Cultural Exchanges in Ancient Egypt - 10-11/06/2020, (Online)
Egypt played a central part in the ancient world, yet research and university courses have traditionally focused on Greece and Rome. This first-ever international meeting on ancient Egypt at Kent will mark the launch of a new interdisciplinary research cluster on Egyptian civilisation and will contribute significantly to enhancing research and teaching relating to ancient Egypt at the University of Kent.
FECHA /DATE/DATA: 10-11/06/2020
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: ZOOM (online)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Dr Csaba La’da; Dr Ada Nifosi; Dr Matthijs Wibier.
INFO: web - c.lada@kent.ac.uk - A.Nifosi@kent.ac.uk - M.H.Wibier@kent.ac.uk
INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE:
PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA: Programa online / Program online / Programma online
Day 1 ​ 10.15-10.30 Welcome remarks from the organisers
Session 1: Cultural Exchanges in Pharaonic Egypt ​ Chair: Dr Csaba La’da ​ 10.30-11.00 Professor Stephen Quirke UCL Institute of Archaeology s.quirke@ucl.ac.uk 'Substance beyond visible, tangible, audible: assessing cultural exchanges in Middle Kingdom Lahun within a longer term history of Egypt' ​ 11.00-11.30 Prof. Dr. Joachim Friedrich Quack Heidelberg University Joachim_Friedrich.Quack@urz.uni-heidelberg.de 'Near Eastern deities in Egyptian magical texts of the New kingdom' ​ Break 11.30-12.00
Session 2: Cultural Exchanges in Hellenistic Egypt ​ Chair: Dr Matthijs Wibier ​ 12.00-12.30 Dr Csaba La’da University of Kent c.lada@kent.ac.uk ‘Alphebetisation: Independent Indigenous Invention or Travelling Idea? (With special focus on alphabetisation in Greek)' ​ 12.30-13.00 Dr Stéphanie Wackenier Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne stephanie.wackenier@univ-pars1.fr 'How do you boost your career? Learn Greek! A new exercise of the Greek alphabet on papyrus (Arsinoites, 3rd century BC)'
Break 13.00-14.00
Session 3: Cultural Exchanges from the Hellenistic to the Roman period ​ Chairs: Dr Ada Nifosi and Csaba La'da ​ 14.00-14.30 Dr April Pudsey Manchester Metropolitan University A.Pudsey@mmu.ac.uk ‘Children's cultural interactions in Greco-Roman Egypt: play, religion and travel’ ​ 14.30-15.00 Dr Ada Nifosi University of Kent a.nifosi@kent.ac.uk ‘The Throw of Baubo: a multicultural gaming piece from Greco-Roman Egypt’ ​ Break 15.00-15.30 ​ Session 3 continues - Chair: Dr Ada Nifosi ​ 15.30-16.00 Dr Katalin Kóthay Szépművészeti Múzeum (Museum of Fine Arts), Budapest katalin.kothay@szepmuveszeti.hu 'On the cross-cultural context of Ptolemaic and Roman funerary iconography' ​ ​ 16.00-16.30 Dr Mohamed Kenawi School of Archaeology Oxford mohamed.kenawi@arch.ox.ac.uk ‘Archaeology of the Western Nile Delta: From Soil to Libraries and Museums’ ​ Final questions and end of the public webinar ​ 16.45-17.30 Round table (speakers only) Day 2 ​ Session 4: Cultural Exchanges in Roman Egypt ​ Chair: Dr Csaba La’da ​ 10.30-11.00: Professor John Tait UCL Institute of Archaeology j.tait@ucl.ac.uk 'Literary forms and themes: cultural exchange in Egypt of the Roman Period' ​ 11.00-11.30 Dr Jo Stoner University of Kent j.stoner@kent.ac.uk 'Red thread in personal adornment in Roman and late antique Egypt: evidence from the UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology' ​ Break 11.30-12.00 ​ Session 5: Cultural exchanges in Late Antique Egypt ​ Chairs: Dr Matthijs Wibier and Dr Ada Nifosi ​ 12.00-12.30 Prof. Dr. Bernhard Palme University of Vienna bernhard.palme@univie.ac.at 'A Deed of Surety and Civil War in Egypt: The Struggle between Phocas and Heraclius'
12.30-13.00 Dr Matthijs Wibier University of Kent M.H.Wibier@kent.ac.uk ‘Title tbc’ ​ Break 13.00-14.00 ​ Session 5 continues ​ Chair: Dr Matthijs Wibier ​ 14.00-14.30 Prof. Ellen Swift University of Kent E.V.Swift@kent.ac.uk ‘Cultural Connections in Late Antiquity: evidence from dress-related artefacts’
14.30-15.00 Dr Jennifer Cromwell Manchester Metropolitan University J.Cromwell@mmu.ac.uk 'Coptic Documentary Practices After the Arab Conquest' ​ End of the public webinar ​ 15.15-15.45: Final remarks (speakers only)