I am currently working on the structures of economic and social relationships between ancient Egyptian tomb owners during the New Kingdom (c. 1550-1069 BCE). Utilising ‘Social Network Analyses’ the goal is to qualify the flow of resources that was invested in the building of the tombs and adding new quantifiable data to the field of ancient Egyptian economics.

Vast amounts of resources were spent on constructing these funerary monuments, but we do not know how they were financed. However, most of the tombs belonged to officials representing the state administration and there is textual evidence to suggest that the construction of their private mortuary monuments to a large extent was funded by diverting resources away from royal, religious, or public institutions. By mapping the social network of the tomb owners, it is possible to discern patterns in the Egyptian social elite to substantiate this suggestion.

Research positions

2023-2025 - Postdoctoral research fellow, funded by the Carlsberg Foundation (Reintegration Fellowship), Institute for Cross Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen.

2020-2022 - Postdoctoral research fellow, funded by the Carlsberg Foundation (Internationalisation Fellowship), McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge.

2019-2020 - Postdoctoral research fellow, funded by the Velux Foundations, Institute for Cross Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen.

2015-2018 - PhD fellow in Egyptology, Institute for Cross Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen.

Teaching

2023 - External lecturer, BA courses: (1) Egyptian Hieroglyphs 1, (2) Egyptian Hieroglyphs 3, Institute for Cross Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen.

2021-2022 - Undergraduate supervisor, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge.

2018-2019 - External lecturer, MA course: Hieratic, BA courses: (1) Middle Egyptian 2, (2) Middle Egyptian 3, (3) Egyptian History and Literature (Society A), (4) Theories of Science (Subject specific), (5) Comparative Introduction to Ancient Civilizations, Institute for Cross Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen.

2017 - PhD lecturer, BA course: Middle Egyptian 3, Institute for Cross Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen.

2016 - PhD lecturer, MA course: Critical Analysis of Material Culture - Egyptian Documentary Texts, BA course: Middle Egyptian C, Institute for Cross Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen.

2014 - External lecturer, BA courses: (1) Introduction to Ancient Egypt – History and Society, (2) Egyptian History and Literature (Society 2), (3) ToRS Fællesfag – Academic Writing, Institute for Cross Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen.

2013 - External lecturer, MA course: Berlin Copenhagen Seminar (International Presentation), Institute for Cross Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen.

2013 - External lecturer, BA courses: (1) Egyptian History and Literature (Society 1/2), (2) Introduction to Ancient Egypt – History and Society, Institute for Cross Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen.

2011 - External lecturer, BA courses: (1) Ancient Egyptian Religion, (2) Ancient Egyptian History, Open University, Institute for Cross Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen.

Other academic work

2024 - Workshop organizer: Working Titles – Understanding the use of official titles during the New Kingdom, March 7-8.

2022 - Subject manager for “Egypten i oldtiden” on the Danish online lexicon lex.dk

2017 - Conference co-organizer: Tomb Construction in the New Kingdom, September 21-22.

2015 - Conference co-organizer: Egyptological Conference in Copenhagen – Life and Heritage in Ancient Egypt, May 6-8.

2012 - Conference co-organizer: Cultural Encounters in Near Eastern History – An Interdisciplinary Conference, CIF Conference IV, May 10-12.

2011 - Conference co-organizer: Literature Identity Formation – An Interdisciplinary Symposium, CIF Conference III, May 20-21.

2010-2013 - Webmaster at the Materiality in Islam Research Initiative (MIRI), Institute for Cross Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen.

2010 - Conference co-organizer: Problems of Canonicity and Identity Formation in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, CIF Conference II, May 26-28.

2010-2013 - Scientific assistant at the Center for Canon and Identity Formation (CIF), Institute for Cross Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen.

Education

2018 - PhD in Egyptology, Institute for Cross Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen. PhD thesis: Socioeconomic aspects of ancient Egyptian private tomb construction. A study on New Kingdom tomb volumetrics as economic markers.

2007 - Cand. mag. in Egyptology, Institute for Cross Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen. MA-thesis: Egyptens medjayledere og deres funktioner. En undersøgelse af titlen Hry MD3yw med henblik på redegørelse for titelbærernes funktioner og ansvarsområder.
_{A study based on published and unpublished hieratic documents that were contextualised in the society of New Kingdom Egypt.}

2004 - Bachelor in Egyptology, Institute for Cross Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen.