Ancient Societies Workshop

The Ancient Societies Workshop (ASW) at the University of Chicago provides a key bridge between numerous departments on campus whose faculty and graduate members seek to understand the complexities of the ancient world through myriad evidentiary categories: art, artifacts, literature, inscriptions, coins, cuneiform tablets, and papyri. Throughout its history, ASW has been a consistently well-attended outlet for scholars in diverse fields and its inherent goal—providing a platform for interdisciplinary engagement—makes it a rich site of intellectual and professional development, especially for graduate students.