CURRICULUM VITAE Nicholas Peter Legh Allen Personal Details Date of Birth: 6th December 1956. Place of Birth: Westminster, London, UK. Citizenship: British subject. Obtained South African citizenship in 1988. Mobile: 084 031 7732 Email: Shroudallen@gmail.com Residential Address: 1 Little Fillan, 11 Prunus Avenue, River Club, 2191, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. Postal Address: PostNet # 145, Private Bag X9, Benmore, 2010, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. Occupation: Historian and artist. Disciplines: History of Art, History of Technology, Ancient and Classical History, Cognate and Deuterocanonical Literature, Theology, Philosophy, Fine Art and Sindonology. Education Secondary Education: 1973: GCE (O levels) at Oriel Boys' High School (Salisbury, Rhodesia). 1973: A level in Art (A) (University of London). 1|Page Tertiary Education: 1980: Diploma in Fine Art (Rhodes University): Theory of Art I–IV, Sculpture I–III, Basic Art I, History I and French IB. 1982: Master of Fine Art Degree (Rhodes University). Dissertation: “American Photorealism in the ’60s and the ’70s”. 1985: Additional major (Philosophy III) (University of Port Elizabeth). 1985: Obtained an additional major (Philosophy III) (University of Port Elizabeth). 1990: Laureatus in Technology in Fine Art (doctoral level qualification) (Port Elizabeth Technikon). Thesis: “The Relevance of Chance and Technique in the Creative Process in the Work of Art.” 1994: Philosophiae Doctor (Art History) (University of Durban-Westville). Thesis: “The Methods and Techniques Employed in the Manufacture of the Shroud of Turin”. 2007: Enrolled initially for a Baccalaureus Artium Honours degree in Philosophy (University of Port Elizabeth). Upgraded to a Magister Artium degree (Philosophy). 2008: Magister Artium (Philosophy) (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University). Dissertation: “The Role of Language and Mediation on Selected Aspects of Contemporary Culture”. 2015: Philosophiae Doctor (Greek) (North-West University). Thesis: “Clarifying the Scope of Pre- 5th Century C.E. Christian Interpolation in Josephus’ Antiquitates Judaica (c. 94 C.E.)”. 2019: Magister Theologiae (cum laude) (North-West University). Dissertation: “Josephus and Luke-Acts: A Critical Review of the Mason Thesis”. 2023: Reading towards the Philosophiae Doctor (Cultural History) degree at the University of Johannesburg. Thesis: “Revealing and Confirming the Recondite Correspondences Between Achaemenid Zurvanism and Judahite Eschatology”. Academic Leadership Professorships 1997: Created Professor of History of Art (professor ordinarius ad hominem) (Port Elizabeth Technikon). 2002: Visiting Professor (Art History) (University of Pembroke, North Carolins, USA) 2018: Created Professor (professor ordinarius) (School of Ancient Languages and Text Studies) (North-West University). 2|Page NRF Rating 2022: Rated C1 by the National Research Foundation of South Africa. Open Researcher and Contributor Identification orcid.org 0000-0002-6843-1865 Employment North-West University: 2018–2023: Professor: School of Ancient Languages and Text Studies. 2011–2018: Director: Global Engagement, Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor: Research. Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University: 2006–2008: Interim Deputy Dean: Arts (Merger Period: Port Elizabeth Technikon, University of Port Elizabeth and Vista University) Port Elizabeth Technikon (University of Technology): 1996–2007: Dean of Faculty: Art and Design. 1994–1995: Head of Department: Fine Arts. 1991–1993: Senior Lecturer: Department of Theoretical Studies. 1985–1990: Senior Lecturer: Department of Sculpture. Accredited Articles/Chapters in Academic Books 1993: Allen N.P.L. “Is the Shroud of Turin the First Recorded Photograph?” South African Journal of Art History, Vol. 11 (1993): 23–32. 1994: Allen N.P.L. “Thirteenth Century Responses to the Shroud of Lirey-Chambéry-Turin: Vera Eikon, Encolpia of the Eucharist, Supreme Relic?” The Southern African Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1 (1994): 62–94. 