Saphinaz Amal Naguib

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Fields of Research

  • Material culture and the materiality of culture
  • Museum and heritage studies
  • Egyptology (ancient Egyptian religion and art)
  • Islam (material culture and art)
  • Copto-Arabic hagiographies

 

Academic background

1996 –2017: Professor of Cultural History/Cultural Analysis, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental languages, University of Oslo.

2016-2017: Member of research project After Discourse: Things, Archaeology, and Heritage in the 21st Century, at the Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS), The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Oslo; https://cas.oslo.no/research-groups/after-discourse-things-archaeology-and-heritage-in-the-21st-century-article1802-827.html  
2004 - 2006: Director of the Centre Universitaire de Norvège à Paris.
1995: Associate professor in History of Religions, Department of Culture Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Oslo.
1991-1994: Post-doctoral research fellow, University of Oslo, Department of Culture Studies. Research project: The Martyr as Witness. Coptic and Copto-Arabic oral and written traditions and the transmission of texts as mediators of religious memory.
1989: Dr.philos from the University of Bergen; thesis: Le clergé féminin d'Amon thébain à la 21e dynastie.
1984-1988: Research assistant, The Norwegian Research Council, Ethnographic Museum, University of Oslo.
1980-1983: Research fellow, The Norwegian Research Council, Ethnographic Museum of the University of Oslo, within the international research project Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum
1973: M.A. in Egyptology, Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University.
1971: Italian state fellowship for the Conservation of archaeological finds and mural paintings, Istituto Centrale del Restauro, Roma, and International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), Rome
1970-1974: Assistant lecturer, Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University.
1970: B.A. in Egyptology, Faculty of Humanities, Cairo University.

 

Ongoing research projects

  • Archaeologies of memory and the materiality of writing. Main Project: Object Matters: Archaeology and Heritage in the 21th Century. http://objectmatters.ruinmemories.org/.
  • Museums, Heritage and the Nomadic Turn.
  • Materia Medica – Medicinal culinary plants and the regulation of knowledge in the Mediterranean. Main project: Cultures of Medicine. Encounters, contentions and the shaping of new medical knowledge.

 

Major appointments

- Research coordinator of the Ph.D. programme, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo (2013-2016)

- Research coordinator of the doctoral programme History of Religion, Cultural History, Archaeology, African and Asian Studies (KRA) at the Faculty of Humanities, UiO (2008-2012).

-  Head of the board of the University of Oslo trans-faculty research programme, Cultural Complexity in the New Norway (CULCOM), University of Oslo (2004-2010).

- Director of the Centre Universitaire de Norvège à Paris (2004-2006).

- Research manager of sub-theme 2: Religion and collective memory, within the University of Oslo trans-faculty research programme Religion in Pluralistic Societies (PLUREL; 2009-2011)

- Member of the international scientific board of the Musée National des Civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée in Marseilles (MUCEM; 2005-2011).

- Member of the board of the Norwegian Centre for Minority Health Research (NAKMI, 2003-2008), Ullevål University Hospital, Oslo.

- Member of the board for Research in the Humanities, Culture and Society, The Research Council of Norway (2001-2003).

- Member of the Program Committee International Migration and Ethnic Relations, The Research Council of Norway (1997-2002).

- Member of the board of the International Committee of Egyptology (CIPEG), within the International Committee of Museums (ICOM) ((1995-1998, 1998-2001).

 

Membership

Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

 

Awards

The Institute for Comparative Research in Human Culture Dampskipsekspeditør Nils Pedersen og hustru Mathilde Pedersens, award 2017-2021. 

