Assoc Prof Colin Hope - Researcher Profile

Biography

My B.A is in Egyptology with Coptic from Liverpool University (UK), including introductory Akkaddian and the Prehistory of Europe; my PhD is from University College London on ancient Egyptian painted ceramics. Whilst undertaking the latter I was also G. A. Wainwright Research Fellow in Near Eastern Archaeology at the University of Oxford (1976-81). Subsequent to this research I held post-doctoral research fellowships at The University of Melbourne and Macquarie University, and then was a contract lecturer at The University of Melbourne and Monash University, and Curator of Mediterranean Antiquities at Museum Victoria. I have taught the archaeology, history and language of ancient Egypt at Monash University since 1990, and am co-founder of its archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean programme. I am an advisor to the National Gallery of Victoria and associate of Museum Victoria.

I have participated in archaeological fieldwork in Jordan (1971-3), Syria (1973), the Sinai (1976) and Egypt (annually since 1974); in the latter I have worked at Malkata, Saqqara and in the Dakhleh Oasis, and on material also from Memphis and Karnak North. Since 1978 I have been a co-investigator on the Dakhleh Oasis Project responsible for the study of the ceramics from the prehistoric to late Roman periods. In 1986 I commenced excavations at the Roman period settlement of Ismant el-Kharab and in 2000 at the multi-period site of Mut el-Kharab, both in Dakhleh Oasis; these excavations are on-going. The excavations have been funded through the Dakhleh Oasis Project, The Australian Research Council, Monash University, the Egypology Society of Victoria, Australians Studying Abroad and Columbia University.

Qualifications

PHD

Institution: University College London

Year awarded: 2005

Publications

Books

Hope, C.A., McFarlane, A., 2006, Akhmim in the Old Kingdom Part II: The pottery, Decoration Techniques and Colour Conventions, Aris and Phillips Ltd, Oxford UK.

Dunsmore, A., Fyfe, A., Hope, C.A., Jackson, H., Miller, M., Ryan, J., 2004, Ancient Civilizations in the international collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, Council of Trustees of the national Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Bowen, G.E., Hope, C.A. (eds), 2004, The Oasis Papers 3: Proceedings of the Third International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project, Oxbow Books, Oxford England.

Hope, C.A., Bowen, G.E. (eds), 2002, Dakhleh Oasis Project: Preliminary reports on the 1994-1995 to 1998-1999 field seasons, Oxbow Books, Oxford UK.

Hope, C.A., Mills, A.J. (eds), 1999, Dakhlel Oasis Project: Prelminary reports on the 1992-93 and 1993-1994 Field Seasons, Oxbow Book, Oxford UK and Oakville USA.

Book Chapters

Hope, C., 2011, Possible mid-18th dynasty examples of blue-painted pottery from the Egypt exploration society's excavations at Memphis, in Under the Potter's Tree: Studies on Ancient Egypt Presented to Janine Bourriau on the Occasion of her 70th Birthday, eds David Aston, Bettina Bader, Carla Gallorini, Paul Nicholson and Sarah Buckingham, Peeters, Leuven, The Netherlands, pp. 495-512.

Hope, C., Kaper, O., 2010, A governor of Dakhleh Oasis in the early Middle Kingdom, in Egyptian Culture and Society: Studies in Honour of Naguib Kanawati, eds Alexandra Woods, Ann McFarlane and Susanne Binder, Conseil supreme des Antiquities egyptiennes, Cairo Egypt, pp. 219-245.

Hope, C.A., Kucera, P.N., Smith, J., 2010, Alum exploitation at Qasr el-Dakhleh in the Dakhleh Oasis, in Beyond the Horizon: Studies in Egyptian Art, Archaeology and History in Honour of Barry J Kemp, eds Salima Ikram and Aidan Dodson, MSA Press, Cairo, Egypt, pp. 165-179.

Hope, C., Kaper, O., 2010, Egyptian interest in the Oases of the New Kingdom and a new Stela for Seth from Mut el-Kharab, in Ramesside Studies in Honour of K.A. Kitchen, eds Mark Collier and Steven Snape, Rutherford Press, Bolton, United Kingdom, pp. 219-236.

Hope, C.A., 2007, Egypt and 'Libya' to the end of the Old Kingdom: A view from Dakhleh Oasis, in The archaeology of and art of ancient Egypt, eds Zahi Hawags and Janet Richards, MSA Press, Cairo, Egypt, pp. 399-415.

