Massimo Maiocchi

Massimo Maiocchi is an Associate Professor at the Department of Humanities, Ca' Foscari University of Venice. His expertise lies in the history of the ancient Near East, focusing on Mesopotamian urbanization (late fourth to third millennium BC). He teaches Ancient Near Eastern History, Philology of Cuneiform Sources, and History of Writing.

• Graduated in Literature (2003) and earned a PhD in Ancient Near East (2007)
• International experience: University of Helsinki, University of Tübingen, University of Chicago (2012-2015 post-doc), CNRS (2020-2021 Marie Curie fellow)

Research integrates traditional scholarship with digital humanities, including database development (Ebla Digital Archives, Archaic Text Graphemics), network analysis, and scripting. His work spans writing systems, knowledge organization, paleo-archival science, economic practices, and historical methodology.

Current projects include the PRIN-funded Early Economy Begins (since 2023). Collaborations include CNR (Rome), CNRS (France), and institutions in Syria/Iraq. He has published four monographs and numerous specialized articles.

• Scientific awards: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship
• Technical contributions: Perl tools for cuneiform text analysis (Ngrammer, DictionaryScraper, Network Graphing)