Assyriology

Drawing on archives, online repositories of historical print materials, and other sources, Vacin fills in some little known aspects of the life and work of Landsberger (1890-1968), who shaped the field of Assyriology throughout eastern Europe.

Sayce, Professor of Assyriology at Oxford, leisurely conducted research from Nile-sailing houseboats (dahabiyas) outfitted with impressive libraries.

The museum played an active role in these unearthings, and in the creation of Assyriology as a discipline, but this history is hardly mentioned in the show (although it is discussed in the catalogue).

He tells students on his Assyriology course it is "not too difficult", adding: "The structures are extremely regular, and most learners find that at some point, often about seven months in, they suddenly get it: the structures click into place."

Though the Metallist view of the origins of money dominates mainstream economics, it finds no support in any of the academic literature from history, anthropology, numismatics, sociology, Assyriology, religion, and other.

Skaist, eds., Bar-Ilan: Studies in Assyriology Dedicated to Pinhas Artzi (Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press, 1990) pp.

A member of New York's intellectual elite, with a BA from Columbia and a PhD from Johns Hopkins, he had participated in an archaeological expedition to Mesopotamia before writing his doctoral thesis on Assyriology. His talent for linguistics allowed him to make contributions in the study of many non-Semitic languages, and later led him to become an expert in Slavic languages.

Shirley Graetz didn't set out to become an expert in Assyriology, but passion for ancient tablet writing isn't generally the kind of thing that's planned in advance.

Participants included scholars of the classics, ancient history biblical studies, Assyriology, Iranology, patristics, the history of science, and Renaissance studies.