Department of Egyptology and Assyriology

Faculty and Staff

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Faculty and Staff

Faculty research interests include Egyptian language, religion, warfare, and kingship; Mesopotamian literary and scholarly texts, history, divination, medicine, and science; the archaeology and languages of ancient Turkey; the relationship between text and archaeology; the study of calendars and chronology; and, the history of astronomy, astrology, and the related sciences in the ancient world. In addition, department faculty direct archaeological projects at the sites of Abydos in Egypt, Uronarti in the Sudan, and Labraunda in Turkey.

Faculty

  • Christelle Alvarez/Peter Goldberg Photography

    Christelle Alvarez

    Director of Undergraduate Studies, Assistant Professor of Egyptology
    christelle_alvarez@brown.edu
    401-863-2808
    Wilbour Hall, 205
    2 Prospect Street
    Office Hours Fridays, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  • Laurel Bestock/Peter Goldberg Photography

    Laurel Bestock

    Associate Professor of Archaeology, Associate Professor of Egyptology & Assyriology
    laurel_bestock@brown.edu
    401-863-6291
    RI Hall, 101
    60 George Street
    Office Hours Wednesdays, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., by appointment
  • Felipe Rojas-Silva/Peter Goldberg Photography

    Felipe Rojas-Silva

    Associate Professor of Archaeology, Associate Professor of Egyptology & Assyriology, Director of Graduate Studies
    Felipe_Rojas@brown.edu
    401-863-6292
    RI Hall, 212
    60 George Street
    Office Hours RI Hall 101; Monday and Wednesdays, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
  • Jonathan Russell/Peter Goldberg Photography

    Jonathan Russell

    Assistant Professor of Egyptology
    jonathan_russell1@brown.edu
    401-863-3712
    Wilbour Hall, 204
    2 Prospect Street
    Office Hours Thursdays, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  • Matthew Rutz/Peter Goldberg Photography

    Matthew Rutz

    Department Chair, Associate Professor of Egyptology & Assyriology
    matthew_rutz@brown.edu
    401-863-6312
    Wilbour Hall, 201
    2 Prospect Street
    Office Hours Tuesdays, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
  • Portrait of John Steele/Peter Goldberg Photography

    John Steele

    Professor of the History of the Exact Sciences in Antiquity, Charles Edwin Wilbour Professor of Egyptology and Assyriology
    John_Steele@brown.edu
    401-863-6229
    Wilbour Hall, 203
    2 Prospect Street
    Office Hours Mondays, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Staff

Emeritus Faculty