Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires

Silverman, Jason M (Principal Investigator)
Svärd, Saana (Project manager)
Lahelma, Antti (Principal Investigator)
Nikki, Nina (Participant)
Töyräänvuori, Joanna (Participant)
Jokiranta, Jutta (Participant)
Laine, Lauri (Participant)
Kletter, Raz (Participant)
Bonnie, Rick (Participant)
Thomas, Suzie (Participant)
Holmqvist-Sipilä, Elisabeth (Participant)
Kouki, Paula (Participant)
Wasmuth, Melanie (Participant)
Wallis, Caroline (Participant)
Lorenzon, Marta (Participant)
Jauhiainen, Heidi (Participant)
Jauhiainen, Tommi (Participant)
Alstola, Tero (Participant)
Bach, Johannes (Participant)
Fink, Sebastian (Participant)
Konstantopoulos, Gina (Participant)
Zaia, Shana (Participant)
Sahala, Aleksi (Participant)
Miettunen, Päivi Hannele (Participant)
Avneri Meir, Rotem (Participant)
Aissaoui, Alex Ilari (Participant)
Arpe, Ossi Petteri (Participant)
Luukko, Mikko Ilmari (Participant)
Kovanen, Heidi (Participant)
Linden, Krister (Participant)
Bennett, Eleanor Rose (Participant)
Saari, Sanna (Participant)
Vanderstraeten, Evelien (Participant)
Autere, Kaisa (Participant)
Debourse, Céline Hilde Ilse (Participant)
Kailamäki, Uine (Participant)
Kautonen, Saimi Kristiina (Participant)
Spunaugle, Adrianne (Participant)
Tambs, Lena (Participant)
Jones, Christopher Wayne (Participant)
Wijnsma, Uzume Zoë (Participant)
Valk, Jonathan (Participant)
Gheorghiade, Paula (Participant)
Autere, Kaisa (Participant)
Uotila, Repekka (Participant)
Reinikainen, Samuel Joel Johannes (Participant)
Cutillas Victoria, Benjamín (Participant)
Holappa, Maija (Participant)
Kletter, Raz (Participant)
Smith, Stefan Lorenz (Participant)
Pfoh, Emanuel (Participant)

Project: Research project

Description (abstract)

ANEE asks: How do changing imperial dynamics impact social group identities and lifeways over a millennium? Marshalling a cross-disciplinary arsenal of methods and scholars through the Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Persian, Hellenistic, and early Roman / Parthian eras, ANEE overcomes the very real challenge of dialogue between ancient historians, archaeologists and social scientists. ANEE investigates dialectical identity-building processes with three interlocking teams.

Acronym	ANEE
Status	Finished
Effective start/end date	01/01/2018 → 31/12/2025

Fields of Science

615 History and Archaeology
Ancient Near East
Empire
Assyriology
Archaeology
5202 Economic and Social History
Migration
labor
authority
614 Theology
Biblical Studies

Access Project

http://www.helsinki.fi/ancient-near-eastern-empires

2 Active
9 Finished

ESG: Helsinki University: Egyptology Study Group
Wasmuth, M. (Project manager), Tambs, L. (Participant), Autere, K. (Participant), Salmenkivi, E. (Participant), Sola, H. M. (Participant), Jauhiainen, H. (Participant) & Bueno Guardia, M. (Participant)
18/05/2018 → …
Project: Other project
Antiquity Today / Antike heute
Wasmuth, M. (Principal Investigator)
01/11/2008 → …
Project: Other project
MIGREIA: Cross-regional Migration in the Ancient World: Egyptians In Assur
Wasmuth, M. (Principal Investigator)
01/07/2021 → 31/07/2023
Project: External funding

Abigail’s Wisdom: Analysing Patronage and Gender in the Hebrew Bible
Pfoh, E., 14 May 2026, Exploring Gender Dynamics across the Ancient Near East: Collected Essays of Gender and Methodology in the Ancient Near East (GeMANE) 4 and 5 (wEdge 7). Bennett, E., Cifarelli, M., N'Shea, O. & Thomason, A. (eds.). Münster: Zaphon, p. 207-220 (wEdge; vol. 7).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
File
Architecture and the Built Environment
Lorenzon, M., Sager, T., Drake, K. & Cutillas Victoria, B., 2026, Social Complexity in Northern Jordan: Settlement Patterns in the First Millennium BCE through Archaeological Survey and Excavation. Bloomsbury
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Local Heritage, Unauthorized Excavation and Community Engagement in Northern Jordan
Al-Smadi, A., Miettunen, P., Bonnie, R., Khwaileh, A. M. & Shunnaq, M., 1 Aug 2026, Social Complexity in Northern Jordan: Settlement Patterns in the First Millennium BCE through Archaeological Survey and Excavation. Lorenzon, M., Uzdurum, M., Gheorghiade, P. & Lahelma, A. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 147-162 16 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
File

The 'foreign other' in the Akkadian lexicon: the data on "fremd – foreign, strange, alien" in AHw, CAD, and CDA
Wasmuth, M. (Creator), Zenodo, 24 Nov 2025
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17701524
Dataset
Fear in Akkadian Texts
Svärd, S. (Creator), Alstola, T. (Creator), Jauhiainen, H. (Creator), Sahala, A. (Creator) & Linden, K. (Creator), Zenodo, 2020
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3634324
Dataset
Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus, Korp Version, May 2019
Jauhiainen, H. (Creator), Sahala, A. (Creator) & Alstola, T. (Creator), Kielipankki, Jun 2019
http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:lb-2019060602
Dataset

Materiality of Written Artefacts
Wasmuth, M. (Member of organizing committee)
2 Jun 2026 → 3 Jun 2026
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars

File
Displaying the Ancient Near East through a Finnish lens: The 2022 “Exploring the Ancient Near East
Bonnie, R. (Speaker)
27 Apr 2026
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Das ist ja ein Ding! Die Funde der Grenzacher Römervilla im interkulturellen Vergleich / That's quite something! The finds from the Roman Villa Grenzach from an intercultural perspective
Wasmuth, M. (Speaker: Presenter) & Greiner, C. (Speaker: Presenter)
6 Apr 2025 → 26 Oct 2025
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Talks

European Association of Biblical Studies Student Prize
Avneri Meir, R. (Recipient), 11 Aug 2019
Prize: Prizes and awards
The City of Helsinki Science Award
Svärd, S. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prizes and awards

The Growing Schism Between Bible Scholars and Israeli Nationalists
Pfoh, E.
23/10/2025
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Interview for the podcast Thin Edge of the Wedge
Svärd, S.
15/08/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Ninive -- alaston Ištar-jumalatar, Joona ja valaskala
Svärd, S.
02/01/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media

Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires

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