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From studies of fossilized pollen, which shed light on peoples’ use of the land, to the recovery of ancient human genomes, which help us reimagine group identities, social cohesion, and migration, the paleosciences now contribute regularly to the study of Late Antiquity.

Author Ellen Muehlberger on her path to writing THINGS UNSEEN.

Congratulations to J. Riley Snyder and Mira Balberg, co-winners of SLA's Best Article Award.

Author Rhyne King talks about the making of the ancient Persian Empire.

By Mario Telo, Editorial Board Chair, Classical AntiquityWe are very proud to publish “Fury and Justice in the Humanities” by Judith Butler in the new issue of Classical Antiquity. The boldest and most compelling thinker, the most influential and inspiring public intellectual, someone whose

by Jonas Borsch, author of "God’s Wrath over Antioch, 525–540 CE: Beginning of the End?" from the new special issue of Studies in Late AntiquityThe Tyche (or "Fortune") of Antioch (modern Antakya), now at the Vatican Museum in Rome. The statue is a marble Roman copy after a Greek bronze original

We are delighted to welcome Kristina Sessa to the editorial team for the journal, Studies in Late Antiquity. Sessa is Professor of History at The Ohio State University, in Columbus, OH. She has degrees from Princeton and Berkeley, and has taught at Claremont McKenna College as well as OSU. She is

This post is part of our Editor Spotlight Series.For this year’s virtual American Historical Association conference, we connected with UC Press Premodern World History Senior Editor Eric Schmidt to talk about our program and what new projects he’s most excited about. Eric also shares how he

For the Archaeological Institute of America & Society for Classical Studies 2021, Eric Schmidt shares virtual conference highlights."I acquire broadly in premodern history and religion. Our publishing program has a cultural studies remit overall, and as part of the premodern list, I’m es

by Edward J. Watts, author of The Final Pagan Generation: Rome's Unexpected Path to ChristianityIn 392 AD, a Christian mob destroyed the Alexandrian temple of Serapis, the biggest and most impressive temple in the eastern Mediterranean. The six-hundred-year-old Serapeum complex had stood on