Biography
Edward Stratford is an Associate Professor of History at Brigham Young University. His research focuses on the Old Assyrian trade between Mesopotamia and Anatolia during the 19th century B.C. His publications include a monograph entitled, A Year of Vengeance: Time, Narrative and the Old Assyrian Trade (2017) and a volume edited with Lorenz Rahmstorf Weights and Marketplaces from the Bronze Age to the Early Modern Period (2019). He is currently working on projects that include a follow-up to his monograph, and work on chronology and narrative reconstruction from undated Old Assyrian letters.
Research Interests
Edward Stratford finds engaging ideas of place and time as they impinge on conceptualizing the Old Assyrian trade.Teaching Interests
Prof. Stratford enjoys teaching topics on Ancient Near Eastern history. He also teaches world history survey classes and classes on the practice of history.Education
- Ph.D., Ancient Near East History , Assyriology, University of Chicago (2010)
- M.A., Northwest Semitic Philology , University of Chicago (2002)
- B.A., Near Eastern Studies , Brigham Young University (2000)
- , Engineering Sciences , Aeronautical Design, U.S. Air Force Academy (1994)