GAY ROBINS

EDUCATION

1972 B.A., Chinese Honours, II(i), University of Durham.

1975 B.A., Egyptology Honours, I, University of Durham.

1981 D.Phil., University of Oxford, title of thesis: "Egyptian queens in the 18th dynasty up to the end of the reign of Amenhotpe III," supervisor: Prof. J.R. Baines.

1982 Ph.D., University of Cambridge, by incorporation.

EMPLOYMENT

1988-1994 Assistant Professor, Department of Art History, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

1988-1994 Curator of Egyptian Art, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

1994-1998 Associate Professor, Department of Art History, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

1994-1997 Faculty Curator of Ancient Egyptian Art, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

1998- Professor, Department of Art History, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

1998- Faculty Consultant for Ancient Egyptian Art, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University Atlanta, Georgia.

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

1979-1983: Lady Wallis Budge Research Fellow in Egyptology at Christ's College, University of Cambridge.

1983: Wainwright Near Eastern Archaeological Fund: grant to study and collect examples of unfinished tomb scenes in Egypt.

1984-8: Honorary Research Fellow at University College London.

1985-6: Susette Taylor Travelling Fellow at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

1985: Thomas Mulvey Fund: grant to undertake fieldwork in Egypt.
H.M.Chadwick Fund: grant to undertake fieldwork in Egypt.

1987: Wainwright Near Eastern Archaeological Fund: grant to help with expenses incurred in the preparation and publication of Proportion and Style in Ancient Egyptian Art.

1992: National Endowment for the Humanities: grant to support the publication of Proportion and Style in Ancient Egyptian Art.

1995-6: University Research Committee Grant, Emory University.

PUBLICATIONS

Books

(1) Egyptian Painting and Relief (Shire Publications, 1986).

(2) The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus: an Ancient Egyptian Text (with C.C.D. Shute; British Museum Publications and Dover Publications, 1987; reprinted 1990, 1998).

(3) Beyond the Pyramids: Egyptian Regional Art from the Museo Egizio, Turin, catalogue of exhibition at the Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology (editor and contributor; Atlanta, 1990).

(4) Women in Ancient Egypt (British Museum Press and Harvard University Press, 1993; reprinted 1996; German translation 1996; Spanish translation 1996; taken by The History Bookclub 1997).

(5) Proportion and Style in Ancient Egyptian Art (University of Texas Press and Thames and Hudson, 1994).

(6) Reflections of Women in the New Kingdom: Ancient Egyptian Art from The British Museum, catalogue of exhibition at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University (assisted by Sheramy D. Bundrick; San Antonio, Texas, 1995).

(7) The Art of Ancient Egypt (British Museum Press and Harvard University Press, 1997; taken by The History Book Club 1997).

(8) Egyptian Statues (Shire Publications, 2001).

Published papers

(1) Amenhotpe I and the child Amenemhat Göttinger Miszellen 30 (1978), 71-5.

(2) The relationships specified by Egyptian kinship terms of the Middle and New Kingdoms Chronique d'Égypte 54/108 (1979), 197-217.

(3) The value of the estimated ages of the royal mummies at death as historical evidence Göttinger Miszellen 45 (1981), 63-8.

(4) mt nsw wrt Meritaton Göttinger Miszellen 52 (1981), 75-81.

(5) Ahhotpe I, II and III Göttinger Miszellen 56 (1982), 71-7.

(6) Meritamun, daughter of Ahmose and Meritamun, daughter of Thutmose III Göttinger Miszellen 56 (1982), 79-87.

(7) s3t nsw nt t.f Tjc3 Göttinger Miszellen 57 (1982), 55-6.

(8) Determining the slope of pyramids Göttinger Miszellen 57 (1982), 49-54 (with C.C.D. Shute).

(9) The length of the forearm in canon and metrology Göttinger Miszellen 59 (1982), 61-75.

