Dr. Jacobo Myerston

Biography

Jacobo Myerston is an Associate Professor in the Department of Literature and the Program in Classical Studies at the University of California, San Diego. He earned his Ph.D. in Ancient Mediterranean Studies from the University of Chicago and holds two M.A. degrees in Greek Philology and Comparative Religions from the University of Tübingen, Germany. Myerston’s research delves into ancient Greek and Sumero-Akkadian texts, employing various perspectives including cultural studies, computational sociology, linguistics, and digital humanities. His work significantly contributes to understanding the literatures of ancient Greece and Iraq, with an emphasis on the interpretations made by Latin American scholars. He teaches courses encompassing ancient Greek and Babylonian literatures, Mediterranean mythology, ancient magic, and the ancient Greek language. Additionally, Myerston is proficient in Ancient Greek, Akkadian, Sumerian, German, Portuguese, and Spanish, which supports his extensive and diverse research interests in the field.

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