BOOKS
1) (2022, ed., in preparation) Global Egyptology II, Golden House Egyptology, London: Golden House Publications.
2) (2021) Egyptian Deportations of the Late Bronze Age: A Study in Political Economy, Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für ?gyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.
3) (2017, ed.) Global Egyptology: Negotiations in the Production of Knowledges on Ancient Egypt in Global Contexts, Golden House Egyptology 26, London: Golden House Publications.
4) (2013) Aspekte des Imperialismus in der Au?enpolitik der 18. Dynastie, Nordostafrikanisch/Westasiatische Studien 7, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
SPECIAL ISSUES EDITED (JOURNALS)
1) (2022, in preparation, co-edited with Uro? Mati?) Postcolonial Theory in Egyptology: Applications and Potentials, Archaeologies: Journal of the World Archaeological Congress.
BOOK CHAPTERS
1) (2022, in preparation) ‘Introduction’, in C. Langer (ed.) Global Egyptology II, Golden House Egyptology, London: Golden House Publications.
2) (2022, in preparation) ‘The Nile and the Yellow River: Comparative research between ancient Egypt and China’ (co-authored with Zhao Kexin), in C. Langer (ed.) Global Egyptology II, Golden House Egyptology, London: Golden House Publications.
3) (2022, forthcoming) ‘“Am Deutschen Wesen soll die Welt genesen”: A Little Portrait of German Mentalities’. In Lin Yi (ed.), A Comparative Study of Cultural Traditions in Different Countries (Title TBC), Beijing: (Publisher TBC) → also in Chinese translation.
4) (2022, forthcoming) ‘Compulsory Foreign Labour in Late Bronze Age Egypt: Political, Economic and Ideological Factors’. In A.A. Loktionov (ed.), Compulsion and Control in Ancient Egypt: Proceedings of the 3rd Lady Wallis Budge Symposium, Christ’s College, Cambridge 27 – 28 August 2020, Oxford: Archaeopress.
5) (2022, in press) ‘The Political Economy of Foreign Labour in Pharaonic Egypt, 2700–1069 BCE: An Assessment of Impacts on Northeast African and Southwest Asian Societies’. In D.A. Warburton (ed.), Economic Growth in Antiquity, PIHANS 133, Leuven: Peeters, pp. 131–158.
6) (2022, in press). ‘Chinese archaeology in Egypt: between eurocentrism, de-westernization and decolonization’, in V. Chan C.M., Y. Fong H., D. Hui C.K. and K. Vafadari (eds.), Heritage Conservation along the Belt and Road Zones: Between Politics and Professionalism, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
7) (2022, in press) ‘Deportation Policies in Egypt’s Late Bronze Age Empire’. In C. Coppini, G. Cyrus, H. Golestaneh (eds.), Bridging the Gap: Disciplines, Times and Spaces in Dialogue: Proceedings of Broadening Horizons 6, June 24–16, 2019, vol. 3, Oxford: Archaeopress.
8) (2021) ‘Von Assuan nach Yangon: Obelisken in transkultureller Perspektive’. In K. Gabler, A. Verbovsek, S. Bickel and E. Hemauer (eds.), Formen kultureller Dynamik: Impuls – Progression – Transformation: Beitr?ge des zehnten Basler und Berliner Arbeitskreises Junge Aegyptologie (BAJA 10) 29.11.–1.12.2019, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pp. 115–131.
9) (2020) ‘Ancient Egyptian Deportation Policies: An Overview’. In I. Albayrak (ed.), Eski Yak?ndo?u'da Sürgünler [Exiles in the Ancient Near East], Ankara: Bilgin Kültür Sanat Yayinlari, pp. 15–53, 95–104.
10) (2020) ‘Eski M?s?r Sürgün Politikalar?: Genel Bir Bak?? [Ancient Egyptian Deportation Policies: An Overview]’. In I. Albayrak (ed.), Eski Yak?ndo?u'da Sürgünler [Exiles in the Ancient Near East], Ankara: Bilgin Kültür Sanat Yayinlari, pp. 55–104.
11) (2018) ‘The Concept of ‘Frontier’ in New Kingdom Egypt: A Comparative Approach to the Spatiality of Ideology’, in J. Winand and G. Chantrain (eds.), Time and Space at Issue in Ancient Egypt, LingAeg Studia Monographica 19, Hamburg: Widmaier Verlag.
12) (2017) ‘Perspectives of Egyptologies and on Egyptologies in a Globalised World’, in C. Langer (ed.) Global Egyptology: Negotiations in the Production of Knowledges on Ancient Egypt in Global Contexts, Golden House Egyptology 26, London: Golden House Publications, pp. xiii–xxiii.
13) (2017) ‘Forced Migration in New Kingdom Egypt: Remarks on the Applicability of Forced Migration Studies Theory in Egyptology’, in C. Langer (ed.), Global Egyptology: Negotiations in the Production of Knowledges on Ancient Egypt in Global Contexts, Golden House Egyptology 26, London: Golden House Publications, pp. 39–51.
14) (2017) ‘The Informal Colonialism of Egyptology: from the French Expedition to the Security State’, in M. Woons and S. Weier (eds.), Critical Epistemologies of Global Politics, Bristol: E-International Relations Publishing, pp. 182–202, also available at http://www.e-ir.info/2017/06/01/edited-collection-critical-epistemologies-of-global-politics/.
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
1) (in preparation) ‘Postcolonial Theory in Egyptology: Key Concepts and Agendas’ (co-authored with Uro? Mati?), Archaeologies: Journal of the World Archaeological Congress (special issue: Postcolonial Theory in Egyptology: Applications and Potentials).
2) (in preparation) ‘Egyptology: A Decolonial Reading’, Archaeologies: Journal of the World Archaeological Congress (special issue: Postcolonial Theory in Egyptology: Applications and Potentials).
3) (2021) ‘O colonialismo informal da Egiptologia: da miss?o francesa ao estado de seguran?a’, Mare Nostrum – Estudos sobre o Mediterraneo Antigo 12.1, pp. 243–268, available at https://www.revistas.usp.br/marenostrum/article/view/183117.
4) (2020) ‘Forced labour and deportations in ancient Egypt: Recent trends and future possibilities’. Claroscuro. Revista del Centro de Estudios sobre Diversidad Cultural (Special Volume: New Trends in Egyptology) 19.2, pp. 1–23, available at https://rephip.unr.edu.ar/handle/2133/20308.
5) (2020) ‘Boundaries, Borders and Frontiers: Contemporary and Past Perspectives’ (main author, co-authored with Manuel Fernández-G?tz). eTopoi. Journal for Ancient Studies (Special Volume 7: Political and Economic Interaction on the Edge of Early Empires), pp. 33–47, available at https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/28457.
6) (2015) ‘The Political Realism of the Egyptian Elite: A Comparison between the Teaching for Merikare and Niccolò Machiavelli’s Il Principe’, Journal of Egyptian History 8.1, pp. 49–79.
BOOK REVIEWS
1) (2016) Review of Tsukamoto and Inomata (eds.), Mesoamerican Plazas: Arenas of Community and Power. Archaeological Review from Cambridge 31.2: Landscapes, pp. 191–194.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED TALKS
Seminários de Egiptologia, Laboratório do Antigo Oriente Próximo – 2021, University of S?o Paulo, S?o Paulo, Brazil, November 9th 2021, invited lecture on “Journeys of Coercion: The Egyptian Forced Migration Nexus of the Late Bronze Age”.
National Research Center for Research into Intercultural Communication of Arts (NCRICA) Symposium ‘A Comparative Study of Cultural Traditions in Different Countries’, Peking University, Beijing, China, September 17th 2021, invited lecture on “‘Am Deutschen Wesen soll die Welt genesen’: A Little Portrait of German Mentalities”.
27th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA): Widening Horizons, Session ‘How Many People? Archaeological Approaches to the Study of Past Demography’, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany, September 8th–11th 2021, presented paper on “The Interplay of Demography and Political Economy: Assessing the Impact of the Egyptian Late Bronze Age Deportation Policies”.
