Claire Gilmour

Claire Isabella Gilmour is based in south-west Scotland and is a PhD candidate in Anthropology & Archaeology at the University of Bristol, researching the cultural and academic impact of the study of Ancient Egypt in Scotland. She teaches Egyptology, Archaeology and the Ancient Near East at the University of Glasgow, is Chair of Egyptology Scotland, and has worked in museum collections care for over twenty years. She is particularly interested in the histories of Egyptology, museums and collecting; the life and career of Scottish archaeologist and antiquarian Alexander Henry Rhind (1833-63); funerary archaeology (especially Ancient Egyptian tomb equipment); the reception of Ancient Egypt and the wider Ancient World; and Scottish cultural studies. She is currently on the committees of the International Society for the Study of Egyptomania (ISSE) and the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE), and is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.