CALL. 31.12.2016: CECE8 - VIIIth European Conference of Egyptologists. Egypt 2017: Perspectives of R
FECHA LÍMITE/DEADLINE/SCADENZA: 31/12/2016
FECHA CONGRESO/CONGRESS DATE/DATA CONGRESSO: 26-27-28-29/06, 01/07/2017
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisboa, Portugal)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: André Patrício; Bárbara Botelho Rodrigues; Catarina Miranda; Diogo Paiva; Filipe Soares; Guilherme Borges Pires; Jessica Santos; Marcus Carvalho Pinto; Raquel Prazeres; Ronaldo Gurgel Pereira; Susana Mota
INFO: web - cece.lisbon@gmail.com
CALL:
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we would like to invite all scholars with interest in Ancient Egyptian archaeology, culture, history and language to participate in the CECE8 - VIIIth European Conference of Egyptologists. Egypt 2017: Perspectives of Research. The conference will be held in the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (26th and 27th June), at the Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (29th June) and in the National Archaeology Museum (30th June). It is co-organised by the group Antiquity and Its Reception of CHAM (FCSH/NOVA-UAc, Professor Maria Helena Trindade Lopes) and the Department of Ancient Cultures of the Pułtusk Academy of Humanities in Pułtusk, Poland (Professor Joanna Popielska-Grzybowska).
The main topics:
- Aegyptiaka and Egyptomania
- Archaeological research in Egypt
- Art studies - Artifacts studies (analysis, interpretations, iconography, typology etc)
- Chronology
- Eco-history
- Medical studies, forensic and radiological research
- Historical research from prehistory to the Arab conquest
- History of Egyptology
- Islamic studies
- Philology and Linguistics
- Museum collections and databases
- Mythology and religion
- Studies of travel to Egypt
Each presentation shall last 20 minutes. The official language of the conference is English. Deadline for submission of abstracts is December 31st 2016, with notification of acceptance by February 1 st 2017. Abstracts should consist of no more than 250 words and should also contain 3 to 5 keywords. Please send the application to: cece.lisbon@gmail.com