Petra Sijpesteijn - Curriculum Vitae#
Education:
- Princeton University: MA Near Eastern Studies 2000; PhD Near Eastern Studies 2004
- Cornell University: MA programme History Department 1996 - 1997
- Leiden University: MA ancient history 1996; MA Arabic language 1997
- University of Damascus: exchange student 1994 - 1995
- University of Oregon: junior year 1989 - 1990
Visiting professorships:
- American University of Cairo. Cleveland Bayard Dodge Distinguished Visiting Professor. 2019
- University of Tunis & CNRS. History seminar. 2019
- Collège de France. International Itinerant Paleographic School. 2018
- Princeton University. Arabic papyrology seminar. 2017
- École des Hautes Études en Sciences-Sociales, Paris. Visiting Professor. 2017
- University College London, Qatar. Arabic papyrology seminar. 2014, 2015, 2016
Collaborative research projects:
- Archaeological excavation Tebtunis. Milan, IFAO Cairo. 2005
- Vom Kaiser zum Kalifen. Mellon foundation, Austrian National Library, Munich, Leiden. 2013
- DECIPHER (Documents from Egypt, classical to Islam, politics, history, economy and religion). Reading, Princeton, Leiden, Birmingham, Oxford, Edinburgh. 2017
- Fiscalités et religions. CNRS, Sorbonne, Leiden. 2015 - 2017
- Provinces and Empires: Islamic Egypt in the Ancient World. NYU, CNRS/IFAO, Leiden. 2013 - 2016
- Empires and Communities. Austrian Academy of Sciences, Princeton, Oxford, Birmingham, Leiden, SOAS, London. 2014 - 2016
- Late Antiquity and Early Islam: Continuity and Change in the Mediterranean. Oxford, Princeton, CNRS, Sorbonne, Leiden. 2009 - 2012
Special addresses:
- ‘Tausendundeine Sternennacht. Der Himmel im Arabischen Raum’ Sternenhimmel der Menscheit festival. Munich 2022
- ‘Vom Kaiser zum Kalif’ Exhibition opening. Austrian National Library. 2022
- ‘Editing Arabic Papyri: A Special Challenge’ Plenary lecture. 29th International Congress of Papyrology. Lecce, Italy. 2019
- ‘Global Networks: Mobility and Exchange in the Mediterranean (600-1000)’ Key-note. Sixth Biennial Conference of the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean. Barcelona. 2019
- ‘Righting wrongs: The rhetoric of persuasion in Arabic letters of request’ Key-note. Novel perspectives on communication practices in antiquity, Ghent. 2019
- ‘Negotiating Conquest: Treaties and Concessions to establish Arab rule’ Annual Lecture. Oxford Centre for Byzantine Studies. 2018
