Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Maher A. Eissa

Personal Data:

Name: Maher Ahmed Eissa

Date of Birth: 13 of January 1976

Address Office: Egyptology Department, Faculty of Archaeology, Fayoum University. Al-Fayoum city. Egypt. Postal code 63514

Residence: 15 A Mohamed El-Mahdy St. off Areesh St. -El Haram, Giza-Egypt.

Present Occupations:

Associate Professor of Egyptology (Ancient Egyptian and Coptic Languages), Fayoum University.

Associate Professor of Humanities and Liberal Arts, At Egypt-Japan Univeisty for Science and Technology (E-JUST)

Chief Editor of “SHEDET”: the peer-reviewed journal of the Faculty of Archaeology, Fayoum University.

Managing Editor of “Coptica de Alexandrina”: the peer-reviewed journal published by the center of Coptic Studies, Bibliotheca Alexandrina

A visiting scholar at Leiden University, The NetherlandsUniversity Degrees

2014 Associate Professor of Ancient Egyptian and Coptic Language and their Literature.

2009 PhD in Egyptology from Cairo University- Egypt / Leiden University- The Netherlands

2004 MA in Egyptology from Cairo University- Egypt/ Leiden University- The Netherlands

1999 MA preparatory studies, Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University.

1998 BA Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University, Fayoum Branch.Scholarships:

2001-2003: “Ritzen” scholarship at Leiden University, Netherlands

2004-2008: PhD Scholarship at Leiden University, the Netherlands with Egyptian government grant

2008: Scholarship from French Government, to study French language at Institute d’Tourne, France

2012-2013: A post-doctoral at Leiden University, Netherlands with Egyptian government grant

2013: A Post. Doctoral at IRHT- CNRS, Paris, France 2014: A Post. Doctoral at IRHT- CNRS, Paris, France 2014-now: a visiting scholar at LIAS, Leiden

University, The Netherlands. 2016: A post-Doctoral fellowship at KU Leuven,

Belgium.

2017-2018: A post-Doctoral fellowship at IRHT-CNRS, Paris-France with Egyptian government grant

Educational Experience:2017 Associate Professor of Humanities and Liberal Arts,

At Egypt-Japan University for Science and Technology (E-JUST)

2014 Associate Professor of Coptolgy/Egyptology, Fayoum University.

2009 Lecturer of the Ancient Egyptian and Coptic Languages, Fayoum

University.2004 Assistant Lecturer, faculty of Archaeology, Cairo

University1998 Demonstrator, faculty of Archaeology, Cairo

University, Fayoum Projects:

The Coptic Ostraca in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC), Scientific Catalogue and data base. A grant project from Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF), Ministry High Education- Egyptian

Archaeological Science Project Initiative at Egypt (UA-ASPIE): an external collaborator of the University of the Aegean Archaeological Science Project Initiative at Egypt (UA-ASPIE). 

Coptic Museum project: a team member of a project: “study and publish leather and basketry objects in the Coptic Museum in Cairo”. The project is collaboration between the Netherlands Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC), the Coptic Museum, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Ministry of State for Antiquities and the Ancient Egyptian Leatherwork Project.

Archaeological Egyptian Heritage and Materials: “advances in non-invasive portable spectroscopy and imaging analysis”: a team member of a joint research project within the executive program of scientific and technological cooperation between the Italian republic and the Arab republic of Egypt for the years 2013-2015.

Papyri of The National Library and Archives: a team leader of project: “documentation, classification and study the Arabic, Greek and Coptic Papyri in the National library and Archives in Cairo”.

Coptic Heritage documentation: The national project for registration and documentation of the Coptic Heritage, SCA 2010.

Arabic Coptology Literature Database: a team leader of project “Arabic Coptology Literature Database”, the project is collaboration between the Center of Coptic Studies (Bibliotheca Alexandrina), and Fayoum University.

Arabic OEB: a member of executive committee of the project “The Bibliography of Arabic Sources for Archaeology

and Egyptology, the project is leading by Bibliotheca Alexandrina, and jointly collaboration with Oxford University.

Membership in Scientific Committees, Boards and Organizations:

Member of the International Association for Egyptologists (IAE).

Member of the International Association for Arabic Papyrology (ISAP)

Member of the International Association for Coptic Studies (IACS).

Member of the Francophone Association for Coptic Studies (AFC).

Member of the board of the Coptic Museum from 2013Member of the board of the center of Coptic studies, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt.

Member of the International Council of Museum ICOMMember of the board of ICOM Egypt.

Member of the board of The Arabic Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works (ArIC)

Member of National Association of Preserving the Egyptian Heritage.

Member of Association of Egyptian Egyptologists.Member of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE)

Congresses and workshops:

Member of the Congress of the International Association for Coptic Studies 2004, 2008, 2012, and 20161- 2004: attendance2- 2008: paper entitles; "A Coptic Letter from Ihnasya el-

Madinah, Cairo Museum SR 1245, with References to Coptic Medicine".

