In addition to philology and critical research methods, our students also master the archaeological sequence, art and architecture, and repertoires of material culture found across the ancient Near East and north Africa.

Brown's doctoral program in Egyptology and Assyriology offers in-depth disciplinary training that allows our students to pursue focused research in any one of our core fields through three Ph.D. tracks: (1) Assyriology (2) Egyptology, and (3) History of the Exact Sciences in Antiquity. WWe also encourage creative interdisciplinary work and have close connections with allied programs at Brown, including Anthropology, Classics, the Program in Early Cultures, Religious Studies, and the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World. The program is dedicated to training professional scholars and effective teachers for a wide variety of educational settings, such as research universities and institutes, museums, teaching colleges focused on the liberal arts, and myriad career paths both within and beyond academia.

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Substantial departmental funding for graduate students' research; dedicated research space for graduate students; access to strong library facilities and study collections at Brown; colloquium series, postdoc program, and visiting scholars from around the world create a stimulating intellectual environment; teaching and professional development opportunities.