Born in Belgium to a prominent Flemish family who paternally descend from Jan I van Cuijk. He received his bachelor's degree form the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, later attending Yale University, where he received his master's degree in 1980 and his doctoral degree in 1983. He taught at Yale and Oxford, later becoming a full professor at Columbia in 1996. His son Kenan Van de Mieroop is a noted queer activist. Professor Van de Mieroop specializes the history of the Ancient Near East from the beginning of writing to the age of Alexander the Great, with a particular interest in the socio-economic and political history of the Ancient Near East. He has written extensively on historical methodology and was a Senior Fellow at the Internationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften in 2011, and a Guggenheim Fellow in 2013. In 2016 he held a fellowship from the ACLS for a project entitled, "Babylonian Cosmopolitanism and the Birth of Greek and Hebrew Literate Traditions."[1][2][3]
He is a member of the Editorial Board for Journal of Ancient History.[4]
PublicationsEdit
In addition to his articles and translations, his book publications include:
with Bonnie Smith, Richard von Glahn, and Kris Lane, Crossroads and Cultures. A History of the World's Peoples (2012), Bedford-St. Martin, ISBN0-312-57317-0
A History of the Ancient Near East, ca. 3000–323 BC (2015) Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford. ISBN978-1118718162
Philosophy before the Greeks. The Pursuit of Truth in Ancient Babylonia (2015), Princeton University Press. ISBN978-0691157184
The Practice of Ancient Near Eastern History - Opera Minora (2022) (Alter Orient und Altes Testament 400), Ugarit Verlag: Münster. ISBN978-3-86835-336-5
Before and After Babel: Writing as Resistance in Ancient Near Eastern Empires (2023) Oxford University Press, New York ISBN978-0-19-763466-0
marc, mieroop, born, october, 1956, noted, belgian, assyriologist, egyptologist, been, full, professor, ancient, near, eastern, history, columbia, university, since, 1996, bornmarc, mieroop22, october, 1956belgiumcitizenshipbelgian, americaneducationph, yale, . Marc Van de Mieroop born 22 October 1956 is a noted Belgian Assyriologist and Egyptologist who has been full professor of Ancient Near Eastern history at Columbia University since 1996 Marc Van de MieroopBornMarc Van De Mieroop22 October 1956BelgiumCitizenshipBelgian AmericanEducationPh D Yale University 1983 MA Yale University 1980 BA Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 1978OccupationAssyriologistChildrenKenan Van De MieroopAwards2013 Guggenheim Fellowship Contents 1 Biography 2 Publications 3 References 4 See alsoBiography EditBorn in Belgium to a prominent Flemish family who paternally descend from Jan I van Cuijk He received his bachelor s degree form the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven later attending Yale University where he received his master s degree in 1980 and his doctoral degree in 1983 He taught at Yale and Oxford later becoming a full professor at Columbia in 1996 His son Kenan Van de Mieroop is a noted queer activist Professor Van de Mieroop specializes the history of the Ancient Near East from the beginning of writing to the age of Alexander the Great with a particular interest in the socio economic and political history of the Ancient Near East He has written extensively on historical methodology and was a Senior Fellow at the Internationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften in 2011 and a Guggenheim Fellow in 2013 In 2016 he held a fellowship from the ACLS for a project entitled Babylonian Cosmopolitanism and the Birth of Greek and Hebrew Literate Traditions 1 2 3 He is a member of the Editorial Board for Journal of Ancient History 4 Publications EditIn addition to his articles and translations his book publications include Crafts in the Early Isin Period 1987 Sumerian Administrative Documents from the Reigns of Ishbi Erra and Shu Ilishu 1987 Society and Enterprise in Old Babylonian Ur 1992 The Ancient Mesopotamian City 1997 and 1999 Oxford University Press Oxford ISBN 978 0 19 815286 6 Cuneiform Texts and the Writing of History 1999 King Hammurabi of Babylon 2005 Blackwell Oxford ISBN 978 1 4051 2660 1 The Eastern Mediterranean in the Age of Ramesses II 2007 Wiley Blackwell Oxford ISBN 978 1 4051 6069 8 with Bonnie Smith Richard von Glahn and Kris Lane Crossroads and Cultures A History of the World s Peoples 2012 Bedford St Martin ISBN 0 312 57317 0 A History of the Ancient Near East ca 3000 323 BC 2015 Wiley Blackwell Oxford ISBN 978 1118718162 Philosophy before the Greeks The Pursuit of Truth in Ancient Babylonia 2015 Princeton University Press ISBN 978 0691157184 A History of Ancient Egypt 2021 Wiley Blackwell Oxford ISBN 978 1 119 62087 7 The Practice of Ancient Near Eastern History Opera Minora 2022 Alter Orient und Altes Testament 400 Ugarit Verlag Munster ISBN 978 3 86835 336 5 Before and After Babel Writing as Resistance in Ancient Near Eastern Empires 2023 Oxford University Press New York ISBN 978 0 19 763466 0References Edit Marc Van De Mieroop Van De Mieroop Marc Department of History Columbia University 28 October 2016 Retrieved 2020 10 27 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Marc Van De Mieroop Retrieved 2020 10 27 Journal of Ancient History See also EditColumbia University Marc Van de Mieroop Archaeology Magazine Interview Podcast Interview Philosophy Interview On Bronze Age Collapse BBC The Forum Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Marc Van de Mieroop amp oldid 1177805890, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
