Participant Info
- First Name
- Bethany
- Last Name
- Hucks
- Country
- Italy
- State
- bethany.hucks@hcts.uni-heidelberg.de
- Affiliation
- Heidelberg University
- Website URL
- Keywords
- Aegyptiaca romana, Egyptomania, Transcultural studies, Classical reception, Ancient Rome, Ancient Mediterranean, Ancient Egypt, World's Fairs, Display, Materiality, BIPOC, Diversity in academia, Archaeology, Digital humanities, 3D modeling, Museums & technology, Arts fundraising
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- other credentials
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
PhD candidate at Heidelberg University working on Roman usage of Egyptian material and imagery in the 1st-3rd centuries CE. Digital history, 3D modeling, databases, & archaeology. Additional expertise in the 18th-20th century history of display of Egyptian materials in the US, Italy, and UK Egyptomania, as well as digital humanities, museums and technology, and museum fundraising/financial structures and community relations. Advocate for increasing diversity in Classical Archaeology, Western Egyptology, and Ancient Mediterranean studies.
- Recent Publications
“L’arrivo degli oggetti al museo e i primi allestimenti” in Missione Egitto 1903-1920: L’avventura archeologica M.A.I. raccontata with co-authors Paolo del Vesco & Beppe Moiso (Museo Egizio di Torino, 2017).
‘Technology and Crowdfunding’ in ArtTactic South Asia Special Report: Art and Philanthropy, 2020 with co-author Shwetal A. Patel.
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- @RomanAegyptiaca
- Country Focus
- Italy, Egypt, UK, USA
- Expertise by Geography
- Mediterranean, Middle East, Western Europe
- Expertise by Chronology
- Ancient, Modern
- Expertise by Topic
- Art & Architectural History, Colonialism, Material Culture, Museums, Race
