Lynn Meskell
Lynn Meskell | |
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| Born | 1967 (age 57–58) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney (BA) University of Cambridge (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Archaeology Anthropology |
| Institutions | |
| Main interests | Archaeological Theory, Archaeological ethnography, UNESCO World Heritage, Heritage ethics, Egyptian archaeology, Çatalhöyük, Gender studies, Postcolonial theory, Feminist theory |
Lynn Meskell (born 1967) is an Australian archaeologist and anthropologist who currently works as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
She has worked as the 26th Penn Integrates Knowledge Program (PIK) Professor since her appointment in 2020, which is a program appointed to faculty with multidisciplinary research and teaching and who are working in at least two Penn Schools.
Meskell is also the Richard D. Green Professor of Anthropology in the School of Arts and Sciences, Graduate Professor of Historic Preservation in the Weitzman School of Design, and a curator for the Penn Museum's Middle East and Asia areas.
Since 2019 she has been an Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University; her term expires in 2025.