Researching gender in the Ancient Near East
I just had wonderful news that my article “Age and Masculinities during the Neo-Assyrian Period” has been published in the excellent Journal of Cuneiform Studies! You can see find it on their website. In it, I give a brief overview of the sociological theories behind ageing, and how ancient Near Eastern scholars have studied age …
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I received wonderful news that my article “The Masculinities of the Neo-Assyrian “Queens of the Arabs” has been published in the Hebrew Studies journal. You can see the contents of the special edition here at NAPH’s website. This article means a lot to me, as it was the reason for my interest in masculinities studies. …
On the 8th of October I presented my most recent research regarding masculinities during the Neo-Assyrian period. I have been using the techniques developed by the Semantic Domains team in ANEE to investigate the wider meanings behind masculinities. This has meant using probability measurements to measure how likely two words would occur together in a …
I might have neglected explicitly saying this, but I got the position of Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Helsinki! So the past few weeks have been very hectic, and this week I’ve spent settling in to academic life. I’m part of a wider research group called the Centre of Excellence: Ancient Near Eastern Empires …
Good Friday, everyone! By which I don’t mean the religious holiday, but my weekly update of what I’ve been up to academically. It’s been dominates by applications, VIVA prep, working on my masculinities paper, and a lot of confusion. Postdoctoral positions require a very long CV and a research proposal that would fit with the …
Ellie Bennett