Bettina Bader
Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr.
Bettina Bader
Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr.
- Group Leader | RG Archaeology in Egypt and Sudan
- +43 1 51581-6110
- bettina.bader(at)oeaw.ac.at
- Dominikanerbastei 16 | 1010 Vienna
Biographical sketch
After finishing MA (1998) and PhD studies (2004) at the Institute for Egyptology, University of Vienna, several Post-Doc positions financed by the Austrian Science Fund, the Austrian National Bank and the European Commission followed (2004–2009). The last two year position was a Marie Curie Fellowship at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge (UK). 2010–2014 Principal investigator of the project »Foreigners in Ancient Egypt – The Archaeology of Culture Contact« (FWF, V147-G21) and Assistant Professor (fixed term substitution) at the Institute for Egyptology, University of Vienna (academic year 2012/2013). Since 2015 Principal investigator of the START-project »Beyond Politics: Material Culture of Second Intermediate Period Egypt and Nubia« (FWF, Y754-G19) and head of research group »Material culture in Egypt and Nubia«. Over 25 years of experience in archaeological excavations in Egypt in collaboration with the Austrian Archaeological Institute (Tell el-Daba), the Egypt Exploration Society (Memphis), the Metropolitan Museum New York (Dahshur), the Archaeological Museum Madrid (Herakleopolis Magna), the University of Leuven (Deir el-Bersha), the University of Birmingham, Alabama (Lisht), the Swiss Institute for Architectural and Archaeological Research on Ancient Egypt, Cairo (Elephantine), The Djehuti-Project (Thebes) and The Ancient Egyptian Heritage and Archaeology Fund (Deir el-Ballas). In 2019 she gained her ›Habilitation‹ at the University of Vienna with the thesis »Complexities of Identity Research in Archaeology – Interpretational Possibilities by means of a Case Study of a late Middle Kingdom settlement«.
Research Projects
Research interests
- Funerary and settlement archaeology in Ancient Egypt and the Levant
- The First Intermediate Period to New Kingdom (ca. 2176 – 1450BC) in general
- Material culture studies
- Interpretation of distribution patterns of material culture
- Studies in culture contacts and interaction of ancient cultures, in particular Egypt and the Levant
- Transfer of knowledge
- Archaeology of identity
- Evaluation and interpretation of archaeological data derived from ceramics
- Contextual studies
- Re-evaluation of old excavation records and archaeological material
Publications
- The Middle Kingdom Theban Project: Preliminary report on the University of Alcalá Expedition to Deir el-Bahari (Fifth and Sixth Seasons and Study Season – 2020/2021). / Antonio, J; Morales, Rawda Abd El-Hady; Alarcón, Sergio et al.
In: Studien zur altägyptischen Kultur, No. 51, 15.12.2022, p. 133-177. - Preliminary Report on the Pottery from the Mortuary Temple of Tuthmosis III, in: M. Seco-Alvarez and M. el-Bially and others, Fourth and Fifth Excavation Seasons of the Egyptian-Spanish Project at the Mortuary Temple of Tuthmosis III at the West Bank of Luxor (2011 and 2012). / Bader, Bettina.
In: Annales du service des Antiquités de l’Egypte, Vol. 88, 15.03.2022, p. 160-164.
- Material Culture and Identities in Egyptology. Towards a Better Understanding of Cultural Encounters and their Influence on Material Culture. / Bader, Bettina; Budka, Julia (Editor in Series); Höflmayer, Felix (Editor in Series) et al.
Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2021. 130 p. (Archaeology of Egypt, Sudan and the Levant). - Tell el-Dabʿa XXIV. The Late Middle Kingdom Settlement of Area A/II. A Holistic Study of Non-élite Inhabitants of Tell el-Dabʿa. Vol. 1: The Archaeological Report, the Excavations from 1966 to 1969. / Bader, Bettina; Bietak, Manfred (Editor in Series); Horejs, Barbara (Editor in Series) et al.
Vienna: ÖAW, 2020. (Untersuchungen der Zweigstelle Kairo des ÖAI 39).
- Beyond Politics. New Developments in Second Intermediate Period Archaeology in Egypt (ca. 1800-1550 BC). / Bader, Bettina; elAguizy, Ola (Editor); Kasparian, Burt (Editor).
Proceedings of the Twelfth International Congress of Egyptologists ICE XII, 3rd-8th November 2019 in Cairo, Egypt, Vol. 1. Cairo: IFAO, 2023. p. 39-46. - Quantification as a Means of Functional Analysis: Settlement Pottery of the Late Middle Kingdom at Tell el-Dab'a. / Bader, Bettina; Bader, B (Editor); Knoblauch, M (Editor) et al.
Vienna 2 - Ancient Egyptian Ceramics in the 21st Century. Leuven: Peeters, 2016. p. 47-67 (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 245). - A late Middle Kingdom Settlement at Tell el-Dab'a and its Potential. / Bader, Bettina; Kousoulis, P (Editor); Lazarides, N (Editor).
