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BRIAN PAUL MUHS Oriental Institute, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and the College University of Chicago 1155 E. 58th Street Chicago, IL 60637 Tel. 773-702-9533 E-mail: [email protected] POSITIONS Associate Professor, Egyptology, Summer 2011 - Present, Oriental Institute and Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago. University Lecturer, Greek Papyrology, Spring 2009 – Spring 2011; University Lecturer, Demotic Papyrology, Fall 1997 – Spring 2011, Papyrological Institute, Leiden University. Lecturer, Fall 1996, Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley. Teaching Assistant, Fall 1989 – Spring 1990, Department of Oriental Studies, University of Pennsylvania. EDUCATION Ph.D. in Egyptology, May 1996, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Oriental Studies), University of Pennsylvania. B.A. in Egyptian Archaeology, June 1985, Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley. FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS Franke Institute Conference Funding, 2012, University of Chicago. Gratema Stichting Grant, 2005-2008, Leiden University. School of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Fellowship, 1992-1993, University of Pennsylvania. Department of Oriental Studies Departmental Scholarships, 1990-1992, University of Pennsylvania. William Penn Fellowship, 1986-1990, University of Pennsylvania. TEACHING Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago. Introduction to Middle Egyptian Hieroglyphs-1 (EGPT 10101), Fall 2011, Fall 2015 Introduction to Middle Egyptian Hieroglyphs-2 (EGPT 10102), Winter 2012, Winter 2016 1 Middle Egyptian Texts-1 (EGPT 10103), Spring 2014 Introduction to Coptic (EGPT 10201), Fall 2012, Fall 2017 Coptic Texts (EGPT 10202), Winter 2014, Winter 2016 Introduction to Hieratic (EGPT 20102), Winter 2017 Introduction to Old Egyptian (EGPT 20110), Spring 2013 Introduction to Late Egyptian (EGPT 20210), Spring 2012 Late Egyptian Texts (EGPT 20211), Fall 2016 Economy and Society in Ancient Egypt (EGPT 20260/30260), Spring 2016 Demotic Texts (EGPT 30121), Spring 2012, Spring 2015 Reading Course-Demotic Mortuary Texts (EGPT 49900), Winter 2012 Ancient Near Eastern History and Society-1: Egypt (NEHC 20001/30001), Fall 2011, Fall 2013, Fall 2017 (with Jan Johnson and Robert Ritner), Fall 2015 (with Jan Johnson and Foy Scalf) Ancient Near Eastern Thought and Literature-1: Egypt (NEHC 20006/30006), Winter 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017 Approaches to the Study of the Ancient Near East (NEHC 30625/CMES 31002), Fall 2013, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017 The Second Intermediate Period of Egypt, ca. 1650-1550 BC (EGPT 40491), Spring 2013 (with Nadine Moeller) State and Society under the Ptolemies-1 (NEHC 45516), Fall 2016 (with Alain Bresson) State and Society under the Ptolemies-2 (NEHC 45517), Winter 2017 (with Alain Bresson) Reading Course-Ptolemaic History (NEHC 49900), Fall 2012 Reading Course-Ancient Egyptian King Lists (NEHC 49900), Fall 2015 Papyrological Institute, Leiden University. Introductory and Intermediate Demotic, Spring 1997 – 2011. Ancient Egyptian Law (in translation), Spring 1998 – Fall 2010. Egyptian Literature (in translation, with staff), Fall 2003 – 2006 Demotic Literature (in translation), Fall 2002 – 2006 Cultural History of Graeco-Roman Egypt (with staff), Spring 2003 – Spring 2011. Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology, Leiden – Cairo Program, Fall 2002. New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period History, Spring 1990. Introduction to Greek Papyrology for Historians, Fall 2009 – Spring 2011. Demotic Papyrology Summer School, Summer 2009 Papyrology Seminar (with staff), Spring 1999 – 2011 Transaction Costs in Graeco-Roman Egypt, Spring 2011 Antique Bureaucracy, Spring 2008 Food and Food Production in Graeco-Roman Egypt, Spring 2007 Shifting Boundaries. Elite Culture in Third Century Roman Egypt, Spring 2006 New Texts from Kellis, Spring 2005 Conflict Resolution in Graeco-Roman Egypt, Spring 2002 Roman Tebtunis, Spring 1999 Menches, Spring 1998 Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley. Intermediate Hieroglyphic Middle Egyptian, Fall 1996 Department of Oriental Studies, University of Pennsylvania. Intermediate Hieratic Middle Egyptian, Fall 1989 SUPERVISING B. Hainline, Chair, PhD committee, NELC, University of Chicago, 2017-present 2 B. Hayden, Chair, PhD committee, NELC, University of Chicago, 2011-present B. Kraemer, Chair, PhD committee, NELC, University of Chicago, 2011-present Ariel Singer, PhD committee, NELC, University of Chicago, 2017-present O. Siegel, PhD committee, NELC, University of Chicago, 2016-present N. Venable, PhD committee, PAMW/Classics, University of Chicago, 2015-present K. Lockhart, PhD committee, NELC, University of Chicago, 2014-2016 J. Winnerman, PhD committee, NELC, University of Chicago, 2013-present L. Weglarz, PhD committee, NELC, University of Chicago, 2013-2017 (PhD) P. Gauthier, PhD committee, NELC, University of Chicago, 2013-2016 (PhD) E. MacArthur, PhD committee, NELC, University of Chicago, 2012-2016 (PhD) J. Wade, PhD committee, NELC, University of Chicago, 2012-2015 B. Hainline, MA reader, NELC, University of Chicago, 2014 (MA) N. Howlett, MA reader, NELC, University of Chicago, 2013 E. van der Wilt, PhD committee, Oxford University, 2008-2014 (PhD) B. van den Bercken, MA reader, Leiden University, August 2008 (MA) F.A.J. Hoogendijk, PhD opposition committee, Leiden University, May 2008 J. Toivari-Viitala, PhD opposition committee, Leiden University, January 2000 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Humanities Division, University of Chicago: Chair, Stuart Tave Teaching Fellowship Selection Committee 2013, for 2013-2014 Reader, Hanna Holborn Gray Advanced Fellowship 2013, for 2013-2014 Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago: Graduate Advisor, CMES Ancient Track MA, 2013-present Member, Student Affairs Committee, 2011-2013 Member, Policy Committee, 2011-2013 Social Hour Coordinator (with Farouk Mustafa), 2011-2013 Department of Classics/Program in the Ancient Mediterranean World, University of Chicago: Member, PAMW Executive Committee, 2013-present Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, 2011-2014 Member, Graduate Admissions Near Eastern and Greek History Subcommittee, 2012-2014 Member, Graduate Admissions History Subcommittee, 2011-2012 Oriental Institute, University of Chicago: Member, OI Chief Curator Search Committee, 2016 Associate Director, Chicago Demotic Dictionary Project, 2012-present Member, OI Post-Doctoral Fellowship Selection Committee, 2011-present Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago: Member, CMES Ancient Track MA Admissions Committee, 2014-present Graduate Advisor, CMES Ancient Track MA, 2013-present Ex-officio member, CMES Executive Committee, 2013-present Council on Advanced Studies, University of Chicago Faculty Sponsor, Ancient Inscriptions Workshop, 2017 Faculty Sponsor, Ancient Societies Workshop, 2012-2014 External grant proposal referee 3 Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), Belgium, Spring 2015 Research Council, Leuven University, Belgium, Spring 2015 Partner University Fund, Cultural Services of the French Embassy, Spring 2013 National Geographic Society, Fall 2011 Israel Science Foundation, Spring 2011 External manuscript referee Book for Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2017 Article for American Journal of Archaeology, American Institute of Archaeology, Boston, 2016 Article for Oxford Handbooks Online in Archaeology, Oxford, 2015 Article for Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, London, Great Britain, 2015 Article for Journal of Egyptian History, Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2014 Book chapter for Columbia University Press, Columbia University, 2014 Article for Ancient Society, Leuven University, Belgium, 2013 Articles for Journal of Near Eastern Studies, University of Chicago, 2010, 2012, 2014 Article for Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Leiden University, The Netherlands, 2010-2011, 2016 CONFERENCES ORGANIZED Franke Institute, University of Chicago Roundtable ‘Digital Demotic’, 29 August 2012 Oriental Institute, University of Chicago Seventh Demotic Summer School, 27-28 August 2012 FIELD EXPERIENCE El Hibeh, Egypt: University of California, Berkeley Project, Field Supervisor, June-July 2003. Tell el-Muqdam, Egypt: University of California, Berkeley Project, Square Supervisor and Epigrapher, June-July 1993, May-July 1995 and June-July 1996. South Abydos, Egypt: University of Pennsylvania-Yale University Project, Square Supervisor, March-May 1994. Bersheh, Egypt: Boston Museum of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania Museum and Leiden University Expedition, Epigrapher, February-March 1990. BOOKS The Ancient Egyptian Economy, 3000 – 30 BCE (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016). ISBN 978-1-107-11336-7. x + 394 p. Receipts, Scribes and Collectors in Early Ptolemaic Thebes (O. Taxes 2) (Studia Demotica 8. Leuven: Peeters, 2011). ISBN 978-90-429-2431-4. xx + 329 p. + 56 pl. Reviews: M. Schentuleit, BiOr 69 (2012), p 463-467; J.G. Manning, BASP 52 (2015), p. 335-336. Tax Receipts, Taxpayers and Taxes in Early Ptolemaic Thebes (Oriental Institute Publications 126, Chicago: Oriental Institute Press, 2005). ISBN 1-885923-30-9. xxvi + 262 p. + 32 pls. 4 Reviews: M. Depauw, JESHO 50 (2007), p. 80-82; S.P. Vleeming, BiOr 64 (2007), p. 154-156; K. Vandorpe, CdÉ 83 (2008), p. 149-151; W. Clarysse, BASP 46 (2009), p. 209-211; M. Schentuleit, JEA 95 (2009),
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  • Deified Humans

    Deified Humans

    UCLA UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology Title Deified Humans Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3kk97509 Journal UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology, 1(1) Author von Lieven, Alexandra Publication Date 2010-01-30 Peer reviewed eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California DEIFIED HUMANS البشر المؤلھيين Alexandra von Lieven EDITORS WILLEKE WENDRICH Editor-in-Chief University of California, Los Angeles JACCO DIELEMAN Editor Area Editor Religion University of California, Los Angeles ELIZABETH FROOD Editor University of Oxford JOHN BAINES Senior Editorial Consultant University of Oxford Short Citation: von Lieven, 2010, Deified Humans. UEE. Full Citation: von Lieven, Alexandra, 2010, Deified Humans. In Jacco Dieleman, Willeke Wendrich (eds.), UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology, Los Angeles. http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/viewItem.do?ark=21198/zz0025k5hz 1278 Version 1, October 2010 http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/viewItem.do?ark=21198/zz0025k5hz DEIFIED HUMANS البشر المؤلھيين Alexandra von Lieven Vergöttlichte Menschen Personnes divinisés In ancient Egypt, humans were occasionally the recipients of cult as saints or even deities after their death. Such deified humans could be private persons as well as royalty, men as well as women. The cults were usually of local significance, but in certain cases, they rose to national prominence. The phenomenon of human deification is well attested in ancient Egypt and appears to have become more prominent and diversified over time. There existed a hierarchy within the group of deified humans. Local patrons and “wise” scribes seem to have been favored objects of deification. Nevertheless, it remains virtually impossible in most cases to determine why one individual was deified and another was not.