Zakaria
SCIENTIA-Habilitationsstipendiatin
Habilitationsprojekt
Disability Perception in Ancient Egypt: A Syncretization of Historical Perspectives, Contemporary Values, and Re-Presenting Disability in Museums
Forschungsschwerpunkte
The habilitation project is an interdisciplinary study anchored in Egyptology and Museology. It investigates social and cultural perceptions of disability in ancient Egypt through the analysis of textual, visual, and material sources, and examines how this historical evidence is interpreted and presented in contemporary museum contexts.
Education
2000 B.A. in Archaeology (Egyptology), Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University
2001–2002 Pre-Master’s Studies in Egyptology, Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University
2008 M.A. in Egyptology, Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University
2016 Ph.D. in Egyptology, Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University, Summa Cum Laude
2024–2028 Habilitation Candidate, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Beruflicher Werdegang
2001–2004 Researcher, Centre of Documentation and Studies on Ancient Egypt, Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), Egypt.
2004–2014 Curator to Senior Curator; Head of Exhibition Text Writing Team, Grand Egyptian Museum, Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt.
2014–2015 Director, Exhibition Department, Grand Egyptian Museum, Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt.
2015–2021 Lecturer, Museum Studies Modules, Joint Master’ Programs, Helwan University (Egypt) in cooperation with Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU) and Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (Germany).
2016–2017 Supervisor, Institutional Development Plan for Historic Museums, Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt.
2018–2021 Director of Museum Exhibition Affairs, Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Egypt.
2018–2021 Assistant to the Minister for the Development of Museums (concurrent appointment), Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
Since 2024 Habilitation Candidate, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Stipendien
2012 The British Museum, International Training Programme Fellowship.
2018 Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology (PCMA), University of Warsaw, Cairo Office – Research Scholarship.
2021–2024 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation – Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg.
2024 The British Museum – International Training Programme Research Support Grant.
2025–2026 SCIENTIA Habilitation Scholarship, Chair of Egyptology, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (Bavarian Equal Opportunities Funding Programme).
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