Claire has a First Class Honours degree and a Masters degree (Distinction) in Egyptology from the University of Liverpool, where she was also a holder of the prestigious Duncan Norman Research Scholarship.
She worked on the Renaissance North West funded 'Garstang Project' researching three Egyptological collections in the North West and the artefacts in those collections that had come from the excavations of Professor John Garstang in Egypt and co-designed the resultant exhibition "From Egypt's Sands to Northern Hills: John Garstang's Excavations in Egypt", which toured six museums in the North of England over a period of two years.
At the international exhibition, "Tutankhamen: His Tomb and His Treasures" in Manchester in 2010-11 she led school and public tours. She also worked in an advisory capacity to the exhibition and trained tour guides when it moved to Dublin, as well as dealing with the press (print and radio) and dignitaries at the opening event in Dublin.
Over the last 15 years, Claire has worked closely with a number of museums, including The Atkinson in Southport, and designs and delivers tailor-made Egyptology sessions in those museums, as well as in schools across Lancashire, Merseyside and Cheshire. She is also a regular speaker at numerous societies across the country (specialist and non-specialist audiences).
We have an exciting and diverse series of lectures in 2024
covering a wide range of topics and these are listed below
We are having two Zoom on-line meeting in April & Sept
Monday January 8th, 2pm
Tree Goddesses in Ancient Egypt
Dr Joanne Backhouse
February 12th, 2pm
Paddle Dolls in Ancient Egypt : Gaudy or Godly?
Megan Clark
March 11th, 2pm
Creatures of the Nile
Dr Gina Criscenzo-Laycock
Wednesday April 3rd Zoom 7pm
Wherever I Lay my Hat : The Grand Hotels of Egypt
Lee Young
13th May, 2pm
The Afterlives of Senenmut
Dr Campbell Price
June 10th, 2pm
'Nilotic' Scenes in the Art of the Prehistoric Aegean : Egyptian, Egyptianizing or Pure Pastiche?
Dr Gina Muskett
July 8th, 2pm
Egyptian International Relations in the Reign of Merenptah
Dr Roland Enmarch
August 12th, 2pm
The Assyrian Conquests of Egypt
Neil Stevenson
Wednesday Sept 4th Zoom 7pm
‘Better than the British Museum’
the Egyptian Collection of Sir Henry Wellcome
Dr Ken Griffin
October 14th, 2pm
Coffins, Masks and Mummy Cases of Greco-Roman Egypt
Dr Judith Corbelli
November 11th , 2pm
Howard Carter: You Who Loves Thebes
Claire Ollett
December 9th , 2pm
AGM, Presidential Lecture & Christmas buffet
Dr Ashley Cooke
BOOK SALES
At each Society meeting held in Mayer Hall a selection of Egyptology books is available for sale at very reasonable prices.