1995: Allen N.P.L. “A Reappraisal of Late Thirteenth-Century Responses to the Shroud of Lirey- Chambéry-Turin: Encolpia of the Eucharist, Vera Eikon, or Supreme Relic?” In Change and Medieval and Renaissance Studies (Tis all in peeces, all cohaerence gone), edited by Rosemary Gray and Estelle Maré, 163–182. Pretoria: University of South Africa Press. 3|Page 1995: Allen N.P.L. “Verification of the Nature and Causes for the Photo- Negative Images on The Shroud of Lirey-Chambéry-Turin.” De Arte. No. 51 (April 1995): 21–35. 1996: Allen N.P.L. “How Leonardo Did Not Fake the Shroud of Turin.” De Arte. No. 52 (November 1996): 32–39. 1998: Allen N.P.L. “An Overview of the Photographic Hypothesis for Image Formation as it Applies to the Shroud of Lirey-Chambéry-Turin.” Approfondimento Sindone, Anno II, Vol. 1 (1998): 25–42. 1999: Allen N.P.L. “The Turin Shroud and the Singlet Oxygen Fallacy.” Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, Vol. 24, No. 1 (1999): 23–30. 2002: Allen N.P.L. “Dating the Manufacture of the Shroud of Turin: An Exercise in Basic Iconography.” Quests for Humanity: The Middle Ages and the Millennium, edited by Estelle A. Maré, 136–162. Muckleneuk, Pretoria: University of South Africa Press. 2002: Allen N.P.L. “Dating the Manufacture of the Shroud of Turin: An Exercise in Basic Iconography.” South African Journal of Art History, Vol. 16 (2002): 96–109. 2005: Allen N. P. L., E. Ferg, P. Loyson and N.M. Voster “Image Formation on the Shroud of Turin: A Proposed Chemical Model.” South African Journal of Science. Vol. 101, Nos 1–2 (2005): 36–42. 2005: Allen N.P.L. “Gibson’s Passion: Flogging a Dead Horse?” Journal of Literary Studies, Vol. 21, Issue 1–2 (June 2005): 164–192. 2014: Allen N.P.L. “A Critical Re-Appraisal of Thiering’s ‘Pesher Technique’ Thesis.” Journal of Early Christian History, Vol. 4, No. 2 (2014): 4–30. 2016: Allen N.P.L. “Judith: Embodying Holiness in a G-dless Space.” Biblische Notizen, Vol. 168 (2016): 17–44. 2016: Allen N.P.L. “Josephus and the Pharisees.” In Construction, Coherence and Connotations: Studies on the Septuagint, Apocryphal and Cognate Literature, edited by Nicholas P. L. Allen and Pierre J. Jordaan, 261–302. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter Publishers. 2017: Allen N.P.L. “Josephus on James the Just? A Re-evaluation of Antiquitates Judaicae 20.9.1.” Journal of Early Christian History, Vol. 7, Issue 1 (2017): 1–27. 2018: Allen, N.P.L. and P.J. Jordaan. “Counting Half-shekels–Redeeming souls? in 2 Maccabees 12:38–45.” HTS Theological Studies, Vol. 7 No. 3 (2018): 1–10. 2018: Allen, N.P.L. “Thallus and Phlegon: Solar Eclipse in Jerusalem c. 33 CE?” Akroterion, Vol. 63 (2018): 73–93. 2019: Allen N.P.L. “Josephus: Noble Sicarii Suicide or Mass-Slaughter at Mount Masada?” Journal of Semitics, Vol. 28, No. 1 (2019): 1–28. 4|Page 2019: Allen, N.P.L. “3 Maccabees as a Monomyth.” HTS Theological Studies, Vol. 75, No. 3 (2019): 1–6. 2019: Allen, N.P.L. and L. Combrink. “Character (and Absence) as a Narrative Key in Installation Art.” Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, Comparative Linguistics and Literary Studies, Vol. 40, No. 1 (2019): 1–10. 2019: Allen, N.P.L. “Josephus, Origen and John the Baptist: Exposing a Christian Apologist’s Deceit.” XVI Congress of the International Organisation for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, edited by Gideon R. Kotzé, Wolfgang Kraus and Michaël N. van der Meer, 7– 32. Septuagint and Cognate Studies, No. 71. Stellenbosch: Society of Biblical Literature. 2019: Allen, N.P.L. and P.J. Jordaan. “Filled with the Spirit; or New Wine, Which Cheers both God and Men: Analysing the Topos of Intoxication in 3 Maccabees.” Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages, Vol. 45, No. 2 (2019): 1–18. 2019: Allen, N.P.L. “Bronzino's Claw Hand.” Neurologist, Vol. 24, No. 6 (November 2019): 165–169. 