 

 

Tags: Cultural history, Museums and Museology, Heritage Studies, Egyptology, Cultural encounters, Ancient Egyptian religion and art, Islam (m aterial culture and art)

Publications

 

  • Funerary Statuettes. Etnografisk Museum Oslo, Mainz/Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern 1985.
  • Predynastic Pottery. Etnografisk museum Oslo, Oslo: Novus Press 1987.
  • Le clergé féminin d'Amon thébain à la 21e dynastie, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta (OLA) 38, Louvain: Peeters Press 1990.
  • Miroirs du Passé, Cahiers de la Société d'Egyptologie Genève 2, Genève 1993.
  • Mosques in Norway. The Creation and Iconography of Sacred Space, Oslo: Novus Press 2001.
  • Den egyptiske dødeboken - og tekster om livets vei, Oslo: De norske bokklubbene 2001.
  • The Intangible Heritage of the Mediterranean. Tradition, Adaptation and Innovation, Oslo: Unipub 2002.
  • (with Bjarne Rogan), Materiell kultur og kulturens materialitet, Oslo: Novus forlag 2011.
  • (with Terje Stordalen), The Formative Past and the Formation of the Future, Oslo, Novus Press 2015.

 

 

  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2023). Mary’s trunk: Memory object of a Scottish war bride in Norway. . In Bjerck, Hein Bjartmann; Burström, Mats; Petursdottir, Thora & Svestad, Asgeir (Ed.), For Love of Archaeology. To Bjørnar J. Olsen from friends and colleagues.. Tromsø Museum Skrifter. ISSN 978-82-7142-300-1. p. 35–43.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2022). Visual Metaphors of Migration in Museums. In Lane, Pia; Kjelsvik, Bjørghild & Myhr, Annika Bøstein (Ed.), Negotiating Identities in Nordic Migrant Narratives: Crossing Borders and Telling Lives. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 978-3-030-89108-4. p. 137–160.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2021). Ruins of Ruins. The aura of archaeological remains. In Olsen, Bjørnar Julius; Burström, Mats; DeSilvey, Caitlin & Petursdottir, Thora (Ed.), After Discourse: Things, Affects, Ethics . Routledge. ISSN 978-0-367-19048-4. p. 162–186.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal & Farstadvoll, Stein (2019). Flâneries in a Northern Urban Landscape. Affective Atmospheres, Diffuse Museum and the Creation of Heritage in the 21st Century. In Smeds, Kerstin & Davis, Ann (Ed.), Museum & Place. ICOFOM- ICOM International Committee for Museology. ISSN 978-92-9012-462-7. p. 181–210. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2019). New Frames to Islam in European Museums. Material Religion. ISSN 1743-2200. 15(3), p. 376–377. doi: 10.1080/17432200.2019.1572362.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2018). Bridging Gaps: Archaeological Sources and Resources in Museums. In Steiner, Pål; Tsakos, Alexandros & Seland, Eivind Heldaas (Ed.), From the Fjords to the Nile: Essays in Honor of Richard Holton Pierce on his 80th Birthday. Archaeopress. ISSN 9781784917760. p. 41–47. doi: 10.2307/j.ctvndv81r.7. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2018). Exploring Biographies. Ancient Egyptian Statuettes at the Museum of Cultural History (MCH), University of Oslo. CLARA Classical Art and Archaeology. ISSN 2464-3726. 3, p. 1–26. doi: 10.5617/clara.v3i0.2972. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2017). Forgotten Things: Pen-Boxes and their Stories. In Eggen, Nora Sunniva & Issa, Rana (Ed.), Philologists in the World: A Festschrift in Honour of Gunvor Mejdell. Novus Forlag. ISSN 978-82-7099-904-0. p. 219–232. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2017). Engaged Ephemeral Art: Street Art and the Egyptian Spring. Transcultural Studies. ISSN 2191-6411. 2, p. 53–88. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2016). Engaged ephemeral art: Street art and the Egyptian Arab Spring. Transcultural Studies. ISSN 2191-6411. 2016(2), p. 53–88. doi: 10.17885/heiup.ts.2016.2.23590.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2016). Når veggene taler. Gatekunst, graffiti, kalligraffiti og den arabiske våren i Egypt. Tidsskrift for kulturforskning. ISSN 1502-7473. 2, p. 6–21.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2015). Materializing Islam and the Imaginary of Sacred Space. In Fuglerud, Øivind & Wainwright, Leon (Ed.), OBJECTS AND IMAGINATION Perspectives on Materialization and Meaning . Berghahn Books. ISSN 978-1-78238-568-4. p. 64–78. Full text in Research Archive
