Eugene Cruz-Uribe

{{Short description|American Egyptologist and professor of History}}

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| nationality = American

| fields = Egyptology

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Eugene Cruz-Uribe was an American Egyptologist. He focused particularly on later stages of Ancient Egyptian history, such as the Late Period and the Graeco-Roman era. He had a particular interest in Demotic texts.

Early life and education

Cruz-Uribe received his BA and PhD, both in Egyptology, from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago.

Cruz-Uribe trained under Janet Johnson and others at IU East. He also served as the project Egyptologist for the Treasures of Tutankhamun exhibits in Seattle and New York.

Career

Professor of Global History and World Civilizations, California State University - Monterey Bay, 2011–2013
Professor Emeritus, Department of History, Northern Arizona University, 2007–present
Assistant / Associate Dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Northern Arizona University, 1989–1998
Assistant Professor of Egyptology, Brown University, 1983–1988
Editor, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, from July 2008
Editor, Journal of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities (Toronto), 1998–2007

Death

Cruz-Uribe died on March 12, 2018, from injuries sustained in a bicycle accident.{{cite web |url=https://www.pal-item.com/story/news/local/2018/03/12/seriously-injured-bicyclist-flown-indianapolis-hospital/416075002/ |title=IU East professor Eugene Cruz-Uribe dies from bike crash injuries |last=Emery |first=Mike |date=2018-03-12 |website=www.pal-item.com |publisher=The Palladium-Item |access-date=2023-12-16}}

Legacy and influence

Many accounts describe Cruz-Uribe as well-liked. Once source describes reaction to his death as follows:

The news of his death spread very quickly, and the intense outpouring of spontaneous grief in the social media was dramatic and powerful. The response was nearly as startling as the news itself. What I found heart-warming was the number of people—friends, colleagues, and acquaintances—who expressed their sorrow and shared their heartache. I’ve never seen anything quite like it in 45 years of Egyptology. Just as amazing was the number of people who started wearing bow ties in his honor, many—myself included—who learned to tie them for the first time! Gene, of course, was known for the hand-tied bow ties that he always wore and for laughably touting their superiority to ordinary neckties. Six weeks after he died, many people wore bow ties or bow tie pins in his memory at the ARCE Annual Meeting in Tucson. Piccione 2018

Major works

The Demotic Graffiti from the Temple of Isis on Philae Island (Atlanta, 2016)
Jitse H. F. Dijkstra and Eugene Cruz-Uribe, Syene I: The Figural and Textual Graffiti from the Temple of Isis at Aswan. Beiträge zur Ägyptischen Bauforschung und Altertumskunde Band 18 (Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 2012).
Hibis Temple Project, Volume 3. Graffiti from the Temple Precinct. (San Antonio: Van Siclen Books, 2008)
The Archive of Tikas - Demotic Papyri from Philadelphia in the Fayum. Coauthored with C. Nims ┼ (Sommerhausen: G. Zauzich Verlag, in press).
“Computers and Journal Publishing,” in S. Polis and J. Winand, eds., Texts, Languages & Information Technology in Egyptology, Liege, 2013, pages 169–174.
“Seth, God of Power and Might,” Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 45 (2009), pages 201–226.
“Social Structure and Daily Life: Graeco-Roman,” in A. Lloyd, ed., A Companion to Ancient Egypt, Blackwells Companions to the Ancient World (Oxford, 2010), pages 491–506.
“The Death of Demotic Redux: Pilgrimage, Nubia and the Preservation of Egyptian Culture,” in H. Knuf, et al., eds., Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (Fs Thissen) (Leuven, 2010), pages 499–506.

