Language Contact and Multilingualism

Lingua Franca and Scriptura Franca

Ancient Scholarship and Scribal Education

Cultural Exchange and Movement of Ideas, Techniques and Motifs

International Relations in the Ancient Near East (especially 2nd millennium BC)

Political History of the Hittite kingdom

Legacy of the Hittite kingdom in Anatolia and Northern Syria

Manuscript preparation and record keeping of clay tablets

Development of layout and formatting techniques in clay tablets

Interdependency of “artefact” bearing script and text content (especially clay tablets)