Shortland, A., Hope, C.A., Tite, M., 2006, Cobalt blue painted pottery from 18th dynasty Egypt, in Geomaterials in Cultural Heritage, eds M Maggetti and B Messiga, GSL Publishing, London England UK, pp. 91-99.

Hope, C.A., 2005, From Begram to Ismant el-Kharab: new evidence for an Egyptian origin of the painted glass in the Begram hoard, in Cultural Interaction in Afghanistan c 300 BCE to 300 CE, eds Angelo Andrea Di Castro and Colin A Hope, MAI Press, Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 19-31.

Hope, C.A., 2004, Ostraka and the archaeology of Ismant el-Kharab, in Greek Ostraka from Kellis, eds K A Worp, Oxbow Books, Oxford United Kingdom, pp. 5-28.

Hope, C.A., Whitehouse, H.V., 2004, The Gladiator jug from Ismant el-Kharab, in The Oasis papers 3, eds Gillian E Bowen and Colin A Hope, Oxbow Books, Oxford UK, pp. 291-310.

Hope, C.A., 2004, The excavations at Ismant el-Kharab from 2000 to 2002, in The Oasis Papers 3, eds Gillian E Bowen and Colin A Hope, Oxbow Books, Oxford UK, pp. 207-289.

Hope, C.A., 2003, Ancient Egypt in Melbourne and the State of Victoria, Australia, in Imhotep today: Egyptianizing architecture, eds Jean-Marcel Humbert and Clifford Price, University College London Press, London UK, pp. 161-181.

Worp, K.A., Hope, C.A., 2002, Dedication inscriptions from the main temple, in Dakhleh Oasis Project: Preliminary Reports on the 1994-1995 to 1998-1999 Field Seasons, eds Colin A Hope and Gillian E Bowen, Oxbow Books, Oxford UK, pp. 323-331.

Hope, C.A., 2002, Early and Mid-Holocene ceramics from Dakhleh oasis: traditions and influences, in Egypt and Nubia: gifts of the desert, eds Renee Friedman, British Museum Press, London UK, pp. 39-61.

Hope, C.A., Bowen, G.E., 2002, Excavations in the settlement of Ismant el-Kharab in 1995-1999, in Dakhleh Oasis Project: Preliminary Reports on the 1994-1995 to 1998-1999 Field Seasons, eds Colin A Hope and Gillian E Bowen, Oxbow Books, Oxford UK, pp. 167-208.

Hope, C.A., Eccleston, M., Rose, P., Bourriau, J., 2002, Oases amphorae of the New Kingdom, in Egypt and Nubia: gifts of the desert, eds Renee Friedman, British Museum Press, London UK, pp. 95-131.

Thanheiser, U., Walter, J., Hope, C.A., 2002, Roman agriculture and gardening in Egypt as seen from Kellis, in Dakhleh Oasis Project: Preliminary Reports on the 1994-1995 to 1998-1999 Field Seasons, eds Colin A Hope and Gillian E Bowen, Oxbow Books, Oxford UK, pp. 299-310.

Hope, C.A., 2001, Observations on the dating of the occupation at Ismant el-Kharab, in The Oasis papers 1: the proceedings of the first conference of the Dakhleh Oasis project, eds C A Marlow and A J Mills, Oxbow Books, Oxford England, pp. 43-59.

Hope, C.A., Worp, K.A., 2000, A Greek account on a clay tablet from the Dakhleh oasis, in Papyri in Honorem: Johannis Bingen Octogenarii, Uitgeverij Peeters, Leuven Belgium, pp. 471-485.

Hope, C.A., 1999, A Painted Panel of Isis, in Dakhleh Oasis Project: Preliminary Reports on the 1992-1993 and 1993-1994 Field Seasons, Oxbow Books, Oxford UK and Oakville USA, pp. 95-97.

Hope, C.A., 1999, Interim Report on the West Tombs, in Dakhleh Oasia Project: Preliminary Reports on the 1992-1993 and 1993-1994 Field Seasons, Oxbow Books, Oxford UK & Oakville USA, pp. 54-68.

Hope, C.A., 1999, Pottery Manufacture in the Dakhleh Oasis, in Reports from the Survey of Dakhleh Oasis, Western Desert of Egypt 1977-87, Oxbow Books, Oxford UK and Oakville USA, pp. 215-244.

