Samuel M. Paley

Samuel M. Paley

Professor, Director of Judaic Studies
Phone: 645-2154, ext. 108
Email: clapaley@acsu.buffalo.edu

Graduate Degrees:

  • MA: Columbia University, Art History and Archaeology (1965).
  • M. Phil: Columbia University, Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures (1969).
  • Ph.D.: Columbia University, Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures (1974).

Expertise/research interests:

  • Ancient Near Eastern Studies, especially the relationships between Assyria and the regions surrounding the ancient Assyrian capitals of Ashur, Nineveh and Nimrud; virtual reality applications in archaeology; cultural property issues in archaeology.

Selected Publications:

  • With R. P. Sobolewski, D. H. Sanders, and S. Bongiovanni. "An Online and CD-ROM Publication of the Citadel Mound at Nimrud: Implications for Future Progress in Digital Publications," Workshop 9. Archaeologie und Computer. 3.-5. November 2004. Magistrat der Stadt Wien, MA 7. Referat "Kulturelles Erbe" - Stadtarchaeologie. (Vienna, 2005). [CD-ROM publication].
  • "The Excavations at Cadir Hoyuk, 2004". 27. Kazi Sonuclari Toplantisi 1. Cilt, 30 Mayis-3 Haziran 2005. (Antalya, 2005) 351-366.
  • With Y-S. Kim and T. Kesavadas. "The Virtual Site Museum: A Multi-Purpose, Authoritative, and Functional Virtual Heritage Resource". Presence 15.3 (2006): 245-261.

Offices in Professional Organizations:

  • Board of Directors. The American Archaeological Research Institute in Iraq.

Honors and Awards:

  • Kershaw Lecturer, Archaeological Institute of American (2006-7).

Research projects:

  • Emeq Hefer Archaeological Research Project in Israel (EHARP).
  • Cadir Hoyuk Excavation, Turkey.
  • The Citadel of Nimrud Virtual Reality Project.
  • Seyitömer Höyük (Dumlupınar University).

Grants:

  • Shelby White – Leon Levy Program for Archaeological Publication.

Undergraduate Courses:

  • Mesopotamian Archaeology; Archaeology and Geography of Israel; Assyrian Archaeology; Israel and the Ancient Near East; Israel and the Emergence of Judaism; The Jew in the Medieval World; Introduction to the Hebrew Bible; Biblical Hebrew.

Graduate Courses:

  • Topics in Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology.

Curriculum Vitae