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Current Position: Co-Director, Naxçivan Archaeological Project Senior Lecturer/Principal Scientist, Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, Emory University EDUCATION Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2000 Major: West Asian Archaeology Minor: Archaeology of the Levant Thesis: The Ceramics of Godin II (Supervised by T. Cuyler Young Jr.) Awards: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship; Ontario Graduate Fellowship; Graduate Studies Travel Grants; Junior Scholar Stipend, Achaemenid History Workshop VIII, Ann Arbor, Michigan

M.A., University of Toronto, 1985 Major: Near Eastern Archaeology Awards: Ontario Graduate Fellowship; Graduate Studies Travel Grants

B.A., First Class Honours, McGill University, 1982 Major: Anthropology Minor: Classics Honours Thesis: Systems Theory in Archaeology (Supervised by Prof. Bruce Trigger) Awards: James McGill Award; University Scholar; Faculty Scholar; Award for highest achievement in Prof. Bruce Trigger's "History of Archaeological Theory"

Foreign languages: Modern: French (fluent), Italian, German, Azerbaijani (reading, spoken) Ancient: Akkadian, Greek PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MIT Summer Institute in Materials Science and Material Culture, 2004. Intensive post-doctoral seminar in the scientific study of material culture. ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK 2016–2017, Ceramicist, Pasargadae Research Project, Pasargadae, Iran, directed by Sébastien Gondet, CNRS 2014–2015 (ongoing), Co-Director, Naxçivan Archaeological Project Directed two seasons of excavation in the Şerur valley, Naxçivan to investigate the transition from nomadic pastoralism to urbanism in the Middle Bronze to Early Iron Ages in the South Caucasus  Co-PI on a successful $350,000 National Science Foundation grant to fund the project  Coordinated and supervised the work of a team of up to 20 American faculty and graduate students and 30 local workers 2008–2013, Associate Director, Naxçivan Archaeological Project Supervised four seasons of excavation at the site of Oğlanqala, Naxçivan, an Iron Age to Hellenistic citadel/palace.  Co-applicant (with PI Lauren Ristvet) on a successful $246,000 National Science Foundation Grant to fund the project  Ceramicist responsible for recording and analyzing all ceramic material from the site and survey 2001, Area Supervisor, Kerkenes Dağ, Turkey, directed by D. Stronach, University of California, Berkeley 1989, Area Supervisor, Tell 'Atij, Syria, directed by M. Fortin, Université de Laval 1985, Ceramic Analyst, Tell el Maskhuta, Egypt, directed by J.S. Holladay Jr., University of Toronto Hilary Gopnik/ 2 ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS Books (author) On the High Road: The History of Godin Tepe, Iran. Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum and Mazda Press, 2011. Naxçıvanda Arxeoloji Tədqiqatlar/Archaeological Investigations in Azerbaijan (With Veli Bakhshaliyev and Lauren Ristvet). Naxçivan: Milli Elmlər Akademiyası, 2013. Books (editor) Editor/Compiler, Godin Tepe Web Archive, https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/handle/1807/26556 Editor, A View From the High Road: Essays in Near Eastern Archaeology in Honour of T. Cuyler Young, Jr., Canadian Society of Mesopotamian Studies, 2005. Editor, Korea Around 1900: The Paintings of Gisan, by Christina H.Y. Han. Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 2006. Journal Articles and Book Chapters “Tempus Interruptus: Archaeological Explanation and the Unraised Columns of Oğlanqala Period III.” In Fitful Histories and Unruly Publics: Rethinking Temporality and Community in Eurasian Archaeology, edited by K. Weber et al. Leiden: Brill, 2017. “A view from the east: The Godin VI Oval and the Uruk Sphere” with Clemens Reichel, Leah Minc, and Rasha Elendari. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports, February 2016. “In the Nick: Space and Time in the Borderlands of Oğlanqala.” Borders and Boundaries: Changing Landscapes in the Bronze and Iron Ages of Anatolia and the South Caucasus, edited by L. D'Alfonso and K. Rubinson. Cambridge University Press, forthcoming. “The Medes.” Chapter 2, In The Dynastic History of Ancient Iran, edited by Touraj Daryee. Irvine CA: Jordan Center for Persian Studies, forthcoming “The Origins of Political Complexity in Naxçıvan” (with Lauren Ristvet and Veli Baxşaliev). In Austausch und Kulturkontakt im Südkaukasus und seinen angrenzenden Regionen in der Spätbronze-/Früheisenzeit , edited by G. Mehnert. Halle: Beier, 2013, pp. 281-290. “2010-2011 American-Azerbaijani Excavations at Oğlanqala” (with Lauren Ristvet and Veli Baxşaliev). In Naxçıvan İlk Yaşayış və Şəhərsalma Yeri Kimi, Naxçıvan: Әcəmi, 2012, pp. 39-65. “On the Edge of Empire: 2008 and 2009 Excavations at Oğlanqala, Azerbaijan.” (with Lauren Ristvet et al.). American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 116, No. 2 (April 2012), pp. 321-362. “Unearthing Iran’s Prehistory.” ROM Magazine, Winter 2011. “Why Columned Halls?” In The World of Achaemenid Persia. London: British Museum Press, 2010, pp. 195– 207. “2008 Excavations at Oğlanqala.” Azerbaijan Archaeology and Ethnography 2, 2009, pp. 189–195 (with Lauren Ristvet and Veli Baxşaliev). “Archaeological Research at Oğlanqala.” Archaeological Research in Azerbaijan 2008, pp. 140–143 (with Lauren Ristvet and Veli Baxşaliev). “The Shape of Sherds: Function and Style at Godin II.” Iranica Antiqua 40, 2005, pp. 249–270. “Pasargadae.” Encyclopaedia Iranica (with David Stronach). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 2003. “The Ceramics from Godin II in the Late 7th to Early 5th Centuries BC.” In Continuity of Empire: Assyria, Media, Persia, History of the Ancient Near East Monograph Series. Edited by G. Lanfranchi and M. Roaf. Padova, Italy: S.a.r.g.o.n. Editrice e Libreria, 2003, pp. 249–267. “Death and Taxes in the Neo-Assyrian Reliefs.” In Death and Taxes in the Ancient Near East. Edited by Sara E. Orel. Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 1992, pp. 61–86. Hilary Gopnik/ 3 WORKS IN PREPARATION/UNDER REVIEW “Hard, red, and shiny: Eastern-Sigillata inspired pottery in the South Caucasus.” (with Susannah Fishman) to be submitted to AJA. Excavations at Oğlanqala 2008–2011 (with Lauren Ristvet). Monograph. University of Pennsylvania Museum Press, in preparation. Right Good Men (I think): Median Society in the First Millennium BCE. Book in preparation. Saying No! Dissent and revolt in the Ancient World. Edited volume of articles on resistance to imposed authority in the ancient world. Cambridge University Press has expressed interest pending manuscript review. SELECTED ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS “Views of Points: VGA Analysis and Intervisibility in Iron Age Columned Halls.” Paper presented in the Theoretical and Anthropological Approaches to the Near East Session, American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting, Atlanta, 2015. “Triangle Ware Revisited…Again.” Paper presented at the Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 2015. “The Godin VI Oval and the Uruk Sphere.” Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, Austin, 2015. “In the Nick: Creating Space/Time Borders at Oğlanqala.” Paper presented by invitation at Borders in the Archaeology of Pre-Classical Anatolia and the South Caucasus scholarly colloquium at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York, 2014. “Achaemenid Bases and the Hellenistic Tradition.” Paper presented by invitation at the Eighth Annual Melammu Conference, Kiel, Germany, November 2014. “Mixing and Matching: Hybridity at Oğlanqala, Azerbaijan.” Paper presented at the 9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE), Basel, Switzerland, June 2014. “Attic Bell Bottoms: Nostalgia and Innovation at Oğlanqala Period III.” Paper presented by invitation in the special session Basileus, Sebastos, Shah: Archaeologies of Empire and Regional Interactions in the Hellenistic and Roman Near East the American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting, Baltimore, 2013. “A Peripheral Center Wannabe: The Unfinished Building of Oğlanqala Period III.” Paper presented at the American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2012. “Talk about fitful and unruly: temporality in archaeological explanation.” Paper presented at the Fourth Conference on Eurasian Archaeology, Cornell University, Ithaca, 2012. “Empire on Edge or on the Edge of Empire? The Unfinished Building of Oğlanqala Period III.” Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, Memphis, 2012. “Right Good Men? Median society in the 9th to 7th centuries BCE.” Paper presented at the American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting, Atlanta, 2010. “Why Columned Halls?” Paper presented by invitation at The World of Achaemenid Persia Conference (in conjunction with the major British Museum exhibition Forgotten Empire: the World of Ancient Persia). The British Museum, London, 2005. “Function and Style at Godin Tepe Period II.” Paper presented at The International Congress on the Iron Age in the Iranian World. Ghent University and the Royal Museums of Art and History, Ghent, 2003. SELECTED PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS Archaeological Institute of America, Ingholt Lecturer (2011–2012) and Graham Lecturer (2013–2014) Selected by the AIA to deliver a series of public lectures across the United States and Canada including popular talks on my research on Godin Tepe and the unfinished Hellenistic palace at Oglanqala. Hilary Gopnik/ 4 “It isn’t Just ISIS: Cultural Destruction in the Near East.” Public presentation for the Carlos Museum public lecture series, January 2016. “Getting