Curriculum vitae

Helmut Satzinger                                  >>> German Version.



Born January 21, 1938, in Linz, Upper Austria
Father:  Otto (1903–1993), son of Josef and Katharina née Piberhofer
Mother:  Friederike Rosa (1903–1993), daughter of Hans (Johann) Köttl and Friederike née Schraml
Sister: 
Annemarie (Anna Maria), born 1942, widow of Enrico Taiuti; lives in Florence, Italy.
Married to Inge née Planinger
Children:
1964    Katharina Franziska (formerly Samuel)
1966    Konstanze Friederike (K. Schmid, formerly Audureau)
1968    Judith Jadwiga Maria (J. Stark, formerly MacNeil)
1980    Stephanie Anna Cristina

Education

Elementary School:
1944 Volksschule Neukirchen an der Vöckla, Upper Austria
1945–48 Volksschule Goethestraße in Linz

Secondary School:
1948–56 Realgymnasium Khevenhüllerstraße in Linz


Academic Career
1956 University of Vienna:
Egyptology (Gertrud Thausing X)
Arabic Philology (Wolfram von Soden, Ernst Bannerth, Hans Gottschalk)
African Language Studies (Gertrud Thausing, Hans Mukarovsky),
Comparative Semitistics (Wolfram von Soden),
Judaistics (Kurt Schubert)
1961–64 Hammer Purgstall-Gesellschaft (presently, Österreichische Orientgesellschaft):
Courses for Egyptian Arabic; Lecturer in German language for students of Arabic mother tongue.
1961–62 Cairo University, Institute for Archaeology
(Abdel-Mon'em Abubakr, Abdel-Mohsen Bakir, Girgis Matta).
1964 Conferral of philosophy doctorate, Vienna University
(Thesis: Die negativen Konstruktionen im Alt- und Mittelägyptischen)
1978 Lecture qualification for Egyptology at the University of Vienna
(Thesis: Neuägyptische Studien: Die Partikel ir. Das Tempussystem (68 MB))
1980 Courses at Hamburg University
1989 Bestowal of title “professor” by University of Vienna
1993 Courses at Munich University
2000 Courses at Cairo University
2003 Presented with a festschrift: "Das alte Ägypten und seine Nachbarn", edited by Monika Hasitzka, Johannes Diethart and Günther Dembski
2004 Courses at Belgrade University
2005 Courses at Belgrade University
2007 Participation in the evaluation of research at Uppsala University
KoF07 = "Kvalitet och Förnyelse 2007"
2013 One more festschrift -- "Florilegium Aegyptiacum" -- presented on Dec. 4.
Edited by R. Gundacker, J. Budka, G. Pieke.
Ongoing— Courses at Vienna University
1983— Theses supervised and (or) evaluated


Curatorial Career
1964–69 Egyptian Museum Berlin [West]:
Cataloguing and publishing the Coptic papyri
Cooperation in the installation and the catalogue (museum opened in 1967)
1969 Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna:
Curator of Egyptian and Near Eastern antiquities
1978 Appointed Head of department, the Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection
1996 Bestowal of the administrative title Hofrat
2003 Retired in December.

Numerous publications and research projects concerning the Vienna Egyptian & Near Eastern Museum Collection, its history, objects, and object groups, including the Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum (CAA).
2009 through 2017 Member of the Advisory Board (Comitato Scientifico) of the Egyptian Museum of Turin


Exhibitions
   1975 Echnaton – Nofretete – Tutanchamun, Neue Burg
Akhnaten – Nefertiti – Tutankhamun
Concept H. de Meulenaere, Brussels; with architect Gunther Wawrik
   1979  Funde aus Ägypten, Kunsthistorisches Museum Download the catalogue (36 MB)
Finds from Egypt
With E. Haslauer
   1981  Rollsiegel aus dem Vorderen Orient, Kunsthistorisches Museum
Near Eastern Cylinder Seals
Concept E. Bleibtreu, Vienna; with E. Haslauer
   1982  Die Steine der Pharaonen, Kunsthistorisches Museum
The Stones of the Pharaohs
Concept R. & D. Klemm, Munich;  with E. Haslauer
   1983  Land des Baal, Künstlerhaus Download the Journal (9 MB)
Baal’s Country
Concept E. Strommenger, Berlin;  with E. Haslauer

Archaeology
1971, spring and autumn Excavations in Western Thebes, University of Vienna:
two seasons of 2 months each
2017, Jan / Feb Excavations on Sây Island (Nubia, Sudan), of Prof. Dr. Julia Budka, Project Across Borders,
with linguistic studies in Nobiin and Sudani Arabic.


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