Clairève or Claireve Grandjouan (10 October 1929 – 1982) was a French-born American archaeologist. ''Includes full text of Grandjouan's "The Dormouse Caper" on pp 30–35'' She had a B.A. and Ph.D. from

Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr College ( ; Welsh: ) is a women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Founded as a Quaker institution in 1885, Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges, a group of elite, historically women's colleges in the United St ...

. After working on excavations in Athens, she became General Secretary of the

Archaeological Institute of America The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) is North America's oldest society and largest organization devoted to the world of archaeology. AIA professionals have carried out archaeological fieldwork around the world and AIA has established re ...

(1962–1968) and editor of its ''Bulletin'', while teaching at

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

(1963–1968). She then taught at

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from 1968, becoming chairman of classical and Oriental studies in 1968 and full professor in 1981. She frequently spoke in public, described as "Stimulating, amusing, and well informed on a wide variety of area studies" and "a consummate educator". She was a lively personality, and wrote fiction as well as academic papers, including a spoof entitled "The Dormouse Caper" which is described as showing her views on "teaching, scholarship and life".

Selected publications

* *(completed by Eileen Markson and Susan I. Rotroff)

References

1929 births 1982 deaths American women archaeologists Bryn Mawr College alumni Hunter College faculty 20th-century American archaeologists New York University faculty French emigrants to the United States 20th-century American women writers 20th-century French women writers American women academics {{US-archaeologist-stub