This is a registration form for the
seventh annual Graduate Symposium in Ancient Near Eastern Studies (GSANES), organized by the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Yale University, in cooperation with Brown University, Harvard University, and the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) at NYU.
- Topic: Landscapes and Environments of the Ancient Near East
- When: April 4-5, 2025
- Where: Yale University (New Haven, CT, USA) and on zoom.
This year’s conference seeks to explore how ancient peoples interacted with, perceived, and managed their environments. Landscape and environment play a crucial role in shaping societies, economies, and cultural practices. We invite submissions that examine the landscapes and environments of the Ancient Near East through archaeological, art-historical, and/or philological methods. How did ancient peoples adapt to and shape their environments? In what ways do modern technologies reveal new insights into ancient landscape management, agriculture, and urban planning? What do the records left by scribes and administrators tell us about their perception of space, terrain, and environmental challenges? This symposium offers a forum for discussing these questions, highlighting the dynamic relationship between ancient societies and their physical surroundings.
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The program for the conference is available
here.