Haubold Johannes

Johannes Haubold is a Professor of Classics at Princeton University, previously holding positions at Durham University and Cambridge. His research focuses on cultural contact between ancient Greece and the Near East, Homeric studies, and comparative literature. He has authored influential monographs such as *Greece and Mesopotamia: Dialogues in Literature* (2013) and co-edited volumes on Babylonian literature. Haubold's work bridges classical philology with modern computational methods, as seen in his 2023 TAPA article applying machine learning to ancient texts.

Education and Fellowships include a Eugenie Strong Research Fellowship at Girton College, Cambridge (1999–2001), multiple fellowships at Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies, and a visiting professorship at the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris (2017). His awards include the 2013 American Publishers Award for his groundbreaking comparative work.

Research Interests:

• Cultural exchanges between Greece and Mesopotamia
• Hesiodic and Homeric epic traditions
• Digitization of ancient texts
• Comparative approaches to ancient literature

Advising & Grants: Though no student advisees are listed, Haubold has led collaborative projects involving computational methods in classics and co-edited major volumes with international scholars. His work often intersects with archaeology and digital humanities.