IFK 2017-19 Postdoctoral Researcher Eduardo A. Escobar is a historian and Assyriologist whose research focuses on cuneiform scholarly cultures of the ancient Middle East, and more broadly, the impact of non-Western ancient knowledge. Ancient scholarship challenges our inherited dichotomies, between, for example, episteme and techne, magic and science, and more generally, the two cultures of the sciences and the humanities. Escobar is currently revising his dissertation for publication; entitled The Scribal Craft: Cuneiform Recipe Knowledge and the Language of Technology, this work details the central role technology played in the construction of scribal knowledge.
Related IFK Courses
- KNOW 27004: Babylon and the Origins of Knowledge (Fall 2017, Fall 2018)
- KNOW 27005: Secrecy and Science (Spring 2018)
- KNOW 40304: Between Nature and Artifice: The Formation of Scientific Knowledge (Spring 2019)
Related Readings
- ‘You,’ ‘Us,’ and ‘Them’: Glass and Procedural Knowledge in Cuneiform Cultures
- What can we learn about the history of alchemy from a Twitter feed?