Office address: Faculteit der Letteren - De Boelelaan 1105-1081 HV Amsterdam University Degrees 2008 Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Germany) Ph.D. in Assyriology. Thesis title: Tempel und Palast. Die Beziehungen zwischen dem König und dem Eanna-Tempel im spätbabylonischen Uruk. (Study of the interaction between Babylonian temples and the king / the royal administration in the Chaldean and Early Achaemenid period, grade: summa cum laude) 2001 Freie Universität Berlin (Germany) Master of Arts in Ancient Near Eastern Languages (major), Near Eastern Archaeology and Semitics (minors). Thesis title: Seid meine Fürsprecher zum Guten! Untersuchungen zur Interzession in Mesopotamien. (Studies on the concept and context of intercession in Mesopotamia) Education/Career since 9.2010 Lecturer in Languages and Cultures of the Ancient Near East at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 7.2008-7.2010 Research Associate in Assyriology at the Freie Universität Berlin (Germany) under the auspices of TOPOI - Center of Excellence 8.2006-6.2008 and 10.2004-9.2005 Research Associate at the START price project Economic History of Babylonia in the first millennium B.C. at the University of Vienna 10.2005-6.2006 and 7.2003-8.2004 Doctoral student at the University of Münster, Dissertation grant of the Gerda Henkel-Stiftung 2001-2003 Post-graduate (M.A.) Assistantship ( Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft ) at the Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Münster University, spring term 2002: Wissenschaftliche Assistentin (teaching staff member) at the same institute (covering maternity leave of the assistant) 1
1999-2001 M.A. student in Ancient Near Eastern Languages, Near Eastern Archeology and Semitics, Free University of Berlin Graduate Student Assistantship ( Studentische Hilfskraft ) 1998-1999 Visiting exchange student at the Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland), post-graduate program in Assyriology, Semitics and Biblical Studies 1-3.1997 Student of Arabic at the Yemen Language Center (Sanaa) 1994-1998 Undergraduate and graduate education in Near Eastern Archaeology, Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Semitics, FU Berlin Excavations 8-9.2004 Archaeological work at the Museum of Deir az-zor (Syria) under the auspices of the German Mission to Tell Dgherat (Syria). (Finds from the Roman and Early Byzantine Period) 8-9.2003 and 7-9.2002 Excavation at Tell Dgherat (Syria), field director: Dr. Andreas Oettel (German Archaeological Institute). (Excavation of a Roman fortress and Early Byzantine monastery) 8-10.1995 Excavation at Tell Shekh Hamad (Syria) under the direction of Prof. Hartmut Kühne (FU Berlin) (Excavation of a Neo-Assyrian palace) Other relevant activities/conference organization Organization of a workshop on Kingship in the Ancient Near East under the auspices of TOPOI (FU Berlin), March 19, 2009 Member of the organizational board of the 52 nd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale at Münster, Germany (July 2006) Assistance in the organization of the 4 th International Colloquium of the German Oriental Society at Münster (February 2002) Cultural tourist guidance in journey to Iraq (2001, Swiss company Orient-Tours) Museum guidance: exhibition Agatha Christie und der Orient (Berlin, 2001) 2
Language course in Arabic at the Yemen Language Center (Sana a, Yemen), January-March 1997 (200 hours of Arabic, upper intermediate level) Grants and stipends Travel Grant from the Center for the Advancement of Women in Research (Freie Universität Berlin), 2009 Dissertation Grant of the Gerda Henkel-Stiftung (Düsseldorf), 2003-06 Visiting Exchange Scholarship of the Commission for Educational Exchange between the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Germany (1998-99) Fulbright Travel Grant (1998-99) Languages (Ancient) Akkadian (Babylonian and Assyrian dialects, all levels) Sumerian Hebrew Aramaic (Biblical and Imperial) Ugaritic Hittite Languages (Modern) German (native speaker) English (fluent) Dutch (fluent) Arabic (intermediate) Russian (intermediate) Spanish (basic) French (reading) Additional qualifications (teaching-related) 2012 University Teaching Qualification (BKO) (150 hours) 2008 Participation in a workshop Teaching Methods in University Education (16 hours) 3
