Charles E. Jones

Tombros Librarian for Classics and Humanities
Librarian

Office Address

327 West Pattee Library
Office Phone
814-867-4872
cej14@psu.edu

About Me

The son of a Foreign Service officer I grew up overseas, mostly in the Middle East. I studied the Ancient Near East at the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago. I have been a librarian since 1983.

Academic Support Areas

Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Jewish Studies, Religious Studies

Research Interests

Digital Publication, Scholarly Communications, Achaemenid Iran, Ancient Administrative Systems

Subject Expertise

  • Ancient Greek
  • Ancient Rome
  • Classical Mythology
  • Islamic Studies
  • Jewish Studies
  • Latin
  • Philosophy
  • Religious Studies

Publications

Achaemenid elamite administrative tablets, 4: BM 108963, Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 2018

Individual Research: Charles E. Jones, The Oriental Institute Annual Report, 2017

Individual Research: Charles E. Jones, The Oriental Institute Annual Report, 2016

… or equivalent combination of experience and education, Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies, 2015

Individual Research: Charles E. Jones, The Oriental Institute Annual Report, 2015

Moving the Ancient World Online Forward, ISAW Papers, 2014

ETANA: Electronic Tools and Ancient Near Eastern Archives, D-Lib Magazine, 2004

Other Publications

Chapters

Emily at Chicago: A Tribute, Offerings to Maat. Essays in Honour of Emily Teeter, 2021

Achemenet in Context, Achemenet. Vingt ans après: Études Offertes a Pierre Briant a l'Occasion Des Vingt ANS Du Programme Achemenet, 2021

A Tribute to Jim Eisenbraun, "He Inscribed upon the Stone": Celebrating the Work of Jim Eisenbraun, 2020

Encyclopedia/Dictionary Entries

Persepolis Administrative Archives, Encyclopedia Iranica, 2017

Letters

The devastation of Iraq, The New York Review of Books, 2008

Others

The AWOL Index, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, 2015