Francesca Rochberg (née Halton; born May 8, 1952) is an American Assyriologist, historian of science, and Catherine and William L. Magistretti Distinguished Professor of Near Eastern Studies at University of California, Berkeley.[1] She is best known for her work on the history of Babylonian astronomy.
Francesca Rochberg | |
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 Giving the 2023 lecture "The History and Transmission of a Babylonian Astronomical Idea" | |
| Born | May 8, 1952 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago University of Pennsylvania |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Assyriology |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
Born in Philadelphia, She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Chicago with a Ph.D.[2] She taught at the University of California, Riverside.[3]
Awards
edit- 2010 Research Professorship Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
- 2008 Member, American Philosophical Society
- 2007 Member, Princeton, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies
- 2006 Fellow, Magdalen College, Oxford
- 2004 Fellow, Center for Ideas and Society, University of California, Riverside
- 1999 John Frederick Lewis Award for Babylonian Horoscopes (American Philosophical Society, 1998)[4]
- 1993-94 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship[5]
- 1982-1987 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship
Works
edit- Babylonian Horoscopes. DIANE Publishing. 1998. ISBN 978-0-87169-881-0.
- The Heavenly Writing: Divination, Horoscopy, and Astronomy in Mesopotamian Culture. Cambridge University Press. 2004. ISBN 978-0-521-83010-2.
- In the Path of the Moon: Babylonian Celestial Divination and Its Legacy. Brill. 2010. ISBN 978-90-04-18389-6.
- Before Nature: Cuneiform Knowledge and the History of Science. University of Chicago Press. 2016. ISBN 978-0226406138
Novels
edit- Gone Crazy Out There. Kennedy & Boyd. 2008. ISBN 978-1-904999-81-2.
References
edit- ^ "Professor Francesca Rochberg". Archived from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
- ^ "UC Berkeley > AHMA > Faculty Bio". Archived from the original on June 18, 2010. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
- ^ UC Riverside Professor Named Guggenheim Fellow
- ^ "John Frederick Lewis Award". American Philosophical Society. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
- ^ "Francesca Rochberg - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
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