DONALD B. REDFORD

PROFESSOR OF CLASSICS AND ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN STUDIES

EDUCATION:
BA: Near Eastern Studies, University of Toronto
MA: Near Eastern Studies, University of Toronto
Ph.D.: Near Eastern Studies, University of Toronto

ACADEMIC CAREER:
Lecturer, Brown University, 1959-61
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, 1962-1965
Associate Professor, University of Toronto, 1965-1969
Full Professor, University of Toronto, 1969-1998
Visiting Professor, Ben Gurion University of the Negeb, 1986
Visiting Professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1995-1996
Full Professor, Pennsylvania State University, 1998-present

HONORS AND AWARDS
Two University of Toronto Open Fellowships
Lyle Silver Medal in Hebrew
Two Fellowships, Brown University
Smithsonian Institute (PL 480 counterpart funds) 1972-1979
Killam Program, 1975-1979
Social Sciences & Humanities research Council, 1980-1996 (Total over 24 years - c. $950,000)

ARCHAEOLOGICAL CAREER:
Site Supervisor, excavations of the British School of Archaeology. Jerusalem, 1964, 1965, & 1967
Epigrapher, Egypt Exploration Society's excavations at Buto, Lower Egypt, 1968
Director, excavations of University of Toronto & SUNY Binghamton at the Temple of Osiris, Karnal, Egypt, 1970-1972
Director, Akhenaten Temple Project of the University of Pennyslvania, 1972-1976
Director, East Karnak Excavations, 1975-1991
Director, Jordan Toponym Survey, 1981
Director, Excavations at Mendes, Lower Egypt, 1991-present
Director, Tel Kedwa Excavations, North Sinai, 1993-present
Epigrapher, Theban Tomb Survey, 1992-present

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:
History & Chronology of the Egyptian 18^th Dynasty, Seven Studies, Toronto, 1967
A Study of the Biblical Joseph Story, Leiden, 1970
The Akhenaten Temple Project I, Initial Discoveries, Warminster, 1977
Pharaonic King-lists, Annals and Day-books, Mississuaga, 1986
Akhenaten, the Heretic King, Princeton, 1984
The Akhenaten Temple Project ii, Rwd-mnw & the Inscriptions, Toronto, 1988
Egypt, Canaan & Israel in Ancient Times, Princeton, 1993
Plus over 200 articles and book reviews in over 25 years

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Last updated May 5, 1999