M. Willis Monroe
Research Associate, University of British Columbia
I’m a historian of the ancient Near East with a focus on the
science and scholarship of first millennium Mesopotamia.
Currently I serve as a Research Associate at the University of
British Columbia.
My research investigates the role of layout and structure of
material text and their relation to the transmission and
receptions of scientific knowledge. Most of my primary sources
are Astronomical and Astrological cuneiform texts from ancient
Iraq.
I’m currently writing a book entitled The Micro-zodiac Texts
from Seleucid Babylonia with translations of a number of
cuneiform tablets from southern Iraq dating to the Hellenistic
period (4th-2nd c. BCE). The book investigates the changing
nature of astrology during the end of cuneiform culture.