Rosemary Ott

Rosemary Ott

First Name: 
Rosemary
Last Name: 
Ott
Title: 
PhD Student
Biography : 

Rosemary's research focuses on symbols of power used in the iconography of royal women of the 18th and 19th Dynasties during the New Kingdom Period. Her analysis of these symbols relies on an interdisciplinary approach, tracing cross-cultural influences on iconographic practices and considering questions of audience and accessibility to reconstruct their significance and contextuality. Rosemary has an academic background in archaeology and art history, and has previously participated in excavations in Turkey as part of the University of Toronto's Tell Tayinat Archaeological Project, as well as part of the Chicago-Tübingen Expedition to Zincirli. She also has prior experience as an archaeology assistant for the CRANE Project at the University of Toronto, and as both museum archivist's assistant and research archival assistant at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures: West Asia and North Africa in Chicago.

Education

  • M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago
  • B.A. in Anthropology/Archaeology, Art History Minor, Appalachian State University

Current Supervisor(s)

Katja Goebs

Dissertation Title

Understanding Representations of Power in the Iconographic Programs of New Kingdom Queens in the 18th and 19th Dynasties: “A Rose by Any Other Name…” is Still a Rose, Isn’t It?

Presentations

  • Mirror Images? Mesopotamian and Susan Influence on Early Representations of Ancient Egyptian Identity. European Association of Biblical Studies (EABS) 2025 Graduate Symposium, University of Groningen, Netherlands (March 2025)
  • Understanding Representations of Power in the Iconographic Programs of New Kingdom Queens. Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies (CIMS) Public Lecture, Toronto (November 2024)
  • Showing Her True Colors: Symbolism of Skin Tones of New Kingdom Queens. 20th Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, University of British Columbia (February 2020)

Teaching Experience

  • Course Instructor, NML340/NMC1202: Intermediate Middle Egyptian
  • Teaching Assistant, NMC101: Land of the Pharaohs
  • Teaching Assistant, NMC344: Ancient Egyptian History II: Hyksos Subjects to Empire Builders
  • Teaching Assistant, HIS102: A History of Discoveries and Inventions in the Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World

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Research Area:

Areas of Interest: 
  • Egyptian Iconography
  • Royal Women and Power
  • Cross-Cultural Influences

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