Francesca Rochberg (; born May 8, 1952) is an American Assyriologist, historian of science, and Catherine and William L. Magistretti Distinguished Professor of Near Eastern Studies at University of California, Berkeley. She is best known for her work on the history of Babylonian astronomy.
Born in Philadelphia, She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Chicago with a Ph.D. She taught at the University of California, Riverside.
Awards
- 2010 Research Professorship Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
- 2008 Member, American Philosophical Society
- 2007 Member, Princeton, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies
- 2006 Fellow, Magdalen College, Oxford
- 2004 Fellow, Center for Ideas and Society, University of California, Riverside
- 1999 John Frederick Lewis Award for Babylonian Horoscopes (American Philosophical Society, 1998)
- 1993-94 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
- 1982-1987 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship
Works
Novels
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