in person at ISAW. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. This talk will explore how and why that was so, offering several hypotheses …

ISAW Institute for the Study of the Ancient World Graduate Studies Visiting Scholars Events Exhibitions NEW YORK UNIVERSITY About ISAW People Library Publications Research …

Encompassing the ancient world from the western Mediterranean to East Asia, from the Neolithic to the early Medieval period, ISAW is focused on creating a new generation of scholars whose …

ISAW is a center for advanced scholarly research and graduate education, which aims to encourage particularly the study of the economic, religious, political and cultural connections …

The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) is a center for advanced scholarly research and graduate education, which aims to encourage particularly the study of the …

Opening on Nov. 19 2025, ISAW Exhibitions is delighted to present Rodin’s Egypt. The exhibition spotlights the French sculptor Auguste Rodin’s (1840–1917) fascination with ancient Egypt …

ISAW Papers, 10. <http://dlib.nyu.edu/awdl/isaw/isaw-papers/10/>. Abstract: This paper presents the results of preliminary study of Early Byzantine pottery from a large building near the …

ISAW Faculty Claire Bubb Associate Professor of Classical Literature and Science

The ISAW Library is a full-service, non-circulating library supporting the study of the history, language, literature, and material culture of the ancient world, from the Western Mediterranean …