Academic Service since 2011 since 2012 Member of the Examining Board of Undergraduate Studies (Bachelor examencomissie Oudheid) of the Department of Ancient Studies, VU University Amsterdam Member of the Faculty Board for Examination Quality Control (Facultaire toetscommissie), VU Amsterdam 2013-14 Leader of the Workgroup Internationalization of ACASA - Amsterdam Centre for Ancient Studies and Archaeology 2012 Member of the Reading and Promotion Committees of PhD candidates, VU University Amsterdam Professional Memberships Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft International Association for Assyriology OIKOS National Research School in Classical Studies, The Netherlands CLUE Research Institute for the Heritage and History of the Cultural Landscape and Urban Environment Ernst-Reuter-Gesellschaft (Alumni Network of the Freie Universität Berlin) Public lectures 2014 Steuern und Abgaben im Achämenidenreich, 30 January 2014 in Münster, Institut für Altorientalische Philologie. 2013 Seeluft macht frei! Die Stadt Tyros und ihre Beziehungen zum neuassyrischen und neubabylonischen Reich held on 13 June 2013, Abendkolloquien Wilhelms-Universität Münster. 2013 Der Gartenhof und die Speicher des Eanna-Tempels, 8th International Colloquium of the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft, April 22-24 in Berlin. 2012 The Neo-Babylonian Empire and the transition to Persian Rule: Spatial Integration and Territorialized Rule held at the TOPOI workshop Imperial Space. The Organization of Near Eastern Empires from the 2nd Millennium BC to the 2nd Millennium AD, 3-5 May 2012 in Berlin. 2012 The Neo-Babylonian Empire in the Levant: A System of Failure? held on 24 March 2012 at the VI. DUSANE, Leiden. 2011 Säkularisierungstendenzen im neubabylonischen Prozess Presentation at the workshop Prozeßrecht und Eid: Recht und Rechtsfindung in antiken Kulturen 4
Verfahrensrecht als erstes Zivilisierungsprojekt Zur Teleologie rechtlicher Verfahren, Innsbruck (Austria) 14.-16.December 2011 2011 Cashcrop Production and the Use of Money from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age, Presentation held at a colloquium of the European Science Foundation, June 28-30, 2011 in Lille (Flanders). 2011 Famine in Babylonia. A Microhistorical Approach at Agricultural Crisis in 6th century Babylonia, Presentation held at the Academy Colloquium The efficiency of Markets in Pre-industrial societies: the case of Babylonia in comparative perspective, Amsterdam 19-21 May 2011. 2010 Slave, Serf and Freeman: A Neo-Babylonian Perspective. Invited presentation, 7th Oriental Institute Seminar, March 5-6, 2010 in Chicago. 2009 Die Organisation der babylonischen Tempel zwischen Wirtschaft, Politik und Kult. Invited presentation held at the 7th International Colloquium of the German Oriental Society, October 11-13, 2009 in Munich. 2009 Peinliche Befragung, Körperstrafen und Hinrichtung nach babylonischen Quellen des 1. Jahrtausends v. Chr. Invited presentation held at the interdisciplinary workshop on Punishment and Criminal Law in Antiquity- Death Penalty, Execution and Torture, June 17-19, 2009 in Innsbruck. 2009 Aspekte des Königtums in spätbabylonischer und achämenidischer Zeit. 1. Königsbildverehrung, 2. Die Erschaffung des Darius. Presentation held at the Workshop Die Umsetzung von Herrschaft im Raum: Königtum im Alten Orient, Israel und im frühen Griechenland, March 19th, 2009, Berlin. 2008 Gesetzgebung in Babylonien unter den Achämeniden. Invited presentation held at the Spring Meeting of the Center for History and Culture of the Levant, Konkurrenz und wechselseitiger Einfluss divergenter Rechtsordnungen im alten Orient, March 12-14, 2008. 2007 Hierarchy and Modes of Interaction of Babylonian Officials of the Imperial and Temple Administration. Presentation held at the 53 rd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale in St. Petersburg (Russia), July 23-27, 2007. 2006 Griechisch φυλακτήριον = babylonisch kādu - Die Wache des Königs: Zum Einsatz der Bogenschützen des Eanna-Tempels. Presentation held at the 52 nd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale in Münster, July 17-21, 2006. 2005 Fraud, Blackmail, and Perjury: an Extraordinary Trial at the Urukean Court. Invited presentation held on November 15, 2005 at the Department for Near Eastern Studies, Yale University (New Haven) during a research period at the Yale Babylonian Collection (November-December 2005). 5