Willeke (Willemina Z.) Wendrich
Associate ProfessorUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
396 Kinsey Hall - Box 951511
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1511
Tel. (310) 206-1496
e-mail: wendrich@humnet.ucla.edu
Curriculum Vitae
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UCLA Undergraduate Courses:
Fall 2000, 2001
M 104 A: Ancient Egyptian CivilizationSpring 2001, 2002
M 104 B Ancient Egyptian CivilizationUCLA Graduate Seminars
Fall 2000 ANE 220
Digging Deeper: tools for interpretation in Egyptian ArchaeologyWinter 2001 ANE 261
Fieldwork in Egypt: BerenikeSpring 2001 ANE 263
Archaeology and social theory: Meskell and McDowell.Fall 2002 ANE 220
Aspects of multi-disciplinarity at BerenikeWinter 2002 ANE 261
Fieldwork in Egypt: Berenike and FayumSpring 2002 ANE 263
Ancient Egyptian architecture and use of space
Curriculum Vitae
TRAINING
1981 - 1988 Study History of Religions at the University of Amsterdam. Doctoral exam (MA) on 26 August 1988, subjects: ancient Egyptian religion, archaeology, Egyptian languague, philosophy of science. Judicium: cum laude
1989 - 1993 PhD research at the Centre of Non-Western Studies at Leiden University (the Netherlands). Subject: the social context of Ancient Egyptian basketry. PhD exam on 25 November 1999.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1986 Teaching coordinator at the Theological Institute of the University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands) free-lance Teacher of Egyptology for the Leiden Institute for Cultural Studies
1993 - 1998 Research fellow of the Department of Egyptology, Leiden University (the Netherlands)
1994 - 2002 Co-director of the excavations at Berenike (Egyptian Red-Sea coast).
1995 - 1999 Assistant professor of archaeology at Leiden University, working at the Netherlands Institute for Archaeology and Arabic Studies in Cairo (Egypt)
1996 - 2002 Project leader of the Eastern Desert Antiquities Protection Project (EDAPP), a project financed by the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Cairo for the preservation of the cultural heritage in the Eastern Desert of Egypt
1998 - 1999 Director of the Baynun Mapping Project (Yemen) 1999 Team leader of an expert research project on the feasibility of the development of eco-tourism in the Fayoum (Egypt).
2000 - present Post-doctoral fellowship Department of Archaeology at Leiden University, the Netherlands.
2000 - present Assistant Professor in Egyptian Archaeology at the Department of Near EasternLanguages and Cultures of the University of California in Los Angeles, USA.
2001 - present Co-director of the UCLA-RUG Fayum project.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE
1987-1992 Expedition to Tell el-'Amarna (excavations of the Egypt Exploration Society, directed by B.J. Kemp).
1990, 1992 Expedition to Qasr Ibrim, (excavations of the Egypt Exploration Society, directed by dr.M.C. Horton).
1990-1993 Expedition to Abu Sha'ar (excavations of the University of Delaware, USA, directed by prof.dr.S.E. Sidebotham).
1994-2001 Co-direction of the excavations at Berenike (Egyptian Red Sea coast), with prof.dr. S.E. Sidebotham.
1998 Director of the Baynun Mapping Project (Yemen)
1999 Expedition to Elephantine (German Archaeological Institute and Swiss Institute for Architecture and Archaeology).
2000 Catal Hoyuk excavation (Turkey)
2002 Fayum expedition
MUSEOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE
1993 Design and planning of the presentation of the collection of the Foundation "Wilg & Mand"
1997 Design and planning of an exhibition on the culture of the Egyptian Ababda Bedouin in Berenike.
1997 Design and planning of a number of exhibitions on trade routes, desert population and Red Sea harbours in the visitors centre in the fort of Quseir (Red Sea, Egypt)
1999 Design and planning of an exhibition on the material culture of the Ababda nomads in the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo.
2002 Planning of an exhibition on the Ababda nomads in the 'World Museum' in Rotterdam.
CONFERENCES ORGANISED
"Life on the Fringe, Living in the Southern Egyptian Deserts in the Roman and Early Byzanthine Periods" in cooperation with O.E. Kaper, organised at the Netherlands Institute for Archaeology and Arabic Studies in Cairo, December 1996.
"Moving Matters, Seminar on ethno-archaeology in the Middle East" in cooperation with Dr. G. van der Kooij, organised at the Netherlands Institute for Archaeology and Arabic Studies in Cairo, December 1998.
"Berenike Dag" Yearly conference on the Berenike excavations, organised by the Berenike Foundation on the premises of Leiden University.
