Areas of Interest
- Assyriology
- Mesopotamian Magic
- History of Cognition Studies
Biography
William McGrath is a Ph.D candidate in Assyriology with a focus on Sumerian and Babylonian cultures. His MA thesis focused on the Exorcist's Handbook (SA.GIG), while his Ph.D dissertation is a reexamination of the Isin II period (corresponding to a Babylonian dynasty that reigned c. 1125 B.C.), its political history, literature and the religious developments which occurred in that time. William is interested in anything and everything pertaining to the thought world of the Mesopotamians and the development of cognition across time.
Education
- MA, University of Toronto
- BA, University of Toronto
Current Supervisor(s)
- Paul-Alain Beaulieu
Dissertation Title
Resurgent Babylon: A Cultural, Political and Intellectual History of the Second Dynasty of Isin
Publications
Annotating a Low-Resource Language with LLOD Technology: Sumerian Morphology and Syntax. Information. 9(11): 16 pgs. https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/9/11/290 (With C, Chiarcos; C, Fäth; Jayanth; I, Khait; J, Wang; É, Pagé-Perron; N, Schenk; J, Steuer) (2018)
Presentations
"Let the Poor Man Die! And Other Subtle Social Criticisms in the Sumerian Proverb Collections." A paper read at the 69th Rencontre Assyriologique, Leiden (July 20th, 2023).