(10) The God's Wife of Amun in the 18th Dynasty in Egypt in: A. Cameron and A. Kuhrt (ed). Images of Women in Antiquity (London and Canberra, 1983; reprinted 1993), 65-78.

(11) Natural and canonical proportions in ancient Egyptians Göttinger Miszellen 61 (1983), 17-25.

(12) A critical examination of the theory that the right to the throne of ancient Egypt passed through the female line in the 18th dynasty Göttinger Miszellen 62 (1983), 67-77.

(13) Amarna grids: 1 Göttinger Miszellen 64 (1983), 67-72.

(14) Anomalous proportions in the tomb of Haremhab (KV 57) Göttinger Miszellen 65 (1983), 91-96.

(15) The canon of proportions in the tomb of Ramesses I (KV 16) Göttinger Miszellen 68 (1983), 85-90.

(16) The physical proportions and living stature of New Kingdom Pharaohs Journal of Human Evolution 12 (1983), 455-465 (with C.C.D. Shute).

(17) Two statues from the tomb of Tutankhamun Göttinger Miszellen 71 (1984), 47-50.

(18) Isis, Nephthys, Selket and Neith represented on the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun and in four free-standing statues found in KV 62 Göttinger Miszellen 72 (1984), 21-5.

(19) The proportions of figures in the decoration of the tombs of Tutankhamun (KV 62) and Ay (KV 23) Göttinger Miszellen 72 (1984), 27-32.

(20) Analysis of facial proportions in Egyptian art Göttinger Miszellen 79 (1984), 31-41.

(21) The hieroglyphic wall plaster from Chapel 561 in: B.J. Kemp (ed). Amarna Reports II (London, 1985).

(22) Estimating living stature from female skeletal remains Göttinger Miszellen 83 (1984), 71-76 (with C.C.D. Shute).

(23) Amarna grids: 3. Standing figures of the king in the early style Göttinger Miszellen 84 (1985), 51-64.

(24) The stature and physical proportions of the brothers Nakhtankh and Khnumnakht (Manchester Museum nos. 21470-1) Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 112 (1985), 44-48.

(25) Wisdom from Egypt and Greece Discussions in Egyptology 1 (1985), 35-41 (with C.C.D. Shute).

(26) Mathematical bases of ancient Egyptian architecture and graphic art Historia Mathematica 12 (1985), 107-122 (with C.C.D. Shute).

(27) Slopes of the double feathers of Amon-Re in the temple of Ramesses III within the great enclosure of Amun at Karnak Discussions in Egyptology 2 (1985), 51-58.

(28) Standing figures in the late grid system of the 26th dynasty Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur 12 (1985), 101-116.

(29) The slope of the front of the royal apron Discussions in Egyptology 3 (1985), 51-58.

(30) Amarna grids 2: Treatment of standing figures of the queen Göttinger Miszellen 88 (1985), 47-54.

(31) Predynastic Egyptian stature and physical proportions Human Evolution 1 (1986), 313-324 (with C.C.D. Shute).

(32) The role of the royal family in the 18th dynasty up to the reign of Amenhotpe III: 1. Queens Wepwawet. Research Papers in Egyptology 2 (1986), 10-14.

(33) The role of the royal family in the 18th dynasty up to the reign of Amenhotpe III: 2. Royal children Wepwawet. Research Papers in Egyptology 3 (1987) 15-17.

(34) Ancient Egyptian Sexuality Discussions in Egyptology 11 (1988), 61-72.

(35) The living stature and physical proportions of the Naqada people Akten des vierten internationalen ägyptologen Kongresses München 1985 (ed. S. Schoske) 1 (Hamburg, 1988), 301-306 (with C.C.D. Shute).

(36) Some images of women in New Kingdom art and literature in: Barbara S. Lesko (ed.) Woman's Earliest Records from Egypt and Western Asia (Atlanta, 1989), 105-116.

(37) The 14 to 11 proportion in Egyptian architecture Discussions in Egyptology 16 (1990), 75-80 (with C.C.D. Shute).

