Full CV and Bibliography
I) Academic Degrees and Education
- 06.2012-12.2015 Ph.D. Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University
Title: “Akkadian Royal Letters in Later Mesopotamian Tradition”
Advisor: Prof. Dr E. Frahm - 05.2012-08.2013 Visiting student, Institute for Assyriology, Heidelberg University
- 09.2008-05.2012 M.Phil. Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University
- 09.2004-06.2008 B.A. (Hons.) Classics and Oriental Studies, University of Oxford
II) Employment
- 05.2018-09.2018 Research Fellow (wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin)
Department of Ancient History, LMU Munich - 02.2018-03.2018 Research Affiliate of the “Cuneiform Commentaries Project”
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University - 04.2017-12.2017 Senior Editor of the “Cuneiform Commentaries Project” (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University - 01.2017-03.2017 Visiting Chester Beatty & Middle Eastern Studies Scholar
Department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Trinity College Dublin - 01.2016-12.2016 Senior Editor of the “Cuneiform Commentaries Project” (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University
III) Funding Received
- 05.2018 LMU Incoming Research Fellowship [declined]
Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND scheme
2-year fellowship for independent research - 03.2018 Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers
2-year fellowship for independent research - 05.2017 International Assyriology Association Fund
Awarded to 5 early career scholars for travel and accommodation costs related to presenting their work at the Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale. - 05.2014 John F. Enders Fellowship, Yale University
Travel award used to conduct research in the British Museum. - 09.2013 Yale University Dissertation Fellowship
1-year fellowship - 05.2011 Scholarship to attend the Advanced Seminar in the Humanities 2011-2012, Venice International University, Italy.
- 02.2011 Baden-Württemberg Stipendium
1-year student-exchange fellowship funded by the states of Baden-Württemberg, Germany and Connecticut, USA. - 2009-2015 Yale University Teaching Fellowship (6×)
Semester-long fellowship for teaching twice weekly as language instructor or discussion-section leader. - 03.2008 Yale University Graduate Fellowship
2-year stipend and full-tuition fellowship.
IV) Prizes and Awards
- 04.2017 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Seal of Excellence
Awarded to MSCA Individual Fellowship applicants who score 85% or higher. - 05.2016 William J. Horowitz Prize
For “continuous excellence and distinction in a chosen discipline in the field of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Yale University”.
V) Publications
Book Manuscripts
1. Frahm, E., Frazer, M. & Jiménez, E. (2019) Cuneiform Commentaries from Babylonia and Assyria
(anticipated manuscript submission date: 31.12.2018)
Series: Writings from the Ancient World, Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature Press
2. Frazer, M. (2015) Akkadian Royal Letters in Later Mesopotamian Tradition (Ph.D. dissertation)
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
1. Frazer, M. (2017) “Inscribed Mesopotamian Artefacts in the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery (UK)”
Aula Orientalis 35 (2017), pp. 105-125
2. Frazer M. (2016) “An Elementary Late Babylonian Scribal Exercise Featuring Nazi-Maruttaš”
KASKAL Rivista di storia, ambienti e culture del Vicino Oriente Antico 13, pp. 175-183
3. Frazer, M. (2013) “Nazi-Maruttaš in Later Mesopotamian Tradition”
KASKAL Rivista di storia, ambienti e culture del Vicino Oriente Antico 10, pp. 187-220
Forthcoming:
4. Frazer, M. “Neo-Babylonian Documents in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin”
5. Frazer, M. & Adalı, S.F. “A New Royal Inscription in the Museum of the Ancient Orient, Istanbul”
Invited Contributions to Edited Volumes
1. Frazer, M. “Mesopotamian Ideas of the Past”,
in A.W. Lassen, K. Wagensonner and E. Frahm, (eds.) Highlights of the Yale Babylonian Collection (submitted, forthcoming 2019)
Electronic Text Editions of Mesopotamian Scholarly Texts
Comprehensive editions of cuneiform commentaries based on study of the original manuscripts. Several editions represent the first edition of the text; others contain improvements on previous editions. Fourteen of these editions will appear in 2019 in Cuneiform Commentaries from Babylonia and Assyria (book manuscript no. 2 above).
