Professor Dr. Angelika Lohwasser
Current affiliations
- Professur für Ägyptologie (Prof. Lohwasser)
- Center of Interdisciplinary Sustainability Research (ZIN)
- Centre for Eastern Mediterranean History and Culture (GKM)
- Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Kingdom of Kush (8th cent. BC - 4th cent. AD) in ancient Sudan
- Entanglement of religion and politics in the 25th dynasty
- Ideology of kingship in 25th dynasty
- Archaeological cultural anthropology
- Bayuda desert: communication and cultures in remote areas
- Iconography in Egyptology
- Biographies of archaeological objects
Academic Education | |
| 07/2008 | Habilitation at Free University Berlin: „Fragmente der napatanischen Gesellschaft. Archäologisches Inventar und funeräre Praxis im Friedhof von Sanam – Perspektiven einer kulturhistorischen Interpretation“ |
| 12/1997 | PhD at the University of Vienna with distinction: "Die Frauen der königlichen Familie von Kusch. 25. Dyn. bis zur Zeit des Nastasen " |
| 09/1985 - 06/1991 | Academic studies at University of Vienna: Egyptology, Research on ancient Sudan, Archaology and Prehistory, Arabic language |
| 06/1991 - 1990 | Master at University of Vienna with distinction: "Die Formel 'Öffnen des Gesichts' " |
Work Experience | |
| since 09/2009 | Full professor for Egyptology at the Institute of Egyptology and Coptology at the University Münster |
| 04/2009 - 08/2009 | Research fellow in her own project, funded third-party |
| 10/2008 - 03/2009 | Visiting professor at the Egyptological Seminar of the Free University Berlin |
| 01/2006 - 03/2008 | Grant for Research (German Research Foundation) |
| 01/2005 - 12/2005 | Grant for habilitation at the Humboldt-University of Berlin |
| 04/2001 - 03/2004 | Assistant Professor at Seminar of Archaeology and Cultural History North-East Africa of the Humboldt-University Berlin |
| 01/1998 - 06/2000 | Reserach assistant at Egyptian Museum Berlin |
| 09/1992 - 08/1997 | Research assistant at the Seminar of Sudanarchaeology and Egyptologie, Humboldt-University of Berlin |
| 02/1991 - 08/1992 | Research associate at the CAA-project in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Stelen des Mittleren Reiches II, Stelen des Neuen Reiches I) |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 2019 | Mitglied der Zentraldirektion des Deutschen Archäologischen Institutes |
| since 2016 | Member of the board of the Michela Schiff-Giorgini Foundation (Paris) |
| since 2016 | Mitglied des Forschungsbeirates des FB 09 |
| since 2011 | Scientific board of the periodical „Journal of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities”, Toronto (Canada) |
| since 2011 | Scientific board of the periodical „Welt des Orients“, Mainz |
| since 2009 | Scientific board of the periodical „Ägypten und Levante“, Vienna |
| since 12/2009 | Corresponding member of the German Atchaological Institute |
| since 2008 | Scientific board of the periodical „Studien zur altägyptischen Kultur“, Berlin |
| since 2005 | Deutscher Hochschulverband |
| since 2003 | Editor of the scientific periodical “Der antike Sudan” |
| since 2002 | AegyptenForum Berlin |
| since 1998 | Sudan Archaeological Research Society (SARS) |
| since 1998 | International Society for Nubian Studies |
| since 1990 | International Association of Egyptologists |
| 2012 - 2020 | Mitglied des Fachbereichsrates FB 09 |
| 01/2014 - 12/2016 | Scientific board of the Institute for Oriental and Europaen Archaeology, Austrian Academy of Science |
| 2003 - 2004 | Secretary of the Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e.V. (SAG) |
| 2001 - 2004 | Member of the board of the Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin |
| 1993 - 2004 | Care for members and public relations of the Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e.V. (SAG), founding member |
| 2001 - 2003 | Manager of the Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e.V. (SAG) |
Appointments | |
| 04/2014 | Offer to a Professorship for Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte Nordostafrikas: Materielle Kultur (W3) , Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (rejected) |
Publications
Lohwasser, Angelika (2024) In: Tarasenko, M.; Morenz, L.; Baines, J. (eds.), “Niemand kann alleine kämpfen / Nobody can struggle alone / Ніхто не може боротися наодинці“. An Egyptological Volume on behalf of Ukraine. Berlin: EB-Verlag. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Erhardt, S.; Graefe, J.; Lichtenberger, A.; Lohwasser, A.; Nieswandt, H.-H.; Strutwolf, H. (eds.) (2024) Münster: Nünnerich-Asmus Verlag. Type of Publication: Exhibition catalogue (edited collection) | |