3- 2012: two papers entitle; "the Coptic Ostraca from The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization I"; and "Coptic Museum Fresco 13313"

4- 2016: three papers entitles:-“Late Coptic Stelae from the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization”-“The projects of the Coptic Studies centre, Bibliotheca Alexandrina”-“The Monaster of St.Macarius in Wadi el-Rayan-Fayoum”

Member of the Conference of Calligraphy center, Bibliotheca Alexandrina 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2010.1- 2003, 2005 and 2009: attendance2- 2007: paper entitles; "unpublished Coptic papyri refers to

eye treatment"3- 2010: a paper entitles; "Money and currency in the

Coptic Papyri" Member of the Congress of the International Association for

Arabic Papyrology (ISAP) 2006, 2009, and 20141- 2006: a paper entitles; "the Arabic and Islamic influences

in the Coptic Epistolary formulae".

2- 2009: a paper entitles; "the Coptic medicine, unpublished Coptic papyri".

3- 2014: a paper entitles: “the Coptic Papyri in the National Egyptian Library and Archives”, a joint paper with Prof. Dr. Anne Boud’hors (CNRS- Paris)

Member of the conference of “Christians and Muslims in Early Islamic Egypt”, Heidelberg, September 29-30, 2016. With paper entitles “Late Coptic Letter with remarkable blessing formulae: P.Cair.Copt. XXI”

Member of the Workshop “From Deserts to Museums: tracing the provenance of Late Antique textile found in Egypt”, Gothenburg (Sweden), 16-17 May 2017. With a paper entitles: “The Coptic Textiles in Egyptian Museums: from find spot to display”

Member of the Board of Conferences of the Faculty of Archaeology, Fayoum University, from 2000 to 2006.1- 2000 to 2005: the board member2- 2006: a paper entitles; "The Coptic Papyri"3- 2016: the organization committee.

Member of the Board of Conference of Alexandria through the ages, 2003.

Member of the Board of the Conference of El-Bahyra district, 2004.

Member of the workshop about “The Methodology and How to write A scientific paper in Islamic history and Archaeology”, which was held in IFAO 2007.

Member of the workshop about “The Methodology and How to write A scientific paper in Egyptology”, which was held in IFAO 2007& 2008.

Member of the Board of workshop about “The Documentation and registration of the Coptic Heritage” which was held in SCA 2009.

Member of the International Congress about “The Roots of the Ancient of Arabic Dialects”, Tripoli, Libya, 2009, with a paper entitles; “The Influences of Arabic Language on Coptic Language before Islam in Egypt”

Member of the Board of the International Congress for Coptic Studies, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 2010, and a paper entitles; "Coptic Ostraca relating to daily life from NMEC"

Member of the Board of the international symposium “Ahmed Pasha Kamal and the pioneers of the calligraphy and writings in Arabic world”, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, October 2010.

Co-chair of the Institute of Archaeology Annual Conference; UCL – London, “Forming Material Egypt”, May 2012. A paper entitles: “Museum Collections and Moving Objects in Egypt: An Approach to amend Current Situation”.

Co-chair of the international congress for “The Heritage of Christianity in Nubia” , which held by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina 2015

Member of the Board of the LACONA 10 conference; Lasers in the conservation of artworks (LACONA), American University, Sharjah, UAE

Scientific and teaching activities:

Supervisor and Co-supervisor for MA thesis & PhD dissertations at Egyptian Universities (Cairo, Fayoum, Alexandria, Assiout, South vally, Mansoura, and Monufiya).

Lecturer of Egyptology, Ancient history and archaeology at Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Netherland Flemish Institute in Cairo and Egyptian Universities (Fayoum, Assiut and Alexandria).

Chief Editor of “Shedet”: the peer-reviewed journal of the Faculty of Archaeology, Fayoum University.

Manage Editor of “Coptic de Alexandrina”: the peer-reviewed journal published by the center of the Coptic Studies, Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Visiting scholar at Leiden University, the Netherlands from 2014

Co-chair of the Institute of Archaeology Annual Conference; UCL – London, “Forming Material Egypt”, May 2012.

Co-chair of the International Conference of “the Heritage of Christianity in Nubia”, organized jointly by Bibliotheca Alexandrina and Egyptian Catholic Institute at Cairo, 2015

 An external collaborator of the University of the Aegean Archaeological Science Project Initiative at Egypt (UA-ASPIE), Greece

Researcher in the Netherlands Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) from 2001

Previewer for the publications of Calligraphy center, Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

Editor of the Scientific Material of Egyptology and ancient Languages in the Proceedings of conferences of Faculty of Archaeology, Fayoum University and Festschrift of Prof. Dr. M.A. Nur el-Din entitled “The Horizon; Studies in Egyptology, in Honour of M.A. Nur el-Din 2009.

A member of Advisory board for the publications of the Coptic Studies Program, Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

Administration activities:

Director of Management Information System (MIS) Project at Faculty of Archaeology, Fayoum University from April 2010 till March 2104

Director of the Integrated Management Project at Faculty of Archaeology, Fayoum University from October 2009 till March 2014

Member of the Board of Egyptology department council from 2010.

