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| Eric H. Cline | |
|---|---|
| Name | Eric H. Cline |
| Birth date | 1960 |
| Birth place | Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian-American |
| Occupation | Archaeologist, Historian, Author, Professor |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto, Emmanuel College (Toronto), University of Pennsylvania |
| Discipline | Archaeology, Ancient History |
| Workplaces | George Washington University, Institute for Advanced Study, American School of Classical Studies at Athens |
Eric H. Cline
Eric H. Cline is a Canadian-American archaeologist, ancient historian, and author noted for work on Bronze Age civilizations, Late Bronze Age collapse, and Aegean, Anatolian, Levantine, and Egyptian interactions. His career spans field excavation, museum curation, and university teaching with connections to institutions such as the British Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Institute for Advanced Study, and American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Cline has published widely and appeared in media including BBC, PBS, National Geographic, and History (TV network).
Born in Canada, Cline completed early studies at Emmanuel College (Toronto) and earned undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Toronto and the University of Pennsylvania. He trained under scholars associated with the British School at Athens, the American Research Center in Egypt, and the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. His doctoral work engaged with archives from the Oriental Institute and libraries such as the Library of Congress and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Cline has held faculty appointments at the George Washington University, where he served as professor and department chair, and affiliations with the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the American Schools of Oriental Research, and the University of Toronto. He has been a visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford, and the Harvard University Center for Hellenic Studies. Cline has worked with museums and foundations including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Science Foundation on exhibitions, grants, and collaborative projects.
Cline’s research centers on Bronze Age civilizations such as the Mycenaeans, the Hittites, the Egyptians, the Minoans, the Canaanites, and the Ugaritians, exploring interregional networks linking the Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean, Levant, Anatolia, and Egypt. He has investigated the causes and consequences of the Late Bronze Age collapse and engaged with debates involving figures and polities like Ramses II, Tuthmosis III, Hattusili III, Akhenaten, and sites including Troy (Hisarlik), Knossos, Mycenae, Tel Kabri, Megiddo, and Ugarit. Cline integrates data from archaeology, textual sources such as the Amarna letters, and environmental studies including palaeoclimatology and dendrochronology, collaborating with specialists from the Max Planck Society, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Carnegie Institution for Science. His fieldwork at sites like Tel Kabri and participation in excavations connected to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have produced stratigraphic, ceramic, and architectural studies that inform debates about trade networks, craft production, and sociopolitical collapse. He has contributed to methodological discussions alongside scholars from the British Museum, the National Geographic Society, the Louvre, and universities such as Yale University, Princeton University, Columbia University, University of Chicago, and Brown University.
Cline is the author and editor of numerous books and edited volumes published by presses including Princeton University Press, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Routledge, and Harvard University Press. Key monographs and volumes involve subjects such as the Late Bronze Age collapse, Mediterranean trade, and archaeological synthesis, and he has contributed chapters to collective works alongside editors from University of California Press, Brill, De Gruyter, and Bloomsbury. His popular works have appeared with Basic Books and been reviewed in journals like the American Journal of Archaeology, the Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Antiquity (journal), and Near Eastern Archaeology. He has edited conference proceedings associated with meetings of the Society for American Archaeology, the Archaeological Institute of America, and the American Schools of Oriental Research.
Cline’s honors include fellowships and grants from institutions such as the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Science Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, the MacArthur Foundation (applicants’ circles), and the Getty Foundation. He has received awards for scholarship and teaching from the George Washington University, recognition from the Archaeological Institute of America, and invites to lecture at the Royal Society of London, the British Academy, the Pontifical Institute of Rome, and the National Academy of Sciences. His books have been shortlisted and awarded prizes by organizations such as the Society for Classical Studies and regional history associations.
Cline is active in public scholarship and media, appearing on BBC, PBS, National Geographic, History (TV network), Discovery Channel, NOVA, and podcasts and radio programs including NPR and the BBC World Service. He has participated in documentary collaborations with the British Museum, Smithsonian Channel, and National Geographic Society and delivered public lectures at venues including the Smithsonian Institution, the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, TED Conferences, and the New York Public Library. He maintains engagement with popular audiences through op-eds in outlets like the New York Times, Washington Post, and specialist magazines associated with the Antiquity Trust and the Archaeological Institute of America.
Category:Living people Category:Canadian archaeologists Category:Historians of antiquity