About
Eva Miller is a Research Fellow at the Department of History, University College London (UCL). Her work focuses on the intersection of ancient Middle Eastern civilizations and modern Western cultural narratives, particularly how imagery from ancient Assyria influenced art, architecture, and political thought in the 19th–20th centuries. She explores how discoveries in archaeology shaped modern identities and perceptions of civilization's 'progress.'
Her research interests include public history, museum practices, and the role of antiquity in shaping modern national and cultural identities. She has held teaching roles at UCL and the University of Birmingham, and currently organizes academic seminars and conferences on global history.
- Key publications include her 2024 monograph Early Civilization and the American Modern and a co-edited volume on archaeology and the modern Middle East (forthcoming 2025).
- Grants: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship for research on Western reception of ancient Assyria (2020–present).
- External roles: Trustee of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq and organizer of the 2023 Warwick Global History Conference on archaeology and Middle Eastern modernity.
Eva’s work bridges ancient Mesopotamian studies with modern cultural history, emphasizing how past artifacts are reinterpreted in public spaces like museums and world expositions.
