The Ancient & Late Antique Near East Lectures combines recordings from two lecture series coordinated by the Middle Eastern Studies program at the University of Texas at Austin: the Ancient Near East lecture series and the Workshop on Late Antiquity. These complementary lecture series bring together scholars focusing on the civilizations and cultures of the Mediterranean and its environs from the beginnings of recorded history; the rise of Judaism; the ancient empires of the Near East including Mesopotamia, Egypt, Rome, and the civilizations of Phoenicia and Anatolia; the Second Temple period; Christian origins; the Byzantine Empire; and early Islam.

These series are coordinated and co-sponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies program, the Department of Art & Art History, the Department of Religious Studies, the Department of Classics, the Department of History, and the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.