Lebenslauf und Publikationen
Arbeitsgebiet: Ägyptologie
Curriculum vitae
- University lecturer in Egyptology, University of Durham, 1970–75
- Professor of Egyptology, University of Oxford, 1976–2013, emeritus from 2014
- Visiting professorships: American University Cairo; University of Arizona; University of Michigan; Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris; Harvard University; University of Basel; Princeton University; Peking University
- Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung (Universities of Heidelberg, Münster, Leipzig)
- Member, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 2009–10
- Corresponding Member, German Archaeological Institute
- Senior Fellow, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University
- International Member, American Philosophical Society
- Fellow of the British Academy
- Honorary member, American Oriental Society
- Committee work in universities and on national and international bodies, including periods as faculty chair, member of university central and review committees, national assessment committees, and international review groups; adviser on appointments to universities in several countries
- Examination of graduate and higher degrees in: Australia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, UK, USA
- Director, Online Egyptological Bibliography 2009–2017 (http://oeb.griffith.ox.ac.uk/)
- Editor, Griffith Institute Monographs (specialized works in Egyptology) 1993–2013
- Series editor, Equinox Studies in Egyptology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
- Member of editorial and advisory boards of a number of series and journals
Selected publications since 2013
2013
Sources of Egyptian temple cosmology: divine image, king, and ritual performer. In Deena Ragavan (ed.), Heaven on earth: temples, ritual, and cosmic symbolism in the ancient world, 395–424. Chicago: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.
High culture and experience in ancient Egypt. Sheffield: Equinox. Paperback edition 2016.
2014
Civilizations and empires: a perspective on Erligang from early Egypt. In Kyle Steinke and Dora C. Y. Ching (eds), Art and archaeology of the Erligang civilization, 99–119. Princeton: Tang Center; Princeton University Press.
2015a
Ancient Egyptian cities: monumentality and performance. In Norman Yoffee (ed.), Early cities in comparative perspective, 4000 BCE–1200 CE, 27–47. Cambridge World History 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2015b
John Baines, Miriam Stark, Stephen Houston, and Thomas Garrison, Cities as performance arenas. In Norman Yoffee (ed.), Early cities in comparative perspective, 4000 BCE–1200 CE, 94–109. Cambridge World History 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2017
Epilogue: on ancient pictorial representations of emotion: concluding comments with examples from Egypt. In Sara Kipfer (ed.), Visualizing emotions in the ancient Near East, 263–85. Fribourg: Academic Press; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
2018
Katja Goebs and John Baines: Functions and uses of Egyptian myth. Revue de l’Histoire des Religions, special number edited by Gaëlle Tallet and Lorenzo Medini, 235 (4), 645–77.
2019
John Baines, Henriette van der Blom, Yi Samuel Chen, and Tim Rood (eds), Historical consciousness and the use of the past in the ancient world. Sheffield: Equinox.
Downloadable list of publications to 2013: https://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/people/john-baines