(38) Problems in interpreting Egyptian art Discussions in Egyptology 17 (1990), 45-58.

(39) While the woman looks on: gender inequality in New Kingdom Egypt KMT 1 no.3 (Fall 1990), 18-21, 64-65.

(40) Proportions of standing figures in the North-west Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud Iraq 52 (1990), 107-119.

(41) Irrational numbers and pyramids Discussions in Egyptology 18 (1990), 43-53 (with C.C.D. Shute).

(42) The proportions of the Susa statue of Darius Bulletin of the Egyptological Seminar 9 (1987/88), 53-60.

(43) The mother of Tutankhamun Discussions in Egyptology 20 (1991), 71-73.

(44) Composition and the artist's squared grid Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 28 (1991), 41-54.

(45) The mother of Tutankhamun (2) Discussions in Egyptology 22 (1992), 25-27.

(46) Masculine and feminine traits in male figures in Egyptian two-dimensional art from the late 4th dynasty to the 26th dynasty Sesto Congresso Internazionale di Egittologia. Atti 1 (Turin, 1992), 535-541.

(47) Queens and queenship in 18th dynasty Egypt before the Amarna Period Bulletin of the Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies 26 (1993), 53-58.

(48) Some principles of compositional dominance and gender hierarchy in Egyptian art Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 31 (1994), 33-40.

(49) A painted fragment from the tomb of Dcw at Deir el Gebrawi Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 31 (1994), 21-32 (with James F. Romano).

(50) Women and children in peril: pregnancy, birth and infant mortality in ancient Egypt KMT 5 no.4 (Winter 1994-1995), 24-35.

(51) On supposed connections between the 'canon of proportions' and metrology, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 80 (1994), 191-194.

(52) Canonical proportions and metrology, Discussions in Egyptology 32 (1995), 91-92.

(53) Mathematics, Astronomy, and Calendars in Pharaonic Egypt, in: Jack M. Sasson (ed.), Civilizations of the Ancient Near East III (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1995), 1799-1813.

(54) Dress, undress and the representation of fertility and potency in New Kingdom Egyptian art, in: N.B. Kampen (ed.), Sexuality in Ancient Art (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996), 27-40.

(55) The representation of sexual characteristics in Amarna art, Journal of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities 23 (1993), 29-41, pls.I-V.

(56) Abbreviated grids on two scenes in a Graeco-Roman tomb at Abydos, in: Studies in Honor of William Kelly Simpson, 689-695.

(57) Women in Egypt, in: Ancient Egypt, ed. D. Silverman (London, 1997), 80-89.

(58) The "feminization" of the male figure in New Kingdom two-dimensional art, in: E. Goring et al. (eds), Chief of Seers: Egyptian Studies in Memory of Cyril Aldred (London, 1997), 251-265.

(59) Piles of offerings: paradigms of limitation and creativity in ancient Egyptian art, in: C.J. Eyre (ed.), Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress of Egyptologists (Leuven, 1998), 957-963.

(60) Women and votive stelae in the New Kingdom, in: Jacke Phillips (ed.), Ancient Egypt, The Aegean, and the Near East: Studies in Honour of Martha Rhoads Bell (1997), 445-454.

(61) The Enigma of Hatshepsut, Archaeology Odyssey 2 no.1 (1999), 30-41.

(62) Women in ancient Egypt, in: Bella Vivante (ed.), Women's Roles in Ancient Civilizations (Greenwood Press, 1999), 155-187.

(63) Hair and the Construction of Identity in Ancient Egypt, c.1480-1350 BC., in: Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 36 (1999), 55-69.

(64) An Unusual Statue of a Royal Mother-in-law and Grandmother, in: A. Leahy and J. Tait (ed.), Studies on Ancient Egypt in Honour of H.S. Smith (Egypt Exploration Society, 1999), 255-259.

(65) The Names of Hatshepsut as King, in: Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 85 (1999).

