Brown University Department of Egyptology and Assyriology

Tonight! The 2026 Parker Lecture in Egyptology, 6 PM in Rhode Island Hall 108: "Sun Ra, Astro-Black mythology and the religion of ancient Egypt," featuring Dr. Rita Lucarelli! See you there!

See you on Monday night in RI Hall 108!

Ever wonder how Egyptologists and Assyriologists learned about their fields in the first place? Read our latest newsletter to find out how (and when, and where) our faculty and students' journeys began.

The Department of Egyptology & Assyriology's Wintry Mix

Today we launch Brown Ever True, a whole-campus recovery effort launched in the wake of a senseless act of violence that took the lives of two students and injured nine others on December 13, 2025. We recognize that community healing takes time, and looks different for each individual affected. Brown Ever True focuses on both short- and long-term recovery, informed by medical and public health experts and scholars who specialize in trauma. In the coming days, weeks and months, we’ll move toward recovery together, as a whole community.

The Brown community is resilient, caring and strong. We are ever true. Learn more about Brown Ever True: evertrue.brown.edu. Read the full letter from President Paxson: https://president.brown.edu/president/announcing-healing-and-recovery-effort

University community mourns the loss of two beloved Brown students Brown President Christina H. Paxson grieved the loss of undergraduates Ella Cook and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, whose amazing promise was extinguished by an act of unimaginable violence.

Friendly reminder: Jana Matuszak's lecture is *tonight* at 5:30 in Stephen Robert Hall (280 Brook Street), Room 101. See you there!

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The Department of Egyptology and Assyriology is pleased to present this year's Abraham Sachs Lecture in Assyriology: “Doing and Undoing Gender in Babylon, ca. 1800 BCE,” given by Jana Matuszak, Assistant Professor of Sumerology at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, The University of Chicago. Wednesday, November 12th, 2025, 5:30 p.m., 280 Brook St. (Stephen Robert Hall), Room 101 (True North). See you there!

See you soon! The Abraham Sachs Lecture in Assyriology takes place tonight at 6 p.m. in Rhode Island Hall. Associate Professor of Assyriology Jacob Lauinger (The Johns Hopkins University) will discuss "Seventy-Five Years (More or Less) of Cuneiform Epigraphy at Bronze Age Alalah."

Next Wednesday! The Department of Egyptology & Assyriology is pleased to present the 2024 Neugebauer Lecture on the History of Exact Sciences in Antiquity. Professor Francesca Schironi (Professor of Classical Studies, University of Michigan) will deliver her lecture entitled, “Scientific Times Call for Scientific Measure(ment)s: Hipparchus on Aratus, and Beyond,” on Wednesday, April 24 at 5:30 p.m. The lecture will take place in Rhode Island Hall, Room 108. All are welcome.