Shih-Wei
Hsu
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I am a Ramón y Cajal research fellow at PROA of ILC, specializing in Egyptology. I completed my Bachelor's degree in German Language and Literature at the Chinese Culture University (Taiwan) and pursued my Magister's degree in Egyptology, Assyriology, and Semitic Languages at Heidelberg University (Germany), followed by a Ph.D. in Egyptology at the Free University of Berlin (Germany). My doctoral research focused on figurative expressions in ancient Egyptian texts, with a particular emphasis on royal inscriptions. This thesis was published in 2017 as a monograph titled "Bilder für den Pharao. Untersuchungen zu den bildlichen Ausdrücken des Ägyptischen in den Königsinschriften und anderen Textgattungen" in the series Probleme der Ägyptologie 36, by Brill Publishing.
I have held various visiting scholar positions globally, participated in multiple archaeological excavations, and have been actively involved in teaching and supervising both undergraduate and graduate students at Nankai University Tianjin (P.R.China). I also contribute to monographs, edited volumes, and academic articles related to ancient Egyptian culture, literature, texts, and figurative language.
Monographs
1. Beiträge zur Entwicklung der Königsinschriften, unpublished Magister Thesis, Heidelberg 2006
2. Images of the Pharaoh, Saarbrücken: Golden Light Academic Publishing, 2015 (ISBN: 978-3-639-73787-5)
3. Bilder für den Pharao. Untersuchungen zu den bildlichen Ausdrücken des Ägyptischen in den Königsinschriften und anderen Textgattungen, Probleme der Ägyptologie 36, Leiden: Brill 2017 (ISBN: 978-90-04-34779-3)
Edited Books
1. Shih-Wei Hsu, Vincent Pierre-Michel Laisney and Jan Moje (eds), Ein Kundiger, der in die Gottesworte eingedrungen ist. Festschrift für den Ägyptologen Karl Jansen-Winkeln zum 65. Geburtstag, Ägypten und Altes Testament 99, Münster: Zaphon 2020 (ISBN: 978-3-96327-094-9)
2. Shih-Wei Hsu and Jaume Llop Raduà (eds), The Expression of Emotions in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Culture and History of Ancient Near East 116, Leiden: Brill 2021 (ISBN: 978-90-04-43075-4)
3. Benedict Davies, Gabriella Dembitz, Shih-Wei Hsu and Hana Navrátilová (eds), Ramesside inscriptions, translated and annotated: notes and comments, volume VII, Addenda, London: Wileys 2022 (ISBN: 978-0-631-18441-6)
Articles
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1. Since September 2017: “Ancient Egyptian amulets from the Ducal Museum Gotha (Herzogliches Museum Gotha)” with permission of the curator Mrs. Uta Wallenstein of the Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein Gotha (Germany) (project manager)
2. February 2017–April 2020: “Ägypten im 1. Jahrtausend, Festschrift für Karl Jansen-Winkeln zum 65. Geburtstag” cooperation with P.D. Dr. Jan Moje and Prof. Dr. Vincent P.-M. Laisney (P. R. China, Germany and Italy) (co-editor)
3. August 2017–January 2021: “The Expression of Emotions in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia” cooperation with Prof. Dr. Jaume Llop Raduà (P. R. China and Spain) (co-editor)
4. May 2018–April 2019: “Ancient Egyptian amulets from the Ducal Museum Gotha (Herzogliches Museum Gotha)” in the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities – Nankai University (P. R. China) (project manager)
5. February 2019–April 2022: “Ramesside Project” of Prof. Dr. Kenneth Kitchen and Dr. Benedict Davies (United Kingdom) (collaborator)
6. September 2019–March 2020: “Series of lectures of ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian Civilization” in the national high foreign Experts project — Nankai University (P.R. China) (invited foreign experts: Anthony Spalinger, Pascal Vernus, Mu-Chou Poo and Jaume Llop Raduà) (project manager)
7. September 2022—November 2022: “Series of lectures for celebrating 200 years of Egyptology” project funded by the Center for Global Civilizations of Nankai University (P.R. China) (invited foreign experts: Roberto Gozzoli, Nozomu Kawai, Mu-Chou Poo and Stephen Vinson) (project manager)
8. October 2023–December 2023: “Series of lectures for the Civilization of Ancient Mesopotamia” project funded by the Center of Global Civilizations of Nankai University (P.R. China) (invited experts: Eckart Frahm, Changyu Liu and Jaume Llop Raduà) (project manager)