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The Ancient Middle East and the 21st Century Museum
Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 4–8 p.m.
Friday, April 1: 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Registration includes admission to both dates.
This symposium celebrates the museum’s newly reinstalled galleries of the ancient Middle East. Through a series of talks and panel discussions, the scholarship presented will explore new ways of thinking and presenting ancient cultures today. Topics include archaeology and cultural heritage, the interdisciplinary nature of museum work, and the role of civic engagement to amplify the arts in Cincinnati.
Speakers include:
- Dr. Morag Kersel, Associate Professor and Director of the Museum Studies Minor Program at DePaul University
- Dr. Lamia el-Khouri, Associate Professor of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology at Yarmouk University
- Dr. Björn Anderson, Associate Professor Art History at the University of Iowa
- Dr. Lindsay Allen, Lecturer in Greek & Near Eastern History at King’s College London
- Dr. Joseph Greene, Deputy Director Emeritus of the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
- Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay, Associate Professor at The Graduate Center, The City University of New York
- Dr. Jack Green, Jeffrey Horrell ‘75 and Rodney Rose Director and Chief Curator of the Miami University Art Museum.
Join us from 4pm on Thursday 31 March for the Keynote Lecture, Community Roundtable with leaders from CAM, the Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati, University of Cincinnati, and Hebrew Union College, followed by a reception with gallery viewing. The symposium begins again at 9:30am Friday 1 April.
Visitors should meet in the Fath Auditorium.
This event is sold out.
Registration includes admission on Thursday 31 March (4 to 8pm) and Friday 1 April (9:30am to 5pm). Box lunch provided on April 1.
This event is offered FREE through the generous funding of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
To request accessibility accommodations, please email access@cincyart.org at least two weeks before the event.