(66) The Use of the Squared Grid as an Artist's Technical Aid in Eighteenth Dynasty Painted Tombs in: W.V. Davies (ed.), Colour and Painting in Ancient Egypt ( London: British Museum Press, 2001), 60-62 pls. 13-15.

(67) Problems concerning queens and queenship in eighteenth dynasty Egypt, NIN, Journal of Gender Studies in Antiquity 3 (2002), 25-31.

(68) The organization and order of queens’ titles in the eighteenth dynasty before the reign of Akhenaten, in: Tobias Hofmann and Alexandra Sturm (eds.), Menschenbilder - Bildermenschen. Kunst und Kultur im Alten Ägypten ( Norderstedt: Books on Demand, 2003), 203-226.

(69) Image and Reality in Amarna Art, in: Nicolas Grimal et al. (eds.), Hommages à Fayza Haikal
(Cairo, 2003), 225-229.

(70) Cult Statues in Ancient Egypt, in: Neal H. Walls (ed.), Cult Image and Divine Representation in the Ancient Near East ( Boston: American Schools of Oriental Research, 2005), 1-12.

Entries in dictionaries and encyclopedias

(1) " Egypt (Ancient)" in Helen Tierney (ed.) Womens Studies Encyclopedia, Volume III, History, Philosophy, and Religion (New York: Greenwood Press, 1991), 127-129.
(2) The Dictionary of Art, 9, (London and New York: Macmillan, 1996): "Proportion," 799-801; "Subject matter," 804-812.
(3) The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2001): “Color symbolism,” 1, 291-294; “Gender roles,” 2, 12-16; “Grid systems,” 2, 68-71; “Legitimation,” 2, 286-289; “Queens,” 3, 105-109; “Women,” 3, 510-516.
(4) Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia: “Egyptian Art and Architecture.”

Reviews

(1) Review of Detlef Franke Altägyptische Verwandtschaftsbezeichnungen in: Bibliotheca Orientalis 41 (1984), 602-606.

(2) Review of H. Schäfer Principles of Egyptian Art, in: The Burlington Magazine July 1987, 462.

(3) Review of Michel Gitton Les divines épouses de la 18e dynastie, in: Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 73 (1987), 272-276.

(4) Review of Robert Hari New Kingdom Amarna Period, in: Bibliotheca Orientalis 44 (1987), 109-117.

(5) Review of Claude Sourdive La main dans l'Égypte pharaonique, in: Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 74 (1988), 261-263.

(6) Review of Lana Troy Patterns of Queenship in ancient Egyptian Myth and History, in: Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 76 (1990), 214-220.

(7) Review of Douglas J. Brewer & Renee F. Friedman Fish and Fishing in Ancient Egypt, in: Discussions in Egyptology 19 (1991), 103-105.

(8) Review of Whitney Davis The Canonical Tradition in ancient Egyptian Art, in: Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 29 (1992), 222-223.

(9) Review of Lynn Gamwell and Richard Wells (eds.) Sigmund Freud and Art: His Personal Collection of Antiquities, in: Bibliotheca Orientalis 50 (1993), 496-500.

(10) Review of Sheila Whale The Family in the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, in: Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 79 (1993), 294-297.

(11) Review of Rosalind M. and Jac. J. Janssen Growing up in Ancient Egypt, in: Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 80 (1994), 232-235.

(12) Review of Mohammed el-Saghir Das Statuenversteck im Luxortempel, in: Journal of the American Oriental Society 115 (1995), 170.

(13) Review of Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood Pharaonic Egyptian Clothing, in: Journal of the American Oriental Society 115 (1995), 553.

(14) Review of Eberhard Dziobek Das Grab des Ineni. Theben Nr. 81, in: Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 81 (1995), 262-263.

(15) Review of Saphinaz-Amal Naguib Miroirs du passé, in: Journal of Near Eastern Studies 56 (1997), 306-307.

