Tutor information
Rosalind Janssen
Rosalind Janssen’s career was spent at UCL: firstly as a curator of the Petrie Museum, and then as a Lecturer in Egyptology at the Institute of Archaeology. She currently teaches Egyptology at the OUDCE and the City Lit in London.
Courses
Become acquainted with the lives of seven non-elite men who lived at Deir el-Medina, the New Kingdom village of Pharaohs' tomb-builders. Appreciate the dynamics of father-son and teacher-pupil relationships, and what it meant to be childless.
Become acquainted with the domestic and working lives of Ancient Egypt's non-elite women. A life course journey from the perils of childbirth to the esteemed position of older wise women.
Explore Ancient Egypt’s life events and transitions with seminars and museum visits. A cradle to grave journey from the perils of childbirth and infancy, to marriage, adultery, and divorce, and the ambiguous role of both older people and the newly dead.