Gonzalo Rubio, Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies (Assyriology)
324 Weaver
814-863-4946
gxr18@psu.edu
Dr. Rubio is an Assyriologist whose work focuses on the languages and literatures of Ancient Mesopotamia (Sumerian and Akkadian). His interests also cover early Semitic languages and literatures, Semitic and historical linguistics, cultural contacts in the Ancient Mediterranean, Anatolian studies, and comparative literature. His scholarly contributions address diverse linguistic, literary, and historical aspects of Ancient Mesopotamia, as well as the Ancient Near East in general.
Undergraduate and Graduate Courses
Akkadian (all levels)
Sumerian (all levels)
Hittite (all levels)
Comparative Semitics
History of the Arabic Language
Languages and Cultures of the Ancient Near East
Mesopotamian Civilization
History of the Ancient Near East
Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations
Law & Economy in the Ancient Near East
Literature of the Ancient Near East
Ancient Near Eastern Mythology
Rebuilding the Tower of Babel: Language, History, and Ideology
Writing Systems
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