the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa
The OI is now ISAC.
Founded in 1919 as UChicago’s first research institute, the Oriental Institute is world-renowned for its research on the study of the ancient communities. On April 4, the OI announced it would be renamed the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa (ISAC).
The Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago on April 4 announced that it will be renamed the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa (ISAC), effective immediately.
The change is the result of the institute’s work in recent years to better reflect the geographic focus of its research and scholarship. In an email announcing the change, Provost Katherine Baicker wrote that the new name more accurately describes the nature of the institute’s work and collection. In addition, she wrote, the usage and meaning of the word “oriental” has changed over time.
In 2021, the institute began to address issues surrounding its name by organizing a name-change committee that collaborated with UChicago faculty, staff, students, supporters and other stakeholders as well as colleagues at peer institutes around the world. The committee collected input representing a broad range of perspectives—findings that informed the decision to recommend a new name that more clearly represents and honors the cultures, regions and time periods that the institute studies.
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Description: Head of Nefertiti, reproduction of sculptor's model. Lost eye restored in this copy.
Description: Section or fragment of Book of the Dead, framed in 10 sections,"Papyrus Ryerson", written for Nesishutefnut. Contains chapters 16-54, 56-57, 59-61, a short form of 62, 63-109, 110, 111-138, 140-162, 191-192.
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Description: Tutankhamen, head and torso, crown. Reconstructed are the base, lower legs, and queen's statue... Material: Quartzite Dimensions: 5257 H mm (17.25 feet)5447 kg Inscribed: Yes Country: Egypt Place/site: Medinet Habu Place/other: West Bank Thebes
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Description: This cast of the Rosetta Stone was purchased in 1893 and it was accessioned into the Oriental... Material: Plaster (Modern or Man Made Materials)
Description: Fragment, blazed, head of a negro, face is dark grey or brown, black hair, earring and collar are white with red and brown, hair painted, light blue glaze inlay is bedded in white gypsum at back of neck
Description: Fragment, glazed, showing torso of Nubian captive, garment white with red and black pattern, some... Material: Faience
(note: fragment originally part of previous item)
Description: FRAGMENT, TORSO, BELOW BELT LINE TO NECK, PLINTH AT BACK, ARMS MISSING BELOW ELBOWS,QUERY? Old Kingdom
Measurements: 220 X 215 X 145 MM (H 8.66 inches)
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Upper part of the statue of Tutankhamun at the Oriental Institute, before its restoration. Oriental Institute of Chicago. (attached later to recovered torso fragment and nose reconstruction)
at time 2:40 you can see the statue in the museum out of focus, behind the president of the University of Chicago talking about the newly named ISAC
statue of Tutankhamun after restoration, Oriental Institute of Chicago (now "ISAC")
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