Professor Louise A. Hitchcock has a BA in Political Science from the University of Southern California, and an MA in ancient History and a PhD in Art History and Critical Theory - both from the University of California at Los Angeles. As part of her PhD studies and post-doctoral research, Professor Hitchcock has gained extensive archaeological experience in the east Mediterranean, including time as Parsons Fellow at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, a senior Fulbright Fellow at the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute in Cyprus; and as an USAID Fellow, a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow (awarded three times), and the Visiting Annual Professor at the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem; and a visiting research at the Institute of Advanced Study at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, as well as excavation work in Israel, Egypt, Syria, Crete, and California.
She is author of nearly 100 articles on architecture, identity, piracy, feasting, globalization and populism, and gender in the east Mediterranean. Her 4 books include, Minoan Architecture: A Contextual Analysis, (Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology Pocket Book 155) Jonsered: Paul Astroms Forlag (2000); Aegean Art and Architecture. Oxford: Oxford University Press (1999), co-authored with Donald Preziosi; Theory for Classics, Routledge (2008); Aegaeum 29, DAIS: The Aegean Feast (co-edited with Robert Laffineur and Janice Crowley), Essays in Honor of Aren Maeir (co-edited with I. Shai, J.R. Chadwick, C. McKinney, A. Dagan, and J. Uziel). She is currently involved in several research projects: including investigating the relationship between Aegean, Cypriot and Philistine architecture, identity, island archaeology, globalization in the Late Bronze Age, piracy, and collaborative projects on the emergence of complexity in Greece and excavating the site of Tell es-Safi/Gath with Prof. Aren Maeir of Bar Ilan University. Ongoing research is devoted to the recovery, documentation, and interpretation of contextual relationships as well as the interpretation of existing monuments, especially critical considering that many of the monumental structures of the Late Bronze Age are decaying through exposure to weather and human contact. Leadership positions in the University have included Research Training Chair of the School of Historical Studies (2008-2010, 2016-2018 sem 1) and Discipline Chair of Classics and Archaeology (2011-2012), Deputy Head of School (2014 - 2018 sem 1), University Appointments and Promotions Committee in 2018. In addition, she has supervised 16 PhD students, 10 MA students, and 35 Honours students to completion. Her post-graduate students have published numerous articles and 5 books.
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Like Dolmen, Like Dromos: Contextualizing the Solar Orientations of Some Mycenaean Tholoi
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
2009, Research Grant, $10,000 USD, with Prof. Aren Maeir, Bar Ilan University, research on Philistine hearths and plasters
2009, Joint Research Grant, with Prof. Aren Maeir, Bar Ilan University, for excavation at Tell es-Safi/Gath, $15,000
2008-2009, Fellow in Study Group: Interconnections and Regional Narratives in Mediterranean Archaeology (ca. 1700-700 BCE), $36,000 USD
2008, Grant for 12th International Aegean Conference, $7500 USD
2008, Seeding Grant, for excavation at Tell es-Safi/Gath Israel
2007, Travel Award to attend Archaeological Institute of America Meeting, $1000 USD
2007, Special Studies Program Long, $5400
2006, Collaborative Research Grant, $4,400, with Prof. Anne Chapin, Brevard College, researching complexity in prehistoric Greece
2006-2007, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (Honorary)
2006-2007, Annual Professorship, Research Grant $24,000 USD
2005, Early Career Research Grant, $14,000, for research on Cypriot and Aegean architecture
2000, Educational and Cultural Affairs Fellowship (formerly United States Information Agency), $5000 USD, for research on Architecture
1997, Title III, Introducing Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum Project, Faculty Development Award, $2700 USD
1995-1996, Edward A. Dickson History of Art Support Dissertation Fellowship, $12,000 plus fees, USD
1994-1995, Edward A. Dickson History of Art Support Dissertation Fellowship, $12,000 plus fees, USD
1993-1994, Teaching Assistantship, $12,000 USD plus fees
1992-1993, Edward A. Dickson History of Art Support Dissertation Fellowship, Honorary
1992-1993, Arthur W. Parsons Fellowship, $12,000 USD
1991-1992, Edward A. Dickson History of Art Dissertation Travel Grant, $12,000 USD
First Prize, Campbell Book Collection Competition, Lawrence of Arabia: 101 Years, the Legend Continues. $300 USD
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
FULL - ITT Fulbright Fellowship
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Professor In Archaeology
Historical And Philosophical Studies
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Archaeological Institute of America
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Aegeus Society
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Classical Association of Victoria
Professional
American Schools of Oriental Research
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Art History
University of California - Los Angeles
Master of Arts, History
University of California - Los Angeles
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science
University of Southern California