Megan Cifarelli
Professor Emerita, Art History
megan.cifarelli@mville.edu
Megan Cifarelli, professor of art history, specializes in the art and archaeology of the Ancient Near East. She taught a broad range of courses in the art of the ancient world, including the arts of ancient Mesopotamia, Iran, Egypt, Greece and Rome. Her research focused on the archaeological remains of the site of Hasanlu, Iran, specifically the role that personal ornaments and jewelry in the performance of gender among the Hasanlu’s elite. Her research has been published in journals such as Art Bulletin, Cambridge Archaeological Journal, and the Journal of Near Eastern Studies. She served as a national lecturer for the Archaeological Institute of America.
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Co-author, with Ali Binandeh and Kazem MollezadehA Decorated Bronze Belt from Gargul, Iran
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Co-author, with Roberto Dan and Manuel CastellucciaCopper-alloy Belts at Hasanlu, Iran: A Case Study in Hybridization and Heteroglossia in Material Culture
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AuthorGender, Personal Adornment, and Costly Signaling in the Iron Age Burials of Hasanlu, Iran
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AuthorEntangled Relations over Geographical and Gendered Space: Multi-Component Personal Ornaments at Hasanlu
Summer 2014, 2012, Summer Research Stipend, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
2005-2007 Project Humanist, NEH Implementation Grant, The Children’s Museum of Manhattan
1996-1997 J. Paul Getty Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History of Art and the Humanities
1994-1995 Norbert Schimmel Dissertation Fellowship, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
1993-1994 Whiting Dissertation Fellowship, Columbia University
1992-1993 Whitney Fellowship, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
1991-1992 President’s Fellowship, Columbia University
1990-1991 Norbert Schimmel Fellowship, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
1990 Columbia University Summer Travel Grant
1989 Kevorkian Curatorial Fellowship, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
1987-1992 Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities, Columbia University Faculty Fellowship