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Melanie Pitkin

Senior Curator, Nicholson Collection (Antiquities and Archaeology)

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BAncHist (Hons), MQ, MMusStud (Merit), Syd., PhD MQ.

Melanie Pitkin is Senior Curator of the Nicholson Collection of antiquities and archaeology at the Chau Chak Wing Museum. She has extensive experience working in museums in Australia and the United Kingdom, and providing support to colleagues at museums in Egypt.

Melanie holds a PhD in Egyptology and an honours degree in ancient history from Macquarie University, and a Masters in Museum Studies from the University of Sydney.

Prior to joining the Museum in February 2022, Melanie worked as a聽Postdoctoral Research Associate (Egyptian Antiquities) at the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, playing a key role in the Museum鈥檚 cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research into its ancient Egyptian coffins. Prior to this she worked for more than a decade at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney.听

Research interests

  • Egypt in the First Intermediate Period
  • Egyptian funerary stelae
  • Egyptian coffins聽
  • Funerary archaeology
  • Reused, recycled and modified objects from ancient Egypt
  • Experimental archaeology
  • Community outreach聽
  • Museum curatorial practice聽
  • Ethical care and treatment of human remains
  • Provenance and the legacies of collecting and displaying antiquities' collections

Current projects

Melanie supervises student internships for the University of Sydney鈥檚 Museum and Heritage Studies programme and related degrees.

  • Affiliated Researcher, Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge
  • Honorary Associate, Department of Archaeology, University of Sydney
  • Secretary, Comit茅 international pour l鈥櫭ゞyptologie (CIPEG)
  • Editorial board, CIPEG journal
  • Editorial board, Meditarch
  • Editorial board, BAR Publishing (Archaeology of Egypt and Sudan series)
  • Member, Egypt Exploration Society
  • Member, International Association of Egyptologists
  • Member, ICOM Australia

  • University of Sydney Chancellor's Committee Funding - $7409.60, 2024
  • Macquarie University CACHE Postdoctoral Research Fellow - $5000, 2022
  • Career Support Fund, University of Cambridge - 拢7400, 2021
  • Global Challenges Research Fund (Travel and Networking Fund 鈥 with Helen Strudwick, Julie Dawson, Lucy Wrapson and Daniel Pett) - 拢69,347, 2020
  • University of Cambridge鈥檚 Vice-Chancellor鈥檚 Research Impact and Engagement Award (Collaboration Category 鈥 with Helen Strudwick and Julie Dawson) - 拢1000, 2019
  • AHRC Creative Economy Engagement Fellowship - 拢50,389.50, 2019
  • Global Challenges Research Fund (Travel and Networking Fund 鈥 with Helen Strudwick and Julie Dawson) - 拢42,149, 2018
  • Arts and Humanities Impact Fund, University of Cambridge (with Helen Strudwick and Julie Dawson) - 拢9998, 2018
  • Cambridge Humanities Research Grant (with Helen Strudwick) - 拢15,341, 2018
  • Marlay Research Travel Grant, Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge - 拢680, 2018
  • Egypt Exploration Society Cairo Fellow - 拢5000, 2016
  • Michelle McLean Egyptology Travelling Scholarship - $1500, 2015
  • Macquarie University Postgraduate Research Grant - $2000, 2014
  • Macquarie University Ancient History Research Grants - $5000, 2009-2011

Books

  • Pitkin, Melanie,聽Egypt in the First Intermediate Period:聽The history and chronology of聽its false doors and stelae, Golden House Publishing (Middle Kingdom Series) (London, 2023).

Edited books

  • Pitkin, Melanie, Stanton, Pauline, Di Biase-Dyson, Camilla and Guerry, Eve (eds).,聽Egyptian stelae in the Chau Chak Wing Museum, Sydney: their history, production and usage in context聽(Abercromby Press, in preparation).
  • Pitkin, Melanie (ed),聽The Overseer of Works in Memphis and Thebes. Studies in Honour of Nigel Strudwick, Abercromby Press (Wallasey, 2023).

