Dr Silvia Zago BA, MA, PhD, FHEA
Lecturer in Egyptology Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology
- Work email S.Zago@liverpool.ac.uk
- Personal Websitehttps://liverpool.academia.edu/SilviaZago
- ACADEMIAAcademia profile
- ORCID0000-0003-3266-0460
- About
- Research
- Publications
- Teaching
- Professional Activities
Professional Activities
Selected Professional Activities
Event Role
- Storie dell’altro mondo: la morte e l’aldilà in antico Egitto, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, Museo Egizio, Turin, 2023) (Event Role)
- Tales of the Otherworld: Death and the Duat in Ancient Egypt, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, American Research Center in Egypt, New England Chapter, 2023) (Event Role)
External Administrative or Committee Role
- Visiting Professor of Egyptology, Invited (University of Pisa, 2022 - 2024) (External Administrative or Committee Role)
Internal Administrative or Committee Role
- ACE Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead (Department, 2022 - 2023) (Internal Administrative or Committee Role)
- ACE Outreach Lead (Department, 2022 - present) (Internal Administrative or Committee Role)
- Liverpool Schools Classics Project Coordinator (Department, 2022 - present) (Internal Administrative or Committee Role)
Conference Roles
- From the Mersey to the Nile: Studying the Rosetta Stone in Liverpool (Victoria Gallery & Museum, University of Liverpool, 2022)
Event Roles
- (Other) Worlds in Comparison: Afterlife Notions between Egypt, Greece, and Rome, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, Liverpool Classical Association, 2024)
- "None who Departed Comes Back Again”: Death and the Otherworld in Ancient Egypt, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, Carlisle and District Egyptology Society, 2024)
- Storie dell’altro mondo: la morte e l’aldilà in antico Egitto, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, Museo Egizio, Turin, 2023)
- Tales of the Otherworld: Death and the Duat in Ancient Egypt, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, American Research Center in Egypt, New England Chapter, 2023)
Expert Opinions
- Expert Contributor, The Database of Religious History (University of British Columbia, 2021 - present)
External Administrative or Committee Roles
- Visiting Professor of Egyptology, Invited (University of Pisa, 2022 - 2024)
- Doctoral Dissertation External Reviewer, Invited (University of Pisa, 2023)
Internal Administrative or Committee Roles
- ACE Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead (Department, 2022 - 2023)
- ACE Outreach Lead (Department, 2022 - present)
- Liverpool Schools Classics Project Coordinator (Department, 2022 - present)
- ACE Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Deputy Lead (Department, 2021 - 2022)
- Undergraduate Dissertations Coordinator (Department, 2021 - 2022)
- ACE Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead (Department, 2021)
- ACE Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Deputy Lead (Department, 2020 - 2021)
Media Appearances
- Manchester Museum: Funerary papyri, YouTube (Invited, July 2023)
- Storie dell’altro mondo: la morte e l’aldilà in antico Egitto, Museo Egizio Turin and YouTube (Invited, April 2023)
- The Afterlife in Ancient Egypt, YouTube (Invited, January 2022)
Professional Body Memberships
- Egypt Exploration Society (Member, 2023 - present)
- Higher Education Academy (Fellow, 2023 - present)
- International Association of Egyptologists (Professional Membership, 2022 - present)
- Royal Historical Society (Early Career Member, 2021 - present)
- American Research Center in Egypt (General Member, 2015 - present)
Publication Reviews
- Peer Reviewer, Invited (Egitto e Vicino Oriente, Pre-publication)
- Peer Reviewer, Invited (New Classicists Journal, Pre-publication)
- Peer Reviewer, Invited (The Archaeological Review from Cambridge, Pre-publication)
- Peer Reviewer, Invited (Journal of the Society for the Studies of Egyptian Antiquities, Pre-publication)