Past Member
John Baines
Funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
From
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John Baines works on ancient Egyptian elite self-presentation as manifested in ephemeral activities and enduring products. He is studying the shaping and depiction of the natural environment and on biographical monuments and inscriptions, exploring the interplay of visual and written in expressing aspects of the social person.
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Historical Studies
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Degrees
University of Oxford
D.Phil.
1976
University of Oxford
M.A.
1976
University of Oxford
B.A.
1967
Appointments
University of Michigan
2002–2003
Freehling Professor
Harvard University
1995–1996
Martha Wilcomb Professor of Egyptian art
University of Durham
1970–1975
Lecturer in Egyptology