2020: Allen, N.P.L. “Passion, Persecution and Epiphany: The David and Bathsheba Affair According to the LXX, Josephus and the Rabbis.” In Passion, Persecution, and Epiphany in Early Jewish Literature, edited by Nicholas P. L. Allen, Pierre J. Jordaan and József Zsengellér, 9–30. London: Routledge. 2020: Allen, N.P.L. and P.J. Jordaan. “Reading LXXJudith 13:1–9 as Performance.” HTS Theological Studies, Vol. 76, No. 4 (2020): 1–6 (https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i4.6167). 2021: Allen, N.P.L. “The Epitome of 2Maccabees: The Rhetoric of a New Jewish Theology of Salvation.” In Rhetoric in 2Maccabees: Challenging God, edited by Nicholas P. L. Allen and Pierre J. Jordaan, 16–41. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2021: Allen N.P.L. and P.J. Jordaan. “References to Jewish Festivals in the LXX Book of Judith.” In Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, edited by Stefan Beyerle and Matthew J. Goff, 149–168. Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Yearbook, Vol. 2020/ 2021. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter Publishers. 2022: Allen, N.P.L. “Introduction.” In Turmoil, Trauma and Tenacity in Early Jewish Literature, edited by Nicholas P. L. Allen and Jaap J. T. Doedens, 1–18. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter Publishers. 2022: Allen, N.P.L. “Josephus, the New Testament and the Talmud: Towards Reconstructing the Theology of the Sadducees.” The Septuagint South of Alexandria, edited by Johann Cook and Gideon R. Kotzé, 320–340. Vetus Testamentum, 5|Page Supplements, Vol. 193. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 2022: Allen, N.P.L. “Khirbet Qumrân: Scrolls, Sectarians, Subversives and Scepticism.” Social Sciences, Vol. 11, No. 3 (2022): 162–174. 2023: Allen, N.P.L. & P.J. Jordaan, “LXX Judith Removing the Fourth Wall”. HTS, vol. 79, no. 2 (2023): 1–9 (a8252. https://doi. org/10.4102/hts.v79i2.8252). 2023: Allen, N.P.L. & P.J. Jordaan, “Exploring Potential Relationships Between the Fabula of LXX Judith and Hellenistic Theatre”. Journal of Early Christian History, Vol. 13, No. 3 (2023): 1–23 (https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-patris1-v13-n3-a1). Non-Accredited Articles and Chapters 2007: Allen N.P.L. “Re…Vision 1.” In Re…Vision: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum 19 September to 18 November 2007, 48–53. Port Elizabeth: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality University. 2010: Allen N.P.L. “A Brief Overview of the Relationship between Kabbalistic Practice and Mainstream Jewish Faith in the Unity of G-d.” In Rosh Hashanah Journal 2010/5771. East London: Rev. Chaim Katz Lodge (HODI). 2012: Allen N.P.L. “Walter Battiss.” In NWU Art Collection: Looking Back While Looking Forward, edited by Christina Naurattel and Elani Willemse, 120–123. Potchefstroom: North- West University, South Africa. 2018: Allen N.P.L. “The Importance of the Ancient Sadducees and Pharisees Apropos Contemporary Jewish Practices and Beliefs.” In Rosh Hashanah Journal 2018/5779. Port Elizabeth. Temple Israel, South Africa. 2018: Allen N.P.L. “A Brief History of the Talmud.” in Rosh Hashanah Journal 2018/5779. Port Elizabeth. Temple Israel, South Africa. Selected Books 1998: Allen N.P.L. The Turin Shroud and the Crystal Lens. First Edition. Port Elizabeth: Empowerment Technologies. 2007: Allen N.P.L. et al. Numerical and Allied Conceptual Skills: Architecture, Art and Design. Port Elizabeth: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality University. 2014: Allen N.P.L. The Holy Shroud and the Crystal Lens. Second Edition. Potchefstroom: ISSUU. 6|Page 2016: Allen N.P.L. and Pierre J. Jordaan, eds. Construction, Coherence and Connotations: Studies on the Septuagint, Apocryphal and Cognate Literature. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter Publishers. 2017: Allen N.P.L. Turin Shroud: Testament to a Lost Technology, Beau Bassin: Lambert Academic Publishing. 