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Melissa Rosenzweig is an anthropological archaeologist specializing in environmental archaeology of the ancient Near East. Her research incorporates a regional specialization in northern Mesopotamia and the Levant, focusing on the relationships of power and inequality embedded in agrarian lifeways. Her work on the ancient Mesopotamian empire of Neo-Assyria (ca. 900 – 600 BCE), one of the world’s earliest and largest imperial projects, examines how agricultural practices shape political subjectivities and influence imperial ideologies, while also facilitating subaltern resistance. She received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Chicago in 2014 and was a National Endowment for the Humanities fellow at the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research for the 2014-15 academic year. From 2015 to 2018, she served as an Assistant Professor of Archaeology in the Departments of Anthropology and Classics at Miami University in Ohio. Her research has been funded by various organizations, including the National Science Foundation and National Geographic Society, and she teaches courses on Archaeological Theory, Environmental Justice, and Political Ecology among others.
Northwestern University • Evanston, IL
Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology specializing in environmental policy and culture.
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