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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 |
Ashby 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
In 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]
- 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]
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