Jun Yi Wong

PhD Candidate
jun.wong@mail.utoronto.ca

Fields of Study

  • Egyptology

Areas of Interest

Iconoclasm; cognitive approaches to Egyptian art

Biography

Jun Wong’s research examines the so-called ‘proscription’ of Hatshepsut, a female pharaoh who reigned in the 15th century BCE. Prior to his PhD programme, he has worked on public archaeology and community heritage initiatives in Southeast Asia. Jun’s doctoral project is supported by the Egypt Exploration Society’s Centenary Award, as well as the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is a current member of the Polish-Egyptian Expedition to the Temple of Hatshepsut (Deir el-Bahari).

Education

  • MPhil in Egyptology, University of Cambridge
  • BSc Archaeology, Durham University

Current Supervisor(s)

Katja Goebs

Dissertation Title

Destruction and change at the monuments of Hatshepsut

Publications

  • 'Erasures and alterations at Deir el-Bahari: preliminary remarks on their dating' (in press)  
  • ‘‘What do Egyptian gods look like?’ Heuristics and visual perception in the interpretation of Egyptian art and religion’’ (in press) 
  • ‘The canonical and the dynamic: A model for understanding artistic change in the 18th Dynasty’, Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 151: 312-26 (2023) 
  • 'Reading the erasures at Hatshepsut’s temple', Egyptian Archaeology 63: 9-13 (2023) 
  • ‘The role of environmental factors in the early development of Egyptian stone architecture’, Cambridge Archaeological Journal 31(1): 53-65 (2021) 
  • 'Prince Amenhotep and the Revolution’, Nile 30: 35-45 (2021) 
  • ‘Notes on the marginal inscriptions of Ramesses II’, Bulletin de la Société d'Égyptologie, Genève 31: 129-137 (2018) 
  • ‘The pharaoh’s new waistline: A problem with Louvre A20’, Chronique d'Egypte 185: 266-270 (2017) 
  • ‘Raze of glory: Interpreting iconoclasm at Edfu and Dendera’, Journal of Late Antiquity 9(1): 89-131 (2016) 

Presentations

  • 'The Afterlife of Hatshepsut’s Statues' - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2023)
  • 'Signs of the Times: Destruction and Change at the Temple of Hatshepsut' - Annual Meeting of the American Research Centre in Egypt, Minneapolis (2023)
  • 'After Amarna: Temple Restorations Under the Reign of Tutankhamun and Beyond' - North East Ancient Egyptian Society Study Day, United Kingdom (2022)

Teaching Experience

  • Teaching Assistant - Egyptian Myths (NMC253)
  • Teaching Assistant - Voices from Ancient Egypt (NMC251)