Down and Dirty: Archaeology and the Museum Experience.” Presentation for the Carlos Museum Docents Guild, Atlanta, 2015. “Grounded! Middle to Late Bronze Age Settlement and Burials on the Şerur Valley Floor in Naxçıvan, Azerbaijan.” Presentation for Dig It!:Second Annual Archaeology Festival at the Carlos, Carlos Museum, Atlanta, 2015. “Hellenism and the Unfinished Palace at Oğlanqala, Azerbaijan” Paper presented for the Emory Ancient Mediterranean Studies Colloquium, Atlanta, 2014. “Finding What We Weren’t Seeking.” Presentation for Dig It!:First Annual Archaeology Festival at the Carlos, Carlos Museum, Atlanta, 2014. Right Good Men? The Median Palace at Godin Tepe, Paper presented by invitation to the Bryn Mawr Graduate Seminar, 2013, and the UCLA Graduate Forum, 2012. “Feasting on the High Road: The Median Palace at Godin Tepe.” Paper presented by invitation for the Members’ Lecture Series at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2012. “Crowds of Columns and Columns for Crowds: The Assembly Halls of the Medes and Persians.” Paper presented by invitation at the Middle East Institute, Georgia State University, 2011. "Mighty Medes? Median socio-political dynamics and the Godin II citadel” Paper presented at the Canadian Society of Mesopotamian Studies Annual Symposium, 2011. GRANTS AND AWARDS 2015, Principal Investigator/Supervisor for $6,000 National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates grant to fund travel, expenses, and $3,000 stipend for an undergraduate student to work on my archaeological project in Naxçivan, Azerbaijan 2014, Co-Principal Investigator (with Lauren Ristvet) for $350,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to fund excavations in the Şerur Valley, Naxçivan, Azerbaijan 2013–2014, Chosen as Graham Lecturer by the Archaeological Institute of America International Lecture Series 2011–2012, Chosen as Ingholt Lecturer by the Archaeological Institute of America International Lecture Series 2008, Co-applicant (with PI Lauren Ristvet) for $250,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to fund excavations at Oğlanqala, Naxçivan, Azerbaijan 2008, Faculty Development grant for $2,000 to develop flagship course for Ancient Mediterranean Studies program 2008–2010, Louise Hawley Stone Trust Publication Grant for $70,000 to fund publication costs for On the High Road: The History of Godin Tepe, Iran, Royal Ontario Museum 2006–2009, White-Levy Publication Grant for $62,000 to fund research and preparation costs for publication of the final report of the excavations of Godin Tepe, Iran 2004, Professional Development Grant (funded by NSF) for travel, subsistence, lodging, and tuition to participate in Massachusetts Institute of Technology Summer Institute in Material Sciences

Hilary Gopnik/ 5 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Senior Lecturer 2016-2017/Instructor 2008-2015, Emory University, Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies Department and Ancient Mediterranean Studies Program  Digging the Ancients: From Pots to Palaces in the Ancient Mediterranean (AncMed 201, 20122016). This 200-level course (cross-listed with anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies) explored the nature of archaeological evidence and what archaeology can tell us about the Ancient Mediterranean world.  Palmyra: A Practical Seminar in Virtual Archaeology (MESAS 190, 2016). This Freshman Seminar was designed to respond to the recent destruction of cultural heritage sites in Syria by ensuring that knowledge of their importance will not be forgotten. Students created digital reconstructions, web pages, and a public performance at the Carlos museum to inform the general public about the archaeology of Palmyra and the importance of cultural heritage preservation.  Archaeology and the Bible (MESAS 250, 2015). This seminar explores how we can use the material remains of the ancient world to provide a context for the ancient communities described in the Bible.  The Archaeology of Mesopotamia (MESAS 270, 2014). This 200 level seminar introduced students to the archaeology of Mesopotamia from the first farmers to the Sassanian Empire.  Ancient Persian Empires: the true story of the enemies of the 300 (MESAS 190, 2014). This Freshman Seminar introduced students to the history and culture of ancient Persia from the Achaemenids to the Sasanians with an emphasis on modern perceptions of the ancient world.  