Solange Ashby is an Africanist and archaeologist whose expertise focuses on language, religion and the role of women in ancient Egypt and Nubia.[1][2] She is an assistant professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles.[2][3]
Solange Ashby | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Africanist, archaeologist |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Chicago Bard College |
| Thesis | Calling Out to Isis: The Enduring Nubian Presence at Philae (2016) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | UCLA Barnard College American University |
Career
editAshby studied for a B.A. in Intercultural Studies at Bard College at Simon's Rock.[4] She graduated with a PhD in Egyptology from the University of Chicago.[4][5] Her doctoral research took place at the temple of Philae in Egypt, as well as excavating at the Kushite cemetery of El-Kurru in Sudan.[6] Her research examined the inscriptions, including graffiti, made by Kushite visitors, who traveled to the Egyptian temples in Lower Nubia.[6][7]
In January 2021 she took up a position in the Department of Classics and Ancient Studies at Barnard College, New York, as an adjunct professor.[8] In 2023 she went on to become an assistant professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles.[2][3] She has held fellowships at the Catholic University's Institute of Christian Oriental Research and the American Research Centre in Egypt and has taught at the American University in Washington.[9]
She is also a co-founder of the William Leo Hansberry Society, which seeks to educate people of African descent about African antiquity.[2]
Media
editIn 2018, Ashby featured in a documentary directed by Taaqiy Grant, which looked at many aspects of Ancient Egyptian civilization, including its barter-based economic system.[10] In 2020, she featured in the film series Hapi, which focused on the role of economics in civilization.[11]
Publications
edit- Calling Out To Isis: the Enduring Nubian Presence at Philae (2020)[12]
- "Milk Libations for Osiris: Nubian Piety at Philae" in Near Eastern Archaeology (2019)[13]
- "Dancing for Hathor: Nubian Women in Egyptian Cultic Life" in Dotawo: A Journal of Nubian Studies (2018)[14]
- "Meroitic Worship of Isis at Philae" (2011)[15]
References
edit- ^ "Solange Ashby, Academia.edu".
- ^ a b c d "Solange Ashby, Near Eastern Languages & Cultures – UCLA".
- ^ a b "Solange Ashby, Global Antiquity at UCLA".
- ^ a b "Adjunct Professorial Lecturer". American University. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ^ Westerfeld, Jennifer Taylor (2019). Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Late Antique Imagination. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-9640-2. OCLC 1134074305.
- ^ a b "Solange Ashby | Smithsonian Journeys Expert". www.smithsonianjourneys.org. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ^ Graffiti as devotion along the Nile and beyond. Emberlin, Geoff, Davis, Suzanne. Ann Arbor. 2019. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-9906623-9-6. OCLC 1112375246.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Gorgias Press". www.gorgiaspress.com. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ^ "Scholar". Women Also Know History. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ^ "بالصور.. شركة أمريكية تُصور فيلمًا وثائقيًا عن الإمبراطورية الفرعونية في أسوان". مصراوي.كوم. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ^ "CAST". Hapi Films. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ^ Ashby, Solange (2020). Calling out to ISIS : the enduring Nubian presence at Philae. Piscataway, NJ, USA. ISBN 978-1-4632-3968-8. OCLC 1157824314.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Ashby, Solange (2019-12-01). "Milk Libations for Osiris: Nubian Piety at Philae". Near Eastern Archaeology. 82 (4): 200–209. doi:10.1086/705360. ISSN 1094-2076. S2CID 212810285.
- ^ Ashby, Solange (2018-12-29). "Dancing for Hathor: Nubian Women in Egyptian Cultic Life". Dotawo: A Journal of Nubian Studies. 5 (1). doi:10.5070/D65110046.
- ^ Egypt in its African context : proceedings of the conference held at the Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, 2-4 October 2009. Exell, Karen. Oxford: Archaeopress. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4073-0760-2. OCLC 707825500.
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Further reading
editAshby, Solange (2018) "Dancing for Hathor: Nubian Women in Egyptian Cultic Life," Dotawo: A Journal of Nubian Studies: Vol. 5, Article 2.