Dr. Gemma Elisabeth Tully

University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Tully

Gemma Tully’s research within TOPOI is part of a tandem, cross-disciplinary project with Egyptologist Dr. Monica Hanna. The master title of the project is “Ancient tombs, modern dwellers: Investigating the relationship of archaeological sites to contemporary communal identity in al-Qurna, Thebes (Egypt).” Within this broader research framework Gemma aims to explore the role Western archaeologists and travellers have played, and continue to play, in shaping both local and international perceptions of the Qurnawi community from the time of the first Western encounters with residents in the late 1700s to interactions in the modern day.

Gemma Tully graduated with a BA in Archaeology from the University of Southampton in 2004. In 2005 she completed a Masters in the Archaeology of Art and Representation at the same Institution. She obtained her Doctorate from the University of Southampton in 2010 researching community strategies for the presentation of the ancient Egyptian past under the title, “Answering the Calls of the Living: Collaborative Archaeology and Ancient Egyptian ‘Daily Life’ Exhibitions in Western Museums“.
 

General Information

Group

Junior Fellow

01.06.2011 - 31.05.2012
 
 

Contact

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Projects

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Activities

talk

"'Bab hagar': From practice to theory, collaborative archaeology and the Theban Necropolis"
part of the Colloquium Third meeting of the CSG-V-think tank

lecture

Re-presenting Ancient Egypt: Contemporary Egyptian communities and western exhibition audiences confront traditions of Egyptology display
Speaker

 

Publications

  Publications
in print Re-presenting Ancient Egypt: Reengaging Communities through Collaborative Archaeological Methodologies for Museum Displays. Cambridge Archaeological Review.
 in print Contemporary Egyptian Dialogues: Collaborative Approaches to Museum Displays of Ancient Egypt. ECHO Series - Discourses in Heritage Management in Egypt: The Management of Egypt's Cultural Heritage, Volume Two.
 2010 Ten Years On: The Community Archaeology Project Quseir, Egypt, in the Proceedings of the 7th Conference for Archaeology and Education, University Autònoma, Barcelona.
 2009 Iraq's Past Speaks to the Present: Contemporary Art from Iraq and Syria at the British Museum. Contemporary Practices. Visual Arts from the Middle East, 4:  70-75.
 2008 Reimagining the Tomb: A Dialogue Between Ancient and Modern Egyptian Art. Contemporary Practices. Visual Arts from the Middle East, 3: 28-41.
 2008 New Strategies for Egyptology Exhibitions: Contemporary Egyptian Art and Ancient Egyptian Daily Life, Part II. Contemporary Practices. Visual Arts from  the Middle East, 2: 20-31.
 2007 New Strategies for Egyptology Exhibitions: Contemporary Egyptian Art and Ancient Egyptian Daily Life, Part I. Contemporary Practices. Visual Arts from the Middle East, 1: 16-23.
 2007 Community Archaeology: General Methods and Standards of Practice. Public Archaeology 6 (3): 155-187.
 2007 Was there more to life in ancient Egypt than the preparation for death? Looking at most Egyptology shows, you wouldn’t think so. Comment, Museums Journal, November: 19.
  Conference papers and invited talks
October 2010 Reconfiguring the Past: Contemporary Art as Archaeological Interpretation. Invited Speaker, Visualisation in Archaeology Workshop, University of Southampton, UK.
January 2010 Answering the Calls of the Living: Collaborative Museology and the Representation of Ancient Egypt in Western Museum Displays. Presented at the 11th Conference of Current Research in Egyptology, Leiden University, Holland.
May 2009 Contemporary Egyptian Voices Address the Ancient Egyptian Past. Presented at the Archaeology Post-Graduate Symposium, University of Southampton, UK.
March 2009 Ten Years On: The Community Archaeology Project Quseir, Egypt. Presented at the 7th Conference of Archaeology and Education, University Autònoma, Barcelona, Spain.
September 2008 Museological Dialogues between Ancient and Modern Egyptian Art and Identity. Presented at the Art, Religion and Identity Conference, Graduate School of Arts and Humanities, University of Glasgow, Scotland.
May 2008 Archaeology and Community Museology: Ancient Egyptian ‘Daily Life’ Scenes in Museums. Presented at the Archaeology Post-Graduate Symposium, University of Southampton, UK.
March 2008 Representing Ancient Egypt: The Role of the Western Museum. Presented at the Rethinking Representation Conference, University of Southampton, UK.
December 2006 Community Archaeology: General Methods and Standards of Practice. Presented at the Theoretical Archaeology Conference, University of Exeter, UK.
 
 

Curriculum Vitae

  Employment, Fieldwork and Research Projects
2011 - 2012 Junior Research Fellow, Humboldt University and Freie University Berlin, Member of Excellence Cluster Topoi, Research Group CSG V
2010 - 2011 Learning Officer and Egyptian Gallery Designer, Saffron Walden Museum, Essex, UK
Summer 2010 Assistant Curator, Representation Team, Çatal Höyük, Turkey
2007 - 2009 Audience and Interpretation Researcher: Ancient Egypt, British Museum
2005 - 2006 Assistant Community Archaeologist and Site Excavator for Cambridgeshire County Council, UK
2004 - 2005 Co-curator, Art-If-Axe exhibition, Southampton, UK
2004 - 2010 Educational Coordinator, University of Southampton, Community Archaeology Project at Quseir, Egypt
  Education
2006 - 2010 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Archaeology, University of Southampton, UK
2004 - 2005 Master of Arts (MA, with Distinction) in the Archaeology of Art and Representation, University of Southampton, UK
2001 - 2004 Bachelor of Art (BA, with First Class Honours) in Archaeology, University of Southampton, UK
  Awards and Fellowships
2011 - 2012 Junior Research Fellowship, awarded by Topoi, Research Group CSG V, Humboldt University and Freie University Berlin
2006 - 2009 Doctoral Research Grant awarded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK
January - June 2007 Additional Doctoral Research Grant for overseas fieldwork awarded by the Arts and Humanities research Council, UK
2004 - 2005 Master of Arts Research Grant awarded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK
  Teaching
 Summer 2010 Guest Lecturer and Seminar Leader in Community Archaeology, University of Lancaster, Faculty of Archaeology Excavation Field School, Oakington, Cambridge, UK
 Spring 2009 Assistant Lecturer in Museums Studies and Archaeological Representation, University of Southampton, Faculty of Archaeology, UK