2020: Allen, N. P. L., Pierre J. Jordaan and József Zsengellér, eds. Passion, Persecution, and Epiphany in Early Jewish Literature. London: Routledge. 2020: Allen, N.P.L. Christian Forgery in Jewish Antiquities: Josephus Interrupted. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2021: Allen, N.P.L. and Pierre J. Jordaan, eds. Rhetoric in 2Maccabees: Challenging God. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2022: Allen, N.P.L. and J. J. T. Doedens, eds. Turmoil, Trauma and Tenacity in Early Jewish Literature. Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Series, Vol. 50. Berlin: William de Gruyter. CD-ROMS & Digital Publications 1995: Author and co-director of a fully interactive multimedia programme (Apple Macintosh platform) in both English and Xhosa, entitled “Brake Fluid” for Volkswagen South Africa. 1995: Author and co-director of a fully interactive multimedia programme (Apple Macintosh platform) in both English and Xhosa, entitled “Vehicle Identification Numbering” for Volkswagen South Africa. 1996: Authored a multimedia programme entitled “Study Skills” in English Language for the Department of Student Counselling, PE Technikon. 1997–2007: Designed launched the website entitled: Scientific and Historical Research Apropos the Shroud of Lirey-Chambéry-Turin (http://www.petech.ac.za/Shroud). 2000: Produced and directed a fully interactive multimedia programme on CD- ROM format entitled: Eastern Cape Eden: The Greater Addo National Park. This project was focussed on raising both money and awareness for the Addo Elephant and its habitat in the Eastern Cape Province. 2002: Co-conceived and co-created learning management system software entitled “Power Tutor” with development team at E-Technik (Port Elizabeth). 2003–2009: Co-inventor of learning management system software entitled “Cybercampus” with development team at Empowerment Technologies (Port Elizabeth). 7|Page Conferences 1993: Allen, N.P.L. “Is the Shroud of Turin the First Recorded Photograph?” South African Society for Medieval and Renaissance Studies International Conference. Pretoria, University of South Africa. 1994: Allen, N.P.L. “Thirteenth Century Responses to the Shroud of Lirey- Chambéry-Turin: Vera Eikon, Encolpia of the Eucharist, Supreme Relic?” Joint South African Society for Medieval and Renaissance Studies/UNISA Medieval Association Conference (7–9 April 1994), Pretoria: University of South Africa. 1999: Allen, N.P.L. “Dating the Manufacture of the Shroud of Turin: An Exercise in Basic Iconography.” South African Society for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (22 September 1999), Pretoria: University of South Africa. 2003: Allen, N.P.L. “Shroud of Turin.” Sasol Scifest 2003 (National Festival of Science, Engineering and Technology) (26 March–1 April 2003), Grahamstown: Rhodes University. 2003: Allen, N. P. L., H. F. Wissink and T. D. Lynch. “Successful Online Education Ventures in Public Administration: Are Problems of Standards, Equity and Implementation Issues the Most Vexing Ones to Overcome?” IASIA (International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration) Conference (14–18 September 2003), Florida: Miami, USA. 2004: Allen, N. P. L., and H. F. Wissink. “Transcending the Digital Divide: E- Government and Web-Based Education.”6th Annual Conference on World Wide Web Applications (1–3 September 2004), Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University. 2005: Allen, N.P.L. “The Pivotal Role of the Liberal Arts and Language in the Development of an International Curriculum.” Colloquium 2005: Internationalising the Curriculum (11 August 2005). Office for International Education: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality University, Port Elizabeth: NMMU. 2013: Allen N.P.L. “Judith: Embodying Holiness in a G-dless Space.” Body, Psyche and Space in Old Testament Apocryphal Literature. Association for the Study of the Septuagint in South Africa International Conference (14–17 July 2013), Potchefstroom, NorthWest University, South Africa. 