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2005-2020
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2022 FALL LECTURES
February Saturday18, 2023
Dr. Sarah M. Schellinger
“Nubia and its Neighbors: Non-Kushite Elements on Napatan and Meroitic Architecture”
As with most civilizations in the ancient world, Nubia had contact with its neighbors, particularly Egypt, the Aksumite Empire, and the broader Mediterranean World. These connections can be seen through the adoption and adaptation of foreign elements by Nubian artisans in both their material culture, such as stelae and funerary art, and architecture, such as palaces, temples, and pyramid-style tombs. This presentation will illustrate how the Napatan (ca. 800 – 300 BCE) and Meroitic (ca. 300 BCE – 350 CE) kingdoms incorporated foreign decorative elements into their architecture while also expressing their culture in its own right.
Sarah M. Schellinger is a Lecturer in Egyptian, Nubian, and Mesopotamian arts, histories, and cultures at the Ohio State University. She is the co-director of the Es-Selim R4 (ESR4) archaeological project in the Northern Dongola Reach of North Sudan. Dr. Schellinger is also the author of the forthcoming book Nubia published by Reaktion Books in their “Lost Civilizations” series (2022).
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*For those of you are ARCE-PA Friends (non-ARCE members, Penn Museum Members, Penn Staff & Faculty, and Students), we have a $10 registration fee. Once you register, then you will receive an email with the instructions for the ZOOM lecture log-on.
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LECTURES WINTER 2023:
IN-PERSON LECTURES FOR FALL 2022/WINTER 2023
*ARCE-PA does not hold lectures in January*
Saturday February 18
3:30pm
Virtual Lecture
*Zoom registration required*
Dr. Sarah Schellinger
Ohio State University
"Nubia and its Neighbors: Non-Kushite Elements on Napatan and Meroitic Architecture"
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2023 Annual Korsyn Lecture
Saturday March 18
3:30pm
In-Person Lecture
Dr. Rune Nyord,
Assistant Professor, Art History Department, Emory University
“No other satisfactory reason can be given”: The European discovery of the ancient Egyptian afterlife"
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April 2023
TBA
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May 6, 2023
Room TBA
Dr. Jessica Tomkins
Assistant Professor of History, Wofford College
“Rethinking Old Kingdom Kingship”
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June 10, 2023
ARCE-PA Symposium: Abydos
Dedicated to the memory of Dr. David O’Connor
