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Archaeology; Material Culture; Egypt; Amarna; Household Archaeology
Brazil

Biography

Thais Rocha is an Assistant Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais and a Research Fellow at Harris Manchester, University of Oxford. She is the co-director of the Being Egyptian Project hosted by the Egypt Exploration Society and her current research focuses on how ancient Egyptians conceived and experienced domestic space. Building on her DPhil devoted to investigating domestic space at the Workmen's Village of Amarna through an anthropological-oriented framework, she expanded the scope chronologically and geographically. This investigation is anchored in recent theoretical developments in household archaeology, material culture, and ethnographic research. She explores new methodologies to understand houses through material culture, especially related to the social construction of the domestic sphere. Thais' postdoctoral project at the University of São Paulo (FAPESP Grants 20/13319-9 and 22/10406-3) explored social practices and sensory aspects of houses. In 2023 she was a Research Visitor at NINO, University of Leiden, University of Vienna, and Visiting Research Fellow at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge.

Activities

Employment (7)

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais: Belo Horizonte, BR

2024-09-06 to present | Lecturer in Ancient History (History Department/FAFICH)
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Universidade de São Paulo: São Paulo, BR

2021 to present | Research Associate (History)
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University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

2020-05 to present | Research Fellow (Harris Manchester)
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo: São Paulo, SP, BR

2021-09-01 to 2024-09-06 | Pós-doutorado (Departamento de História)
Employment
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Thais Rocha da Silva

Universidade de São Paulo: Sao Paulo, São Paulo, BR

2020-10-05 to 2024-09-06 | Pós-doutorado (Departamento de História)
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University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2023-01-01 to 2023-01-05 | Visiting Scholar (McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research)
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Universidade de São Paulo: São Paulo, SP, BR

2021-07 to 2022-07 | Professor Colaborador (Departamento de História)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Oxford: Oxford, GB

2015-10 to 2020-05 | PhD (Oriental Institute)
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Unversidade de São Paulo: São Paulo, BR

2010 to 2013 | Mestrado/MPhil (Departamento de Letras Orientais)
Education
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Universidade de São Paulo: São Paulo, BR

1997 to 2001 | Bacharelado (Departamento de História)
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Funding (5)

Auxílio à Pesquisa de Docentes Recém-Contratados pela UFMG - Edital PRPq - 10/2024

2024-01 to present | Grant
Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, BR)
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Thais Rocha da Silva

Domestic space in ancient Egypt: sensorial experience and negotiations in foreign lands

2023-08 to 2023-08 | Grant
The Netherlands Institute for the Near East (Leiden, NL)
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Thais Rocha da Silva

Espaço doméstico no Egito antigo: aspectos sensoriais e negociações em território estrangeiro

2021-09 to 2023-09 | Grant
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (São Paulo, SP, BR)
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20/13319-9

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Thais Rocha da Silva

Putting People in their Place. Domestic Space and Privacy in the Amarna Workmen's Village

2015 to 2019 | Grant
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasília, BR)
Source: Self-asserted source
Thais Rocha da Silva

Domestic space in ancient Egypt: sensorial experience and negotiations in foreign lands

Grant
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (São Paulo, São Paulo, BR)
Source: Self-asserted source
Thais Rocha da Silva

Works (18)

Mundo Antigo em Resenha (MAR)

Near Eastern Archaeology
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: da Silva, Thais Rocha
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<i>THE TALE OF THE SHIPWRECKED SAILOR</i> (P. HERMITAGE 1115) - TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY

Revista de História (São Paulo)
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Gurgel Pereira, Ronaldo G.; da Silva, Thais Rocha
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Ancient Egypt and Africa: why it matters to Brazilian Egyptology

Addressing Diversity Inclusive Histories of Egyptology. Ed. by H. Navratilova et al. , 2023
2023-08 | Book chapter | Writing - original draft
Contributors: Thais Rocha da Silva
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Thais Rocha da Silva

As dimensões da História Antiga na História Pública: a Antiguidade e seus públicos no Brasil1

Ensinar com História Pública: desafios, temas e experiências - Série Diálogos da História Ensinada, v. 2
2022-12 | Book chapter | Writing - original draft
Part of ISBN: 9786554210416
Contributors: Sônia Meneses; Sonia Maria de Almeida Ignatiuk Wanderley; Rosilene Alves de Melo; Guilherme Moerbeck; Thais Rocha da Silva
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Thais Rocha da Silva

A História Global e as fronteiras na Antiguidade

Fronteira
2022-08 | Journal issue or edition | Writing - review & editing
Contributors: Thais Rocha da Silva
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Thais Rocha da Silva
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Naunakhte

Compêndio Histórico de Mulheres da Antiguidade: a presença das mulheres naLiteratura e na História. Goiânia: Tempestiva, 2021. pp.357-362
2021 | Book chapter | Writing - original draft
Contributors: Thais Rocha da Silva
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Thais Rocha da Silva

ensino da língua egípcia clássica no Brasil: desafios e possibilidades usando recursos digitais

Linha D'Água
2021-09-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Ronaldo Guilherme Gurgel Pereira; Thaís Rocha da Silva
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Editorial

Mare Nostrum
2020-09-29 | Journal article
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Thais Rocha da Silva

História das Mulheres e Estudos de Gênero sobre a Antiguidade: historiografia e pesquisas

Fronteiras Mediterrânicas. Estudos em homenagem aos 10 anos do LEIR/MA -USP
2019 | Book chapter
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Thais Rocha da Silva

Tropical Egypt: the development of Egyptology in Brazil and its future

Global Egyptology: negotiations in the production of knowledges on ancient Egypt in global contexts
2017 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9781906137557
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Thais Rocha da Silva

Fronteiras da Egiptologia: orientalismo, helenização e estudos de gênero

Tiraz
2016 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1807-0604
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Thais Rocha da Silva

The Demotic Studies and the Possibility of a New Egiptology

Mare Nostrum (São Paulo)
2013-10-28 | Journal article
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A Disputa de Thoth e Clio na Sala de Aula: problemas e possibilidades do ensino do Egito Antigo no currículo escolar

1o Simpósio Internacional de História Pública. A história e seus públicos
2012 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-85-62959-25-7
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Thais Rocha da Silva

A senhora da casa ou a dona da casa? Construções sobre gênero e alimentação no Egito Antigo

Cadernos Pagu
2012-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0104-8333
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Thais Rocha da Silva

The cyborgs of Egypt and the construction of prostheses in time: anthropology, gender and the ancient world

Metis-Historia E Cultura
2010 | Journal article
Contributors: da Silva, Thais Rocha
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Brazilian Egyptology: reassessing colonialism and exploring limits

Towards a history of Egyptology: proceedings of the Egyptological section of the 8th ESHS Conference in London, 2018.
Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9783963270802
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Thais Rocha da Silva

O sorriso da esfinge: reflexões sobre o ensino do Egito antigo no Brasil

O Egito Antigo - Novas contribuições brasileiras
Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-85-8273-982-2
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Thais Rocha da Silva

Reassessing models in gender and domestic space in New Kingdom workmen's villages

Gender and methodology in the ancient Near East: approaches from Assyriology and beyond
Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9788491682387
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Thais Rocha da Silva

Peer review (4 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for Anais do Museu Paulista. (1)
Review activity for The journal of Egyptian archaeology. (3)