2015: Allen, N.P.L. “Identifying Early Christian Forgery in Suetonius' De Vita Caesarum.” 8|Page Late Antiquity Studies: Textual and Interpretative Problems (Interdisciplinary Day Conference) (17 April 2015), Potchefstroom: North-West University, South Africa. 2015: Allen, N.P.L. “Was There a Solar Eclipse in Jerusalem c. 33 C.E?” Classical Association of South Africa Biennial Conference (30 June–6 July 2015). Potchefstroom: NorthWest University, South Africa. 2016: Allen N.P.L. “Josephus and the Pharisees.” Construction, Coherence and Connotation in Septuagint, Apocryphal and Cognate Literature. Association for the Study of the Septuagint in South Africa International Conference (28–30 August 2016), Potchefstroom, North-West University, South Africa. 2016: Allen N.P.L “Josephus, Origen and John the Baptist: Exposing a Christian Apologist’s Deceit.” IOSOT (International Organisation for the Study of the Old Testament) Triennial Congress (4– 9 September 2016), Stellenbosch: University of Stellenbosch. 2017: Allen, N.P.L. “Josephus and the Lost Cosmology of the Sadducees.” Cosmos and Creation (16–19 July 2017). The International Society for the Study of Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, Cambridge: Cambridge University, UK. 2017: Allen, N.P.L. “Passion, Persecution and Epiphany: The David- Bathsheba-Uriah Affair According to the LXX, Josephus and the Rabbis.” Passion, Persecution and Epiphany in Ancient Jewish Literature. Hungaro-South African Study Group, International Conference (20–23 September 2017), Budapest: Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church Budapest, Hungary. 2018: Allen, N.P.L. “The Epitome of 2 Maccabees: The Rhetoric of a New Jewish Theology of Salvation.” Deities at War: Rhetoric in 2 Maccabees. Hungaro-South African Study Group, International Conference (3–4 December 2018), Potchefstroom: North-West University, South Africa. 2019: Allen, N.P.L. and P.J. Jordaan, “References to Jewish Festivals in the LXX Book of Judith.” Notions of Time. ISDCL (International Society for Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature) Conference (15–18 July 2109), Greifswald: Universität Greifswald, Germany. 2019: Allen, N.P.L. “Denying Jewish Trauma, Turmoil and Tenacity? An Appraisal of Key Aspects of the Honigman Thesis.” Trauma, Turmoil and Tenacity in Early Jewish Literature, PRTA, Pápa, Hungary (18–20 September 2019). 2021: Allen, N.P.L. "The Story of 3 Maccabees and the Monomyth Archetype.” The Books of Maccabees. Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense LXIX (1–3 February 2021), Leuven: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. 2022: Allen, N.P.L. and P.J. Jordaan. “LXX Judith: Removing the Fourth Wall.” The Importance of Context. Association for the Study of the Septuagint in South Africa 9|Page Conference (5–9 September 2022), Stellenbosch: University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. 2023: Allen, N.P.L. “Transience Through Transcendent Eyes: An Historical Analysis of the More Plausible Influences on the Rhetorical Forms and Iconography Employed in the Surrealistic Merkavah Vision (Ezekiel 1:1–3)”. HSASG: Transience, Transcendence and Timelessness in Early Jewish Literature, PRTA, Pápa, Hungary (9–12 October 2023). Posters 2002: Allen, N. P. L., P. Loyson and N. Vorster. “Photochemical Interaction Between Ag+ and Cotton.” Conference of the South African Chemical Institute (July 2002), Port Elizabeth: University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Colloquia 2005: Allen, N.P.L. “The Pivotal Role of the Liberal Arts and Language in the Development of an International Curriculum.” Colloquium 2005: Internationalising the Curriculum. Office for International Education (11 August 2005), Port Elizabeth: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality University. TV Documentaries Television Documentaries which have utilised aspects of my Turin Shroud research: 1995: B.B.C. Tomorrow's World: Shroud of Turin, (September). 