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Dr. Kikuchi

Dr. des. Saki Kikuchi

Academic staff member for the SFB project B01: "Keeping the king’s watch”: Ominous celestial events and their political significance in Assyria and Babylonia, 7th-6th centuries BC

Contact

Mailing Address
Historisches Seminar der LMU
Alte Geschichte
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
80539 München


Office Address, SFB
Amalienstraße 17 Raum A 201
80333 München


Office Address in the Historicum
Schellingstraße 12 Raum K210
80799 München


Phone: +49 (0) 89 / 2180 - 4658

Curriculum Vitae

Studied history with focus on Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Tsukuba (BA 2014, MA 2016) and studied abroad in Berlin (2011-2012).

PhD studies at the Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg (PhD February 2023. Dissertation: "Mesopotamische Hemerologien und deren gesellschaftliche Bedeutung")

Academic positions: Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg (2022–2023, academic staff)

Since August 2023 part of the research staff of CRC Project the “Cultures of Vigilance”

Publications

Journal Articles
Kikuchi, Saki (2019)
Hemerologies and their Transmission in Ancient Mesopotamia: The Case of Hemerologies for the Seventh Month
In: Kaskal. Rivista di storia, ambienti e culture del Vicino Oriente antico, Bd. 16, S. 431–452.

Kikuchi, Saki (2015)
Ritual ‘If a Person’s Body Keeps Faltering like a Sick Person’ and ‘Ištar’s Descent into the Netherworld’: Use of Mythological Knowledge in a Ritual
In: Bulletin of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan (Nippon Oriento Gakkai), Bd. 58/1, S. 15–29 (auf Japanisch mit englischer Zusammenfassung).

Research

"Keeping the king’s watch”: Ominous celestial events and their political significance in Assyria and Babylonia, 7th-6th centuries BC