Hope, C.A., Bowen, G.E., 1999, The Archaeological Context, in Coptic Documentary Texts from Kellis 1, Oxbow Books, Oxford UK and Oakville USA, pp. 96-111.

Hope, C.A., 1998, Objects from the Temple of Tutu, in Egyptian Religion - The Last Thousand years: Studies Dedicated to the Memory of Jan Quaggebeur, Peeters and Department Oosterse Studies, Lguven, Leuven Belgium, pp. 803-858.

Hope, C.A., 1998, Some Mephite Blue Painted Pottery of the Mid 18th Dynasty, in Ancient Egypt, The Aegean and the Near East: Studies in Honour of Martha Rhoads Bell, Van Siclen Books, San Antonia USA, pp. 249-286.

Hope, C.A., 1997, The Find Context of the Kellis Agricultural Account Book, in The Kellis Agricultural Account Book, Oxbow Books, Oxford United Kingdom, pp. 5-14.

Journal Articles

Hope, C., Jones, D., Falvey, L., Petkov, J., Whitehouse, H., Worp, K., 2010, Report on the 2010 season of excavations at Ismant el-Kharab, Dakhleh Oasis, Australian Centre for Egyptology. Bulletin [P], vol 21, Australian Centre for Egyptology, Australia, pp. 21-54.

Bowen, G., Falvey, L., Hope, C., Jones, D., 2010, The 2010 field season at Deir Abu Metta, Dakhleh Oasis, Australian Centre for Egyptology. Bulletin [P], vol 21, Australian Centre for Egyptology, Australia, pp. 7-20.

Hope, C.A., Bowen, G.E., Cox, J., Dolling, W., 2009, Report on the 2009 season of excavations at Mut el-Kharab, Dakhleh Oasis, Australian Centre for Egyptology. Bulletin [P], vol 20, Australian Centre for Egyptology, Macquarie University, Sydney, pp. 47-86.

Hope, C.A., Bowen, G.E., 2008, The exavation at Mut el-Kharab, Dakhleh Oasis in 2008, Australian Centre for Egyptology Bulletin, vol 19, Australian Centre for Egyptology, Sydney, Australia, pp. 49-71.

Bowen, G.E., Dolling, W., Hope, C.A., Kucera, P.N., 2007, Brief report on the 2007 excavations at Ismant El-Kharab, The Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology, vol 18, Australian Centre for Egyptology, Sydney, Australia, pp. 21-52.

Hope, C.A., 2007, Imported Amphorae from Dakhleh Oasis, Cahiers de la Ceramique Egyptienne [P], vol 8, le caire, france, pp. 463-480.

Hope, C.A., Whitehouse, H., 2006, A painted residence at Ismant el-Kharab (Kellis) in the Dakhleh Oasis, Journal of Roman Archaeology, vol 19, issue 2, Journal of Roman Archaeology LLC, USA, pp. 313-328.

Hope, C.A., Worp, K.A., 2006, Miniature codices from Kellis, Mnemosyne, vol LIX, issue 2, Brill Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, pp. 226-258.

Bowen, G.E., Chandler, T.T., Hope, C.A., Martin, D., 2006, Reconstructing ancient Kellis part II, Buried History Journal of the Australian Institute of Archaeology, vol 42, The Australian Institute of Archaeology, Latrobe University Melbourne Victoria Australia, pp. 17-24.

Hope, C.A., Bowen, G.E., Dolling, W., Hubschmann, C., Kucera, P.N., Long, R.J., Stevens, A.K., 2006, Report on the excavations at Ismant el-Kharab and Mut el-Kharab in 2006, Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology, vol 17, Australian Centre for Egyptology, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 23-67.

Hope, C.A., 2005, Mut el-Kharab: Seth's city in Dakheh Oasis, Egyptian Archaeology, vol 27, Egypt Exploration Society, London England UK, pp. 3-6.

Hope, C.A., Whitehouse, H., Warfe, A.R., 2005, Report on the excavations at Ismant el-Kharab and Mut el-Kharab in 2005, Bulletin of The Australian Centre for Egyptology, vol 16, The Australian Centre for Egyptology, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 35-83.

Hope, C.A., 2004, A note on some ceramics from Mut, Dakhleh Oasis, Cahiers de la ceramique Egyptienne, vol 7, L'institut francais d'archeologie orientale, Cairo Egypt, pp. 99-121.

Hope, C.A., 2004, The excavations at Ismant el-Kharab and Mut el-Kharab in 2004, Bulletin of the Australian centre for Egyptology, vol 15, Australian Centre for Egyptology, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 19-49.

Hope, C.A., 2003, The 2001-2 excavations at Mut el-Kharab in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, The Artefact, vol 26, issue 1, The Archaeological and Anthropological Society of Victoria Inc., Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 51-76.

Hope, C.A., 2002, Excavations at Mut el-Kharab and Ismant el-Kharab in 2001-2, The Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology, vol 13, The Australian Centre for Egyptology, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 85-107.

Hope, C.A., 2001, Egypt and Libya: the excavation at Mut el-Kharab in Egypt's Dakhleh Oasis, The Artefact, vol 24, Archaeological and Anthropological Society of Victoria, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 29-46.

Hope, C.A., 2001, The excavations at Ismant el-Kharab and Mut el-Kharab in 2001, The Bulletin of the Australian centre for Egyptology, vol 12, The Australian Centre for Egyptology, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 35-63.

Hope, C.A., 1999, The excavation at Ismant el-Kharab in 1998/9: a brief report, Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology, vol 10, Australian Centre for Egyptology, Macquarie Uni, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 59-66.

Hope, C.A., Worp, K.A., 1998, A New Fragment of Homer, Mnemosyne A Journal of Classical Studies, vol series iv, . li fasc 2, Brill, Leiden Boston Koln Holland USA Germany, pp. 206-210.

Hope, C.A., 1998, Early Pottery from the Dakhleh Oasis, The Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology, vol 9, The Australian Centre for Egyptology, Macquarie Ui, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 53-60.

Hope, C.A., 1997, Egyptian Antiquities in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Egyptian Archaeology, vol 10, The Egypt Exploration Society, London UK, pp. 38-39.

Hope, C.A., 1997, Karnak North: Painted Ceramics of the New Kingdom, Bulletin de Liaison du Groupe International d'Etude de la Ceramique Egyptienne, vol xx, Institut Francais D'archeologie Orientale, Cairo, pp. 29-33.

Hope, C.A., 1997, The Archaeological Context of the Discovery of Leaves from a Manichaean Codex, Zeitschrift Fur Papyrologie Und Epigraphik, vol 117, Dr Rudolf Habelt GMBH, Bonn Germany, pp. 156-161.

Hope, C.A., Bowen, G.E., 1997, The Excavations at Ismant el-Kharab in 1995/6 and 1996/7: A Brief Report, The Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology, vol 8, The Australian Centre for Egyptology, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 49-64.

Conference Proceedings

Hope, C.A., Pettman, A.J., 2012, Egyptian connections with Dakhleh Oasis in the early dynastic period to dynasty IV: New data from Mut al-Kharab, The Oasis Paper 6: Proceedings of the Sixth International conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project, 20-24 Spetember 2009, Oxbow Books, Oxford, United Kingdom, pp. 147-166.

Other

Hope, C.A., 2008, The excavation at mut el-Kharab, Monash University, Australia, pp. 1-26.

Hope, C.A., 1999, Dakhleh Oasis, Ismant el-Kharab, Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt, vol encyclopedia, Routledge, London UK & New York USA, pp. 222-226.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

A critical assessment of the dating of Kings' Valley tomb number 63.

Supervisors:

Hope, C (Main), Bowen, G (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

An examination of the Secular and Lay Ships and Boats of the New and Late Kingdoms of Egypt..

Supervisors:

Hope, C (Main), Di Castro, A (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Characterisation of pigments, glass and wall paintings: dakhleh oasis project, Egypt.

Supervisors:

Hope, C (Main), Bowen, G (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Craft specialisation and social organisation at predynastic naqada: An analysis of decorated ("D-Ware") vessels.

Supervisors:

Hope, C (Main), Bloxam, E (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Egypt's western oases during the third intermediate period (c. 1069-664 B.C.E.).

Supervisors:

Hope, C (Main), Bowen, G (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Egyptian activity in the Western Desert during the Old Kingdom.

Supervisors:

Hope, C (Main), Bloxam, E (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Egyptian foreign policy of the early dynastic period and early old kingdom: dynasties I - IV.

Supervisors:

Hope, C (Main), Bowen, G (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Power and production in ptolemaic egypt.

Supervisors:

Bowen, G (Main), Hope, C (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Tarkhan: a study of the development of a provincial centre in the Memphite-Fayum region of Egypt during the Naqada III period..

Supervisors:

Hope, C (Main), Bloxam, E (Associate).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Tell el-Zuweyid: A mystery in the desert.

