University of California, Berkeley

Graduate Student, Near Eastern Studies

Advisors: 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

Email:

Address: 250 Barrows Hall
Near Eastern Studies Dept., UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, 94720
USA