Willemijn Waal
Willemijn J.I. Waal (b. 1975 to Cornelis Jan Dirk Waal and Iris Schuddebeurs) is a Dutch Hittitologist and Classicist. She is known especially for her work on Hittite administrative practice and the development of early scripts, including Luwian hieroglyphic [1] and the Greek alphabet.
Having taught at various universities, including the Ludwig Maximilian Universität München and the VU University Amsterdam, she currently is an assistant professor at Leiden University [2] and (from 1 January 2020 onwards) director of the Netherlands Institute for the Near East [3].
Waal received various grants for her research, including fellowships from Cambridge University's CREWS project,[4] the Institute of Aegean Prehistory and the Luwian Studies Foundation [5]
Her doctoral thesis from was published as Waal, Willemijn. Hittite Diplomatics: Studies in Ancient Document Format and Record Management. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2015.[6]
She is co-editor of Kelder, Jorrit M., and Willemijn Waal. 2019. From 'Lugal.Gal' to 'Wanax': kingship and political organisation in the Late Bronze Age Aegean, Leiden: Sidestone Press, 2019., discussing Hittite evidence for the nature of Myceanaen Greek society.[7]
References
- ^ Waal, Willemijn (2011). "They wrote on wood. The case for a hieroglyphic scribal tradition on wooden writing boards in Hittite Anatolia". Anatolian Studies. 61: 21–34. doi:10.1017/S0066154600008760. JSTOR 23317552.
- ^ Https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/willemijn-waal#tab-1
- ^ http://www.nino-leiden.nl/message/willemijn-waal-appointed-as-director-of-nino
- ^ "List of Current and Former Visiting Fellows". January 27, 2019.
- ^ "Luwian Studies supports research projects in 2019". Luwian Studies. January 6, 2019.
- ^ Hittite diplomatics. OCLC 936202557.
- ^ From 'Lugal.Gal' to 'Wanax'. OCLC 1121045050.
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