  • Stordalen, Terje & Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2015). Time, Media, Space. Perspectives on the Ecology of Collective Remembering. In Stordalen, Terje & Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (Ed.), The Formative Past and the Formation of the Future: Collective Remembering and Identity Formation. Novus Forlag. ISSN 978-82-7099-808-1. p. 17–37.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2015). The Articulation of Cultural Memory and Heritage in Plural Societies. In Stordalen, Terje & Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (Ed.), The Formative Past and the Formation of the Future: Collective Remembering and Identity Formation. Novus Forlag. ISSN 978-82-7099-808-1. p. 221–246.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2015). Collecting Moments of Life. Museums and the Intangible Heritage of Migration. Museum International. ISSN 1350-0775. 65(1-4), p. 77–86. doi: 10.1111/muse.12035.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2014). Skrivingens materialitet: Peter Christen Asbjørnsens reiseskriveskrin. In Esborg, Line & Johannsen, Dirk (Ed.), "En vild endevending av al virkelighet" - Norsk Folkeminnesamling i hundre år. Novus Forlag. ISSN 978-82-7099-772-5. p. 91–100.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2013). La politique de la diversité dans un musée sans collection, l'Interkulturelt Museum d'Oslo. In Chevallier, Denis (Eds.), Métamorphoses des musées de société. La Documentation française. ISSN 978-2-11-009260-1. p. 105–110.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2013). Museums, Diasporas and the Sustainability of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Sustainability. ISSN 2071-1050. 5(5), p. 2178–2190. doi: 10.3390/su5052178. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2011). Engaging with gender and diversity in museums of cultural history :. Arv. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore. ISSN 0066-8176. 67, p. 111–128.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2011). Introduction: Patterns of Cultural Valuation. Priorities and Aesthetics in Exhibitions of Identity in Museums. Arv. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore. ISSN 0066-8176. 67, p. 9–12.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2011). Kulturelt mangfold i kulturhistoriske museer; utfordringer og fallgruver. Telemark historie : tidsskrift for Telemark historielag. ISSN 0333-2586. p. 97–112.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2011). Seyla Benhabib og Et annet verdensborgerskap, Seyla Benhabib: Et annet verdensborgerskap. Cappelen Damm AS. ISSN 978-82-02-35091-8. p. 109–123.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2011). Et blikk på Egypt. Neo-faraonisme og sekulariseringen av det offentlige rom. In Naguib, Saphinaz Amal & Rogan, Bjarne (Ed.), Materiell kultur & kulturens materialitet. Novus Forlag. ISSN 978-82-7099-630-8. p. 125–144.
  • Rogan, Bjarne & Naguib, Saphinaz-Amal (2011). Materiell kultur og forskning på tvers. En introduksjon. In Naguib, Saphinaz Amal & Rogan, Bjarne (Ed.), Materiell kultur & kulturens materialitet. Novus Forlag. ISSN 978-82-7099-630-8. p. 9–18.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2010). Reconciling History and Memory at the Cité Nationale de l’Histoire de l’Immigration in Paris. In Skartveit, Hanne-Lovise & Goodnow, Katherine J. (Ed.), Changes in museum practice : new media, refugees and participation. Berghahn Books. ISSN 978-1-84545-610-8. p. 48–57.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2010). Egypt in View: Postcards of Nostalgia. In Williksen, Solrun & Rapport, Nigel (Ed.), Reveries of Home: Nostalgia, Authenticity and the Performance of Place. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISSN 978-1-4438-1979-4. p. 109–123.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (1996). The Era of Martyrs. Texts and Contexts of Religious Memory. In Vogt, Kari & van Doorn-Harder, Nelly (Ed.), Between Desert and City. Novus Forlag. ISSN 82-7099-257-7. p. 121–141.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (1994). The Martyr as Witness. Coptic and Copto-Arabic Hagiographies as Mediators of Religious Memory. Numen. ISSN 0029-5973. 41, p. 223–254.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (1993). Martyr and Apostate: Victor, Son of Romanos and Diocletian. A Case of Intertextuality in Coptic Religious Memory. Temenos. ISSN 0497-1817. 29, p. 101–113.

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  • Stordalen, Terje & Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2015). The Formative Past and the Formation of the Future: Collective Remembering and Identity Formation. Novus Forlag. ISBN 978-82-7099-808-1. 381 p.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal & Rogan, Bjarne (2011). Materiell kultur & kulturens materialitet. Novus Forlag. ISBN 978-82-7099-630-8. 385 p.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2002). The Intangible heritage of the Mediterranean: Transmission, adaptation and innovation. Unipub forlag. ISBN 82-7477-121-4. 234 p.

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  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal & Vogt, Kari (2023). Moské. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven).
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2020). Gjenskapte stemmen til en 3000 år gammel mumie. (https://www.nrk.no/viten/gjenskapte-stemmen-til-en-3000-ar-gammel-mumie-1.14879475) . [Internet]. nrk.no.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2018). Revisiting the ‘perfect ruin’. The politics and poetics of an archaeological site. .
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2017). Perspectives in Cultural Memory.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2017). Vardø's Rich street art scene: will the city become an ecomuseum? [Internet]. https://cas.oslo.no/read/ .
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2017). Street art and sustainability in Vardø, North Norway. .
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2017). Urban art, place and affective atmospheres. .
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2016). Rebellious Walls: Street Art, Graffiti, Calligraffiti and the Arab Spring in Egypt.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2016). Contentious walls and the Arab Spring in Egypt. Graffiti and the art of circumventing censorship. .
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2016). Diasporas et le pays d’accueil. Le cas de la Norvège.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2016). Acknowledging Diversity and Sharing Culture: Museums and the Heritage of Migration.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2016). Egyptisk mytologi.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2015). Archaeologic Fragments and their Aura.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2015). Memory and its materiality: the crafting of heritage.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2015). Impact events and contentious walls. Street art during the Arab Spring in Egypt.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2015). Sharing cultures: Museums and Heritage of migrations in Scandinavia.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2015). Entangled Heritage and the Frames of Islam in European Museums.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2014). Haci Akman (ed.) 2014. Negotiating Identity in Scandinavia. Women, Migration and the Diaspora. New York: Berghahn. Tidsskrift for kulturforskning. ISSN 1502-7473. 3, p. 64–66.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2014). Migrasjon, museer og den inkluderende nasjonen.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2014). Bridging Gaps: Archaeological sources and resources in contact zones.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2014). De représentation à participation. Quand l'objet devient sujet dans les musées de société.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2013). Kulturnytt - Bassem Youssef og yttringsfrihet i Egypt. [Radio]. NRK - Marienlyst.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2013). Modes of Participation at the Museum: Practices involving a diverse public.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal & Mathisen, Silje Opdahl (2012). Identiteter på Grensen.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2012). Nefertiti’s Stories. Museums and Ancient Cultures from Colonial to Cosmopolitan Practices.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2012). The Gift of Life Stories and the Politics of Participation.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2012). Kultur og underholdning: Fant tapt egyptisk manuskrift ved en tilfeldighet. [Internet]. nrk.no.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2012). Estetikk og den nomadiske vending. Representasjoner av den Andre i kulturhistoriske museer.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2012). The nomadic turn and the materialization of concepts in museums of cultural history.
  • Bothner-By, Annelise Rosemary & Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2012). The politics of participation - a reflection on the design for spatial presence and social interaction in the exhibition space.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2011). Moderne mangfold på museum. [Internet]. forskning.no.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2011). Egyptology today.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2011). Trunks, suitcases, bags and their poetics.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2011). Complex itineraries and the affecting presence of things.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2011). Egypt-smugling er milliardbransje. [Internet]. NRK-vitenskap - nrk.no.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2011). Diasporic heritage in museums.
  • Naguib, Saphinaz Amal (2011). Kulturelt mangfold i kulturhistoriske museer: utfordringer og fallgruver.

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