Name: Gary Beckman
Title(s):

• Professor of Hittite and Mesopotamian Studies

Contact Information: sidd@umich.edu

International Institute Affiliation(s):

• ASP
• CMENAS

Department Affiliation(s):

• Near Eastern Studies

Education Background: B.A., Classics Pomona College 1970; M.A., Yale University 1973; M. Phil., Yale University 1974; Ph.D., Yale University 1977

Research/Teaching Specialization: Cultural History of Anatolia and Syria (second millennium BCE); Transmission of Mesopotamian culture to the West

Area/Int'l Course(s) Taught: Akkadian and Hittie language and literature; History of ancient Anatolia and Syria

Language(s) and Proficiency Level(s):

• German (5)
• Hittie (4)
• French (4)
• Akkadian (4)
• Turkish (3)