Peter Manuelian, Barbara Bell Professor of Egyptology, Receives Motsepe Presidential Research Accelerator Fund for Africa

The Department of Anthropology is pleased to share that Peter Manuelian, Barbara Bell Professor of Egyptology, has been selected to receive $110,000.00 from the Motsepe Presidential Research Accelerator Fund for Africa for his proposal “Archaeological Diversity in Africa: Rediscovered Arabic Diaries from the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition to Egypt and Sudan.”

The Motsepe Presidential Research Accelerator Fund for Africa is made possible by a generous gift from the Motsepe Foundation. The Office of the Vice Provost for Research will administer the Fund together with the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs, in collaboration with the Center for African Studies. The primary purpose of the Fund is to support faculty-led and student-driven research projects that focus on advancing key challenges and opportunities facing Africa.

We look forward to seeing all the great work to come from this well-deserved award. Congratulations to Peter and all involved.

About Peter Manuelian

Peter Der Manuelian is the Barbara Bell Professor of Egyptology at Harvard University and holds a joint appointment in the Anthropology Department and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. He came to Harvard in 2010, after a decade at Tufts University. He also served on the curatorial staff of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, since 1987, and held the position of Giza Archives Project Director there from 2000 to 2011. In addition to Giza, his Egyptian archaeological and epigraphic site work includes New Kingdom temples at Luxor (Epigraphic Survey, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago), and the Predynastic site of Naqada.