Peter D. Manuelian to be appointed Harvard’s first Egyptology professor in decades
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After years dedicated to shedding light on the work of the late Harvard Egyptology Professor George A. Reisner, Class of 1889, Peter D. Manuelian ’81 will become the first Egyptology professor at Harvard since his predecessor’s death 68 years ago.
Manuelian, currently an Egyptology lecturer at Tufts, will be the first person to fill the Philip J. King Professorship, which was established in the fall of 2006 to support the study of ancient civilizations.
The professorship’s search committee specifically sought an Egyptology scholar to fill the position, according to Classics Professor Christopher P. Jones, who headed the search.
“It is very important that Africa should be a part of what everyone thinks about the modern world,” Jones said. “And Egypt is a major African civilization—probably the best known.”
