The ZAZH (Zurich Center for the Study of Antiquity) was a “Center of competence” (a network of institutes, departments and sections of these that co-operate to form special, interdisciplinary research clusters) of the University of Zurich (UZH). It pursued the objective of linking, across the institution and beyond the boundaries of faculty, research and teaching in the domain of Ancient Studies, and of strengthening the international position of UZH as a hub for the research of Mediterranean Antiquity. It is now a part of the Institute of Archeology, Classical Philology and Ancient Studies (IAKA).