Supervisors:

Hope, C (Main), Bowen, G (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The Osiris Myth in the Early Religious Literature; A Contextual Approach..

Supervisors:

Bowen, G (Joint), Hope, C (Joint-co).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Uronarti and the C-Group: Exploring the Relationship of the Frontier in Middle Kingdom Egypt.

Supervisors:

Hope, C (Main), Bowen, G (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Cox, J.

Program of Study:

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF GOLD: An analysis of the chronology and economic complexity of the predynastic cemeteries of Naqada, Egypt.. (Masters) 2010.

Supervisors:

Hope, C (Main), Knoblauch, C (Associate).

Student:

Eccleston, M.

Program of Study:

Technological and social aspects of high-temperature industries in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, during the Ptolemaic and Roman periods. (PHD) 2006.

Supervisors:

Hope, C (Main), Bowen, G (Associate).

Student:

Getson, J.

Program of Study:

The Self and the Other: iconography and ethnicity in early Egypt. (Masters) 2010.

Supervisors:

Hope, C (Main), Bowen, G (Associate).

Student:

Healey, E.

Program of Study:

Akhenaten and the armed forces: the military and police within Egypt in the late eighteenth dynasty. (PHD) 2012.

Supervisors:

Hope, C (Main), Bowen, G (Associate).

Student:

Hubschmann, C.

Program of Study:

The oases of the Western Desert of Egypt during the Third Intermediate and Late Periods: the study of a regional identity. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Hope, C (Main), Bowen, G (Associate).

Student:

James, D.

Program of Study:

Stepping from Winkler's Shadow: An Analysis of Supposed Female Anthropomorphs in the Rock-art of the Dakhleh Oasis Region in the Egyptian Western Desert. (Masters) 2010.

Supervisors:

Hope, C (Main), David, B (Associate).

Student:

Kremler, J.

Program of Study:

The Origin and Development of Frog Amulets and Figures in Ancient Egypt and Their Relationship to the Goddess Heqet. (Masters) 2008.

Supervisors:

Hope, C (Main), Bowen, G (Associate).

Student:

Kucera, P.

Program of Study:

The Roman military presence in the Western Desert of Egypt. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Bowen, G (Main), Hope, C (Associate).

Student:

Long, R.

Program of Study:

Egypt's Western Oases during the New Kingdom (c. 1550-1069 B.C.E.). (Masters) 2007.

Supervisors:

Hope, C (Main), Bowen, G (Associate).

Student:

O'Brien, L.

Program of Study:

Aspects of Kingship in the Reign of Thutmose III. (Masters) 2007.

Supervisors:

Hope, C (Main), Bowen, G (Associate).

Student:

Ogdin, A.

Program of Study:

The Rose in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt. (Masters) 2009.

Supervisors:

Bowen, G (Joint), Hope, C (Joint-Co).

Student:

Pettman, A.

Program of Study:

Ain el-Gazzareen: New Insight into the Old Kingdom Egyptian Presence in the Dakhleh Oasis. (Masters) 2008.

Supervisors:

Hope, C (Main), Bowen, G (Associate).

Student:

Ross, A.

Program of Study:

Oils and Related Materials in Egyptian Rituals and Private Use During the Roman Period. (Masters) 2002.

Supervisors:

Hope, C (Main), Bowen, G (Associate).

Student:

Scorgie, S.

Program of Study:

The Political Situation in the Western Oases of Egypt During the Second Intermediate Period, With Special Reference to the Dakhleh Oasis.. (Masters) 2003.

Supervisors:

Hope, C (Main), Bowen, G (Associate).

Student:

Stevens, A.

Program of Study:

A STUDY OF THE MATERIAL EVIDENCE FOR NON-STATE RELIGION AT AMARNA. (PHD) 2002.

Supervisors:

Hope, C (Main), Bowen, G (Associate).

Student:

Suelzle, B.

Program of Study:

Comparison and analysis of the surviving material remains from the excavated protodynastic cemeteries at Hierakonpolis and Qustul. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Hope, C (Main), Bowen, G (Associate).

Student:

Warfe, A.

Program of Study:

A study of the pottery remains from early and mid-Holocene sites in Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Hope, C (Main).

Student:

Woodfield, L.

Program of Study:

The Veneration of Isis at Kellis in the Roman Period. (Masters) 2012.

Supervisors:

Bowen, G (Joint-Co), Hope, C (Joint).