Current Research Associate
Melissa Moreton
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
History of the Book, Global Middle Ages
Home Institution
Institute for Advanced Study
Melissa Moreton is a codicologist and scholar of the history of the book, who is particularly interested in material culture and the development and exchange of manuscript technologies across Eurasia, Africa, and the Americas. She works on projects relating to global book history (1000–1700) and Indigenous language and cultural revitalization.
Dates at IAS
Research Associate
School of Historical Studies
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Degrees
University of Iowa, History
Ph.D.
2013
Syracuse University, Florence, Art History
M.A.
2004
Appointments
IAS, Princeton
2021–2026
Research Associate
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
2018–2020
ADSI
Eurasian Manuscripts Sawyer Seminar - University of Iowa
2016–2018
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow
Newberry Library
2018
Postdoctoral Research Fellow