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John F. Robertson received
his B.A. in history from St. Joseph's College in 1971,
and his M.A. (1977) and Ph.D. (1981) from the University
of Pennsylvania.
Research and Teaching Interests
Professor Robertson's research interests focus
principally on the social and economic history of the
ancient Near/Middle East, with particular concentration
on the study of ancient Mesopotamian systems of social
and economic organization and their mechanisms in the
third and second millennia B.C.E., as well as on the
study of early urbanization, state formation, and
cross-cultural interaction in the ancient Near/Middle
East and Egypt, as well as the Bronze Age Aegean. His
interest in the social and economic history of the
ancient world also encompasses the Classical
Mediterranean and Hellenistic and Roman/Byzantine
Near/Middle East.
He has also developed a scholarly and strong teaching
interest in the history of the Islamic era and,
especially, the modern (nineteenth- and
twentieth–century) Middle East, with particular focus on
the history of the relationships between the Middle East
and the West, including the Arab-Israeli relationship
and conflict.
Recent
Publications
Cursed Cradle: A Short History of Mesopotamia/Iraq
(Oxford: One World Publications, forthcoming).
"Social Tension in the Ancient Near East," in
Blackwell's Companion to the Ancient Near East, ed
D. Snell (London: Blackwell, forthcoming).
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