1995: B.B.C. Everyman: Double Exposure: Shroud of Turin, (October). 2002: National Geographic Channel: Leonardo: The Man Behind the Shroud? 2004: B.B.C. Channel Four: Shroud of Christ? 2009: Discovery Channel: Leonardo’s Shroud? 2013: Discovery Channel: Treasures Decoded: The Turin Shroud. 2015: CNN Science Channel: Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, Forgery. 10 | P a g e Exhibitions 1987: Finalist for the Volkskas Atelier Art Award. 1988: Finalist for the Standard Bank National Drawing Competition. 1989: Finalist for the Cape Town Triennial. 1990: Finalist for the Standard Bank National Drawing Competition. 1997: Grahamstown Art Festival. 2000–2001: “People I Have Known” portrait exhibition at the King George VI Gallery, Port Elizabeth. 2007–2008: “Who’s Who and What’s New” exhibition (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality Art Museum), Port Elizabeth. 2008: Eastern Province Society of Arts and Crafts Centenary celebration, Port Elizabeth. 2009: Eastern Province Society of Arts and Crafts “Directions” exhibition, Port Elizabeth. 2009: Eastern Province Society of Arts and Crafts “Renaissance” exhibition, Port Elizabeth. 2009: Grahamstown Festival: PE Academy of Arts Showcase, Grahamstown. 2010: “ReSponse” exhibition, (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum) Port Elizabeth. 2013: Finalist for the Sanlam Property Investment National Portrait Award. Committees 1979–1982: Ordinary Member of Rhodes University Philatelic Society. 1979–1982: Committee Member of Rhodes University Chinese Students Association. 1985–1989: Member of the GAP 7 Committee. Steering committee for the GrahamstownAlice- Port Elizabeth art educators exhibition group (GAP). 1988: Member of the BAY Group Committee. Port Elizabeth contingent of GAP. 1988–1989: Member of EPSFA (Eastern Province Society of Fine Arts) Committee. 1989–1990: Port Elizabeth Technikon Representative for EPSFA. 1990: Vice Chairman and Vice President of EPSFA. 1992–1996: Ordinary Member of the Foundation for the Creative Arts. 1996–1998: Secretary of the Port Elizabeth Technikon Philosophical Society. 1996–2011: Member of Board of Trustees: The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality Art Museum (formerly: King George VI Gallery). 1995–present: Academic referee for the Human Sciences Research Council. Responsible for 11 | P a g e adjudicating research projects, which require national funding. 1996–2001: Appointed as a councillor for SERTEC (Certification Council for Technikon Education). Responsible at a national level, for the evaluation and regulation of the academic standards and infrastructural needs of South African technikons, agricultural colleges and nursing colleges. 1996–present: Member of the Royal Society (South Africa). 1997: Elected to be a member of a special task team for the Port Elizabeth Arts and Culture Council. 1997–2006: Editor–in-Chief of the South African Journal of Art History. 1998–present: Member of the Comitato Scientifico for the Journal Approfondimento Sindone. 1998–2000: Member of the Design Education Forum of South Africa. 1999–2002: Elected President of Convocation: Port Elizabeth Technikon (four- year term). 2000–2008: Committee member of the Friends of Addo. A sub-committee of the SA Wildlife Association which is concerned with the establishment of the third largest national park in South Africa known as the Greater Addo. 2000–2004: Elected to the Council of the Port Elizabeth Technikon (Representative of Senate). 2002–2005: Elected for a second term as President of Convocation: Port Elizabeth Technikon (four-year term). 2002–2004: Elected Chairperson of the Standards Generating Body (02) which deals with the creation of unit standards for Art, Craft and Design education in South Africa. 2007–2011: Co-founder and committee member of the Port Elizabeth Ancient History Society. 2008–2011: Secretary: Lodge Hillel-Menorah No 47. Hebrew Order of David International. 2010: Executive member of Council, Temple Israel (PE Progressive Congregation). 