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Kristina Hülk serves as a Scientific Associate (Researcher) at the Department of Theory and History of Multimodal Communication within the Institute of Archaeology at Humboldt University of Berlin since March 2023, while concurrently pursuing doctoral studies under Prof. Dr. Silvia Kutscher and Prof. Dr. Frank Kammerzell on multimodal communication in ancient Sudan.
Education
- MA in Archaeology and Cultural History of Northeast Africa, Humboldt University of Berlin (2017-2020), thesis: The second pylon of the pyramid chapel Beg. N11 in Meroe
- BA in Archaeology and Cultural History of Northeast Africa and Art and Visual History, Humboldt University of Berlin (2013-2017), thesis: Running phonetic symbols? On the transcription of the grapheme O35
Research Focus: Her interdisciplinary work bridges linguistic variation, hieroglyphic systems, and material culture in ancient Northeast Africa, with specialized attention to semiotic analysis of visual communication in Meroitic sacred spaces. She examines how spatial design, gaze direction, and multimodal elements functioned in royal cemeteries of Sudan, integrating archaeology with semiotics and linguistics to decode cultural meanings.
Publication Trends: Her recent scholarship demonstrates a cohesive trajectory analyzing multimodal communication across Egyptian and Nubian contexts, with emphasis on register variation in visual systems and attention-guiding mechanisms in funerary architecture. The 2024 publication advances understanding of semiotic resources in Meroitic pyramid chapels, while the 2022 co-authored work establishes cross-cultural frameworks for language register analysis.
Professional Engagement: She holds leadership roles in the Institute Council (Deputy academic mid-level member since 2024), contributes to the Collaborative Research Center 1412 Register project, and participates in the German Archaeological Institute's Research Cluster 4 on Religion-Society-Individual. Her fieldwork spans excavations at Meroe's royal cemeteries (2016-2020) and Berlin's Schlossplatz site.
