Stephan J. Seidlmayer
1975–1986 Degree in Egyptology, Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at Würzburg
and Heidelberg universities. 1986 Doctorate from Heidelberg University. 1986–1993
Assistant Researcher and Assistant Professor at the Seminar of Egyptology at Bonn
University, and at the Seminar of Egyptology at the Free University of Berlin. 1994
Habilitation in Egyptology in the Department of Classical Studies at the Free University of
Berlin. 1994–1998 Heisenberg scholarship from the German Research Council. 19941995 Filling the Chair of Egyptology at Heidelberg University. Since 1998 Director of the
Ancient Egyptian Dictionary Project at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and
Humanities. Since 2003 Professor of Egyptology at the Seminar of Egyptology at the Free
University of Berlin. Since 2009 First Director of the German Archaeological Institute in
Cairo.
Memberships and functions
Since 1999 Corresponding and since 2010 full member of the Austrian Archaeological
Institute. 1999–2003 Member of the Scientific Board of the Cairo Department at the
German Archaeological Institute. 2000–2004 Assistant consultant in Egyptology at the
German Research Foundation. Since 2002 Corresponding member of the Austrian
Academy of Sciences and Humanities. 2002–2011 Member of the Conseil de Fondation
and the Comité Consultatif of the Fondation Michela Schiff Giorgini (Lausanne). 2003–
2014 Member of the Scientific Committee for Egypt and the Levant (formerly Egypt
Commission) and since 2014 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board at the Institute for
Oriental and European Archaeology at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. 2004-2012
Member of the “Ancient Civilizations” expert team at the German Research Foundation.
Since 2006 Regular Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and
Humanities. 2007–2009 Member of the Board at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of
Sciences and Humanities.
Selected Publications
Gräberfelder aus dem Übergang vom Alten zum Mittleren Reich, Studien zur Archäologie
der Ersten Zwischenzeit, SAGA 1, (Heidelberg 1990); Historische und moderne Nilstände,
Untersuchungen zu den Pegelablesungen des Nils von der Frühzeit bis zur Gegenwart,
(Berlin 2001); Elephantine 12, Ausgrabungen in der Nordweststadt von Elephantine 1979–
1982: Ein Gräberfeld des Alten und Mittleren Reiches und andere Befunde, AVDAIK 58,
Mainz, in print.