27th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA): Widening Horizons, Session ‘The Tangible and the Intangible: New Vistas on Cultural Heritage Documentation and Management’, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany, September 8th–11th 2021, presented paper on “Obelisks as Global Heritage? – Mapping the Obelisks of China”.
Do Ancient Egyptians Dream of Electric Sheep? The Reception of Ancient Egypt in Science Fiction, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, July 9th 2021, presented paper on “Earth History and Interstellar Diversity: The Reception of Ancient Egypt in Star Trek”.
Cultural Heritage and Creative Innovation: Establishing the Cultural and Creative Nexus for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, May 31st-June 1st 2021, presented paper on “Obelisks in the Greater Bay Area: History, Transmission, Function, Heritage”.
Interdisciplinary Workshop ‘Punishment, Labor and the Legitimation of Power’, Bonn, Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies, Germany, February 18th-19th 2021, presented paper on “The Ancient Egyptian Deportation Regime: Political Economy and Ideology”.
Heritage Conservation Along the Belt and Road Zones: Between Politics and Professionalism, Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, October 23th-24th 2020, presented paper on “Chinese Archaeology in Egypt: Between Eurocentrism, De-Westernization and Decolonization” (invited speaker).
3rd Lady Wallis Budge Symposium ‘Compulsion and Control in Ancient Egypt’, Cambridge, Christ’s College, August 27th-28th 2020, presented paper on “Compulsory Foreign Labour in Late Bronze Age Egypt: Political, Economic and Ideological Factors”.
ISA Annual Convention 2020, Honolulu, Hawai?i, March 25th-28th 2020, presented paper on “Egypt and Chinese World Archaeology under the Belt and Road Initiative: Archaeology as Subject to Global Politics” (cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic).
41st annual Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) Conference, London, United Kingdom, December 16th-18th 2019, presented paper on “Researching ancient Egyptian deportations: political economy and scholarly discourse”.
10. Treffen des Basler & Berliner Arbeitskreises Junge Aegyptologie (BAJA), Basel, Switzerland, November 29th-December 1st 2019, presented paper on “Von Assuan nach Yangon: Obelisken in transkultureller Perspektive”.
Problemi di verità: le narrazioni del fatto storico tra manipolazioni e racconti canonici, dall’antichità a oggi, Pisa, Italy, November 28th-29th 2019, presented paper on “Deportation narratives and historical truth: On the role of the researcher” (invited speaker).
The 'Cultural Cold War': Towards a Theorisation of its Afro-Asian Contexts, Munich (LMU, Center for Advanced Studies), Germany, October 22nd-24th 2019, presented paper on “The Uses of Egyptology in Cultural Cold Wars: Old Europe, Red Man and the Red Phoenix” in collaboration with Dr. Alexandre A. Loktionov (University of Cambridge) (invited speaker).
Broadening Horizons 6, Session 4: Crossing Boundaries. Connectivity and Interaction, Berlin (Freie Universit?t Berlin), June 24th-28th, presented paper on “Deportation Policies in Egypt’s Late Bronze Age Empire”.
Deportation: A Comparative Study (Workshop), Paris (Collège de France), France, February 1st-2nd 2019, presented paper on “Egyptian Late Bronze Age Deportation Policies: Gateway to Global Comparative Deportation Studies” (invited speaker).
The Fourth Annual Workshop: Manuscript Culture in Ancient Egypt and China (Workshop), Beijing (Renmin University), China, January 14th-18th 2019, presented paper on “Uncovering Socioeconomics in Ancient Records: Ambiguity and Singularity of Egyptian Sources.”
The Crossroads III – A Stranger in the House: Foreigners in Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern Societies of the Bronze Age, Prague (Charles University), September 10th-13th, presented paper on “Deportation Policies and Foreigners in Late Bronze Age Egypt.”
Global Humanities Campus 2018: Causality in Culture: Empirically Verifiable or Modelling Category? (Summer School) / Causality or Contingency: What Keeps Culture Going? (Workshop), Berlin (Freie Universit?t Berlin), Germany, July 23rd-August 5th 2018.