(16) Review of Patrick F. Houlihan, The Animal World of the Pharaohs and Salima Ikram, Choice Cuts: Meat Production in Ancient Egypt, in: Journal of the American Oriental Society 119 (1999), 170-171.

(17) Review of Dominic Montserrat, Sex and Society in Graeco-Roman Egypt, in: Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 84 (1998), 256-258.

(18) Review of Erika Feucht, Das Kind im alten Ägypten: Die Stellung des Kindes im Familie und Gesellschaft nach altägyptischen Texten und Darstellungen, in: Journal of Near Eastern Studies 59 (2000), 47-48.
(19) Review of Tom Hare, ReMembering Osiris: Number, Gender, and the Word in Ancient Egyptian Representational Systems, in: Cambridge Archaeological Journal 10 (2000), 382-385.

Brochures

Monuments and Mummies: The Shelton Expedition to Egypt (Atlanta: Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1989).

Reflections of Women in the New Kingdom: Ancient Egyptian Art from The British Museum (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, 1994).

EXHIBITIONS

1989: Monuments and Mummies: The Shelton Expedition to Egypt, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, February 8th to June 25th.

1990: Beyond the Pyramids: Egyptian Regional art from the Museo Egizio, Turin, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, October 24th to March 10th, 1991.

1995: Reflections of Women in the New Kingdom: Ancient Egyptian Art from the British Museum, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, February 4th to May 14th.

RADIO AND TELEVISION INTERVIEWS

1995: BBC Radio 4, "The Square on the Pythagoras," a programme on the history of mathematics beginning with ancient Egypt.

1995: BBC Timewatch, “ Karnak: A Hidden History.”

1999: The History Channel, “Akhenaten: Egypt’s Heretic King” ; The History Channel, “The Mysteries of King Tut.”

2001: The Discovery Channel, “Women Pharaohs.”

2003: BBC Timewatch, “Ramesses III.”

LECTURES, SEMINARS, AND PANELS

1982
(1) Institute of Classics, London, ancient history seminar: "The God's Wife of Amun in the 18th dynasty in Egypt."

1984
(1) Egypt Exploration Society, London: "Composition and Style in Egyptian Art."
(2) Ägyptologisches Seminar, Freie Universität Berlin: "Composition and Style in Egyptian Art."
(3) Cambridge Society for Near Eastern Studies: "Disease in ancient Egypt."

1985
(1) Student seminar at University College London: "The role of the queen and the royal children in the 18th dynasty up to the end of the reign of Amenhotpe III."
(2) Northern Branch of the Egypt Exploration Society: "From bones to people: an anthropological study of Egyptian remains."
(3) Fourth International Congress of Egyptology August 1985: "Application of the canon of proportions and grid system to figures shown in special postures."
(4) Fourth International Congress of Egyptology, August 1985: "The living stature and physical proportions of the Naqada people (with C.C.D. Shute).

1986
(1) University College London, ancient history seminar: "Artists' grids in ancient Egypt."
(2) University of London, Department of Extra-Mural Studies: "Proportion and style in ancient Egyptian art."
(3) Ashmolean Museum, Oxford: "Men and women in Egyptian art."

1987
(1) University College London: "The canon of proportions in Amarna art."
(2) National Bureau of Standards, Washington, Chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society: "Mathematics in ancient Egypt."
(3) The University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia: "The feminine image in Egyptian art."
(4) Department of Near Eastern Studies, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore: "Ancient Egyptian artists' grids."
(5) Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University: "Canons of proportion and artists' grids in ancient Egypt."
(6) Egyptological Seminar of New York: "A group of fragmentary wall paintings: an Egyptological detective story.
(7) Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI: "Proportions of the human figure in Egyptian art." (8) Conference "Women in the Ancient Near East," Brown University, Providence, RI, November 1987: "Some images of women in New Kingdom art and literature."
(9) Egypt Exploration Society, London: " Temple relief decoration: the open-air museum at Karnak."

1988
(1) Biblical Archaeological Study Group of Greater Atlanta: "Images of women in Egyptian art."

