Visiting Professor in Egyptology
Research interests
Use and application of modern methods for Egyptian archaeology
Excavation and field work. Delta archaeology, Nubia, Eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus. Processing of find areas and of find materials. Material culture studies and application of analytical methods on ancient materials.
Statement:The opportunities to trace out natural resources and ancient technology processes from archaeological objects provides us with refreshing insights and knowledge about ancient technology standards, about trade routes, and historical interconnections.
A wide field for interdisciplinary studies is open for us not only by the technical application of analytical methods, but also by thinking for new ways of interpretation and developing models for further discussion.
Main occupation
Guest professor in charge for development of Egyptology. Egyptologist, teaching Egyptian Archaeology and Culture, undergraduate and graduate level. Archaeologist.
Projects
“Rescue : Nubia”. Exhibition on the 50th anniversary of the Scandinavian Joint expedition to Sudanese Nubia, 1961-1964. Collaboration with the Museum Gustavianum.Sept. 2nd -December 2011.
SCIEM 2000 *- Project “Cyprus” (1999-2011). Project leader. Studies in the Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean of the 2nd Millenium B.C., focus on the distribution of Late Cypriote pottery in the local contexts of the Eastern Levant.
Current Status: Editorial process of the Manual for Cypriote Bichrome wheel-made Ware“, two volumes, submitted for print.
“Studies in the Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean of the 2nd Millenium B.C.”, Special Research Program financed by the Austrian Science Fund FWF at the Univ. of Vienna and at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
A multidisciplinary approach in pottery analyses: Plain White-Ware (2006-2009): Comparative analyses of pottery wares. Cooperation with the Department of Lithospheres /Geo-Sciences/University of Vienna, and VIAS/Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science, carried out on Cypriot Plain White Wares. Austrian Science Fund FWF.
Exhibitions
1992, Cairo, Egyptian Museum: “Tell el-Dab’a, 25 years of Austrian research in the Egyptian Nile Delta”.
1994, “Pharaonen und Fremde”, Historical Museum, Vienna, Austria.
Conferences
2004 “The Lustrous-wheel-made-Wares of LB Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean” (Austrian Academy of Sciences, published 2007)
2008 “Regionalism in Middle and Late Bronze Age Cyprus”, 2nd May, held at the 4th Cyprological Congress, Nicosia (published 2009).
EMAC 2011: European Meeting on Ancient Ceramics, Vienna, Sept. 29th – Oct. 1st.
Research curriculum
Studies in Egyptology and Archaeology in Vienna.Focus on Egyptian archaeology.
PhD on Ramesside building remains in Nubia.
Epigraphic and iconographic studies on Middle Kingdom Stelae at the Kunsthistorische Museum/Vienna, Austria.
Work at the Austrian excavations in the Eastern Nile Delta, at Tell el-Dab’a/Ancient Avaris since more than 20 years.
Participation in fieldwork in Egypt: Memphis (EES), Karnak North (IFAO and Geomagnetic Survey to Karnak North/ Cambridge), Deir el-Bahari (Polish-Egyptian Mission), Hierakonpolis (Hierakonpolis-Expedition), El-Kab (BM), Dra Abu el-Naga (Spanish Mission). Travels and object studies in the Eastern Mediterranean (Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel) and at museums in Europe and in the US.
Since 2004: Vice director of VIAS (Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science /Interdisciplinary Platform for Archaeological Research of the University of Vienna) for developing archaeological methods.
Teaching
Courses in ancient Egyptian Culture (material culture, topography, Ancient Egyptian art) and fieldwork at the University of Vienna, Institute of Egyptology since 1989. Travels to Museums and collections in Europe for students. Extra-curricular discussion groups, in which topics of religion, art and social history have been handled.
Guest lecturer at the Eötvös Lorand University in Budapest, Hungary.