2010– 2011: Honorary Treasurer: Temple Israel (PE Progressive Congregation). 2010–2011: Chairperson: (Chevra Kadisha), Temple Israel (PE Progressive Congregation). 2011–2015: Founder and committee member of the NWU Ancient History Society. 2011–2018: University representative of SANORD (Southern African-Nordic Centre) which is committed to advancing strategic, multilateral academic collaboration between institutions in the two regions, as they seek to address new local and global challenges of innovation and development. 2011–2018: Member of the University Director’s Forum: IEASA (International Education Association of South Africa) whose mission is to advance the internationalisation of higher education from the perspectives of the developing and emerging world. 2014–present: Co-founder and committee member, HSASG (Hungaro-South African Study 12 | P a g e Group). 2015–2022: Committee member, LXXSA (Association for the Study of the Septuagint in South Africa). Collections 1989: The Re-presentation of Erasmus, graphite on cartridge paper, in the collection of Wooltru, Cape Town. 2007: Portrait of Dr Denzil David Levy, oil on canvas for the private collection of Dr D.D. Levy, Port Elizabeth (subsequently bought by the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, Port Elizabeth). 2008: Portrait of Miss Emma Wissink, oil on canvas in the private collection of Prof. Dr and Mrs H.F. Wissink, Durban. 2008: Portrait of Miss Genevieve Richards, oil on canvas in the private collection of Mr and Mrs R. Matlock, Port Elizabeth. 2009: Portrait of Miss Mia Algar, oil on panel in the private collection of Mr and Mrs V. Algar, Perth Australia. 2009: Portrait of Master Jack Algar, oil on panel in the private collection of Mr and Mrs V. Algar, Perth Australia. 2009: Portrait of Ms Patricia Duttfield, oil on panel in the private collection of Mr and Mrs L. Duttfield, Vancouver, Canada. 2010: Portrait of Anneliese Otto, oil of canvas in the private collection of Mr and Mrs D. Otto, Stellenbosch. 2012: Portrait of Prof. Dr Annette Combrink, oil on Canvas in private collection of the NorthWest University (Potchefstroom Campus). 2013: Portrait of Tshegofatso Phage Seated, oil of canvas, private collection of the NorthWest University (Potchefstroom Campus). Important Commissions 1987: Designed and produced the Toyobo Dia Champion Trophy in bronze for the South African Mohair Board and the Toyobo Company, Osaka, Japan. 1988: Produced the Stücken Hair ornament in bronze, for the South African Mohair Board. 1990: Designed and produced the Prix d'Exellence Trophy in bronze, for the South 13 | P a g e African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). 1990: Sculpted the portrait of the late Minister P.K. Le Roux in bronze, for the University of Port Elizabeth. 1991: Sculpted the portrait of the late Mr Sid Fourie, J.P. in bronze, for the Jansenville community. 1992: Manufactured a Foucault pendulum in bronze, for the Albany Museum in Grahamstown. 2004: Sculpted the portrait of Prof. Dr Hennie Snyman in bronze, for the Port Elizabeth Technikon. 2009: Painted the portrait of Mr Guy Pearson in oil, for Woodridge College, Port Elizabeth. 2009: Painted the portrait of Mr Ken Ball in oil, for Woodridge College, Port Elizabeth. 2009: Painted the portrait of Mr Craig Neave in oil, for Woodridge College, Port Elizabeth. 2012: Painted the portrait of Prof. Dr Annette Combrink, for the North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus). 14 | P a g e Selected Art Works Portrait of Prof. Dr Hennie Snyman, bronze, 150 x 35 cm, 2004. 15 | P a g e Portrait of Miss Mia Algar, oil on panel, 40 x 40 cm, 2009. 16 | P a g e Portrait of Tshegofatso Phage Seated, oil of canvas, 120 cm × 92 cm, 2013. 17 | P a g e Portrait of Prof. Dr Annette Combrink, oil on canvas, 185 x 114 cm, 2012. 18 | P a g e Portrait of Louisemarie and Louis, oil on Panel, 100 x 67 cm, 2015. 19 | P a g e Portrait of Su-An, oil on panel, 150 x 46 cm, 2015. 20 | P a g e