You can find an abstract of Mike Johnson’s talk on our website,

https://universityseminars.columbia.edu/seminars/the-ancient-near-east/ together with further information on this event and on the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 Columbia Seminars on the Ancient Near East series.

The meeting will be held at the Columbia University Faculty House located at 64 Morningside Drive, New York, New York 10027; enter from 116th Street, as there is no entrance from Morningside Dr because the gate is usually closed. We begin gathering at 5:00 PM, and the lecture will start at 5:30 PM in a room indicated by signs in the first-floor lobby. The lecture will be followed by optional dinner with the speaker at 7:00 PM in the Faculty House restaurant. If you wish to make dinner reservations and join us (we will need to report the number of guests), please contact our seminar rapporteurs with your RSVP 10 days prior to the event: Kutay Sen and Jeiran Jahani [ss5879@columbia.edu, jeiran.jahani@columbia.edu], and for those without internet access, a phone call to me will be fine [(718) 817-3854] or at gilbert@fordham.edu. The buffet dinner costs $30, and you must pay the rapporteur with a check made out to Columbia University. We must have your reservation request in advance.

For any questions feel free to get in touch with me at gilbert@fordham.edu. Sincerely,

Allan S. Gilbert and K. Aslıhan Yener