Dr Carl Graves Deputy Director and Development Manager Expand Carl completed his PhD at the University of Birmingham in 2017 on the topic of cultural landscapes of Middle Egypt during the Middle Kingdom with a particular focus on the necropolis of Beni Hassan. During his time in Birmingham, Carl was also the Postgraduate Curator of the Eton College William Joseph Myers Collection of Egyptian Art and a co-founder of Birmingham Egyptology. Carl has worked at the Egypt Exploration Society since 2013 and currently facilitates communications with our international community of supporters, fundraising, and organising our programme of educational training events.
Dr Jan Geisbusch Publications Manager Expand Jan takes care of the production of the Society’s scientific periodical, the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, as well as its magazine, Egyptian Archaeology. He also works on monographs related to EES fieldwork and research.
Essam Nagy Fieldwork and Engagement Manager Expand Essam liaises with the Ministry of Antiquities and other Egyptian institutions on behalf of the Society in order to facilitate our archaeological missions. He also organises the Society’s educational and training events for students and researchers in Egypt and manages the day-to-day running of our Cairo office.
Stephanie Boonstra Collections Manager Expand Stephanie manages the Society’s library and archives, which includes overseeing the volunteer projects and assisting researchers with accessing the collections. During her Master’s degree at UCL, she was an EES archive volunteer and contributed towards the Access Archives Afternoons (now the Friday Spotlights). She is also a member of Dr Joanne Rowland’s EES excavation team at Merimde Beni Salama in the Nile Delta. Stephanie is currently working towards a PhD at the University of Birmingham focussing on the production of scarab amulets. Prior to commencing work at the EES, she has worked as the Postgraduate Curator of the Eton College William Joseph Myers Collection of Egyptian Art at the University of Birmingham and as the Museum Curator of Egyptology at New Walk Museum in Leicester. For library enquires, contact [email protected] For archive enquiries, contact [email protected]