November 17th, 2025
4:30 PM (EST)
Gilman 130G

The Stulman Jewish Studies Program and the Department of Near East Studies are hosting a panel discussion of Alice Mandell’s new book on the Canaanite Amarna Letters. Canaanite Scribal Creativity and the Making of Cuneiform Culture in the Amarna Age offers new insights into the multilingualism and rhetorical strategies of Late Bronze Age scribes writing to the pharoah. Professor Mandell will discuss her work with Professors Jacob Lauinger (NES), Christopher Cannon (English and Classics), and Jana Mynářová (Charles University, Prague).