PhD Candidate; Assyriologist, Macquarie University
Chaya Kasif is an Assyriologist interested in gender and sexuality in ancient Mesopotamia, as well as ancient languages and translation theory. Kasif has completed a Bachelor of Ancient History at Macquarie University, as well as a Master of Philosophy in Assyriology at the University of Cambridge, where Kasif ranked first in cohort and was awarded the department prize for Excellence in Ancient Languages (Akkadian). Kasif is currently a PhD candidate at Macquarie University where Kasif's thesis project develops a philological analysis of sexuality in Neo-Assyrian divination texts.
