The objective of New Alexandria is to develop and nurture an open environment for learning, teaching, and research about premodern civilizations that is inclusive, collaborative, and restlessly innovative. Instead of flattening the differences between ancient and current ways of representing the world, we seek to see more clearly the lively unfamiliarity of the ancient way. Instead of selectively extracting elements of ancient life from their historical contexts, we seek a holistic approach that is interdisciplinary and that integrates anthropological and other socially-informed methodologies. The basic rationale is that cultural and human differences are “good to think with,” vital for humanism and even for humanity.
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Who We Are

Danielle Allen

Natasha Bershadsky

Derek Collins

Gregory Crane

Olga Davidson

Keith DeStone

Casey Dué

Mary Ebbott

Gloria Ferrari Pinney

Niloo Fotouhi

Douglas Frame

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Elizabeth Gipson

Gwenda-Lin Grewal

Luke Hollis

Kyle Johnson

Andrea Kouklanakis

Olga Levaniouk

Marina, Lady Marks

Richard Martin

Stephen A. Mitchell

Leonard Muellner

Gregory Nagy

Farnoosh Shamsian

Laura Slatkin

Noel Spencer