PUBLICATIONS
2002 W.Z. Wendrich and G. van der Kooij eds: Moving Matters, proceedings of the seminar on ethno-archaeology in the Near East, Cairo-Leiden: NVIC-CNWS
2000 “Basketry” in: P.T. Nicholson, I. Shaw eds: Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology, pp. 254
2000 S.E. Sidebotham and W.Z. Wendrich, Berenike 1998, Report on the 1998 excavations at Berenike and the survey of the Egyptian Eastern Desert, including excavations in Wadi Kalalat, CNWS Special Series no. 5, Leiden: Research School CNWS, School for Asian, African and Amerindian Studies.
1999 S.E. Sidebotham and W.Z. Wendrich, Berenike 1997, Report of the 1997 Excavations at Berenike and the Survey of the Egyptian Eastern Desert, including excavations at Shenshef, Leiden: Research School CNWS.
1999 W.Z. Wendrich, H. Barnard and R.M. Bridgman. Report of the Baynun Mapping Project, Yemen 1998, Cairo-Leiden: NVIC-CNWS.
1999 The World According to Basketry; an ethnoarchaeological interpretation of basketry production in Egypt, CNWS publication series no. 83), with a 60 minutes video tape of present-day Egyptian basket makers.
1998 S.E. Sidebotham and W.Z. Wendrich, Berenike '96, Report on the Excavations at Berenike (Egyptian Red Sea Coast) and the Survey of the Eastern Desert, Leiden: Research School CNWS.
1998 “Introduction” and “Fringes are Anchored in Warp and Weft” in Life on the Fringe, Cairo-Leiden: NVIC-CNWS.
1997 “Manden en touw” in: De Oudheid Verpakt, catalogue of an Exhibition in the Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, pp. 42-51, Voorhout: Topa
1996 "Ancient Egyptian Rope and Knots", in: J.C. Turner, P. van de Griend eds. History and Science of Knots, pp. 43-70, London: World Scientific.
1996 S.E. Sidebotham and W.Z. Wendrich, eds. Berenike '95, Preliminary Report of the Excavations at Berenike (Egyptian Red Sea Coast) and the Survey of the Eastern Desert, Leiden: Research School CNWS.
1995 "Basketry and cordage", entry in: I. Shaw, P.T. Nicholson, British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt, p. 49, London: Trustees of the British Museum.
1995 "Van vindplaats tot rustplaats" in: Het behoud van etnografische collecties, Themadag 23, pp. 69-77, Amsterdam: Centraal Laboratorium voor Onderzoek van Voorwerpen van Kunst en Wetenschap.
1995 S.E. Sidebotham and W.Z. Wendrich, Berenike '94, Preliminary Report of the Excavations at Berenike (Egyptian Red Sea Coast) and the Survey of the Eastern Desert, Leiden: Research School CNWS.
1994 "Recording the 1990 Qasr Ibrim Basketry: a matter of edging" in: Ch. Bonnet, ed. Etudes Nubiennes, Actes du VIIe Congrès international d'études nubiennes, 3-8 septembre 1990 Volume II, pp. 205-207.
1994 G.M. Vogelsang-Eastwood, W.Z. Wendrich "Schoeisel" in: De Kleren van de Farao, pp. 139-149, Amsterdam: De Bataafsche Leeuw.
1993 "Mats, baskets and plastic bags", in: Egyptian Archaeology no. 3, pp. 39-40, London: Egypt Exploration Society;
1992 "Basketry analysis; beyond recording" in: Sesto Congresso Internazionale di Egittologia Atti, Volume I, pp. 657-659, Turin:
1991 "The cordage", in: D.A. Welsby, C.A. Daniels, Soba, Archaeological Research at a Medieval Capital on the Blue Nile, pp. 308-309 London: The Britisch Institute in Eastern Africa;
1991 "Basketry, a textile technique?", in: Archaeological Textile Newsletter no. 12, pp. 18-20.
1991 "Basketry versus Textile: on terms" in: Archaeological Textile Newsletter no. 13, pp. 9,10.
1991 Who is afraid of basketry? a guide to recording basketry and cordage for archaeologists and ethnographers, Leiden: CNWS-series no. 6;
1990 "Vlechtwerk, de zelfkant van het specialisme textiel?", OMRO no. 10, pp. 211-216, Leiden: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden;
1989 "Preliminary report on the Amarna basketry and cordage", in: B.J. Kemp, Amarna Reports V, London: Egypt Exploration Society;
In Preparation:
Berenike 1999-2000 (to appear in 2003).
Furthermore, numerous reviews, popular articles and scholarly lectures, both in English and in Dutch.
