Karina Atudosie

College:

St Cross College

Course:

DPhil Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Assyriology) supervised by Professor Laura Quick and Professor Paul Collins. Co-funded by the Wolfson Foundation and the Clarendon Fund.

Thesis Title:

Queens beyond Kings: A Comparative Analysis of the Construction of Neo-Assyrian Royal Women and Biblical Royal Women beyond the Books of Samuel and Kings

Educational Background:

BA (Hons) Theology and Religious Studies (University of Nottingham) 2015-2018

MA by Research Theology and Religion (University of Birmingham) 2020-2021

Research Interests:

Hebrew Bible

Women and gender in the ancient Near East

Royalty, queenship, and power

Teaching:

Museum/object-based teaching at the Ashmolean

Recent Publications:

2022            

• “Remembering Sarah Everard and Reflecting On Violation Of Boundaries, Sexual Violence, and Victim Blaming Through The Song Of Songs.” The Shiloh Project, 3rd March 2022. https://www.shilohproject.blog/remembering-sarah-everard-and-reflecting-on-violation-of-boundaries-sexual-violence-and-victim-blaming-through-the-song-of-songs/

Conferences and Papers:

2023            

• “Navigating Danger at the Persian Court: Speech, Dress, and Gender in the Book of Esther.” Oxford Postgraduate Conference of Assyriology, University of Oxford (March 2023).

2021            

• “Disrupting Hegemonic Power: Masculinities in the Song of Songs.” Nottingham Biblical Seminar, University of Nottingham (November 2021).
• “Gender and the Biblical World Roundtable.” With Emily Allsopp, Will Moore, Charlotte Trombin and Eleanor Vivian. Ancient Afterlives Podcast, Episode 10 (November 2021). https://anchor.fm/ancientafterlives 
• “Power and Vulnerability in the Song of Songs.” Birmingham Biblical Seminar, University of Birmingham (November 2021).