1. Frazer, M., 2015, “Commentary on Therapeutic Medical Text (CCP 4.2.B)”, Cuneiform Commentaries Project, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P459065. DOI: 10079/8cz8wpc
2. Frazer, M., 2016, “Commentary on Izbu 7 (CCP 3.6.3.A)”, Cuneiform Commentaries Project, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P415763. DOI: 10079/sn02vkv
3. Frazer, M., 2016, “Commentary on Enūma Anu Enlil 8 (CCP 3.1.8.A.a)”, Cuneiform Commentaries Project, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P363690. DOI: 10079/hqbzkvx
4. Frazer, M., 2016, “Commentary on Enūma Anu Enlil (?) (CCP 3.1.u83)”, Cuneiform Commentaries Project, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P393842. DOI: 10079/zpc86ks
5. Frazer, M., 2016, “Commentary on Enūma Anu Enlil 5 (?) (CCP 3.1.5.A)”, Cuneiform Commentaries Project, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P237772. DOI: 10079/pg4f53m
6. Frazer, M., 2016, “Commentary on Enūma Anu Enlil 5 and 16 (CCP 3.1.5.E)”, Cuneiform Commentaries Project, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P299300. DOI: 10079/5hqbzz9
7. Frazer, M., 2016, “Commentary on Neo-Babylonian Grammatical Text (9) (CCP 6.6)”, Cuneiform Commentaries Project, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P461061. DOI: 10079/1jwsv3g
8. Frazer, M., 2016, “Commentary on Enūma Anu Enlil 55 (CCP 3.1.55.A)”, Cuneiform Commentaries Project, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P394167. DOI: 10079/1g1jx5m
9. Frahm, E. & Jiménez, E. & Frazer, M., 2016, “Commentary on Marduk’s Address, Muššuʾu, and Udughul (CCP 2.2.1.A.b),” Cuneiform Commentaries Project, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P430865. DOI: 10079/bcc2g3s
10. Frazer, M., 2017, “Commentary on Enūma Anu Enlil 5 (?) (CCP 3.1.5.B)”, Cuneiform Commentaries Project, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P238552. DOI: 10079/jq2bw34
11. Frazer, M., 2017, “Commentary on Enūma Anu Enlil 5 (?) (CCP 3.1.5.F)”, Cuneiform Commentaries Project, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P426183. DOI: 10079/3r228cd
12. Frazer, M., 2017, “Commentary on Enūma Anu Enlil 21 (CCP 3.1.21)”, Cuneiform Commentaries Project, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P425538. DOI: 10079/2jm649k
13. Frazer, M., 2017, “Commentary on Enūma Anu Enlil 27 (28) (CCP 3.1.27.B)”, Cuneiform Commentaries Project, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P395223. DOI: 10079/ncjsxzq
14. Frazer, M., 2017, “Commentary on Enūma Anu Enlil 55 (CCP 3.1.55.B)”, Cuneiform Commentaries Project, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P394343. DOI: 10079/wpzgn58
15. Frazer, M., 2017, “Commentary on Therapeutic Medical Text, bulṭu bīt Dābibi (CCP 4.2.Q)”, Cuneiform Commentaries Project, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P461270. DOI: 10079/2ngf27c
16. Frazer, M., 2017, “Commentary on Therapeutic Medical Text (CCP 4.2.R)”, Cuneiform Commentaries Project, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P461257. DOI: 10079/xwdbs71
17. Frazer, M., 2017, “Commentary on Lugale (CCP 1.2)”, Cuneiform Commentaries Project, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P461247. DOI: 10079/h44j1bm
18. Frazer, M., 2017, “Commentary on Bārûtu 8 Kakku (CCP 3.4.8.C)”, Cuneiform Commentaries Project, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P394184. DOI: 10079/x0k6dxg
19. Frazer, M. & Frahm, E., 2017, “Commentary on Enūma Anu Enlil 55 (CCP 3.1.55.G)”, Cuneiform Commentaries Project, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P461321. DOI: 10079/80gb60d
20. Frazer, M., 2017, “Commentary on Therapeutic Medical Text (Qutāru) (CCP 4.2.M.a)”, Cuneiform Commentaries Project, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P296515. DOI: 10079/v41nsdr
21. Frazer, M., 2018, “Commentary on Enūma Anu Enlil 58(59)-62(63) Group B (CCP 3.1.58.A.b)”, Cuneiform Commentaries Project, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P393722. DOI: 10079/70rxws4
22. Frazer, M., 2018, “Commentary on Šurpu, Medical text (?) (CCP 2.1.B)”, Cuneiform Commentaries Project, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P395480. DOI: 10079/v9s4n85
VI) Invited Presentations: International Conferences and Workshops
- 10.2018 “Nippur as Neverland: Remembering Middle Babylonian Kings in the Late Babylonian Period”, Cuneiform Scholarship at Nippur
