Recent Faculty Activity
William Granara Chosen as Walter Channing Cabot Fellow
Congratulations to Prof. William Granara, who has been chosen as a Walter Channing Cabot Fellow in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field, in particular his latest book, Narrating Muslim Sicily: War and Peace in the Medieval...
Dr. Ali Asani Receives Harvard Foundation Faculty of the Year Award
From the Harvard Foundation: Ali Asani is the [Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and] Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures in the Committee on the Study of Religion and Department of Near Eastern Languages and...
Peter Der Manuelian awarded Dean's Competitive Fund for Promising Scholarship
Peter Der Manuelian, Philip J. King Professor of Egyptology and Director of the Harvard Semitic Museum, has just been awarded funding through the spring 2019 competition of the Dean’s Competitive Fund for Promising Scholarship for his project, “Virtual...
Dr. Piotr Steinkeller Awarded University of Chicago 2019 Alumni Medal
Renowned Mesopotamian scholar Piotr Steinkeller (PhD, University of Chicago ’77) has been named the 2019 recipient of the Alumni Medal, one of the highest alumni honors awarded by the University. Dating to 1941, the award recognizes achievement of an...
Peter Der Manuelian awarded Harvard Provostial Fund for the Arts and Humanities
Peter Der Manuelian, Philip J. King Professor of Egyptology and Director of the Harvard Semitic Museum, has just been awarded a $3000 Harvard University Provostial Fund for the Arts and Humanities. This will be used to augment and enhance our free...
Department Chair Khaled El-Rouayheb publishes new book, "The Development of Arabic Logic 1200-1800"
James Richard Jewett Professor of Arabic and of Islamic Intellectual History and Chair of the Department Khaled El-Rouayheb has recently published a major (even monumental) contribution to the field, titled "The Development of Arabic Logic 1200-1800" and...
The Search for a California Sphinx
Professor Peter Der Manuelian hosted the production team behind documentary on ‘Ten Commandments’ mystery titled The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille Read the full story in The Harvard Gazette.
Peter Der Manuelian Awarded 'Dean’s Competitive Fund for Promising Scholarship'
Professor Peter Der Manuelian's project, A Transformative Paradigm for Research and Teaching: Augmented Reality and Ancient Mesopotamia, was selected among over thirty compelling proposals submitted by fellow faculty members to receive funding in the...
Experiencing the “Dream Stela” and Sphinx
The “Dream Stela” of King Thutmose IV stands today between the front legs of the Sphinx at Giza, Egypt. Professors and curators at The Harvard Semitic Musuem have used advanced techniques to reproduce the stela and Sphinx - the former physically and...
Gojko Barjamovic Featured in The Washington Post, Newsweek, and More
Gojko Barjamovic and colaborators Thomas Chaney, Kerem A. Cosar, and Ali Hortacsu, developed an algorithm based on trade data from 12,000 ancient clay tablets. The results help corroborate the historical location of 11 lost Bronze Age cities. “In a rare...
Richard Cozzens, preceptor in Arabic, Wins the John R. Marquand Award for Advising and Support
Richard Cozzens, preceptor in Arabic, was recently selected as the John R. Marquand Award for Excellence in Advising and Support recipient for the 2023-2024 academic year. The Marquand Award is given to staff or faculty member who contributes to the...
David Stern Awarded Cabot Fellowship
Professor Stern, Harry Starr Professor of Classical and Modern Jewish and Hebrew Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature, was awarded the 2018 Walter Channing Cabot Fellowship award. He receives this distinction in recognition of his...