Dr. Julien Cooper

Biography

Julien Cooper is an Egyptologist and Nubiologist archaeologist with a focus on the archaeology of the Eastern Desert, particularly the history of nomadic peoples. He serves as the director of the 'Atbai Survey Project', a fieldwork program aimed at surveying the vast deserts between the Nile and the Red Sea. His surveys seek to shed new light on the varied heritage of the desert, including Neolithic rock art and ancient Egyptian trade routes, as well as medieval gold mines. Julien is a recipient of the ARC Future Fellowship for his project 'Rescuing Pharaoh’s Gold Mines: Archaeological Conservation in Eastern Sudan'. He earned his PhD in Egyptology from Macquarie University in 2016 and has held postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Oxford and Yale University. Julien also worked as an Assistant Professor at the United International College of Beijing Normal University from 2020 to 2022. He has widely taught subjects related to Egyptian and Nubian history, language, archaeology, and world history across various universities. His research interests include the study of Egypt and Nubia, networks of connection in Northeast Africa, nomadic lifestyles, survey archaeology, heritage conservation, ancient Egyptian trade relations, Egyptian epigraphy, and language contact among African languages.

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