Brown University, USA - 07.2018 “Not Making the Cut: The Missing Middle Assyrian Correspondence at Nineveh”
Forms of Forgetting in Antiquity
Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Germany - 07.2017 “Later Copies of Akkadian Royal Letters ca. 669-69 BCE: Overview and Historical Significance”
63rd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale
Philipps University of Marburg, Germany - 07.2016 “Gilgamesh, King of Ur: The Gilgamesh Letter in Context”
62nd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale
University of Pennsylvania, USA - 06.2016 “The Persian Conquest in the Eyes of Northern Babylonian Elites (c. 539-484)”
9th Celtic Classics Conference
University College Dublin, Ireland - 04.2016 “The Re-invention of Kingship by Literate Elites: Warring States China and Post-Persian Babylonia” (with Yegor Grebnev, University of Oxford)
Early Text Cultures Workshop
Princeton University, USA - 03.2016 “Remembering the Enemy’s Insults: Middle Babylonian–Middle Assyrian Royal Correspondence in Seventh Century BCE Nineveh”
226th American Oriental Society Annual Meeting
Boston, USA - 10.2012 “Nazi-Maruttaš in Later Mesopotamian Tradition”
Advanced Seminar in the Humanities
Venice International University, Italy
VII) Teaching Experience
Trinity College Dublin
As Instructor/ Co-Instructor
Spring 2017 The Life and Afterlife of Ancient Texts (with Dr Anne Fitzpatrick-McKinley and Dr Zuleika Rogers)
Spring 2017 Jewish and Christian Origins and the Bible (with Dr Anne Fitzpatrick-McKinley)
Spring 2017 Elementary Akkadian I
Yale University
As Instructor
Spring 2012 Elementary Akkadian II
Spring 2011 Elementary Akkadian II
Fall 2010 Elementary Akkadian I
As Teaching Fellow
Spring 2015 Lives in Ancient Egypt (Instructor: Prof. C. Mannassa Darnell)
Fall 2014 Origins of Western Civilization: The Near East from Alexander to Muhammad (Instructor: Prof. B.R. Foster)
Fall 2009 The Hero in the Ancient Near East (Instructor: Dr K.E. Slanski)
As Guest Lecturer
11.2017 “Ashurbanipal: His Life and Times”, as part of the course “Assyria: First Near Eastern Empire” (Instructor: Prof. E. Frahm)
04.2017 “Letters and Authenticity: Ashurbanipal’s Text-collecting Correspondence”, as part of the course “Fakes, Forgeries, and the Making of Antiquity” (Instructors: Prof. I. Peirano and Prof. E. Frahm)
Qualification: Yale Certificate of College Teaching Preparation
05.2015 Merited on participation in a comprehensive training programme in effective college teaching offered by the Yale Teaching Center. The programme included multiple teaching observations and workshops on syllabus design, delivering lectures, leading small-class discussions, promoting excellence in reading and writing, mentoring, teaching with technology, and classroom diversity.
VIII) Events Organized
- 2016-2017 Yale Cuneiforum
A fortnightly workshop for reading unpublished cuneiform texts, funded by the Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University. - 2015-2016 Yale Graduate Writing Workshops
Hour-long workshops designed to familiarize graduate students in the humanities and social sciences with the basic components of the following genres of academic writing:
• Personal statements for fellowships and grants for doctoral dissertation research
• Doctoral dissertation prospectuses
• Conference paper abstracts
• Research proposals for postdoctoral fellowships - 2008-2009 Yale Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Roundtable
A graduate-student forum for presenting unpublished research and practising job talks and conference presentations.
IX) Modern Language Qualifications
07.2013 German Language Exam for University Entrance: Grade „3“ (highest grade) = German language level C1
X) Membership of Professional Societies
2014-Now International Association of Assyriology
XI) Additional Professional Experience
Cuneiform Tablet Collections Visited: Ashmolean Museum; Babylonian Section of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; Brighton Museum and Art Gallery; British Museum; Chester Beatty Library, Free Library of Philadelphia; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Trinity College Dublin; Ulster Museum; Vorderasiatisches Museum, Yale Babylonian Collection.
Last updated: 07.09.2018