The head of the international Student office, Fayoum University, from 2011.

Member of the high board for congress's at fayoum University, from 2011.

List of Publications:

I-Books:

- 2004: Maher Ahemd Eissa, Study of Some Coptic Papyri in the Coptic Museum, Cairo University.

- 2008: ____________, The Coptic Archive of Dioscorus of Aphrodito, Cairo University.

- 2009: ____________, Coptic Texts Relating to Daily Life, Biblioteca Alexandrina.

- 2013: ____________, the principle of the Coptic language Grammar, Biblioteca Alexandrina, (this book in Arabic).

- 2015: ____________, The History of the Coptic Language”, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt. (this book in Arabic)

- 2017: ____________ & Louay M. Saeid, The Collection Policy of the Egyptian Museums, Biblioteca Alexandrina & ICOM Egypt, (this book in Arabic).

II-Articles:

- 2007: ____________, “The Coptic Papyri”, in: The Acts of the 6th Conference of The Faculty Archaeology, Fayoum University, Part II, Fayoum 2007, 977: 988.

- 2009: ____________& Randa Baligh, "A Coptic Letter from Ihnasya el- Madinah, Cairo Museum SR 1245, with References to Coptic Medicine", Abgadiyat 4 (2009), P. 63: 68.

- 2010: ____________, “The Influences of Arabic Language on Coptic Language before Islam in Egypt”, in proceeding of the International Congress about “The Roots of the Ancient of Arabic Dialects”, Tripoli, Libya, 2009. 273: 291 (this article in Arabic).

- 2012: ____________, “The Coptic Language in the Nubia”, BACS XLXI (2012), 15: 22.

- 2014: ____________,” The Use of the Title APA for the Sender in an Opening Epistolary Formula”, in: Journal of Coptic Studies (JCoptS. 16) 2014, 115-124.

- 2014: ____________, “A letter or an Exercise? O.NMEC 107”, in: Chronique d’Égypte LXXXIX (2014), FASC. 177, 197:201

- 2014: ____________ with Louay M. Saied, "Museum Collection and Moving Objects: current situation and Approach", in: EDAL. IV (2013/2014), Forming Material Egypt, Proceeding of the International Conference, London, 20-21 May 2013, edit by Patrizia Piacentini, Christian Orsenigo, and Stephen Quirke, 81-93.

- 2015: ____________, “Psalm Excerpts on an Ostracon: Edition of O. NMEC Inv. 91”, in: Chronique d’Égypte XC (2015), FASC. 180, 411-414

- 2015: ____________, “Self-donation or retirement to the monastery (?): O. NMEC 117”, in BIFAO 115 (2015), 145-152.

- 2015: ____________, & others, “Multi-Analytical Study of The construction and painting of a Late Period Sarcophagus in The Egyptian Museum of Cairo”, Poster presented at Technart conference, 27-30 April 2015, Catania, Italy.

- 2016: ____________,”Why Egyptians Spoke Arabic”, REWAQ: the History & Heritage (Qatar), volume 1 (2016), 124-141

- 2016: ____________& others, “Deir St. Macarius of Alexandria in Wadi el-Rayan, Fayoum: a Forgotten Monastery”, in SHEDET 3 (2016), 12-23

- 2017: ____________ & Renate Dekker, “A Bohairic Plaque Commemorating Discoveries at the Church of St. Shenoute”, in: Chronique d’Égypte XCII (2017), FASC. 184, forthcoming.

- 2017: ____________ & Renate Dekker, “Two Late Bohairic Epitaphs”, in: Journal of Coptic Studies (JCoptS. 19) 2017, forthcoming

III- Articles with my PhD students:

- 2015: ____________ & M.A. Nassar, “A Social History of Hieratic Graffiti in Eighteenth Dynasty”, in: Journal of American Science 2015; 11(7), 21-26.

- 2016: ____________ & Muhamdy Fathy, “The Coptic well P.KRU 74: Study of Coptic inheritance ”, in the proceedings of the First International conference of Faculty of Archaeology-Cairo University: Egypt and Mediterranean see countries through ages, Cairo-2016

IV- Editing

-Chief Editor of “SHEDET”: the peer-reviewed journal of the Faculty of Archaeology, Fayoum University.

-Managing Editor of “Coptica de Alexandrina”: the peer-reviewed journal published by the center of Coptic Studies, Bibliotheca Alexandrina

-Managing Editor of “Cahiers of Museums”, scientific series for Museums published by Bibliotheca Alexandrina with International council of Museums-Egypt (ICOM-Egypt).

-The Main Editor of the proceedings of the First International Conference of the Faculty of Archaeology-Fayoum University, entitles “The new trends of Archaeology” , 2014

-The Main Editor of the International conference of “The Heritage of Christianity in Nubia”, which held by Biblioteca Alexandrina and the Cultural Center of Franciscan, 2015