Rocío Da Riva
Departament de Prehistòria, Història Antiga i Arqueologia,
Universitat de Barcelona
Montalegre 6-8, 08001 Barcelona
Tlf. + 93 403 75 47
e-mail: [email protected]
Curriculum vitae
1. Education
Degree 1995, Ancient History. Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain).
PhD 2002, Oriental Studies (Assyriology). University of Würzburg (Germany): summa cum laude.
Supervisors: Gernot Wilhelm (University of Würzburg) and Michael Jursa (University of Vienna).
2. Professional Experience
2007-present “Serra Hunter” Associate Professor, University of Barcelona.
2002-2007
“Ramón y Cajal” Researcher. University of Barcelona.
1999-2001
PhD Research Fellow, University of Würzburg.
2000
Assistant Professor, University of Würzburg.
1997-1999
PhD Research Fellow, University of Erlangen, Germany.
1996
PhD Research Fellow at the Autonomous University of Madrid.
3. History of Research Grants
• Member of the R+D Project “Socio-environmental interactions during the Holocene (TerAmAr),” of the
Ministry of Education, since 2012.
• Research Grant from the School of Geography and History of the University of Barcelona to carry out
research at the Frobenius Institut of the J. Von Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main. August 2010.
• Grant from the School of Geography and History of the University of Barcelona to supervise the
restoration works of the Brisa inscription at Wadi esh-Sharbin (Lebanon). June 2010.
• Research Grant from the Vice-Rectorate of the University of Barcelona to study the Nebuchadnezzar
inscription at Shi as-Sanam, Qbayyat (Lebanon). May 2008.
4. Fellowships
• José Castillejo Mobility Research Grants, Spanish Ministry of Education given to conduct research at the
Department of Oriental Studies, University of Vienna. 2008-2009 and 2012.
• “Ramón y Cajal” Research Fellow at the University of Barcelona (2002-2007)
• I have also received a series of travel grants from the University of Barcelona and from the School of
Geography and History of the University of Barcelona (2003-present).
5. Conference participation
• World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies. Autonomous University of Barcelona 2010.
• Meeting of the American Oriental Society, Chicago 2010.
• International Conference in Honor of Nicolay Harutyunyan, NASRA Yerevan 2009.
• Conference: Man and Water: 4000 years of water management, University of Barcelona. 2004.
• Rencontre Assyriologique International (Leiden 2002, London 2003).
• International Conference of Hittitology, Würzburg 1999.
• International Conference “Diez Años de Estudios sobre el Oriente Antiguo” Madrid 1997
6. Research achievements
• More than 20 research activities and research stays at the British Museum (London), Vorderasiatisches
Museum (Berlin), University Museum (Philadelphia), Yale Babylonian Collection (New Haven), Harvard
Semitic Museum (Cambridge, Mass.) and Istanbul Archaeological Museum (Istanbul), since 1998.
• Participation in the Exploratory Workshop, ESF, European Union, VAK/SCH/06-126: 2007.
7. Scientific memberships
• Member of the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft, since 1999.
• Member of the Institut für Nahosten und Kaukasische Studien, Deutsche Universität Armenien, since 2009.
• Member of the International Association for Assyriology, since 2011.
8. Scientific Advisory Boards
• Advisor for the National Evaluation and Foresight Agency, Spanish Ministry of Education and Science for
the Fullbright grants in the area of Humanities, 2003.
• Scientific advisor for the General Directorate of Antiquities, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of
Lebanon, since 2005.
• Advisor for the Israel Science Foundation in the area of Humanities, 2006.
• Advisor for the Spanish Ministry of Science in the area of Philosophy and Linguistics (2011).
9. Editorial boards
• Co-Editor for the journal Historiae, since 2004.
10. Teaching experience
• Teaching experience at the Department of Oriental Studies, University of Würzburg (2000).
• Teaching experience at the Department of Prehistory, Ancient History and Archaeology, University of
Barcelona (2004-present).
• Member of four groups for Teaching Innovation of the University of Barcelona, since 2010.
11. Other achievements
• Language proficiency: Spanish, Italian, English, Catalan and German (native or near native command);
Dutch, French, Portuguese and Arabic (intermediate level).
• Editing RAW images in photoshop for the digitization of Neo-Babylonian Royal inscriptions.
12. A selection of publications since 2008
A. Books
Da Riva, R., 2008 The Neo-Babylonian Royal Inscriptions: An Introduction. Münster.
Da Riva, R., 2012 The Twin Inscriptions of Nebuchadnezzar at Brisa (Wadi esh-Sharbin, Lebanon): a
Historical and Philological Study. Horn.
Da Riva, R., The inscriptions of Nabopolassar, Amēl-Marduk and Neriglissar, forthcoming.
B. Articles
Da Riva, R., 2008 “The Nebuchadnezzar Inscription in Brisa,” BAAL 12: 161-188.
Da Riva, R., 2009 “Desde la muralla de Media a los cedros del Líbano: unos apuntes de geografía del
Próximo Oriente Antiguo,” Geographia Antiqua 18: 217-226. ERIH Classical Studies: INT2.
Da Riva, R., 2009 “Lawrence of Arabia’s forerunner. The bizarre enterprise of Leo Frobenius, aka Abdul
Kerim Pasha, in Arabia and Eritrea (1914-1915),” WZKM 99: 29-111. ERIH Linguistics: INT2.
Da Riva, R., 2009 “A Note to the Inscription of Brisa (WBC),” NABU 2009/12.
Da Riva, R., “Assyrianisms and Assyrian influence on the Neo-Babylonian inscriptions,” forthcoming.
Da Riva, R., and D. Vanderhooft “A New Edition of Nebuchadnezzar II’s ziqqurrat inscriptions,”
forthcoming.
Da Riva, R., “Neo-Babylonian monuments at Shir es-Sanam and Wadi es-Saba (North Lebanon),”WZKM
102. 2013. forthcoming. ERIH Linguistics: INT2.
Da Riva, R., “Nebuchadnezzar II's Prism (EŞ 7834): a new edition,” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und
Vorderasiatische Archäologie, forthcoming. ERIH Linguistics: INT1.
Da Riva, R., “Viehhütungsverträge. Neubabylonisch,” Reallexikon der Assyriologie, forthcoming.
Da Riva, R., “The Inscriptions in Shir as-Sanam and Wadi es-Saba,” BAAL forthcoming. 2013.
C. Contributions published in collective volumes
Da Riva, R., 2009 “The Nebuchadnezzar Inscription in Nahr el-Kalb,” pp. 255-302 in: A. –M. Afeiche (ed.)
Le Site du Nahr el-Kalb, BAAL HS 5. Beirut.
Da Riva, R., 2010 “Another Brick in the Median Wall,” pp. 55-65 in: A. Kosyan et al. (eds), Urartu and Its
Neighbors, Festschrift in Honor of Nicolay Harutyunyan in Occasion of His 90th Birthday. Aramazd V/1-2.
Da Riva, R., 2010 “A lion in the cedar forest. International politics and pictorial self-representations of
Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BC),” pp. 165-193 in: J. Vidal (ed.): Studies on War in the Ancient Near East.
Collected Essays on Military History. Münster.
Da Riva, R., 2010 “Dynastic gods and favourite gods in the Neo-Babylonian period,” pp. 45-62 in G.
Lanfranchi (ed.), Concepts of Kingship in Antiquity. Padova.
Da Riva, R., 2012 “Recent findings in the Biqa’ Valley (Lebanon): The last columns of the Old-Babylonian
Brisa inscription (WBA) of Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BC),” pp. 259-270 in: F. Borrell et al. (eds.),
Broadening Horizons 3: Conference of Young Researchers Working in the Ancient Near East. Barcelona.
Da Riva, R., 2012 “BM 67405 and the Cross Country Walls of Nebuchadnezzar II,” pp. 15-18 in: N. Wyatt,
G. del Olmo and J. Vidal (eds), The Perfumes of Seven Tamarisks. Münster.
Da Riva, R., “The Neo-Babylonian Period” (chapter 3.15), in G. Rubio (ed.) Handbook of Ancient
Mesopotamia, forthcoming.
