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Lori Khatchadourian

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Beginning in January 2010, Lori Khatchadourian will be a visiting assistant professor in archaeology and anthropology at Cornell University.  Dr. Khatchadourian is an historical archaeologist of Old World empires, with expertise in the South Caucasus, Eurasia, southwest Asia, and the Mediterranean during the 1st millennium BC.  In 2008, she completed her Ph.D. in the University of Michigan's Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art & Archaeology with a dissertation entitled Social Logics Under Empire: The Armenian 'Highland Satrapy' and Achaemenid Rule, ca. 600-300 B.C.  The focus of this work is an archaeology of empire that emerges from the rich dialogue between social and historical theory.  Her research on the Achaemenid empire forwards a perspective that emphasizes the spatiality and materiality of routine associations within communities of imperial formations.  Dr. Khatchadourian holds a masters degree in Classical Archaeology, a masters degree in Ancient Greek, and a certificate in Spatial Analysis from the University of Michigan. Before beginning her PhD research, Dr. Khatchadourian worked in the Eurasia division of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI). Dr. Khatchadourian holds a masters degree in Russian and Post-Soviet Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a bachelors degree in Classics and Government from Georgetown University.

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