Chrystal Goudsouzian

Instructor/Undergraduate Advising Coordinator

Office: 125 Mitchell
Telephone: 901.678.5339
Fax: 901.678.2720
E-mail: cdykes@memphis.edu
Education: Ph.D., History, The University of Memphis, 2012

Fields of interest

My research investigates the ways in which myth and religious beliefs and practices both reflected and shaped Egyptian conceptions of sexuality, gender, and their own bodies. My dissertation, “Becoming Isis: Myth, Medicine, Magic, and Reproduction in Ancient Egypt,” focused on the ways that mythic birthing scenarios informed, molded, and aided real-world reproductive experiences and practices from the conception of a child till its birth.

Courses taught

World Civilization to 1500, The Ancient World, The Greek Experience, Egypt of the Pharaohs

Representative publications

Book Reviews

Review: La mère, l'enfant et le lait en Égypte ancienne. Traditions médico-religieuses, by Richard-Alain Jean and Anne-Marie Loyrette. Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 47 (2011)