Introduction to Ancient Mediterranean Studies (AncMed 101, 20082011). This survey course, which I developed with funding from a competitive faculty development grant, introduced students to the history and archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean world from the beginning of state-based societies in Mesopotamia in the 4th millennium BC to the dissolution of the Roman Empire. Historical and literary documents were used in conjunction with archaeology to give students a full sense of the complexity of ancient cultures. Visiting Assistant Professor, 2003–2004, Franklin and Marshall College, Department of Classics  Between the Rivers: The History and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. This sophomore-level course introduced students to the archaeology and history of the Ancient Near East with an emphasis on such domestic issues as the practice of medicine and science, craft production, and the role of women in ancient societies. This course became the basis for a Great Courses digital course.  Treasures Found and Lost. This freshman seminar used the looting of the Iraq museum in Baghdad as a starting point to discuss Mesopotamian history and archaeology as well as issues about cultural property, collecting and museology.  A Material World: Is Man-Made All Natural? The course explored the nature of material culture through the perspectives of evolutionary biology, archaeology and anthropology. Adjunct Professor, 2000–2002, Pennsylvania School of Art and Design, Department of Art History  Near Eastern Art. This upper level course offered a survey of the art of the Near East from the Bronze Age through the Ottoman Empire. Topics covered included the early state, the growth of empires, Hellenistic and Roman influences, Byzantium, and the rise and spread of Islam.  History of Art to 1400 A.D. This survey course introduced students to the study of ancient art and architecture from prehistory through the middle ages. Adjunct Professor, 1992–1993, University of Michigan–Dearborn, Department of Art History  The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt. This upper-level course explored the nature of Ancient Egyptian society as seen through its art and monumental architecture.  Middle Eastern Art. This course provided an overview of the history of Middle Eastern art and architecture and its relationship to the cultures of the region from the Late Uruk through the Early Islamic periods.  History of Art to 1400 A.D. This survey course introduced students to the study of ancient art and architecture from prehistory through the middle ages, with a focus on the art of Classical Greece and Rome. Hilary Gopnik/ 6 EDITORIAL AND CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE World Bank, 2009–2015 Consultant Editor/Writer: Coordinated, edited, and co-wrote over 40 grant proposals, policy reports and background papers, focusing on climate change in the Middle East and North Africa region Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada, 2005–2011 Co-Curator: (with Clemens Reichel) Curated an exhibit highlighting the artifacts from the archaeological site of Godin Tepe  Selected artifacts, photos, and plans to evoke this mountain settlement  Wrote wall text and created audiovisual materials including 3-D video reconstructions of the site Project Director: Directed the four-year Godin Publication Project to document, analyze, and publish the results of the archaeological excavations of 4,000 years of occupation at Godin Tepe, Iran  Raised $140,000 in grant funding  Supervised a staff of five research assistants and illustrators and coordinated the work of three academic authors to produce a book and web archive  Edited and co-wrote On the High Road: The History of Godin Tepe, Iran  Responsible for all editorial functions from planning to print, including extensive editing of academic contributions to reach the target audience and supervision of illustration, design, and layout Editorial Consultant: Persian Pottery in the First Global Age Editor: Korea Around 1900: The Paintings of Gisan

Canadian Society of Mesopotamian Studies, 2004–2005 Conference Director: “A View from the High-Road: A Symposium in Honor of T. Cuyler Young Jr.” Toronto, 2004.  Invited top scholars from around the world, organized venue, coordinated lectures and scheduling, arranged lodging and meals for a symposium with 16 speakers and 200 attendees  Commissioned and edited all contributions for A View from the High Road: Essays in Near Eastern Archaeology in Honour of T. Cuyler Young, Jr, CSMS, 2005 UNIVERSITY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 2016-2017 Co-Chairman of Archaeological Institute of America, Atlanta chapter 2013–present, Supervised and/or was committee member for four Emory undergraduate honors theses 2015, Committee member for PhD dissertations at Ohio State and University of Pennsylvania 2015, Chair and Organizer of Post-Achaemenid Pottery Session “The Hellenistic Pottery Beyond the Euphrates: Regional Connections and Local Markers from the Caucasus to the Persian Gulf” AIA Annual Meeting, New Orleans. 2012–2013, Chair and Organizer of Iran Session, American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meetings, Chicago and Baltimore 2004, Director and chair, Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies Annual Meeting, Toronto