Solange Ashby

Solange Ashby is an Egyptologist, Nubiologist and archaeologist, whose expertise focuses on language and religion in ancient Egypt, and as of 2020, Ashby was the only Black American working in Egyptology.

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Solange Ashby
NationalityAmerican
OccupationEgyptologist
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Chicago
ThesisCalling Out to Isis: The Enduring Nubian Presence at Philae (2016)
Academic work
InstitutionsBarnard College

Career

Ashby studied for a BA in Intercultural Studies at Bard College at Simon's Rock.[1] She graduated with a PhD in Egyptology from the University of Chicago.[1][2] 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.[3] Her research examined the inscriptions, including graffiti, made by Kushite visitors, who travelled to the Egyptian temples in Lower Nubia.[3][4]

In January 2021 she is due to take up a position in the Department of Classics and Ancient Studies at Barnard College, New York, as an Adjunct Professor.[5] 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.[6]

Media

In 2018, Ashby featured in a documentary directed by Taaqiy Grant, which looked at many aspects of Ancient Egyptian civilisation, including its barter-based economic system.[7] In 2020, she featured in the film series Hapi, which focused on the role of economics in civilisation.[8] As of 2020, Ashby was the only Black American working in Egyptology.

Publications
  • Calling Out To Isis: the Enduring Nubian Presence at Philae (2020)[9]
  • "Milk Libations for Osiris: Nubian Piety at Philae" in Near Eastern Archaeology (2019)[10]
  • "Dancing for Hathor: Nubian Women in Egyptian Cultic Life" in Dotawo: A Journal of Nubian Studies (2018)[11]
  • “Meroitic Worship of Isis at Philae” (2011)[12]

References
  1. "Adjunct Professorial Lecturer". American University. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  2. Westerfeld, Jennifer Taylor (2019). Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Late Antique Imagination. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-9640-2. OCLC 1134074305.
  3. "Solange Ashby | Smithsonian Journeys Expert". www.smithsonianjourneys.org. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  4. Graffiti as devotion along the Nile and beyond. Emberlin, Geoff, Davis, Suzanne. Ann Arbor. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-9906623-9-6. OCLC 1112375246.CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. "Gorgias Press". www.gorgiaspress.com. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  6. "Scholar". Women Also Know History. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  7. "بالصور.. شركة أمريكية تُصور فيلمًا وثائقيًا عن الإمبراطورية الفرعونية في أسوان". مصراوي.كوم. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  8. "CAST". Hapi Films. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  9. Ashby, Solange. Calling out to ISIS : the enduring Nubian presence at Philae. Piscataway, NJ, USA. ISBN 978-1-4632-3968-8. OCLC 1157824314.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.CS1 maint: others (link)
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