Hopkins Journeys: An Evening of Egyptology

Marie-Lys Arnette studied at the École du Louvre (History of Art and Museology) and La Sorbonne University (Egyptology). After completing her PhD thesis, she became Director of Publications, then Scientific Member, of the Institut français d’archéologie orientale (Ifao, Cairo). She has taught on the history of Egyptian art, archaeology, and Middle Egyptian language at the École du Louvre (France), the University Lumière – Lyon 2 (France), and the University of Fribourg (Switzerland).

Marie-Lys is a member of the Archaeological Mission at the Precinct of Mut, South Karnak (JHU/Liverpool University) and the Mission for the Study and Restoration of Deir el-Medina (Ifao). She collaborates with the European Research Council funded project Locus Ludi (ERC 741520) and is a scientific collaborator at the University of Fribourg. She also serves as a member of the editorial board of the Locus Ludi collection (Darmstadt, Germany) and the Jeu/Play/Spiel collection (Liège, Belgium).

Meg Swaney is the Assistant Curator of Exhibitions & Teaching at the Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum. She is responsible for overseeing the cataloging and display of the museum collection, organizing and guest lecturing for classes, and developing public events. Meg specializes in the art and archaeology of 1st millennium BCE Egypt, with a particular emphasis on temple art. Her book, Designing a Temple for Repit, explores artistic production at the Ptolemaic Repit temple at Athribis and its visual modes of meaning-making. Her research interests also include the ethics of displaying ancient Egyptian human remains, Egyptomania and the history of Egyptology, the history of museums, and object-based experiential learning pedagogies. Meg received her PhD in Egyptian Art & Archaeology from Johns Hopkins University, where she was also a member of the Archaeological Mission at the Precinct of Mut, South Karnak (JHU/Liverpool University). She also holds an MA in Museum Studies from New York University and a BA in Anthropology from the University of Chicago.