Judith McKenzie

Judith Sheila McKenzie (1957 – May 27, 2019) was a leading specialist in the art and archaeology of the Middle East. She was associate professor of late antique Egypt and the Holy Land at the University of Oxford. McKenzie was known in particular for her work on the architecture of Petra and Alexandria publishing two monographs on the subject. She was the director of the Manar Al-Athar project, an open-access image archive of the Middle East.[1][2]

Judith McKenzie
Born1957
DiedMay 27 2019
OccupationArchaeologist
AwardsJames R. Wiseman book award
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
ThesisThe Architecture of Petra
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
Notable worksThe Architecture Of Alexandria And Egypt

Education

McKenzie studied archaeology, chemistry and English (Greek and ancient history) at the University of Sydney. McKenzie completed her PhD in 1986 at the University of Sydney, spending extended periods of time in Petra, Jordan, in the 1980s.[3] Her thesis was titled The Architecture of Petra[4] and was published by Oxford University Press in 1990.[5]

Career

McKenzie was an annual scholar at the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem. She held a Rhys-Davids Junior Research Fellow,[6] followed by a British Academy postdoctoral research fellow at the St Hugh's College, Oxford.[7][8] She was a Queen Elizabeth Fellow at the University of Sydney and then at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.[4]

From 2003, McKenzie directed the Khirbet et-Tannur Nabataean Temple Project.[9] In 2016, she received a European Research Council Advanced Grant for the project Monumental Art of the Christian and Early Islamic East: Cultural Identities and Classical Heritage.[10][11] McKenzie directed the Manar Al-Athar project, which provides an open access image archive of the Middle East.[1][12][13]

McKenzie's 2007 book The Architecture Of Alexandria And Egypt was awarded the James R. Wiseman book award by the Archaeological Institute of America in 2010,[14] which described the monograph as a "a monumental accomplishment".[15] McKenzie's work had been instrumental in understanding how ancient architecture influences later buildings,[16][17] particularly the influence of the Pharos, the lighthouse of Alexandria.[18]

McKenzie worked on the Garima Gospels, publishing a volume on them with Francis Watson in 2016.[19] The book is the first to reproduce all the illuminated pages in colour. McKenzie also curated an exhibition on the gospels, The Hidden Gospels of Abba Garima, Treasures of the Ethiopian Highland, at the Ioannou Centre, Oxford in 2017.[3]

McKenzie died on 27 May 2019 at the age of 61.[20][21][22]

Selected publications

Books
  • 1990. The Architecture of Petra. Oxford University Press.
  • 2007. The Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt, 300 B.C.–A.D. 700. Pelican History of Art, Yale University Press.
  • 2013. J. McKenzie, J. Greene, A.T. Reyes, et al., The Nabataean Temple at Khirbet et-Tannur, Jordan, Volume 1. Architecture and Religion, Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research 67.[9]
  • 2013. J. McKenzie, J. Greene, A.T. Reyes, et al., The Nabataean Temple at Khirbet et-Tannur, Jordan, Volume 2. Cultic Offerings, Vessels, and Other Specialist Reports, Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research 68.[9]
  • 2016. Judith S. McKenzie and Francis Watson The Garima Gospels: Early Illuminated Gospel Books from Ethiopia (University of Exeter Press)[19]

Journal articles

References
  1. "Home الصفحة الرئيسية". www.manar-al-athar.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  2. "Judith McKenzie obituary". The Times. 2019-07-09. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  3. "Visions of paradise reveal unknown vistas of history | Oxford Today". www.oxfordtoday.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  4. "Dr Judith McKenzie | Faculty of Classics". www.classics.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  5. Yegul, Fikret K. (1993-03-01). "Review: The Architecture of Petra by Judith McKenzie". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 52 (1): 95–97. doi:10.2307/990762. ISSN 0037-9808. JSTOR 990762.
  6. McKenzie, J. (2014). Pauline Jewett : a Passion for Canada. McGill-Queen's University Press. pp. ix. ISBN 9780773567641. OCLC 951200761.
  7. McKenzie, Judith (2010). The architecture of Alexandria and Egypt, c. 300 B.C. to A.D. 700. Yale University Press. pp. 459. ISBN 9780300115550. OCLC 873228274.
  8. "McKenzie, Judith (Sheila) 1957- | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
  9. Nehmé, Laïla (2015). "Review of: The Nabataean Temple at Khirbet et-Tannur, Jordan. Volume 1: Architecture and Religion. Volume 2: Cultic Offerings, Vessels, and Other Specialist Reports. Final Report on Nelson Glueck's 1937 Excavation. Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 67-68". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. ISSN 1055-7660.
  10. "Monumental Art of the Christian and Early Islamic East: Cultural Identities and Classical Heritage | Faculty of Classics". www.classics.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  11. "CORDIS | European Commission". cordis.europa.eu. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  12. "Author: Judith McKenzie". Apollo Magazine. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  13. "Introducing the Manar al-Athar Open Access Photo Archive -". Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  14. "The 111th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America". American Journal of Archaeology. 114 (2): 347–351. 2010. doi:10.3764/aja.114.2.347. ISSN 0002-9114. JSTOR 25684280.
  15. "James R. Wiseman Book Award". Archaeological Institute of America. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  16. Shenker, Jack (2016-03-14). "The story of cities, part 1: how Alexandria laid foundations for the modern world". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  17. "Review of: ALEXANDRIA AND ALEXANDRINISM. Papers delivered at a Symposium Organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum and The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities and Held at the Museum April 22-25, 1993". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 1998. ISSN 1055-7660.
  18. Cairo, Louisa Loveluck (2015-05-08). "Egypt to rebuild Lighthouse of Alexandria, once one of the Seven Wonders of the World". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  19. "The University of Exeter Press – The Garima Gospels". www.exeterpress.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  20. McKenzie
  21. "It is with regret that the Faculty of Classics announces the passing of Dr Judith McKenzie | Faculty of Classics". www.classics.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  22. "Funeral notice for Dr Judith McKenzie". www.dignityfunerals.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
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