Prof. Dr. Julia Budka studied Egyptology and Classical Archaeology at the University of Vienna and received her PhD in Egyptology, University of Vienna in 2007. She held a researcher position at Humboldt University Berlin (2004‒2012) and was a temporary replacement Assistant Professor at the University of Vienna (2011‒2012). With a START Prize 2012 and ERC Starting Grant 2012 she implemented her project AcrossBorders at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Since 2015, Julia Budka is Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Art, LMU Munich (and transferred her ERC project to LMU). Her speciality fields are Egyptian archaeology and ceramics; she conducts excavations in Sudan and Egypt, both at funerary and settlement sites, especially at Luxor (Thebes), Elephantine, Abydos and Sai Island.
Dr. Johannes Auenmüller Studied Egyptology, Classical Archaeology And Prehistoric Archaeology At Free University Berlin And Completed His Doctoral Studies Funded By The Berlin Cluster Of Excellence Topoi With A Dissertation About The Territoriality And Space-Related Identity Of The Egyptian New Kingdom Elite. He Then Conducted Archaeological And Archaeometric Research On A Unique Ensemble Of Late Period Casting Moulds For Producing Figurative Bronzes At The Egyptian Museum Of Bonn University. Since April 2015, He Is Research Associate At The Institute Of Egyptology And Coptology Of Münster University. In The Context Of His Employment Within The Erc Starting Grant Project Acrossborders At Lmu Munich, He Is Working On The New Kingdom Prosopography Of Sai Island And Environs. His Current Archaeological Work Focuses On Metalworking At Amara West (Sudan) As Member Of The Research Project Of The British Museum London.
His Key Publications Are Die Territorialität Der Ägyptischen Elite(N) Des Neuen Reiches (Phd Thesis, Berlin 2015, Access Here:“Http://Www.diss.fu-Berlin.de/Diss/Receive/Fudiss_Thesis_000000099252”) And Contributions To The Exhibition Catalogue Gegossene Götter – Metallhandwerk Und Massenproduktion Im Alten Ägypten, Rahden/Westf. 2014 (Edited By M. Fitzenreiter, Chr.e. Loeben, D. Raue And U. Wallenstein).
