Henkelman Wouter

Wouter Henkelman serves as Lecturer at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Section of Historical and Philological Sciences. His academic focus lies in the study of the Elamite and Achaemenid worlds, with particular attention to ancient languages, writings, and cultural history.

Research highlights include:

• Epigraphic analysis of Elamite royal inscriptions (1400-400 BC)
• Contextual study of Achaemenid administrative tablets from Persepolis
• Collaboration with digital epigraphy projects like EpiPOM

His work intersects with broader research initiatives such as:

• Abstracta Iranica – Critical bibliography of Iranian culture
• CartOrient – Cartographic studies of Western Asia
• Ctesiphon – Corpus of 6th-century Iranian texts