Budka Julia

Budka Julia

Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Art History; PI of ERC Project DiverseNile

MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH
Late Bronze Age and Iron Age, Egypt and Nubia, Material culture, Settlement archaeology and social relationships, Cultural identities, Funerary culture and mortuary architecture

EDUCATION

2007    Dr phil awarded in Egyptology, University of Vienna, Austria

2000    Mphil in Egyptology, University of Vienna, Austria

1995-2000     Study of Egyptology (Major) and Classical Archaeology (Minor), University of Vienna

CAREER HISTORY

Since 2020 Principal Investigator of the ERC Consolidator Grant project DiverseNile, LMU Munich

Since 2015   Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Art History, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (since 2020 tenured)

2012-2018    Principal Investigator of the ERC Starting Grant project AcrossBorders, hosted by the Austrian Academy of Sciences from 12/2012 to 03/2015; transfered to Munich in 04/2015

2012-2017    Principal Investigator of FWF START project “Across ancient borders and cultures”, hosted by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OREA, Egypt & Levant)

2011-2012    Assistant Professor (Universitätsassistentin PostDOC) at the University of Vienna, Institute of Egyptology (granted leave from Humboldt University)

2010            Lecturer at the University of Leipzig, Institute of Egyptology

2004-2012    Scientific Researcher and Lecturer at the Institute of Archaeology, Humboldt University Berlin, Department of Egyptology and Northeast African Archaeology

HONORARY POSTS & ELECTED MEMBERSHIP 

since 2019 Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

2015-2018 Member of the board of directors of the Young Academy

2014-2016            Member of the Akademierat, Austrian Academy of Sciences

2014-2019 Member of the “Young Academy”, Austrian Academy of Sciences (Vienna)

since 2014            Member of the managing board of the “Freunde des Naturhistorischen Museums” (http://freunde.nhm-wien.ac.at/)

CV Budka

Publication list Budka (English, status: 2025)

Publikationsliste Budka (Deutsch, Status 2024)

Neueste Beiträge

Sudan Today: Port Sudan

In a grand ceremony in Port Sudan, the seat of the Sudanese government since the outbreak of the Khartoum war, the General Intelligence Service handed over to the Ministry of Culture, Information and Tourism 570 looted archaeological pieces from Sudan’s heritage, which were stolen by militias and hidden in an attempt to smuggle them out of the country.

  1. Forgetting Sudan? Schreibe einen Kommentar
  2. Sudanese Customs, Heritage, and Traditions – Ancient and Still Continuing: Gartag Schreibe einen Kommentar
  3. Other habits and traditions that continue to this day Schreibe einen Kommentar
  4. Sudanese Habits and Traditions: The presence of the zir Schreibe einen Kommentar
  5. Upcoming DiverseNile Seminar: Unravelling Ancient Nubian Beauty Schreibe einen Kommentar
  6. First article by DiverseNile available in Arabic Schreibe einen Kommentar
  7. New publication: Establishing a Dialogue Schreibe einen Kommentar
  8. Museums and Heritage in Sudan Schreibe einen Kommentar
  9. Risks of Climate Change and Projections on Cultural Heritage in Sudan? Schreibe einen Kommentar