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Laura F Hawkins

Harvard University, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Acting Allston Burr Assistant Dean, Quincy House

University of Oxford, Oriental Studies, Graduate Student

Brown University, Egyptology and Assyriology, Post-Doc

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I am an experienced researcher and an enthusiastic teacher with a demonstrated history of working in the research industry and in higher education. Trained as an Assyriologist at the University of Oxford (D.Phil. 2016), I use modern computational and traditional philological techniques to answer questions about ancient Mesopotamian languages, scripts, and cultures.

I also have interests in the modern Middle East and its cultural heritage. I have lived, worked, and traveled extensively in the region, including Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq. I speak Modern Standard Arabic, Egyptian Colloquial Arabic, Hebrew, and French, and I am in the process of learning Kurdish and Persian.

If you are interested in learning more about my work or in collaborating on a future project, please be in touch!
Supervisors: Prof. Jacob L. Dahl

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Papers by Laura F Hawkins

A New Edition of the Proto-Elamite Text MDP 17, 112

MDP 17, 112, like most proto-Elamite tablets, was first published in the early part of the twenti... more MDP 17, 112, like most proto-Elamite tablets, was first published in the early part of the twentieth century when understanding of both the writing system and the society that produced it were still relatively poor. Recent advances in the study of early Iran and the proto-Elamite writing system in particular have prompted a re-evaluation of this text and its relevance to our understanding of the wider corpus.

Talks by Laura F Hawkins

Computational Models for Visualizing Cuneiform Syllabaries. Brown University Department of Egyptology and Assyriology Seminar Series. 20 September 2016.

“Digitising Sumerian literature: the long and short of it.” Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology, University of Oxford (Wolfson College). 24 April 2015.

“Signlists in the cdli:wiki.” ‘Assyronline’ Project – LabEx ‘Pasts in the Present’ at the 2nd semiannual workshop. Oxford, 9 January 2015.

“A writing revolution: how and why writing spread in the ancient Near East.” Washington and Lee University. 10 December 2014.

“Some peculiarities in the third millennium Syrian cuneiform syllabary.” Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology, University of Oxford (Wolfson College). 25 April 2014.

“The invention and early systematic use of syllabic signs,” with Professor Jacob L Dahl. Griffith Institute Lecture Series, University of Oxford. 4 March 2014.

“The role of the scribe in the adaptation of cuneiform to write Semitic.” Observing the Scribe at Work: Knowledge Transfer and Scribal Professionalism in Pre-Typographic Societies, Macquarie University. 27-29 September 2013.

“N2 in proto-cuneiform and Proto-Elamite,” Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology, University of Oxford (Wolfson College). 22 February 2013.

“The third millennium Syrian cuneiform syllabary,” Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology, University of Oxford (Wolfson College). 3 March 2012.

A New Edition of the Proto-Elamite Text MDP 17, 112

MDP 17, 112, like most proto-Elamite tablets, was first published in the early part of the twenti... more MDP 17, 112, like most proto-Elamite tablets, was first published in the early part of the twentieth century when understanding of both the writing system and the society that produced it were still relatively poor. Recent advances in the study of early Iran and the proto-Elamite writing system in particular have prompted a re-evaluation of this text and its relevance to our understanding of the wider corpus.

Computational Models for Visualizing Cuneiform Syllabaries. Brown University Department of Egyptology and Assyriology Seminar Series. 20 September 2016.

“Digitising Sumerian literature: the long and short of it.” Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology, University of Oxford (Wolfson College). 24 April 2015.

“Signlists in the cdli:wiki.” ‘Assyronline’ Project – LabEx ‘Pasts in the Present’ at the 2nd semiannual workshop. Oxford, 9 January 2015.

“A writing revolution: how and why writing spread in the ancient Near East.” Washington and Lee University. 10 December 2014.

“Some peculiarities in the third millennium Syrian cuneiform syllabary.” Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology, University of Oxford (Wolfson College). 25 April 2014.

“The invention and early systematic use of syllabic signs,” with Professor Jacob L Dahl. Griffith Institute Lecture Series, University of Oxford. 4 March 2014.

“The role of the scribe in the adaptation of cuneiform to write Semitic.” Observing the Scribe at Work: Knowledge Transfer and Scribal Professionalism in Pre-Typographic Societies, Macquarie University. 27-29 September 2013.

“N2 in proto-cuneiform and Proto-Elamite,” Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology, University of Oxford (Wolfson College). 22 February 2013.

“The third millennium Syrian cuneiform syllabary,” Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology, University of Oxford (Wolfson College). 3 March 2012.