Prof. Orly Goldwasser
Prof. Orly Goldwasser
Institute of Archaeology and the Ancient Near East, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Institute of Archaeology and the Ancient Near East, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Honorary Professor University of Göttingen
Honorary Professor University of Göttingen
"Best of BAR" award for 2009-2010
"Best of BAR" award for 2009-2010
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/news/search-for-alphabets-origins-wins-best-of-bar/
Research and teaching interests:
Research and teaching interests:
- Definition of the role of linguistic registers in New Kingdom texts
- The classifier system of the Egyptian hieroglyphs and its parallelism to other classification systems in various languages of the world
- The genesis of the alphabet through the Egyptian hieroglyphs
- Semiotics of the Egyptian pictorial scripts
- Socio-Linguistic issues in the grammar of Ramesside Egyptian
- Hieratic and hieroglyphic inscriptions in Canaan
- Canaanite-Egyptian relations during the Late Bronze Age
Teachings in other institutes:
Teachings in other institutes:
- Göttingen University
- Visiting Professor, Harvard University, Boston, 2005.
- Professor de Collège de France, Paris: Invited lecture series “quatre leçons.” Paris, 2007.
- Visiting Professor at Collegium de Lyon - Institute for Advanced Study c/o ENS Lettres et sciences humaines, Lyon, 2012.
- Visiting Professor at the University of Mainz. Mainz, 2015.
Functions
Functions
- Co-editor of the series - Classification and Categorization in Ancient Egypt, Göttinger Orientforschoungen IV. Reihe Ägypten 38 (Harrassowitz Verlag)
- Vice chair, European COST Action A31 "Stability and Adaptation of Classification Systems in Cross-Cultural Perspective" (scientific committees, conferences planning and organization, various lectures)
- Reviewer, School of Advanced Studies, Princeton
- Representative of Israel in the International Association for Semiotic Studies