Professor of Egyptology
he/him/his
twilfong@umich.edu
Office Information:
202 South Thayer Street
Suite 4012 - 1608
Classics;
Classical Studies
About
T. G. Wilfong received his PhD in Egyptology from the University of Chicago. He is currently Professor of Egyptology at the University of Michigan, where he is also Curator for Graeco-Roman Egyptian Collections at the Kelsey Museum. He has curated many exhibitions, most recently "Death Dogs: The Jackal Gods of Ancient Egypt" and a series of contemporary art installations at the Kelsey. He has published and lectured extensively on topics relating to gender, sexuality, and religion in pharaonic, Graeco-Roman, and late antique Egypt. He is currently working on an exhibition and monograph on the early 20th century artist Hamzeh Carr, who did archaeological illustration for the Kelsey Museum in the 1920s.