Faculty News

The program continues to grow and advance. First, congratulations to Dr. DeCaroli who has been promoted to full professor of Art History!

Dr. Jacquelyn Williamson

We have a new faculty member in Ancient Art starting this fall. Dr. Jacquelyn Williamson is an Egyptologist, with a special focus on gender and religious power. Her book, Nefertiti’s Sun Temple: A New Cult Complex at Tell el-Amarna, part of Brill’s Harvard Egyptology Series, came out this month. She is involved in the ongoing investigation of Kom el-Nana at Tell el-Amarna in Egypt, the site of a sun temple associated with Queen Nefertiti, which is the subject of her first book. She has been a member of several archaeological missions in Egypt and has worked in many museums including the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and the Harvard Semitic Museum. She has held teaching and research positions at the University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University, and Brandeis University. We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Williamson to our department to teach classes on the art and archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean World.

Also be on the lookout for new opportunities coming soon for students interested in American Art and Photography! We are conducting a search this academic year for a new member of the department to teach classes in these areas, starting in the fall of 2017.