Book chapters

  • Pitkin, Melanie, Carruthers, Jacinta, Cecilia, Rafiela, Doubleday, Alexandra and Power, Ronika., 鈥淚nnovative approaches to caring for ancient Egyptian mummified human remains at the Chau Chak Wing Museum, Sydney鈥 in C. Richards and E. Minchin,聽Mediterranean Collections in Australia and Aotearoa: Perspectives from Afar聽(Routledge, 2025), Ch. 18, pp. 300-316.
  • Richards, Candace, Pitkin, Melanie, Thogersen, Jane, Guerry, Eve and Donnelly, Paul., 鈥淎n Evolving University Museum Paradigm: Case Studies of Broadening Participation with the Mediterranean Collections at the Chau Chak Wing Museum鈥 in C. Richards and E. Minchin,聽Mediterranean Collections in Australia and Aotearoa: Perspectives from Afar聽(Routledge, 2025), Ch. 13, pp. 212-233.
  • Pett, Daniel, Cooper, Catriona, Glen, Abigail, Pitkin, Melanie & Wexler, Jennifer, 鈥淔ad Touch: The value of creative industry collaboration in 3D printing and associated technologies for public engagement鈥 in Cheng, E, Chapman, H, Gaffney, V & Wilson, A (eds.).,聽Visual Heritage: Digital Reproduction and Contextualization in Heritage Science聽(Springer Series on Cultural Computing), 2021, ISBN 978-3-030-77028-0): 431-448.听.

Peer-reviewed articles

  • Carruthers, J., Pitkin, M., Cecilia, R. and Power, R., (2025), "Varied Voices: A Case 高清福利片 of Visitor Perceptions of the Display of Ancient Egyptian Human Remains Within an Australian Museum Context", Curator: The Museum Journal (2025).
  • Pitkin, Melanie, Strudwick, Helen, Ravioli, Flavia, Emmett, Trevor. F & Beesley, Matthew., 鈥Re-examining the false door of Hemi-Ra from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge鈥 in Pitkin, Melanie (ed),聽The Overseer of Works in Memphis and Thebes.听Studies in Honour of Nigel Strudwick, Abercromby Press (Wallasey 2023).
  • Pitkin, Melanie, Strudwick, Helen, Dawson, Julie & Hany Abed, Sara, 鈥淓ngaging audiences in areas of low cultural provision: the concept of the 鈥楶op-Up鈥 museum experience鈥,聽CIPEG Journal聽(Issue no. 4, 2020).听.
  • Pitkin, Melanie, 鈥Wedjat-eyes as a dating criterion for false doors and stelae to the early Middle Kingdom鈥 in聽Proceedings of the XIth International Congress for Egyptologists, Florence, Italy聽23- 30 August 2015 (Oxford, 2017): 499-506.
  • Pitkin, Melanie, 鈥淭he distribution and dating of Egyptian false doors and funerary stelae of the First Intermediate Period鈥 in聽Proceedings of the XVth Current Research in Egyptology (CRE)聽conference in London, England, April 9-12, 2014 (Oxford, 2015): 261-277.
  • Pitkin, Melanie, 鈥淚nvisible History: The First Intermediate Period in UK Museums鈥 in Knoblauch, C & Gill, J (eds.).,聽Egyptology in Australia and New Zealand 2009: Proceedings of the Conference Held in Melbourne September 4-6, 2009聽(BAR series, 2012): 125-133.

Online resources

  • 聽(online resource 鈥 developed in collaboration with the project team), (launched December 2018).

  • Archaeologist, South and North Tombs Cemeteries, Tell el-Amarna, Egypt under the Direction of Dr Anna Stevens (2012, 2013, 2015 and 2018 seasons).
  • Member, Amarna small finds digitisation project under the Direction of Dr Anna Stevens and Professor Barry Kemp (2012 and 2013 seasons).
  • Epigrapher, Teti Pyramid Complex (tombs of Mereruka and Inumin), Saqqara, Egypt under the Direction of Professor Naguib Kanawati (2005 season).

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