ENCOUNTERS WITH ANCIENT EGYPT

INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

16th - 18th DECEMBER 2000

with generous support from HSBC

The international conference ENCOUNTERS WITH ANCIENT EGYPT will take place at the UCL Institute of Archaeology on 16th-18th December 2000.

The conference will examine the ways in which the cultures of Egypt - predynastic, dynastic, Hellenistic, Roman, late-antique, Islamic, colonial - have perpetually been re-configured in response to changing ideologies and strategies for appropriating the past. As well as presenting new or neglected sets of data, we hope that contributors will also be inspired to offer papers that constitute a fresh look at familiar evidence from a variety of theoretical viewpoints.

Papers

The sessions on 16th December and 18th December will be devoted entirely to discussion. All papers will be pre-circulated, using the web where possible. All papers will be made available before the conference, as they are received.

Programme

• 15th December:

  • 17.30 -19.30 Registration
  • 18.30 - 19.30 The Friends of the Petrie Museum are having their Christmas lecture entitled 'The Palmero Stone: history or myth', given by Toby Wilkinson (Development Director at Christ's College, Cambridge) in the Institute of Archaeology Lecture Theatre (G6).
    ALL CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS ARE WELCOME
  • 19.30 onwards - After the lecture and registration there will be mulled wine and mince pies in the Institute with the Friends of the Petrie Museum.
    
    
• 16th December: Programme (includes links to abstracts)
  • Sessions:
    • Ancient Egypt as a source of awe and/or inspiration
    • Ancient Egypt and/in Africa
    • Ancient Egypt in education
    • Egypt's view of itself and 'others'
      
      
• 17th December: Programme (includes links to abstracts)
  • Sessions:
    • Egyptianising monuments (including London tour itinerary and "Digging for Dreams" exhibition)


• 18th December: Programme (includes links to abstracts)
  • Sessions:
    • Ancient Perspectives on Ancient Egypt
    • Perspectives on Ancient Egypt
    • Ancient Egypt: consumerism and the visual and performing arts
    • Ancient Egypt: consumerism, representation and film

Booking

The registration fee for the conference will be GBP25 (students GBP15 - proof of student status must be provided).

To book a place for the conference, send a cheque for the full fee made payable to "UCL", together with your name and contact address (if possible including telephone number and email address), to the conference organisers, contact details below.

Participants should make their own arrangements for accommodation and travel. A listing of hotels close to UCL, including a number of cheaper hotels, will be sent free of charge to anyone who requests it.

Contact Details

If you would like to receive further information as it becomes available, please contact the organizers, preferably by the conference e-mail address: ancient-egypt@ucl.ac.uk

Olivia Forge,
Institute of Archaeology, UCL

Dominic Montserrat,
Open University

John Tait,
Institutute of Archaeology, UCL

Fax: 020-7383 2572