College:
Wolfson College
Course & Supervisor:
DPhil Oriental Studies; Dr Paul Collins & Professor Jacob Dahl
Contact:
talah.anderson@wolfson.ox.ac.uk
Educational Background:
MA (Hons) University of St Andrews, MPhil Cantab
Research Interests:
Mesopotamian visual representation; Neo-Assyrian studies; religious, political and intellectual history of the ancient Middle East
My DPhil project, which is funded by an Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC DTP-Baillie Gifford Studentship as well as the Clarendon Fund, examines the development of imperial discourse in first millennium Assyria. I am especially interested in royal self-representation strategies and scribal engagement with tradition, and seek to better understand the use of myth in image, ritual and text.
I co-convene the Topics in Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Egyptology seminar series.
Teaching:
I am a Junior Teaching Fellow at the Ashmolean Museum and give tutorials for the History and Civilizations of Mesopotamia class.
