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Miriam Robbins Dexter, Ph.D.

Contact Information:

Email: mdexter@ucla.edu

Department: Department of Women's Studies

Office: 2225 Rolfe Hall - UCLA - Los Angeles, CA 90095-1504

Classes:

• WS M128/Honors M118: The Roots of Patriarchy: Ancient Goddesses and Heroines, Fall, 2009




• Honors Collegium 15/Theater 138, Acting Myth, Fall, 2009

• Links to Classes, 1999-2008:
• Biography




• Curriculum Vitae





• Research Interests (See also CSW ): I translate ancient Indo-European (Greek, Italic, Sanskrit, Old Iranian, Old Norse, Old Irish, Hittite, Lithuanian, Latvian) and Near Eastern (Sumerian, Akkadian, Ugaritic, Egyptian) texts, studying and comparing the functions and powers of female figures. Presently, my focus of interest is on goddesses and heroines who are perform a magical, sacred display of their genitals; they are often both erotic and ferocious: Greek Medusa, Indic Kali, Indic Lajja Gauri figures in temples, Irish Sheela na gigs and female figures in text, and Sumerian Ereshkigal. I am also looking at particular types of erotic (display) and ferocious figures, including prehistoric 'frog' figures.



• Publications



• Links to Books:

Whence the Goddesses: A Source Book

The Living Goddesses (Edited work of Marija Gimbutas)

The Kurgan Culture and the Indo-Europeanization of Europe (Edited articles of Marija Gimbutas)

Varia on the Indo-European Past: Papers in Memory of Marija Gimbutas (Edited)

Proceedings of the 9th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference Los Angeles, 1997 (Edited)

Proceedings of the 10th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference Los Angeles, 1998 (Edited)

Proceedings of the 12th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference Los Angeles, 2000 (Edited)

Proceedings of the 13th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference Los Angeles, 2001 (Edited)

Proceedings of the 14th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference Los Angeles, 2002 (Edited)

Proceedings of the 15th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference Los Angeles, 2003 (Edited)

Proceedings of the 16th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference Los Angeles, 2004 (Edited)

Proceedings of the 17th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference Los Angeles, 2005 (Edited)