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MELANIE HATZ LEVINSON <br /> Curriculum Vitae <br /> 821 Clarendon Street <br /> Durham,North Carolina 27705 <br /> melaniehatzkyahoo.com <br /> 919-286-2777 <br /> EDUCATION <br /> Ph.D. Institute of Fine Arts,New York University,New York,NY 1998-Present <br /> Candidate Concentration:Ancient Near East and Egypt;Advisor:Professor Donald P.Hansen <br /> Dissertation topic: Early Dynastic sealings from al-Hiba,Iraq <br /> Coursework and exams for Ph.D.completed December 2002 <br /> M.A. Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology;minor in Renaissance architecture 2001 <br /> "Seals in Transition:Bridging the Early Dynastic and Akkadian Periods in Southern <br /> Mesopotamia" <br /> "The Ghosts of Roman Past,Renaissance Present and Christian Future:A Study of <br /> Brunelleschi's Oerve" <br /> M.A. Columbia University,Graduate School of Arts and Sciences,New York,NY 1995 <br /> Department of Art History and Archaeology;Advisor: Professor Malcolm Russell <br /> Concentration: The Art and Archaeology of the Aegean,Egypt and Ancient Near East <br /> Thesis:"Postcards from the Edge: The Egyptianizing Elements from the Black Room at <br /> Boscotrecase" <br /> B.A. The University of Michigan,College of Literature,Science and Arts,Ann Arbor,MI 1993 <br /> History of Art Major; Concentration in Modern Art; Advisor:Professor Diane Kirkpatrick <br /> Graduated with Honors <br /> GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS <br /> Graduate Fellowship in Art History 2002-2004 <br /> New York University,Institute of Fine Arts,New York,NY <br /> Leon Levy and Shelby White Summer Travel Grant 2001 <br /> New York University,Institute of Fine Arts,New York,NY <br /> Lila Acheson Wallace Fellowship 2000-2001 <br /> New York University,Institute of Fine Arts,New York,NY <br /> Hagop Kevorkian Curatorial Research Fellow 1995-1996 <br /> The Metropolitan Museum of Art,New York,NY <br /> Harriman Excavation Summer Travel Grant 1995 <br /> Columbia University,Graduate School of Arts and Sciences,New York,NY <br /> LANGUAGES <br /> Reading knowledge of German,French,Italian, and Spanish. Two years of Akkadian. <br />