M.A. Alumna Amanda Morrow has published “I Hate My Spouse: The Performative Act of Divorce in Elephantine Aramaic” in the most recent issue of the Journal of Northwese Semitic Languages. Read the full article. Congratulations!
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Laura McClure Named President of CAMWS
Professor Laura K. McClure has been appointed President of the Classcial Association of the Middle West and South. She continues a Wisconsin tradition, following in the footsteps of past presidents Water “Ray” Agard (1944-45) and …
Alice Mandell Publishes in Near Eastern Archaeology
“Reading and Writing in the Dark at Khirbet el-Qom: The Literacies of Ancient Subterranean Judah,” by Alice Mandell and Jeremy Smoak is now available in the latest edition of Near Eastern Archaeology. How did ancient …
Language Institute Interviews Alice Mandell
According to Alice Mandell, learning ancient languages gives a person, “… a sense that you are being teleported into the past. You can access stories about the gods as well as the personal letters, prayers, hopes …
Alice Mandell to Speak at Conference
Alice Mandell will be participating in The Scribal Mind: Textual Criticism in Antiquity, a conference hosted by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York Unversity. Mandell is presenting her work, “The …
Bonesho Publishes Book Note
Catherine Bonesho recently had a book note published in the web journal Ancient Jew Review. Read her work addressing Jörg Rüpke’s Religious Deviance in the Roman World: Superstition or Individuality? (Translated by David M.B. Richardson), Cambridge …
Atwood Earns Awards
Preston Atwood was chosen to receive the Lipton Essay Award for his paper, “Erotobucolic Humor as Euphemism in Song of Songs: A Comparison with Theocritus’ Idyll 11.19-21.” The award of $750 is courtesy of the Center for Jewish …
Students Earn Honors
Several Graduate students in CANES were honored with scholarships and fellowships!