Lohwasser, Angelika (2023) In: Gerhards, Simone et al. (eds.), Schöne Denkmäler sind entstanden: Studien zu Ehren von Ursula Verhoeven. Heidelberg: Propylaeum. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Lohwasser, Angelika (2023) In: Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e.V., 34 Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Lohwasser, Angelika; (2022) In: F. Feder, A. Lohwasser, G. Schenke (eds.), Sortieren – Edieren – Kreieren. Zwischen Handschriftenfunden und Universitätsalltag, Stephen L. Emmel zum 70. Geburtstag gewidmet. Düren: Shaker Verlag. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) |
Projects
Duration: 01/07/2024 - 31/10/2024 Funded by: DFG - International Scientific Events Type of project: Scientific Event | |
Duration: 01/10/2023 - 30/09/2026 | 2nd Funding period Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/11/2022 - 31/12/2023 Funded by: Uni Münster-internal funding - Topical Programs Type of project: Internally at the University of Münster funded project | |
Duration: 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2025 | 2nd Funding period Funded by: DFG - Priority Programme Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted outside University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/01/2022 - 31/03/2022 Funded by: Brigitte und Martin Krause-Stiftung Type of project: Individual project |
Talks
| Nubien und der antike Sudan im Schnittpunkt der Zugänge Lohwasser, Angelika (09/07/2022) 53. Ständige Ägyptologen-Konferenz, Würzburg Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| The benefit of doing archaeology in remote areas Lohwasser, Angelika (25/06/2022) 6th Sudan Studies Research Conference, Munich Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Kush as borderland and its borderlands Lohwasser, Angelika (22/06/2022) Contextualizing Imperial Borderlands (9th c. BC – 9th c. AD, and Beyond, Bregenz Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Der Gleiche ist nicht Derselbe. Lokalität der Erscheinungsform des Sakralen im Reich von Kusch Lohwasser, Angelika (02/06/2022) Neue Forschungen zur Ägyptologie in NRW, Bonn Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Living and Travelling in the Bayuda – The Wadi Abu Dom as a Transfer and Contact Zone Karberg Tim, Lohwasser Angelika (24/08/2021) 25th Biennial Meeting of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists, University of Oxford (online) Type of talk: scientific talk |
Prizes
| Appointment as Member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz in the category: Geistes- und sozialwissenschaftliche Klasse Awarded by: Academy of Sciences and Literature (AdW-Mainz) Award given to: Lohwasser, Angelika Announced at: 19/08/2022 | Date of awarding: 19/08/2022 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Research Award 2016 of the University of Münster Awarded by: University of Münster Award given to: Lohwasser, Angelika Date of awarding: 15/01/2017 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Heinz Maier Leibnitz Prize Awarded by: German Research Foundation (DFG) Award given to: Lohwasser, Angelika Date of awarding: 15/06/2009 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction |
Doctorates
| Strategien kultureller Aneignung. Zur Phänomenologie der Meroitischen Ba-Statuen Candidate: Tschernig Jalina | Supervisors: Lohwasser Angelika Period of time: 01/09/2020 - 31/08/2024 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Nord-Kordofan als Grenz- und Kontaktzone der Staaten des Nubischen Mittelalters Candidate: Eger, Jana | Supervisors: Lohwasser, Angelika Period of time: 01/11/2018 - 31/12/2021 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Sculpture and Reliefs of the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty in Egypt and Sudan (Arbeitstitel) Candidate: Gossett, Ann | Supervisors: Lohwasser, Angelika Period of time: until 31/12/2019 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Ägypten zwischen Expansionismus und Imperialismus
– Die Zeit Thutmosis II. – Candidate: Kschuk, Lea-Kristin | Supervisors: Lohwasser, Angelika Period of time: 01/01/2015 - 31/12/2018 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Die Geschichte der 12. und 17. unterägyptischen Gaue von den Anfängen bis in die Zeit der arabischen Eroberung Ägyptens Candidate: Elshahhat, Haggag | Supervisors: Lohwasser, Angelika Period of time: until 31/12/2017 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |