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Education

The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1994-2005.
Ph.D. with Honors in Egyptology from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, August 2005.
M.A. Egyptology, August 1997.

Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 1990-1994.
B.A. Honors, Classical Studies, May 1994. Degree conferred with Great Distinction.

Dissertation

“Domain of Pharaoh: The Structure and Components of the Economy of Old Kingdom Egypt”

The dissertation analyzes the institutions, as well as associated social and administrative aspects, pertaining to the economy of Egypt’s Old Kingdom. The focus on the Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom periods (ca. 3100-2200 B.C.) reveals a hitherto overlooked administrative structure quite distinct from the one prevalent in eras subsequent to ca. 2200 B.C. The preeminent role played by the cult of the living king appears to have governed most economic matters, which was administered by the centralizing apparatus of the palace.

Awards and Fellowships

• Humanities Fellow of The Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation, 2004-2005.
• Affiliated Fellow of the Franke Institute for the Humanities, The University of Chicago, 2004-2005.
• Recipient of the Classics Book Prize, awarded by Concordia University to the highest ranked graduating student in Classical Studies, 1994.

Research and Professional Experience

• Project Coordinator, Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS) - Chicago section - Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, 2001-2004.
• Epigrapher with The Oriental Institute Ahmose and Tetisheri Project, Abydos, Egypt, 2004.
• Member of the Oriental Institute Speakers Committee, University of Chicago, 2003-2004.
• Epigrapher with the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute’s Epigraphic Survey in Luxor, Egypt, 1998-2000.

Public Lectures and Conferences

• Lecture entitled “The Old Kingdom Royal Ka Foundations” presented at the Chicago Chapter of The American Research Center in Egypt, September 23, 2006.
• Lecture entitled “Expressions of Pharaonic Art and Architecture in Ancient Thebes” presented at the Art Institute of Chicago, September 14, 2006.
• Lecture entitled “The Significance of Nubia for the Economy of Egypt” presented to the Oriental Institute Docents, November 14, 2005.
• Conference Paper entitled “The Earliest Occurrences of the per shena” presented at the 56 th Annual Meeting of The American Research Center in Egypt, Boston, MA, April 22, 2005.
• Conference Paper entitled “New Towns in the Old Kingdom” presented at the 55 th Annual Meeting of The American Research Center in Egypt, Tucson, AZ, April 16, 2004.
• Lecture entitled “Formality in Ancient Egyptian Culture” presented at the Ancient Societies Workshop at the University of Chicago, February 24, 2004.

Selected Publications

Monographs

• Hratch Papazian. Domain of Pharaoh: The Structure and Components of the Economy of Old Kingdom Egypt. Thesis (PhD) – University of Chicago, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, August 2005, 388 pages.

Book Reviews

• Hratch Papazian. Review of Regina Hölzl, Reliefs und Inschriftensteine des Alten Reiches II. Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Ägyptisch-Orientalische Sammlung, Lieferung 21, in Journal of Near Eastern Studies, vol. 64, no. 2 (2005), pp. 115-116.
• Hratch Papazian. Review of Dilwyn Jones, An Index of Ancient Egyptian Titles, Epithets and Phrases of the Old Kingdom, 2 vols., in Journal of Near Eastern Studies, vol. 64, no. 3 (2005), pp. 206-207.
• Hratch Papazian. Review of Jean Leclant, Les textes de la pyramide de Pépy I er, in Journal of Near Eastern Studies, vol. 65, no. 2 (2006), p. 159.
• Hratch Papazian. Review of Peter Der Manuelian, Slab Stelae of the Giza Necropolis. Publications of the Pennsylvania-Yale Expedition to Egypt 7, in Journal of Near Eastern Studies (in press).
• Hratch Papazian. Review of Katrin Scheele, Die Stofflisten des Alten Reiches: Lexikographie, Entwicklung und Gebrauch, Menes 2, in Journal of Near Eastern Studies (in preparation).
• Hratch Papazian. Review of Michael Haase, Eine Stätte für die Ewigkeit: Der Pyramidenkomplex des Cheops aus baulicher, architektonischer und kulturgeschichtlicher Sicht, in Journal of Near Eastern Studies (in preparation).
• Hratch Papazian. Review of Simon D. Schweitzer, Schrift und Sprache der 4. Dynastie, Menes 3, in Journal of Near Eastern Studies (in preparation).

Articles

• Hratch Papazian. “The Inscribed Material from the Ahmose-Tetisheri Project in Abydos” (in preparation).
• Hratch Papazian. “The Old Kingdom Royal Ka Foundations” (in preparation).