“I’d like to think that the living Aboriginal culture makes Australians more curious to investigate the ancient world, both in terms of Australian history and world history” Can you tell the readers something about yourself? I grew up in Sydney, and in a country region of Australia; my final years […]
We are happy to announce that this issue of Mār Šiprim, again features an interview with a researcher and a student from one university for our “In the Spotlight” section. In our two previous issues, we were unfortunately unable to publish this recurring item. We are very grateful to Dr. Nicole Brisch and Sophus Helle from the University of Copenhagen, to have answered questions about their academic lives and the ins- and outs of this University.
For this issue of Mār Šiprim, we have a very special “In The Spotlight” for you: South Africa! Professor Izak Cornelius and Jonathan Westhead from the University of Stellenbosch have been so kind as to provide us with some inside information about research and student life in this exiting country.
Do you sometimes have the feeling, that although you know and have met people from all over the world, you miss really understanding how they live? To broaden the international aspects of the IAA and to bring understanding among the different continents, every issue the Mār Šiprim Newsletter will pay special attention to one specific location where the Near-East is being studied. The insight will be achieved by conducting an interview with both a student and a scholar from that specific country. For our second issue we have asked the United States to answer a few questions for us. Professor Niek Veldhuis and Ph.D-Student Jay Crisostomo from Berkeley University in California are in the spotlight!
Do you sometimes have the feeling, that although you know and have met people from all over the world, you miss really understanding how they live? To broaden the international aspects of the IAA and to bring understanding among the different continents, every issue the Mār Šiprim Newsletter will pay special attention to one specific location where the Near-East is being studied. The insight will be achieved by conducting an interview with both a student and a scholar from that specific country. For our first issue we have chosen a country which, though great in size and a major contributor to knowledge, remains somewhat incomprehensible to most of us: Russia. We are guided in unravelling its mystery by Ksenia Somova, a student at St. Petersburg and by Dr. Leonid Kogan of the Russian State Humanitarian University.