1989
(1) Art History Department, Memphis State University: "The woman in ancient Egypt: myth and reality." (2) Women's Studies Program, University of Georgia: "Images of Women in Egyptian art."
(3) Holman Symposium on ancient Egypt, Fordham University, New York: "Amarna painting and relief: tradition and innovation."
(4) American Research Centre in Egypt, Annual Meeting: Panel member for "Workshop on women."
(5) The Pyramid Society (Arabian horse breeders of America): "'The choicest of the stable': the horse in ancient Egypt."

1990
(1) Annual meeting of the American Research Centre in Egypt: "Beyond the Pyramids: Egyptian Regional Art from the Museo Egizio, Turin."
(2) Annual meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt: "Composition and the artist's squared grid."
(3) Symposium "A Sense of Place: Regional Art of First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom Egypt," Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology: "The Theban relief style during the pre-unification 11th dynasty."

1991
(1) Holman Symposium on ancient Egypt, Fordham University, New York: "The artist's image of costume in the late 18th dynasty and beyond."
(2) Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt: "Proportions of the human figure in the late 12th and 13th dynasties."
(3) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: "Images of Women in Egyptian Art."
(4) Sixth International Congress of Egyptology: "Masculine and feminine traits in male figures in Egyptian two-dimensional art from the late 4th dynasty to the 26th dynasty."
(5) The Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities, Canada: "Images of Women in New Kingdom Egypt."
(6) The Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Toronto: "The use of the artist's squared grid in ancient Egyptian art."
(7) New York University and the American Research Center in Egypt, symposium in honor of Prof. Bernard V. Bothmer, Ancient Egypt's Final Glory: The Art of the Late Period: "Late Period Art: Grids, Proportions, and Composition."

1992
(1) Memphis State University, symposium on Nubia: "Monumental relief during the Kushite rule of Egypt."
(2) The Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of California at Berkeley: "The proportions of the human figure in Egyptian and Near Eastern art."
(3) The Department of Near Eastern Cultures and Languages, University of California at Los Angeles: "Images of women in the New Kingdom."
(4) Annual meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt: "The decoration of the propylon of Ptolemy III Euergetes I in the precinct of Amun at Karnak."
(5) Biblical Archaeology Study Group of Greater Atlanta: The proportions of the human figure in Egyptian and Neo-Assyrian art."
(6) Department of Classical Studies and Department of Women's Studies, University of Waterloo, Canada: "Images of women in New Kingdom Egypt."
(7) John Abbott College, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Montreal: "Queens and queenship in 18th dynasty Egypt."
(8) Atlanta chapter of the American Institute of Archaeology: "Queens and queenship in 18th dynasty Egypt."

1993
(1) University of Bristol, England: "Queens and queenship in 18th dynasty Egypt."
(2) Department of Egyptian Antiquities, British Museum: "Queens and queenship in 18th dynasty Egypt."
(3) The Oriental Institute, University of Oxford: "Hierarchies of gender and generation in Egyptian art." (4) Annual meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt: "Hierarchies of gender and generation in Egyptian art."
(5) The Akhenaten Temple Project Symposium: "The representation of sexual characteristics in Amarna art."
(6) The Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities Symposium, Toronto: "Body image in ancient Egyptian art."

1994
(1) The Midwest Art History Society Annual Meeting: "Privileging the male in ancient Egyptian art."
(2) Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt: "A gridded ostrakon in the Royal Ontario Museum."
(3) Bloomsbury Summer School, University College London: " Queens and queenship in the 18th dynasty."
(4) Bloomsbury Summer School, University College London: "Women in Egyptian art."
(5) Near Eastern Department, Johns Hopkins University: "Privileging the male in Egyptian art."
(6) University of Arizona International Conference on the Valley of the Kings: "Grids and proportions in the Valley of the Kings."
(7) Institute of Fine Arts, New York University: "Old material, new interpretations: gender relations in Egyptian art."

