Some of Our Past Events
DECEMBER 2009
DR. JENNIFER HOUSER WEGNER, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA More Information
"A Word to the Wise: Onchsheshonqy Meets Poor Richard"
NOVEMBER 2009
DR. ROGER ALLEN, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
NOVEMBER 2009: ARCE-PA TRIP TO BOSTON
CURATOR DR. LAWRENCE BERMAN
OCTOBER 2009: ARCE-PA WORKSHOP
LESLIE ANNE WARDEN, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
"Ancient Egyptian Pyramids 101"
SEPTEMBER 2009: ARCE-PA SYMPOSIUM
SPEAKERS INCLUDED: DR. DAVID O'CONNOR, INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
DR. MATTHEW ADAMS, INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
DR. JANET RICHARDS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
DR. JOSEF WEGNER, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
DR. STEPHEN HARVEY, STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY
Ancient Abydos: From Egypt's First Pharaohs to Its Last Pyramid
JUNE 2009: Lecture and a Movie
MELINDA NELSON-HURST, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
"Sinuhe, the Egyptian"
MAY 2009:
DR. SUSAN AUTH, NEWARK MUSEUM
"Roman Paintings in the Luxor Temple "
APRIL 2009:
DR. REGINE SCHULZ, WALTERS ART MUSEUM
"Creation Myths in Ancient Egypt: Ontological Questions and Mythical Answers "
MARCH 2009: ANNUAL KORSYN LECTURE
DR. EDWARD BLEIBERG
"Living Forever in Ancient Egypt"
FEBRUARY 2009:
DR. ANN MACY ROTH, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
"Egyptian Landscape Painting: The Old Kingdom Mastaba Chapel as a Map of the World"
FEBRUARY 2009:
DR. MICHAEL JONES, ARCE CAIRO
"Tracing Roman Luxor: The ARCE Conservation Project to Save the Roman Frescos"
JANUARY 2009:
DR. LISA SWART
"The Cult of the Dead in Late Pharaonic Thebes"
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DECEMBER 2008:
DR. DAVID O'CONNOR, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
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NOVEMBER 2008:
DR. ELENA PISCHIKOVA, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO
"Re-discovery of the South Asasif Necropolis"
OCTOBER 2008:
NICHOLAS HARRIS, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
"Treasure Hunting 'Under' the Caliphs:
Grave Robbing, De-hoarding and the Rise of the Islamic Empire"
SEPTEMBER 2008:
DRS. RAINER STADELMANN & HOURIG SOUROUZIAN, THE GERMAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY IN CAIRO
"Discoveries at the Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III
and the Colossi of Memnon"
JULY 2008: Lecture & a Movie
LESLIE WARDEN, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
"Through the Stargate: Hollywood's Manufacture of Ancient Egypt"
MAY 2008:
DR. SALIMA IKRAM, THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO
"Food Fit for the Pharaohs: Food and Drink in Ancient Egypt"
MAY 2008: ARCE-PA Statewide .
DR. ROBERT RITNER, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
"Magic in Ancient Egypt"
MARCH 2008: Annual Korsyn Lecture
DR. ELLEN MORRIS, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
"Insularity, Connectivity, and Island Identity in the Oases of Egypt's Great Sand Sea"
FEBRUARY 2008:
DR. EVERETT ROWSON, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
"Medieval Egyptian Views of the Pharaonic Past"
JANUARY 2008:
DR. J.J. SHIRLEY, UNIVERSITY OF WALES, SWANSEA
"Politics of Placement: The Development of the Theban Necropolis"
December 2007:
November 2007:
DR. MANFRED BIETAK, AUSTRIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
"The Nature of Relationship of the Egyptians and the Minoans
in the Time of the Tuthmosides"
October 2007:
DR. SCOTT MORSCHAUSER, ROWAN UNIVERSITY
September 2007:
DR. ZAHI HAWASS, EGYPT'S SUPREME COUNCIL OF ANTIQUITIES
"Recent Discoveries in Egypt: A Question and Answer with Dr. Zahi Hawass"
August 2007:
DAY TRIP TO THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART
June 2007: Lecture & a Movie
KATE LISZKA, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
"Ramses III: King of Egypt"
May 2007:
DR. JONATHAN ELIAS, AKHMIM MUMMY PROJECT
"Flesh on the Bone: Reconstructing the People of Ancient Akhmim"
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JANE HILL, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
"Peopling the Predynastic: Recognizing Community Differences in Egypt's Formative Period"
March 2007:
Dr. Gay Robins, Emory University
“The Small Golden Shrine of King Tutankhamen”
March 2007:
DR. ALAIN ZIVIE, MISSION ARCHÉOLOGIQUE FRANÇAISE DU BUBASTEION - CNRS
DR. ALAIN ZIVIE, MISSION ARCHÉOLOGIQUE FRANÇAISE DU BUBASTEION - CNRS
"The Tomb of the Peace Maker in New Kingdom Saqqara"
February 2007:
DR. DONALD WHITE, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
"Multum in Parvo: Bate's Island on the Northwest Coast of Egypt"
January 2007:
NICHOLAS PICARDO, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
"Dealing with Decapitation in Ancient Egypt: Spare Heads for the Afterlife"
December 2006:
DAVID MOYER, KMT CORRESPONDENT
"Up the Nile in Style: Travel in Egypt during the Early 20th Century"
November 2006:
DR. BARRY KEMP, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
"Excavations at Amarna: New Discoveries and Current Perspectives"
October 2006:
DR. DONALD REDFORD, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
DR. DONALD REDFORD, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
"Resistance to Persian Invasion: New Evidence from Egypt Regarding Events in the Fourth Century B.C.E."
September 2006:
DR. CATHERINE ROEHRIG, THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
DR. CATHERINE ROEHRIG, THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
"The Two Tombs of Hatshepsut"
July 2006: Lectures & a Movie
"Women in Ancient Egypt: Three mini-talks by Penn Ph.D. Candidates"
VANESSA SMITH, “Ancient Egypt’s Progressive Workplace”
BETH ANN JUDAS, “Isis in Rome”
RACHEL ARONIN, “Debunking the myth of ‘the harlot queen of licentious Canopus’:
Classical Prejudices against Cleopatra the Great”
June 2006:
DR. SALIMA IKRAM, THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO
DR. SALIMA IKRAM, THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO
"A Zoo for Eternity: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt"
May 2006: Annual Korsyn Lecture
DR. DAVID O'CONNOR, INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
"Defining Kingship in Early Egypt: Sorting out Fact from Fantasy"
March 2006:
DR. JOSEF WEGNER, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
"Pharaoh Senwosret III at Abydos: A Photographic Tour through Ancient Egypt's Largest Royal Tomb"
February 2006:
DR. JENNIFER WEGNER, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
"From the Nile to the Schuylkill: The History of the UPenn Museum's Egyptian Collection"
January 2006:
JOSHUA ROBERSON, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
"Sexual Architecture in the Theban Royal Necropolis: New Approaches to the Late
Ramessid 'Resurrection Machine.'"
"Sexual Architecture in the Theban Royal Necropolis: New Approaches to the Late
Ramessid 'Resurrection Machine.'"
November 2005: Inaugural Lecture
DR. DAVID P. SILVERMAN, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
"Tutankhamen: Exhibiting the Legend"