University of California, Berkeley
Graduate Student, Near Eastern Studies
Marian Feldman
Niek Veldhuis
Laurie Pearce
Chris Hallett
About
I am a PhD candidate in the Near Eastern Studies Department at UC Berkeley. My concentration is Mesopotamian Art History.
My dissertation research focuses on the terracotta figurines of Hellenistic Babylonia. I am examining this corpus from the perspective of Ancient Near Eastern Art History, with a focus on feminist theory, materiality, and semiotics. I am also interested in Hellenistic Babylonia as a case-study of cross-cultural contact, to which I am applying interpretations based on post-colonial theory.
I am also involved in two projects researching and digitizing Hellenistic Akkadian texts, under Dr. Laurie Pearce. These projects are: HBTIN (Hellenistic Babylonia: Texts, Images, and Names) and BPS (Berkeley Prosopography Services). http://cdl.museum.upenn.edu/hbtin/
I completed my MPhil degree in World Archaeology from the University of Oxford in 2005. I completed my BA degree in Anthropology and Ancient Mythology from the University of Pennsylvania in 2003.
Contact Information
250 Barrows Hall
Near Eastern Studies Dept., UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, 94720
USA
