Cale Johnson

Cale Johnson is Professor of Wissensgeschichte des Altertums (History of Knowledge in Antiquity) at Freie Universität Berlin. He studied Assyriology, Comparative Semitics, Linguistics, and Linguistic Anthropology at UCLA (1996–2004), with two years at Kyoto University (1999–2001). His academic career includes postdoctoral work at Freie Universität Berlin’s Institut für Altorientalistik, TOPOI, and Episteme in Bewegung (SFB 980), deputy leadership of the BabMed Project (2013–2018), and teaching roles at Leiden University and the University of Birmingham. Current research focuses on Mesopotamian medical treatises and administrative archives.

Education:

• UCLA (PhD in Assyriology, Comparative Semitics, Linguistics, Linguistic Anthropology)
• Kyoto University (two-year study period, 1999–2001)

Affiliations:

• Institut für Altorientalistik, Freie Universität Berlin
• TOPOI (Excellence Cluster, Freie Universität Berlin)
• Episteme in Bewegung (SFB 980, Freie Universität Berlin)
• Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) collaborations