D. Book Reviews
Da Riva, R., Review articles of “B. Faist, Alltagstexte aus neuassyrischen Archiven und Bibliotheken der
Stadt Assur” and “K. Kleber, Tempel und Palast. Die Beziehungen zwischen dem König und dem EannaTempel im spätbabylonischen Uruk.”Historiae 7 (2010): 107-108.
Da Riva, R., Review article of “K. Abraham, Business and Politics under the Persian Empire”, JAOS 126/1
(2006): 123-125. ERIH Linguistics: INT1; AHCI; CIRC A.
Da Riva, R., Review articles of “ J. Bláquez, Dioses, mitos y rituales de los semitas occidentales en la
antigüedad, and Mitos, dioses, héroes en el Mediterráneo antiguo,” AfO 50 (2003/2004): 491.492.
Da Riva, R., “M. Witte and S. Alkier, Die Griechen und der Vordere Orient. Beiträge zum Kultur- und
Religionskontakt zwischen Griechenland und dem Vorderen Orient im 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr.” AuOr 21
(2003): 294-300. CIRC B/CARHUS+ 2010B.
13. Selected Papers Presented in Conferences, Meetings and Workshops
Da Riva, R., “New Evidence on the Twin Inscriptions of Nebuchadnezzar II at Brisa (Lebanon),” American
Oriental Society Two Hundred and Twenty-First Meeting Chicago — March 10–14, 2011.
Da Riva, R., The Land amidst the sea: Arabia and ancient Mesopotamia. Conferences “Arabian Routes”
Foundation Caixaforum, Barcelona. 2011.
Da Riva, R., “The Nebuchadnezzar inscriptions in Wadi Brisa,” World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies.
Autonomous University of Barcelona. 2010.
Da Riva, R., “Another Brick in the Median Wall,” Conference in Honour of Nicolay Harutyunyan in
Occasion of His 90th Birthday. National Academy of Sciences Yerevan, Armenia. Yerevan. 2009.
14. Selected Papers Presented as Invited Speaker
Da Riva, R., “Nabucodonossor in Libano.” Inaugural lecture “Geographical Space and Mind Maps”
Conference cycle in honor of Luigi V. Patella Scola. Ca’ Foscari University, Venice. 2012.
Da Riva, R., “Nebuchadnezzar's II Prism: geography, politics and Assyrian influence on the Neo-Babylonian
Empire.” Harvard Semitic Museum. Harvard University. 2012.
Da Riva, R., “Nebuchadnezzar II’s Inscriptions from Lebanon.” Ancient Societies Workshop, Yale
University. 2010.
Da Riva, R., “Babylonien im Westen.” Friday seminars, Orientalistik, University of Vienna. 2009.
Da Riva, R., “Nebuchadnezzar II’s Inscriptions from Nahr el Kalb and Wadi Brisa.” Archaeological
Afternoons at the AUB. American University of Beirut, Lebanon. 2009.
Da Riva, R., “The Foreign Policy in the Neo-Babylonian Period.” Seminar, Chuo University Japan. Tokyo.
2009.
Da Riva, R., “Recent investigations on royal inscriptions.” Seminar Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brasil.
Ribeirao Preto, Brasil. 2008
15. Prizes and Awards
• Certificates of Distinction in Research. The Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency (AQU
Catalunya): Accreditation of Advanced Research in the Area of Humanities (Nº: U1446/9272782-83): 2009;
and Accreditation of Research in the Area of Humanities (Nº: U1445/2346159-16): 2005
• Icrea Academia Prize for Excellence in Research 2008. Government of Catalonia.
(http://www.icrea.cat/Web/Awarded.aspx)
• Certificate of Distinction in Research I3. The National Evaluation and Foresight Agency (ANEP) of the
Directorate General for Research, Spanish Ministry of Education and Science: 2006.
Further information can be found at www.academia.edu (Rocío Da Riva, University of Barcelona).