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Archaeology of the Astral: Mingling of Astrological and Cosmological Ideas between Early Historic India and Roman Egypt
During his fellowship period at the MPIWG, Dr. Gupta is working on a project in conjunction with the "Visualization and Material Cultures of the Heave
The Recipes Project: Food, Magic, Art, Science, and Medicine
Recipes are deceptively simple: they encourage us to dig beneath and around a seemingly straightforward list of ingredients and directions, provoking
Edition Open Sources
Edition Open Sources (EOS) pioneers a new paradigm in publishing, devoted to open access and high-quality peer review. This collaborative scholarly en
Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative Project (CDLI)
The Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), a cooperation with the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures of the University of Ca
Reclaiming Turtles All the Way Down (TAWD): Animal Cosmologies and Paths to Indigenous Sciences
The origin stories and cultural narratives of diverse peoples around the world are deeply entwined with principles that guide specific ways of knowing
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Our project collaborators historically examine the normalized imagery of the stacked turtles metaphor by inquiring into the roles of animal cosmologie
Translation Terroirs: East Asia Between Autochthonous and Western Cartographic Languages
A map is a combination of graphic and text, and, by definition speaks two languages—the language of its toponyms and the language of its system cartog
LoGaRT: Local Gazetteers Research Tools
Local gazetteers (difangzhi 地方志) are major primary sources for the study of China’s local history. An estimated 8,000 titles of local gazetteers
Sarah Schneewind
Sarah Schneewind graduated from Cornell in 1986, Yale with an MA in 1988, and Columbia with a Ph...
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Michal Biran
Michal Biran (PhD HUJI 2000) is the Max and Sophie Mydans Foundation Professor in the Humanities...
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The Prints and Printing Culture of the Old Uyghurs on the Northern Silk Road
This research project systematically investigates over 1500 thirteenth- to fourteenth-century Old Uyghur prints and closely compares them in terms of