Portfolio

Click the links below for a selection of interviews, articles, talks, and digital tools available online.

▧ “Activating the Ancient World with Museum Collections,” J. Thum, in P. Durgun (ed.), An Educator’s Handbook for Teaching about the Ancient World. Oxford: Archaeopress, 25-36

▧ “Carving Ancient Egyptian Reliefs” (classroom activity), J. Thum, in P. Durgun (ed.), An Educator’s Handbook for Teaching about the Ancient World. Oxford: Archaeopress, 11-13

▧ A recent interview with the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture’s HMSC Connects! podcast, Fall 2020

▧ “A Salve for Your Snake Bites,” J. Thum, Index, Harvard Art Museums, Summer 2020

▧ “An Ancient Egyptian Magical Stele” virtual Art Talk for the public at the Harvard Art Museums, Summer 2020

▧ “How Egyptian Art Works” virtual Art Talk for the public at the Harvard Art Museums, Spring 2020

▧ Coloring Ancient Egypt, written by J. Thum and illustrated by H. Herrick, Harvard Art Museums, Spring 2020

▧ “Explore Sculpture at the Harvard Art Museums!” interactive digital tool, Harvard Art Museums, Spring 2020

▧ “The ‘Time is Now’ for Teaching about Art,” J. Thum, Index, Harvard Art Museums, Spring 2019

▧ “Stelae: Ancient Egypt’s Versatile Monumental Form,” J. Thum, American Research Center in Egypt web article, 2019

▧ “Rocks, Drones, and Instagram” public talk for the Research Matters! TED-style symposium at Brown University, Fall 2016; one of ten graduate students selected from 60+ nominees for the final event

▧  “When Pharaoh Turned the Landscape into a Stela: Royal Living-Rock Monuments at the Edges of the Egyptian World,” J. Thum, Near Eastern Archaeology 79(2): 68-77 (contact me for a free copy if you cannot access this article)

▧ “Visitor as Researcher: Making Archaeology More Accessible with Broken and Unprovenienced Objects,” J. Thum and J. Troche, Advances in Archaeological Practice 4(4): 537-549 (contact me for a free copy if you cannot access this article)

▧ The interactive gallery iPad interface I designed for Uncovering Ancient Egypt: Ancient Crafts, Modern Technologies, the exhibition I co-curated at the Haffenreffer Museum in 2015-2016