Archaeology as a Diplomatic Tool – Old and New International Players and Their Interest in Global Archaeology, 5th European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS): The Return of Politics to International Relations, Groningen (University of Groningen), Netherlands, June 6th-9th 2018, presented paper on “Egypt, Egyptian Heritage and China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).”
23rd Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA): Building Bridges, Session: Transnational Perspectives on the Legacy of Ancient Pasts in Contemporary Europe, Maastricht, August 30th-September 3rd, presented paper on “Searching for the Roman in the European Reception of Ancient Egypt.”
Excellence Cluster TOPOI: (Mortuary) Temple – Monastery – Mortmain Property (waqf). The Economic Organisation of Religious Institutions in Egypt, Berlin (Freie Universit?t Berlin), May 12th-13th 2017, presented paper on “Egyptian Temples in the Wider Context of New Kingdom Society” (invited speaker).
Annual Meeting of Postgraduates of Ancient History (AMPAH) 2017, London (King’s College London), UK, March 25th 2017, presented paper on ““Innumerable were the captives that his majesty took in his victories”: Deportations in New Kingdom Egypt.”
Graduate Archaeology at Oxford (GAO) Annual Conference 2017: Movement and Conflict in Archaeological Research, Oxford (University of Oxford), UK, March 10th-11th 2017, presented paper on “Approaching the Issue of Deportations in New Kingdom Egypt.”
British Association of Near Eastern Archaeology (BANEA) Conference 2017, Glasgow (University of Glasgow), UK, January 4th-6th 2017, presented paper on “Negotiating Power Relations via Ancient Heritage: The Example of Egypt.”
Excellence Cluster TOPOI workshop ‘Economic Growth in Antiquity’, Berlin (Freie Universit?t Berlin), Germany, November 18th-21st 2016, presented paper on “The Political Economy of Foreign Labour in Pharaonic Egypt” (invited speaker).
Looking to the Future: Engagements in Archaeology – Egypt and the Near East. WMES Conference., Birmingham (Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery), UK, October 28th-30th 2016, presented paper on “The Reception of Ancient Egyptian Heritage: Considering its Past, Present, and Future.”
Temps et espace en égypte ancienne / Time and Space in Ancient Egypt, Louvain-la-Neuve (Catholic University Louvain), Belgium, June 9th-11th 2016, presented paper on “The Concept of ‘Frontier’ in New Kingdom Egypt.”
Current Research in Egyptology (CRE) XVII, Kraków (Jagiellonian University), Poland, May 4th-7th 2016, presented paper on “Coerced Labour in the Middle and New Kingdom: Continuation of an Imperial Tradition?” in collaboration with Dr. Micòl(fā) Di Teodoro (UCL).
Worlding beyond the Clash of Civilizations: An Agenda for an International Relations-Islam Discourse, 3rd European Workshop in International Studies (EWIS), Tübingen (Eberhard Karls Universit?t Tübingen), Germany, April 6th-8th 2016, presented paper on “The Utilization of the Ancient Egyptian Heritage by Modern Egyptian Regimes.”
Crossroads: Whence and Whither? Egyptian-Coptic Linguistics in Comparative Perspectives, Berlin (Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences), Germany, February 17th-20th 2016, poster presentation on “The Language of Deportation.”
British Association of Near Eastern Archaeology (BANEA) Conference 2016, Lampeter (University of Wales, Trinity Saint David), UK, January 6th-8th 2016, presented paper on “Did the New Kingdom Elites possess a ‘Frontier’ Concept?”
'Borders, Borderthinking, Borderlands' Summer Institute (Bremen University, Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Bremen (University of Bremen), Germany, May 15th-26th 2015, presented paper on “Decolonizing Egyptology.”
Current Research in Egyptology (CRE) XVI, Oxford (University of Oxford), UK, April 15th-18th 2015, presented paper on “The Motif of Forced Migration in New Kingdom Sources.”
46. St?ndige ?gyptologenkonferenz (S?K), Munich, Germany, June 20th-22nd 2014, presented paper on “Die Nubienpolitik in der 18. Dyn. – Voraussetzung für die Gro?machtpolitik in Vorderasien.”