1995
(1) Year of Egypt program, Kennesaw State College: "Images of Women in New Kingdom Egypt, 1550-1070 BC."
(2) 1995 Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt: "She Who Bore the God's Wife and the King's Principal Wife, Huy: British Museum EA 1280."
(3) Seventh International Congress of Egyptologists: "Piles of Offerings: Paradigms of Limitation and Creativity in Ancient Egyptian Art."
(4) 1995 Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association: "From Child to Adult: The Construction of Gender in Ancient Egyptian Art from c.1450-1350 B.C."
(5) 1995 Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America: Manipulating the Female Body: Figure, Dress and Fertility in Ancient Egyptian Art."

1996
(1) 1996 Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt: "The Construction of Identity in the 18th Dynasty, c.1480-1350 B.C.".
(2) Egyptological Seminar of New York: "The Construction of Identity in the mid-18th dynasty (c.1480-1350 B.C.): the representational evidence and its problems."
(3) Colloquium on colour and painting in ancient Egypt, The British Museum: "The Use of the Squared Grid as an Artist's Technical Aid in Eighteenth Dynasty Painted Theban Tombs."
(4) "Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven: Women in ancient Egypt," Symposium at the Cincinnati Art Museum: "Understanding the roles of women in ancient Egypt: current research, future directions." (5) Annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Egyptology and the History and Culture of Ancient Israel Group, Religious and Ideological Foundations of Egyptian and Israelite Monarchy: Queenship: "Problems concerning Queens and Queenship in Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt."
(6) Evening for Teachers at the Cincinnati Art Museum: "Women and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt."

1997
(1) "Issues of Authenticity in Ancient Egyptian Art," Symposium at the Michael C. Carlos Museum: "A Child's coffin: Ancient or Modern?"
(2) North Texas chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt: "The Power of Doorways: Liminality in Ancient Egypt."
(3) Egypt Exploration Society, London: "Husbands and Wives in Ancient Egypt."
(4) Biblical Archaeology Study Group of Greater Atlanta and the Michael C. Carlos Museum: "The Power of Doorways in Ancient Egypt."

1998
(1) 1998 Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt: “Art and Reality in the Amarna Period.”
(2) California Museum of Ancient Art: “Amarna Art: Innovation within Tradition.”

1999
(1) 1999 Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt: “The Names of Hatshepsut as King.”
(2) First Chicago-Johns Hopkins Theban Workshop: “Art and Legitimation in Early Middle Kingdom Thebes.”
(3) The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose: “She Who Must Be Obeyed: Women of the Palace.”

2000
(1) North Texas chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt, lecture: “Picturing the Universe: An Introduction to Meaning in Ancient Egyptian Art.”
(2) North Texas chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt, all-day seminar: “Decoding Ancient Egyptian Art.”
(3) 2000 Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt: “Reexamining the Phenomenon of the Husband’s Absence from his Wife’s Monuments.”
(4) Fernbank Museum of Natural History: “Exploring the Myth of Osiris and Isis in Ancient Egyptian Texts and Images.”
(5) Annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature: “Cult Statues in Ancient Egypt.”

2001
(1) Eric J. Ryan Annual Lecture, Department of Art and Art History, Colgate University: “Exploring Meaning and Function in Eighteenth Dynasty Painted Tombs at Thebes.”
(2) The Merritt E. Hoag 5th Annual Lecture, North Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega, GA: “Bodies and Sexuality in Ancient Egyptian Art.”
(3) Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia: “The Career of Hatshepsut.”
(4) Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia: “The Legitimation of Hatshepsut’s Rule through Image and Text.”
(5) Monash University, Melbourne, Australia: “Exploring Meaning and Function in Eighteenth Dynasty Painted Tombs at Thebes.”
(6) Princeton University: “Male Bodies and the Construction of Masculinity in Ancient Egyptian Art of the New Kingdom, 1550-1070 B.C.”

