Lucia Gahlin is an occasional lecturer for the University of
Bristol’s Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, and teaches for the
University of Exeter’s Graduate School of Education. She has taught at UCL and
the Universities of Warwick and Exeter, and in Continuing Education for
Birkbeck College and the Universities of Surrey, Sussex, Reading and Bristol.
She has taught Key Stage 2 students using objects in the UCL Petrie Museum and is
involved in the Petrie Museum’s programme of object-centred learning for
students; Friends of the Petrie Museum; and other adult learners.
She was
Amarna Archaeological Research Data Administrator in the Petrie Museum, working
with Stephen Quirke on a redisplay of Amarna material; and Small Finds
Registrar at Tell el-Amarna in Egypt.
Formerly a Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society, she is
Chair of the Friends of the Petrie Museum, offering opportunities for public
impact, UCL student involvement, and helping to organise lectures and study
days bringing specialists in Egyptian archaeology to UCL students. She
collaborates with the staff of the Petrie Museum in her teaching and in a
variety of other events and learning experiences in, and linked with, the
museum. She is also Deputy Director of Bloomsbury Summer School affiliated to
UCL’s Department of History, organising short courses and study days on Ancient
Egypt and the Ancient Near East, both at UCL but also in Egypt, and offering
opportunities for UCL student involvement. She leads study tours to Egypt and
lectures around the world, most recently in Australia and New Zealand.
Research Interests
- Settlement
archaeology in Egypt
- Social
history of ancient Egypt
- Private
religion
- Material
culture of Tell el-Amarna
- Object-centred
learning