Proceedings of the Xth International Congress of Egyptologists, Rhodes (Greece), 22nd – 29th May 2008. Leuven, Paris, Bristol, CT: Peeters, 2016. p. 45-63 (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 241). - Contacts between Egypt and Syria-Palestine as seen in a Grown Settlement of the late Middle Kingdom at Tell el-Dab'a/Egypt. / Bader, Bettina; Mynářová, J (Editor).
Egypt and the Near East – The Crossroads, Proceedings of the International Workshop on the Relations between Egypt and the Near East in the Bronze Age September 1–3, 2010. Prague: Charles University in Prague, Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Prague, 2011. p. 41–72. - Traces of Foreign Settlers in the Archaeological Record of Tell el-Dab'a/Egypt. / Bader, B; Duistermaat, K (Editor); Regulski, I (Editor).
Intercultural Contacts in the Ancient Mediterranean Proceedings of the International Conference at the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 25th to 29th October 2008. Leuven: Peeters, 2011. p. 127–148 (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 202). - Processing and analysis of ceramic finds at the Egyptian site of Tell el-Dab'a. / Bader, B; Horejs, B (Editor); Jung, R (Editor) et al.
Analysing Pottery. Processing - Classification - Publication. Bratislava, 2010. p. 209-233 (Analysing Pottery. Processing - Classification - Publication. Studia Archaeologica et Medievalia 10). - A tale of two cities: First results of a comparison between Avaris and Memphis. / Bader, Bettina; Bietak, M (Editor); Czerny, E (Editor) et al.
The Synchronisation of Civilisations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Second Millennium BC. III. Proceedings of the SCIEM 2000 – 2nd EuroConference, Vienna, 28th of May–1st of June 2003. vienna: ÖAW, 2006. (Contributions to the Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean).
- High and Low Cuisine in late Middle Kingdom Egypt. Who is the cook? and who made the cooking pot? / Bader, Bettina; Claes, W (Editor); Meyer, De (Editor) et al.
Remove that Pyramid! Studies on the Archaeology and History of Predynastic and Pharaonic Egypt in Honour of Stan Hendrickx. Leuven, 2021. p. 75-114 (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 305). - From Knobbly Bits to Whole Vessels - Information Gleaned from Pottery from Large Disturbed Contexts. / Bader, Bettina; Kilian, Andrea (Editor); Zöller-Engelhardt, Monika (Editor).
Excavating the Extra-Ordinary. Changes and Merits of Working with Small Finds. Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2021. p. 1-24. - Regional Differences in Pottery Repertoires: Two Case Studies on Ceramics from the early and the late Middle Kingdom. / Bader, Bettina; Serrano, A Jimenez (Editor); Rondan, A Morales (Editor) et al.
Palace Culture and its echoes in the provinces in Middle Kingdom Egypt. Regional Perspectives and Realities. Leiden, New York: Brill, 2021. p. 45-76 (Harvard Egyptological Studies 12). - Zwischen Text, Bild und Archäologie - Eine Problemdarstellung zur Konzeptualisierung von Kulturkontakten. / Bader, Bettina; Beck, S (Editor); Backes, B (Editor) et al.
Interkulturalität: Kontakt - Konflikt - Konzeptualisierung, Beiträge des sechsten Berliner Arbeitskreises Junge Aegyptologie (BAJA 6) 13.11.-15.11.2015. Wiesbaden: Harassowitz, 2017. p. 13-34 (Berliner Arbeitskreis Junge Aegyptologie). - Chapter 13: “Fish Dishes in Memphis – Overview and Analysis”. / Bader, Bettina; Bourriau, Janine (Editor); Gallorini, Carla (Editor).
The Middle Kingdom Pottery from the Excavations at Kom Rabia/Memphis, Levels VIII to VI. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 2016. p. 221-238 (Egypt Exploration Society Excavation Memoir). - Vessels in Ceramics and Stone: The Problem of the Chicken and the Egg? / Bader, B; Aston, D (Editor); Bader, B (Editor) et al.
Under the Potter’s Tree. Studies on Ancient Egypt Presented to Janine Bourriau on the occasion of her 70th Birthday. Leuven: Peeters, 2011. p. 125 – 171 (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 204).
- Vienna 2 - Ancient Egyptian Ceramics in the 21st Century Proceedings of the International Conference held at the University of Vienna, 14th-18th of May, 2012. / Bader, Bettina (Editor); Knoblauch, Christian (Editor); Köhler, E (Editor).
Leuven, Paris, Briston, CT: Peeters, 2016. (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 245). - Functional Aspects of Egyptian Ceramics within their Archaeological Context, Proceedings of a Conference held at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, July 24th to July 25th, 2009. / Bader, B (Editor); Ownby, M.F (Editor).
Leuven: Peeters, 2013. 421 p. (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 217).