Martina Ullmann

Martina Ullmann is a German Egyptologist .

Life

In 1990 she completed her Magister Artium (major: Egyptology, minor subjects: Philology of the Christian Orient, Ethnology ) with the master’s thesis The central column door in the temple - iconography and functional determination . From 1990 to 1994 she was a research assistant at the Institute for Egyptology at LMU Munich with the task of: Conception and construction of a computer-aided keyword catalog for the institute library including the creation of a separate thesaurus for Egyptological, Coptological and Sudanese archaeological literature. Since 1990 she has been involved in student support (academic advising, etc.), administration and organization at the Institute for Egyptology in Munich and in the institute's public relations work.

From 1990 to 1997 she was a tutor for the Middle Egyptian language at the Institute for Egyptology in Munich . As a lecturer (1997–2001) she taught at the Institute for Egyptology at LMU Munich. After receiving his doctorate in 1998 (major: Egyptology, minor: Philology of the Christian Orient, Ethnology) with the dissertation King for Eternity - The Houses of Millions of Years. From 1999 to 2001 she was a research assistant at the Institute for Egyptology at the LMU Munich for a study of the royal cult and temple typology in Egypt , where she was responsible for the scientific and organizational support of the AIGYPTOS project, which involved the conversion of the keyword catalog built up at the Munich institute in 1990 to a modern database -Retrieval system included and the provision of data on the Internet. In 2001 she represented the scientific assistant position at the Institute for Egyptology at LMU Munich. From 2001 to 2004 she held a post-doctoral position within the framework of the university scientist program at the Egyptological Institute of the LMU Munich on the subject of the structure and function of ancient Egyptian temples and the development of cult landscapes during the New Kingdom . Associated with this was a four-hour teaching load . From 2004 to 2007 she was a research assistant at the Egyptological Institute of the LMU Munich with a teaching load of five teaching hours. After completing his habilitation in 2007 at the Faculty of Cultural Studies at LMU Munich with the habilitation thesis Architecture and Decoration Program of the Egyptian Temples of the New Kingdom in Nubia - An investigation into the morphology and genesis of the cult landscape of Nubia. Volume I: Northern Nubia, from Beit el-Wali to Abu Oda , she was appointed private lecturer in Egyptology at LMU Munich in 2007. In 2008 she represented the scientific assistant at the Institute for Egyptology at LMU Munich.

At Yale University , she was Postdoctoral Associate for Egyptology and Bibliography at the Department of Near Eastern Languages ​​and Civilizations from 2008 to 2010 . From May 2012 to September 2014 she was the scientific assistant at the Institute for Egyptology at LMU Munich. From October 2014 to March 2015 she represented the W 2 professorship for Egyptian archeology and art history at the Institute for Egyptology at LMU Munich. From April to August 2015 she was the scientific assistant at the Institute for Egyptology at LMU Munich. At the European Research Council in the Starting Grant project Across ancient borders and cultures: An Egyptian microcosm in Sudan during the 2nd millennium BC , she was a research fellow from April to September 2015.

In September 2015 she was appointed adjunct professor for Egyptology at the LMU Munich. From October 2015 to September 2016 she represented the Chair of Egyptology at the University of Cologne .

Her main research interests are Egyptian temples, especially questions about architecture, the decoration program, theology and cult; Morphology and genesis of sacred landscape areas in Egypt and Nubia and the Egyptian kingdom.

Fonts (selection)

• King for eternity - the houses of millions of years. An investigation into the cult of the king and temple typology in Egypt (= Egypt and Old Testament. Volume 51). Harrassowitz / Görg, Wiesbaden / Munich 2002, ISBN 3-447-04521-3 (also dissertation, Munich 1998).
• as editor: And one day, they built the pyramids - but how? A little homage to Frank Müller-Römer . Brose, Haar 2011, ISBN 978-3-9812000-6-5 .
  • as editor: And one day, they built the pyramids - but how? A little homage to Frank Müller-Römer . 2nd revised edition, Brose, Haar 2011, ISBN 978-3-9812000-8-9 .
• as editor: 10th Egyptological Temple Conference. Egyptian temples between standardization and individuality, Munich, 29. – 31. August 2014 (= files of the Egyptological temple conferences. Volume 5). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2016, ISBN 3-447-10572-0 .

Web links

• Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich