Egyptian World Seminar Series (Department of Archaeology)

Material culture in the Second Intermediate Period: Some results and work in progress

Bettina Bader (Austrian Academy of Sciences).

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Site.

Wednesday 27 November 2024, 17:00-18:00

Egyptian World Seminar Series (Department of Archaeology)

The priestly agreements from Soknopaiou Nesos

Maren Schentuleit (University of Oxford).

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Site.

Wednesday 06 November 2024, 17:00-18:00

Envisioning Decolonial Futures Through Archaeology

Speaker to be confirmed.

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Seminar Room.

Wednesday 23 October 2024, 10:00-17:00

Egyptian World Seminar Series (Department of Archaeology)

The impact of the war on the Sudan’s heritage: Conflicts and hopes

Dr Shadia Abdo Rabo (National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums, Sudan).

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Site.

Wednesday 16 October 2024, 17:00-18:00

Egyptian World Seminar Series (Department of Archaeology)

The early Napatan pottery at el- Kurru royal cemetery: A study of cultural continuity and influence

Hanaa Hafiz (Univeristy of Bahri, Sudan).

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Site.

Wednesday 16 October 2024, 17:00-18:00

The Transition to Agriculture at the edges of Eurasia ~ Neolithisation in the British Isles and the Jomon-Yayoi transition ~

Speaker to be confirmed.

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Seminar Room.

Friday 05 July 2024, 09:00-17:00

The Transition to Agriculture at the edges of Eurasia ~ Neolithisation in the British Isles and the Jomon-Yayoi transition ~

Speaker to be confirmed.

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Seminar Room.

Thursday 04 July 2024, 09:00-17:00

24th Annual Cambridge Heritage Research Centre Symposium Heritage Expertise: Paradigm or Platitude?

Speakers - see below.

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Seminar Room.

Thursday 20 June 2024, 09:30-17:45

24th Annual Cambridge Heritage Research Centre Symposium Heritage Expertise: Paradigm or Platitude?

Speakers - see below.

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Seminar Room.

Wednesday 19 June 2024, 14:00-17:00

Egyptian World Seminar Series (Department of Archaeology)

When writing looks back: defining the 'hieroglyphic' in Ancient Egyptian and Classic Maya religion

Jordan Miller (Cambridge).

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Site.

Wednesday 05 June 2024, 17:00-18:00

Egyptian World Seminar Series (Department of Archaeology)

Dams, digging, and dispossession: The history and politics of archaeology in Egyptian Nubia

Robert Viggar (University of Pennsylvania).

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Site.

Wednesday 15 May 2024, 17:00-18:00

Egyptian World Seminar Series (Department of Archaeology)

The materialization of ritual: Experiencing sacred space and transformation through artefacts

Christina Geisen (Cambridge).

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Site.

Wednesday 08 May 2024, 17:00-18:00

Egyptian World Seminar Series (Department of Archaeology)

Egypt and Ugarit: Globalization Beyond Connectivities

Federico Zangani (University of Cambridge).

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Site.

Wednesday 13 March 2024, 17:00-18:00

Egyptian World Seminar Series (Department of Archaeology)

Dams, Digging, and Dispossession: The History and Politics of Archaeology in Egyptian Nubia (cancelled)

Robert Viggar (University of Pennsylvania).

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Site.

Wednesday 14 February 2024, 17:00-18:00

Egyptian World Seminar Series (Department of Archaeology)

Aspects of colour use in ancient Egyptian funerary manuscripts: Monumentalisation and Intermediality

Marina Sartori (University of Oxford).

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Site.

Wednesday 31 January 2024, 17:00-18:00

Egyptian World Seminar Series (Department of Archaeology)

Movie Screening From Sudan to Argentina, followed by dicusssion with producer Ricardo Preve

Ricardo Preve (Preve Films, Virginia, USA).

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Site.

Wednesday 24 January 2024, 16:00-18:00

Egyptian World Seminar Series (Department of Archaeology)

Social Interactions in the Funerary Space: Tomb and Remembrance in Egypt in the 3rd millennium BCE

Inês Torres (Universidade Nova de Lisboa).

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Site.

Wednesday 08 November 2023, 17:00-18:00

Egyptian World Seminar Series (Department of Archaeology)

Looking beyond pharaoh: Legal pluralism and ‘early democracy’ in ancient Egypt

Alexandre Loktionov (Christ's College, Cambridge).

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Site.

Wednesday 25 October 2023, 17:00-18:00

Egyptian World Seminar Series (Department of Archaeology)

Recent developments in the research of ancient Egyptian copper metallurgy

Martin Odler (Newcastle University).

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Site.

Wednesday 11 October 2023, 17:00-18:00

Egyptian World Seminar Series (Department of Archaeology)

BORDERSCAPE: Egyptian state formation and the changing socio-spatial landscape of the First Nile Cataract region in the 4th and 3rd millennia BCE

Maria Carmela Gatto (Polish Academy of Sciences).

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Site.

Wednesday 22 February 2023, 17:00-18:00

Egyptian World Seminar Series (Department of Archaeology)

Science in Egyptology: a fundamental tool to understand the past. The cases of 18th Dynasty Nubian kohl and pastes from Third Intermediate Period Thebes

Caterina Zaggia (University of Cambridge).

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Site.

Wednesday 08 February 2023, 17:00-18:00

Egyptian World Seminar Series (Department of Archaeology)

Interconnections on the Meroitic Frontier: Griffith’s work at Faras and the legacy of early-20th-century archaeology in Sudan

Henry Bishop-Wright (British Museum).

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Site.

Wednesday 25 January 2023, 17:00-18:00

Egyptian World Seminar Series (Department of Archaeology)

Khufu's Wadi el-Jarf Harbour on the Red Sea – Its Workers and Sailors

Pierre Tallet, Sorbonne Université.

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Site.

Wednesday 30 November 2022, 17:00-18:00

Egyptian World Seminar Series (Department of Archaeology)

Power in Place: The Role of Statue Dedication and Other Forms of Display in Ancient Egyptian Social Control

Margaret Maitland, Scotland National Museums.

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Site.

Wednesday 09 November 2022, 17:00-18:00

Egyptian World Seminar Series (Department of Archaeology)

Writing a People's History of the First Intermediate Period: Challenges and Benefits

Wolfram Grajetzki, UCL/Pisa.

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Site.

Wednesday 12 October 2022, 17:00-18:00