Jake Colloff is A PhD Candidate in the Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations program at Harvard with a focus on Egyptology. He received his BA in Ancient History and Philosophy from the University of Auckland, followed by a BA (Honours) in Ancient History with a concentration in Egyptology. His Honours thesis was entitled “Time in 19^th Dynasty Egyptian Thought.” He then moved to the Netherlands where he acquired a Masters in Egyptology from Leiden University following his Masters thesis “Fantastic Beasts and how to Interpret Them: A Study of Griffins in the Elite Tombs of the Middle Kingdom”.

Jake’s Primary fields of interest are art history, literature, Egyptian thought/philosophy, understanding emic views of Egyptian culture, applied theory, and equity critiques of the discipline. Jake has published in various academic journals and spoken at a number of conferences. As of Fall 2023 he has taken up the teaching of the course “Voices from the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Literature in Translation.” He also co-founded ‘Theory Corner’, an academic book / journal club which explores interdisciplinary ideas from the humanities and social sciences and discusses how they can assist us in better understanding the past.