Gary Beckman


Name: Gary Beckman

Title(s):

  • Professor of Hittite and Mesopotamian Studies

Contact Information: sidd@umich.edu

International Institute Affiliation(s):

  • CMENAS
  • CICS

Department Affiliation(s):

  • Near Eastern Studies

Education Background: B.A., Classics Pomona College 1970; M.A., Yale University 1973; M. Phil., Yale University 1974; Ph.D., Yale University 1977

Research/Teaching Specialization: Cultural History of Anatolia and Syria (second millennium BCE); Transmission of Mesopotamian culture to the West

Area/Int'l Course(s) Taught: Akkadian and Hittie language and literature; History of ancient Anatolia and Syria