Boyo Ockinga

Associate Professor

1977 …2024

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Biography

Boyo Ockinga is Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of Ancient History, and member of the Australian Centre for Egyptology. He studied Ancient History at the University of Auckland (BA 1973; MA 1975) and went on to study Egyptology and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Tübingen, Germany (1976-1983), where he obtained a DPhil in Egyptology in 1983. Before coming to Macquarie in 1984 he was Assistant in the Department of Egyptology, Tübingen (1982-1984). At Macquarie he taught Egyptology with a focus on philology and religion until 2020. He now focuses on research.

Research interests

Since 1984 Boyo Ockinga has conducted regular fieldwork projects in Egypt at a number of sites - Nag El Mashayikh, Awlad Azzaz (Sohag), Dra Abu El Naga (Luxor) and Saqqara - working on the epigraphic and archaeological recording of New Kingdom tombs. Since 1991 he has directed the Macquarie Theban Tombs Project at Dra Abu El Naga.
Other research interests are Egyptian language, religion and history, in particular in the New Kingdom. He is also actively involved in research on the reception of Ancient Egypt in Australasia and the and publication of Egyptian objects in Australian museums and collections.

Teaching

Boyo Ockinga teaches ancient Egyptian language, religion and history (New Kingdom, in particular the Amarna Period, reigns of Amenhotep III, Akhenaten and Tutankhamun).

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  • Egyptology Symposium: Applying new methodologies and rediscovering old sources

    Karin Sowada (Organiser), Boyo Ockinga (Organiser) & Alice McClymont (Organiser)

    30 Aug 2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an eventOrganising a conference, workshop or event series

  • Weidenbach Symposium

    Susanne Binder (Chair), Silke Grallert (Participant), Julien Cooper (Participant), Michael O'Donoghue (Participant), Boyo Ockinga (Participant), Linda Evans (Participant), Alex Woods (Participant), Michael Rampe (Participant), Alice McClymont (Participant), Brenan Dew (Participant), Ursula Ibaraki (Participant), Leonie Donovan (Participant) & Kerry Peadon (Participant)

    14 Sept 201715 Sept 2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an eventOrganising a conference, workshop or event series