Bibliography

{{Cite book| publisher = Lockwood Press| isbn = 978-1-937040-48-2| last = Cruz-Uribe| first = E.| title = The Demotic Graffiti from the Temple of Isis on Philae Island| series = Material and Visual Culture of Ancient Egypt| date = 2016}}
{{Cite web| title = Faculty Profiles - Faculty & Staff - Indiana University East| access-date = 2023-12-17| date = 2017-08-10| url = https://www.iue.edu/people/bio/bio.php?bio=ecruzuri| archive-date = 2017-08-10| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170810101930/https://www.iue.edu/people/bio/bio.php?bio=ecruzuri| url-status = bot: unknown}}
{{Cite book| last = Cruz-Uribe| first = Eugene| title = Saite And Persian Demotic Cattle Documents| access-date = 2023-12-17| date = 1985| url = http://archive.org/details/saite-and-persian-demotic-cattle-documents}}
{{Cite web| last = Cartee| first = Hali| title = Cruz-Uribes endow $100,000 scholarship for IU East students {{!}} News at IU East| access-date = 2023-12-17| url = https://east.iu.edu/news/cruz-uribes-endow-100000-scholarship-for-iu-east-students/}}
{{Cite web| title = ‘Egypt Guy’ awarded Fulbright grant – The NAU Review| work = NAU Review| format = Blog| access-date = 2023-12-17| url = https://news.nau.edu/egypt-guy-awarded-fulbright-grant/}}
{{Cite journal| issn = 0065-9991| volume = 45| pages = 201–226| last = Cruz-Uribe| first = Eugene| title = Stḫ ꜥꜣ pḥty "Seth, God of Power and Might"| journal = Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt| access-date = 2023-12-18| date = 2009| url = https://www.jstor.org/stable/25735454| jstor = 25735454}}
{{Cite journal| doi = 10.2307/40000676| issn = 0065-9991| volume = 31| pages = 169–189| last = Cruz-Uribe| first = Eugene| title = The Khonsu Cosmogony| journal = Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt| date = 1994| url = http://www.jstor.org/stable/40000676| jstor = 40000676| url-access = subscription}}
{{Cite journal| issn = 0022-2968| volume = 37| issue = 3| pages = 237–244| last = Cruz-Uribe| first = Eugene| title = The Father of Ramses I: OI 11456| journal = Journal of Near Eastern Studies| date = 1978| url = http://www.jstor.org/stable/544684| jstor = 544684}}
{{Cite journal| doi = 10.2307/3856395| issn = 0307-5133| volume = 66| pages = 120–126| last = Cruz-Uribe| first = Eugene| title = A Sale of Inherited Property from the Reign of Darius I| journal = The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology| date = 1980| url = http://www.jstor.org/stable/3856395| jstor = 3856395| url-access = subscription}}
{{Cite journal| issn = 0392-6885| volume = 17| pages = 79–86| last = Cruz-Uribe| first = Eugene| title = The Demotic Graffiti from Gebel Teir (Khargha Oasis)| journal = Egitto e Vicino Oriente| date = 1994| url = http://www.jstor.org/stable/24233514| jstor = 24233514}}
{{Cite journal| doi = 10.2307/3821764| issn = 0307-5133| volume = 74| pages = 220–223| last = Cruz-Uribe| first = Eugene| title = A New Look at the Adoption Papyrus| journal = The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology| date = 1988| url = http://www.jstor.org/stable/3821764| jstor = 3821764| url-access = subscription}}
{{Cite book| publisher = Lockwood Press| isbn = 978-1-948488-85-3| pages = 287–294| editor1-first = Deanna |editor1-last=Kiser-Go |editor2-first=Carol A. |editor2-last=Redmount | last = Cruz-Uribe| first = Eugene| title = Weseretkau 'Mighty of Kas'| chapter = The Birth of the King: Word Play in the Westcar Papyrus| series = Papers Submitted in Memory of Cathleen A. Keller| date = 2023| chapter-url = http://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.1431188.28| jstor = jj.1431188.28}}
{{Cite journal| issn = 0003-8113| volume = 42| issue = 5| pages = 48–53| last = Cruz-Uribe| first = Eugene| title = Oasis of the Spirit | journal = Archaeology| date = 1989| url = http://www.jstor.org/stable/41740337| jstor = 41740337}}
{{Cite journal| last = Cruz-Uribe| first = Eugene| title = Hibis Temple Project Volume 3: The Graffiti from the Temple Precinct| journal = San Antonio| date = 2008}}
{{Cite journal| last1 = Cruz-Uribe| first1 = Eugene| last2 = others| title = The figural and textual graffiti from the temple of Isis at Aswan| journal = (No Title)}}
{{Cite journal| issn = 2330-1880| volume = 54| pages = 5–16| last = Piccione| first = Peter| title = Dedication: Eugene David Cruz-Uribe, Ph.D. December 22, 1952–March 12, 2018| journal = Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt| access-date = 2023-12-18| date = 2018-11-20| url = https://www.academia.edu/83737820/Dedication_Eugene_David_Cruz_Uribe_Ph_D_December_22_1952_March_12_2018 |via=Academia.edu }}
{{Cite web| last = Cruz-Uribe| first = Eugene| title = Index: The Archive of Tikas| work = Indiana University Digital Collections| access-date = 2023-12-18| date = 2023-12-18| url = https://digitalcollections.iu.edu/catalog?f%5Bmember_of_collection_ids_ssim%5D%5B%5D=5x21tx24p&locale=en}}