Lynn Meskell was born on 1967 and is an Australian archaeologist and anthropologist who currently works as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Lynn Meskell has worked as the 26th Penn Integrates Knowledge Program Professor since her appointment in 2020, which is a program appointed to faculty with multidisciplinary research and teaching and who are working in at least two Penn Schools.
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Lynn Meskell was awarded the King's College scholarship from the University of Cambridge for her Ph.
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Lynn Meskell founded the Journal of Social Archaeology, releasing its first publication in June 2001.
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Lynn Meskell carried out fieldwork in the Kruger National Park and Mapungubwe National Park.
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Lynn Meskell's interests include socio-politics, archaeological ethics, global heritage, materiality, as well as feminist and postcolonial theory.
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Lynn Meskell is recognized for her contributions to feminist archaeology, archaeological ethics, and issues of heritage.
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Lynn Meskell conducted an institutional ethnography of UNESCO World Heritage, criticizing the World Heritage Program through her research.
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Lynn Meskell traced the politics of governance and sovereignty and the subsequent implications for multilateral diplomacy, international conservation, and heritage rights.
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Since 2020, Lynn Meskell has been a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Weitzman School of Design, and a Penn Museum curator for the Middle East and Asia.
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Lynn Meskell has been awarded grants and fellowships for over 20 years from various institutions, including those from the Andrew W Mellon Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Australian Research Council, the American Academy in Rome, the School of American Research, Oxford University and Cambridge University.
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In 2017, Lynn Meskell was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.