2002
(1) Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt: “The Significance of Beds in Ancient Egyptian Culture.”
(2) University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand: “The Power of Doorways in Ancient Egypt.”
(3) University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand: “Bodies and Sexuality in New Kingdom Egyptian Art.” (4) University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: “Bodies and Sexuality in New Kingdom Egyptian Art.”
(5) University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand:“The Power of Doorways in Ancient Egypt.”
(6) Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand: “Meaning and Function in Eighteenth Dynasty Painted Tombs at Thebes.”
(7) Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand: “Bodies and Sexuality in New Kingdom Egyptian Art.” (8) University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand: “Bodies and Sexuality in New Kingdom Egyptian Art.”
(9) University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand: “Meaning and Function in Eighteenth Dynasty Painted Tombs at Thebes.”
(10) University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand: “The Power of Doorways in Ancient Egypt.”
(11) Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia: “Meaning and Function in Eighteenth Dynasty Painted Tombs at Thebes.”
(12) Egyptology Association of Western Australia, Perth: Daylong seminar on ancient Egyptian art in four sections: (1) What is Ancient Egyptian Art? (2) The Principles of Three- and Two-dimensional Art (3) Picturing the Universe in Art and Architecture (4) Symbols of Regeneration and Transformation.

2003
(1) Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth: “Picturing the Afterlife: 18th dynasty Painted Tombs at Thebes.” (June 13)
(2) North Texas ARCE Chapter, Dallas: “Bodies and Sexuality in New Kingdom Egyptian Art.” (June 14)

2004
(1) University of Texas, Austin: “Women, Sexuality, and the Construction of Identity in New Kingdom Art.” (2) Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt: “The Decoration of the Inner Doorway in the Tomb Chapel of Amenemhab (TT85).” (April)
(3) Amarna Conference, University of Arizona: “The Decorative Program in the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV 62).” (April)
(4) The Breasted Society, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago: “Women, Sexuality and the Construction of Identity in New Kingdom Egyptian Art.” (October 28).
(5) Archaeology Institute of America lecture at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville: “Women, Sexuality and the Construction of Identity in New Kingdom Egyptian Art.” (November 18).

2005
(1) North-Western chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt in conjunction with the Burke Museum and the University of Washington: “Women, Sexuality and the Construction of Identity in New Kingdom Egyptian Art.” (April 7).
(2) Petrie Museum, University College London: “Women, Sexuality and the Construction of Identity in New Kingdom Egyptian Art.” (July 12).
(3) New Mexico chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt: “The Painted Tombs of Eighteenth Dynasty Thebes: Understanding the Multiple Meanings of their Architecture and Decoration.” (October 8).

2006
(1) Washington DC chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt: “Women, Sexuality and the Construction of Identity in New Kingdom Egyptian Art.” (January 20)
(2) 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt: “What did it mean to be a man in Ancient Egypt?” (April 29).

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT

Murder and Magic: The Myth of Osiris and Isis (ARTHIST 190).

Ancient Egyptian Art, 3000-1550 BC: The Pyramid Age (ARTHIST 213).

Ancient Egyptian Art, 1550-30 BC: From Hatshepsut to Cleopatra (ARTHIST 214).

Female images in ancient Egyptian art (ARTHIST 319).

The treasures of Tutankhamun (ARTHIST 319).

Picturing the Universe: Temples, Tombs and Palaces in Ancient Egypt (ARTHIST 319).

GRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT

Understanding ancient Egyptian art (ARTHIST 519).

Female images in ancient Egyptian art (ARTHIST 719).

Egyptian art and hieroglyphs (ARTHIST 719).

Controlling the cosmos: kingship in ancient Egypt (ARTHIST 719).

Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt (ARTHIST 719).

Female Identities in Ancient Egyptian Art (ARTHIST 719).

MEMBERSHIPS

American Research Center in Egypt
Archaeological Institute of America
College Art Association
Egypt Exploration Society
Egyptological Seminar of New York
Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities