Fekri HASSAN - B.Sc., M.Sc., M.A., Ph.D.

• Emeritus Professor
• Petrie Professor of Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology & Department of Egyptology, UCL (1994- 2008), lecturing on cultural dynamics and the origins of the Egyptian civilization.
• Honorary President, Egyptian Cultural Heritage Organization
• Editor, African Archaeological Review
• Contributing Editor, The Review of Archaeology
• Member of the Scientific Committee, UNESCO Potential Conflict to Co-Operation Project
• Member of the Executive Board, Forum for African Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
• Member of Scientific Committee, UNESCO IHP Water and Civilization Project
• Member of the Steering Committee, UNESCO Water and Civilization Project: International Hydrological Programme
• Member of the Ethics and the Use of Freshwater Working Group, UNESCO World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology
• Member of the Advisory Board, The Holocene
• Member of the Executive Board, Forum for African Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
• Member of the Editorial Board, Water Policy : The Journal of the World Water Council
• Member of the Board, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
• President, International Water History Association
• Member of Executive Board, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris
• Honorary Member, Société pour l'etude des cultures prépharaoniques de la Vallée du Nil

Research Interests:

Academic:

• Cultural heritage management
• Water & Civilization
• Archaeological Perspectives on Ethics
• Relevance of Archaeology to contemporary human issues
• Cognition (lithic artifacts and rock art)
• Climate Change
• Origins of civilization and state-societies.

Regional:

• North Africa and the Middle East (fieldwork conducted in Egypt, Algeria, Lebanon, and Jordan).

Contributions to the African Heritage and Archaeology website

Collapse of the Old Kingdom:

A paper associated with the July 2001 BBC programme "Ancient Apocalypse" will be available from the BBC website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/).

Recent Publications:

Hassan,F. (2006). Abrupt climate changes and cultural dynamics in the Sahara during the Holocene. in de Lumley,H., Midant-Reynes,B. (ed.) Climats-cCultures-Societes aux temps prehistoriques, de l'apparition des Hominides jusqu'au Neolithique. Paris: Librairie Lavoisier. ISBN: 2-7562-0081-6

Hassan,F. (2006). The Lie of History: Nation-states and the contradicitons of complex societies. in R. Costanza,R., Graumlich,L.J., and Steffen,W. (ed.) Integrated History and future Of People on Earth (IHOPE). Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

Hassan,F., Tassie,G., Flower,R., Hughes,M., Hamden,M. (2006). Modelling environmental and settlement change in the Fayum. Egyptian Archaeology 29, 37-40

Hassan,F.A. (2006). Objects of the Past: Refocusing Archaeology. Chapter 19 in Layton,R., Shennan,S.J., Stone,P. (ed.) A Future for Archaeology: The Past in the Present. London: UCL Press, 217-227. ISBN: 1-84472-126-4

Hassan,F.A. (2005). A River Runs Through Egypt: Nile Floods and Civilization. Geotimes, 22-25

Hassan,F.A. (2005). The Safeguarding of Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage: Key Concepts towards an Integrated Approach. Gekkan Bunkazai (The Cultural Properties Monthly Journal) 1-4

Hassan, F. A. (Editor in collaboration with Mostafa El-Abbadi, Ahmed Abdel-Fattah, Mervat Seif el-Din) c.2002 Alexandria : Graeco-Roman Museum, a thematic guide. Egypt : National Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage and the Supreme Council of Antiquities.

Hassan, F. A. (Editor). 2002. Droughts, Food and Culture: Ecological Change and Food Security in Africa's Later Prehistory. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York.

Hassan, F. A. 2002. Palaeoclimate, food and culture change in Africa: An overview. In Droughts, Food and Culture, F. Hassan, ed., pp., 11-26. Kluwer/ Plenum, New York.

Hassan, F. A. 2002. Soul birds and heavenly cows: Transforming gender in Predynastic Egypt. In Pursuit of Gender: Worldwide Archaeological Approaches, Edited by S. Nelson & M. Rosen-Ayalon, pp. 43-65. Altmira Press, New York.

Hassan, F. A. 2002. Ecological changes and food security in the later prehistory of North Africa: looking forward. In Droughts, Food and Culture, F. Hassan, ed., pp., 321-334. Kluwer/ Plenum, New York.

Hassan, F. A. 2001. Archaeological Heritage Sites of the St. Katherine Protectorate. EEAA, Cairo.

Hassan, F. A. and H. Barakat. 2001. Report on the Cultural and Ecotourism Potential of the Wadi Gimal/Marsa Alam Region, Red Sea Hills, Eastern Desert. Tourist Development, Authroity, Cairo, Egypt.

Hassan, F. A., Barich, B. A., Mahmoud, M., and Hemdan, M. A. 2001. Holocene playa deposits of Farafra Oasis, Egypt, and their Palaeoclimatic and Geoarchaeological significance. Geoarchaeology 16(1): 29-46.

Hassan, F. A. 2000. Rain, rivers and fountains: the legacy of water and civilisation in the Mediterranean. In Water Security in the Third Millennium: Mediterranean Coutries Towards a Regional Vision, Forum of the UNESCO International School of Science for Peace, Villa Olmo - Como, Italy, 12-15 April 1999, UNESCO, Venice, pp. 213-240.

Hassan, F. A. 2000. Holocene environmental change and the origins and spread of food production in the Middle East. Adumatu 1: 7-28.

Hassan, F. A. 2000. Environmental perception and human responses in history and prehistory. In Tainter, J., McIntosh, R., and McIntosh, S. (eds.), The Way Wind Blows: Climate, History and Human Action, Columbia University Press, New York, pp. 121-140.

Hassan, F. A. 2000. Cattle and climate in North Africa, a first approximation. In Blench, R. M., and MacDonald, K. C. (eds.), The Origins and Development of African Livestock: Archaeology, Genetics, Linguistics and Ethnography, University College London Press, London, pp. 61-86.

Forthcoming Publications:

Hassan, F. A. Water and Civilization (with J del Priscoli).

Hassan, F. A. Dams and Cultural Heritage (with Steven Brandt)

Hassan, F. A. The Archaeology of Farafra Oasis (with Barbara Barich)

Hassan, F. A. Contributions on "Nagada", "Egyptian Cities", and "Egyptian Geography". To appear in Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology.

Hassan, F. A. Terror in the Temple. Paper to be included in a volume edited by Philip Kohl.

Hassan, F. A. African Archaeology from Nationalism to Globality. in Podgorny I. (ed.) Nationalism and History of Archaeology.

Hassan, F. A. Urban Places: The Evolution of Power Landscapes. In Sinclair P. (ed.) Urban Archaeology in Africa, Routledge World Series.

Educational Background:

• B.S. (Hons), Geology and Chemistry, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt (1963)
• M.S. Geology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt (1966)
• M.A. Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas (1971)
• Ph.D. Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas (1973)

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