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Jocelyn Boor

  • Teaching Faculty III Emerita, Art History
  • Teaching Faculty III Emerita, Ancient & Modern Languages, Literatures, & Cultures

Education

  • PhD in Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • MS in Anthropology, Museum Studies Certificate, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Courses Taught

  • CLASSIC 274 - Ancient Egyptian Civilization
  • CLASSIC 390 - Egyptian Mythology

Teaching Interests

  • Ancient Egyptian civilization and mythology
  • World mythology

Research Interests

Civilizations of Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East; material culture of Ancient Egypt and Bronze Age Syria; ancient cities and urbanization

Invited Conferences

October 23, 2020 Fragmented Reality – Pottery and Agency at Tell Hadidi Archaeology Brown Bag Lecture series UW-Madison Department of Anthropology

January 27, 2021 The Conventions and Principles of Ancient Egyptian Art Introductory Art History/First Year Experience MIAD

March 25, 2021 The Crossroads of Civilization at MPM Anthropology Marquette University

April 10, 2021 RSSO conference – moderator for panel 3 (invited by students)

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.