Karljürgen G. Feuerherm Assistant Professor Member of Graduate Faculty Degrees Ph.D. Akkadian Language and Literature Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations University of Toronto 1996 M.A. Biblical Hebrew and Akkadian Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations University of Toronto 1992 M.Div. Theology Waterloo Lutheran Seminary, Wilfrid Laurier University 1984 B.Math. Computer Science Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo Employment history 200304 Assistant Professor, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University Lecturer, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University Academic and professional memberships 2007 2006 Canadian Society for the Study of Religion Society for Existentialism, Phenomenology, Theory, and Culture Canadian Society of Biblical Studies International Association for Assyriology 1
2003 1998 Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies American Oriental Society Scholarship Internal research funding 2009 Short Term Research Grant Feasability Study ROM' $2476.76 Initiatory Research Grant In the Beginning $300.00 2007 Equipment Grant Digital Camera Acquisition $5300 Initiatory Research Grant Integration of Yale Copies $300 2006 Research Fellowship I, Dissertation Publication $5000 International Travel Grant, 52e Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale $1500 Initiatory Research Grant,Immediacy in Direct Speech in Numbers $300 Publications Refereed books forthcoming Feuerherm, Karljürgen. Abumwaqar and His Circle: A Prosopographical Study, vol. 1. Texte und Studien zur Orientalistik. Olms Verlag Chapters in books forthcoming Feuerherm, Karljürgen. Have Horn, Will Travel: The Journeys of Mesopotamian Deities, Seminar for Travel and Religion of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies. Studies in Christianity and Judaism Series. Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2007 Everson, Michael, Karljürgen Feuerherm, and Steve Tinney. Sumero- Akkadian Cuneiform, The Unicode Standard Version 5.0. The Unicode Consortium 2
Articles in refereed journals 2007 Feuerherm, Karljürgen. Architectural Features of Larsas B 27 and Division of Inheritance, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 66/3 (April 2007), pp. 193 204. Chicago: University of Chicago Press Papers in refereed conference proceedings forthcoming Feuerherm, Karljürgen. Enuma Elish: Creation in the Context of Destruction, Comptes Rendus de la 52e Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Münster, July 2006. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz 2009 Feuerherm, Karljürgen. Bread of Life, Water of LifeBread of Death, Water of Death, Revue détudes des civilisations anciennes du Proche-Orient, vol. 14 (2008-2009), pp. 2733. Montréal: Faculté de théologie et de sciences des religions, Université de Montréal 2001 Feuerherm, Karljürgen. Enquiry into the Interpretation of the {t} Inx of Old Babylonian Verbal Forms, Proceedings of the Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations Graduate Students Annual Symposium 19982000, pp. 110 2001 Feuerherm, Karljürgen. Ethical Considerations Arising out of the Study of Ancient Peoples, Proceedings of the Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations Graduate Students Annual Symposium 19982000, pp. 4554 Technical reports 2005 Feuerherm, Karljürgen, and John Hudson, Input from Canadian Experts on the Phoenician proposal, les of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). On-line at http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n2907.pdf 2003 Everson, Michael, Karljürgen Feuerherm, and Steve Tinney, Revised proposal to encode the Cuneiform script in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane of the Universal Character Set, les of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Invited contribution. On-line at http://www.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n2698.pdf 3
Book reviews forthcoming Feuerherm, Karljürgen. Marcel Sigrist's Old Babylonian Account Texts, Journal of Near Eastern Studies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press 2009 Feuerherm, Karljürgen. Mario Liverani's Myth and Politics in Ancient Near Eastern Historiography (London: Equinox Publishing, ), Journal of Near Eastern Studies vol. 68, No. 2 (April 2009), pp. 112114. Chicago: University of Chicago Press 2008 Feuerherm, Karljürgen. David Toshio Tsumura's Creation and Destruction: A Reappraisal of the Chaoskampf Theory in the Old Testament (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2005), Perspectives in Hebrew Scriptures III: Comprising the Contents of Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, vol. 6, pp. 445-47. Editor E. Ben Zvi. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press. Invited contribution On-line at http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/jhs/reviews/review247.htm 2007 Feuerherm, Karljürgen. Andrea Seri's Local Power in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia (London: Equinox Publishing, 2006), Journal of the Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies, vol. 2 (Fall 2007), pp. 7374. Sherbrooke: Productions G.G.C. ltée. Invited contribution Project roundtable 2008 Feuerherm, Karljürgen. Premières réexions au sujet darchibab. Solicited contribution to experts' discussion regarding the design of a comprehensive on-line database of Old Babylonian archival texts. Invited participant Papers read 2009 Feuerherm, Karljürgen. In the Beginning? Canadian Society for the Study of Religion, Ottawa 2009 Feuerherm, Karljürgen. Belonging in Space. Canadian Society for the Study of Religion, Ottawa 2008 Feuerherm, Karljürgen. Mesopotamian Reections on Immortality. Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Vancouver 2007 Feuerherm, Karljürgen. Enuma Elish: Creation in the Context of Destruction (revised). Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Saskatoon 4
2007 Feuerherm, Karljürgen. The Controversy Regarding the Find of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Saskatoon. Invited paper 2007 Feuerherm, Karljürgen. Bread of Life, Water of LifeBread of Death, Water of Death. Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Saskatoon. Histoire et religion dans le Proche-Orient ancien. Colloque de lassociation des études du Proche-Orient ancien, Montréal 2006 Feuerherm, Karljürgen. Enuma Elish: Creation in the Context of Destruction. 52e Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Münster 2006 Feuerherm, Karljürgen. Have Horn, Will Travel: The Journeys of Mesopotamian Deities. Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Toronto 52e Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Münster 2005 Feuerherm, Karljürgen. Abum-waqar son of IddinErra: A Synopsis. 51e Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Chicago 2005 Feuerherm, Karljürgen. Larsa in Theory and Practice: An Exercise in Bringing Philology and Archaeology to Bear on a Century-old Problem. Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, London (Ontario) 51e Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Chicago 2001 Feuerherm, Karljürgen. Ancient Script Meets Modern Typography. 47e Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Helsinki. Invited paper 2000 Feuerherm, Karljürgen. The Computer Representation of Cuneiform: Towards the Development of a Character Code. 46e Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Paris Teaching Graduate courses CLAS 600 Research Methods in Ancient Mediterranean Cultures (1/12 stipend) Directed studies NE 101 RE 308 First Civilizations: Mesopotamia and Egypt (Geordie Gosnell) History of Mesopotamia (Heather Siemens) 5
Undergraduate courses AR 206 HB 201 HB 202 NE 101 NE 102 NE 111 NE 112 NE 201 NE 202 Archaeology of Mesopotamia Intermediate Biblical Hebrew. New course Ancient Semitic Texts and Inscriptions. New course First Civilizations: Mesopotamia and Egypt. New course Myth, Epic, and Poetry of the Ancient Near East and Egypt. New course Introductory Biblical Hebrew I. New course Introductory Biblical Hebrew II. New course History of Mesopotamia. New course History of Ancient Egypt. New course Academic, professional, and community service Departmental 2008 Member, Departmental Curriculum Committee 200508 Secretary, Part-time Appointments Committee (excepting 2007/08) 2007 08 Undergraduate advisor Secretary, Committee for Library Acquisitions 200309 Secretary, Department-in-council (excepting 2007/08) 200309 Secretary, Departmental Appointments and Promotions Committee (excepting 2007/08) University 2006 Graduate thesis chair, Ronald Vanhaarlem, M.A., Department of Geography, Wilfrid Laurier University 09 Member, Curriculum Committee (excepting 2006/07) 6
Professional 2009 Session chair, Society for Existentialism, Phenomenology, Theory, and Culture 2007 Session chair, Canadian Society for the Study of Religion Sub-committee Two of the Standards Council of Canada (script encoding). Invited membership Representative for Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform Script to Working Group Two of the International Organization for Standardization Representative for Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform Script to the Unicode Technical Committee Community Feuerherm, Karljürgen. Ancient Iraq: The Land between the Rivers, Public lecture for Third Age Learning of Kitchener-Waterloo, Waterloo. Invited contribution 2003 Feuerherm, Karljürgen. Sumer and AkkadThe Period of Early High Civilization, ca. 29002100 BCE. St. Michaels College in the University of Toronto, Toronto. Invited contribution 2003 Feuerherm, Karljürgen. The Old Babylonian Period, ca. 20001600 BCE. St. Michaels College in the University of Toronto, Toronto. Invited contribution Updated 28 August 2009 7