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 associate 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 Swiss Foundation Luwian Studies.[5]
Her doctoral thesis was published in 2015 as Hittite Diplomatics: Studies in Ancient Document Format and Record Management.[6]
She is co-editor, along with Jorrit M. Kelder, of From 'Lugal.Gal' to 'Wanax': kingship and political organisation in the Late Bronze Age Aegean, a work discussing Hittite evidence for the nature of Myceanaen Greek society.[7]
References edit
- ^ 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. S2CID 109494804.
- ^ "Willemijn Waal".
- ^ "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.
- ^ Waal, Willemijn (2015). Hittite diplomatics. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. OCLC 936202557.
- ^ 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. OCLC 1121045050.