Faculty

Dr. Alhena Gadotti

Assistant Professor of History
PhD Johns Hopkins University, 2006

Alhena Gadotti earned her PhD in Near Eastern Studies at Johns Hopkins University for her 2005 dissertation, “Gilgamesh, Enkidu and the Netherworld and the Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle.” She is currently working on an edition of the Sumerian composition known as “The Regulations of the School (Eduba R)” in collaboration with Dr. A. Kleinerman.

Selected Publications

• “The Portrait of the Feminine in Sumerian Literature” Journal of the American Oriental Society (JAOS) 131/2 (2011): 195-206.
• “Why It was Rape: The Conceptualization of Rape in Sumerian Literature” Journal of the American Oriental Society (JAOS) 129/1 (2009): 73-82.