Department of History

Michael Kozuh received his PhD with honors from the University of Chicago in 2006 and his BA with high honors from the University of Michigan. He teaches in the Technology and Civilization sequence, as well as teaching undergraduate and graduate classes on topics in ancient and medieval Near Eastern history, ancient Mediterranean history, and historiography. Before coming to Auburn he taught at The University of Maine at Farmington and at Western Washington University.

His research interests are on the ancient economy, Babylonian temples (especially their relationship with royal administrations), the empires of the first millennium BC, ancient slavery and semi-freedom, Elam and the Elamites, and intercultural connections in the ancient world. His dissertation, “The Sacrificial Economy,” dealing with the management of blood sacrifice at the Eanna temple of Uruk (in southern Babylonia), was given the Outstanding Dissertation Award by the American Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TAARII). He travels to Iran frequently; in 2000 he joined the first American archaeological team to excavate in Iran since the 1979 revolution.

• 2006 PhD, University of Chicago
• BA, University of Michigan

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