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SUMMARY:There Is More to Egypt than Tut: Challenges for Egyptology and Egyptologists
DESCRIPTION:There Is More To Egypt than Tut: Challenges for Egyptology and Egyptologists \nThe Archaeological Institute of America\, Westchester Society\, and the New York chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt are pleased to present to present the following free online symposium “There Is More To Egypt than Tut: Challenges for Egyptology and Egyptologists.” \nDate: May 2\, 2026\nTime: 10:00 AM-1:00 PM ET. \nThe program is hosted by the Rye Free Reading Room. To register click here. \nThe purpose of the symposium is to do exactly what the title expresses. King Tutankhamun is the universal face of Egypt to the world. Egypt is blessed with an abundance of art\, architecture\, and writing. But there is more to the study of Egypt than material objects. \nThe speakers in this symposium will address issues in chronology based on the First Intermediate Period\, the Hyksos based on the Second Intermediate Period\, race and Nubia\, women and the relation of Egyptology to other “ologies.” \nThere will be a ten minute break between the third and fourth speakers. \nPeriodization and the creation of a new Egyptian History\nThomas Schneider\, Professor of Egyptology and Near Eastern Studies (on leave 2023-7)\,\nUniversity of British Columbia \nThe conventional periodization of ancient Egyptian history as a sequence of ‘kingdoms’ and ‘intermediate periods’ (and subperiods\, such as “the Ramesside period”\, dynasties) is a legacy of the 19th and early 20th c.\, partially informed by a chronological grid conveyed in Manetho’s Aigyptiaca. This conventional sequencing of history is perpetuated in all recent histories of ancient Egypt\, whose narratives and summary chronological tables make something appear historical that is mere practical convention. Despite the fact that Egyptological scholarship has fundamentally changed our understanding of Egyptian history over the past 100 years\, the field has never attempted any alternative historical periodization that assesses phenomena of historical (dis)continuity and cohesion based on current knowledge. This lecture will discuss the importance of periodization as a historiographical tool and chart a way forward towards a new periodization of Egyptian history. \nPrior to coming to University of British Columbia in 2007\, he taught at multiple institutions. From 2018-20\, he was Associate Vice President (International) at the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen\, China. From 2016-7\, he served in a part-time role as Advisor to the President at Quest University Canada. From 2014-8\, he was a member of the UBC Senate and worked\, among other projects\, on a Responsible Conduct of Research Initiative by the Dean and Vice Provost\, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. From 2021-2022\, he was the founding Executive Director of the Pacific Alliance of Liberal Arts Colleges (PALAC). On January 1\, 2023\, he took up the position of Chief Executive of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (www.apru.org). \nHe is the founding editor of the “Journal of Egyptian History” (2008-2014) and was the editor of “Culture and History of the Ancient Near East” (Brill\, 2006-2013) and “Near Eastern Archaeology” (American Schools of Oriental Research\, 2012-2018). \nThere’s more to Egypt than Egyptians\nDani Candelora\, College of Holy Cross \nIn Egyptology\, the Hyksos are at best dismissed as an irrelevant blip in pharaonic power\, and at worst vilified as the invading barbarians of Manetho’s narrative. Ongoing research\, both reinvestigating well-known texts and uncovering new archaeological evidence\, has shown that neither are accurate. Instead\, the Hyksos were multicultural rulers with links to broader West Asian power networks\, and their reigns influenced Egyptian culture in arenas from warfare to religion\, technology to language. Despite being accepted as Egyptian kings by most Egyptians\, and even respected by later Egyptian dynasties\, the negative Theban political rhetoric has overwhelmingly colored the Hyksos’s treatment in the field. These kings are an important part of Egyptian history\, and should be recognized for the legacy they left behind. \nDanielle Candelora is the Assistant Professor of Classics and Egyptology at the College of Holy Cross. She received her B.A. from Brown University\, her M.A. from the University of Chicago\, Oriental Institute (now Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures)\, and her Ph.D. in Egyptian Archaeology from the University of Chicago\, Oriental Institute (now Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures). Her dissertation was “Redefining the Hyksos: Immigration and Identity Negotiation in the Second Intermediate Period” and she has maintained that interest in her academic career. Her research and teaching interests are Immigration and Identity Negotiation\, Egyptian/Near Eastern/Mediterranean Art\, Architecture\, Material Culture\, and Archaeology\, Interdisciplinary Theoretical Approaches to Identity\, Border Construction and Maintenance\, Strategic Use of Art and Architecture in Self Representation and Politics\, Cross-Cultural Exchange of Artistic Motifs and Technological Transmission\, Ancient Art and Archaeology in Museum Collections\, Egyptian Intermediate Periods. She just published Immigration and Borders in Ancient Egypt. Elements in Ancient Egypt in Context\, (Cambridge University Press) and is working on The Hyksos and Immigrant Communities in the Second Millennium BCE: Foreign Identities and Their Impact on Egypt. \nTrue Colors: Racecraft in the Archaeology of Egypt and Sudan\nDr. Uroš Matić\, University of Graz\, Austria \nThis paper examines how ideas about “race” have shaped the study of ancient Egypt and Sudan from the nineteenth century to the present. Rather than treating race as a biological fact\, it uses the concept of “racecraft” of Karen Fields and Barbara J. Fields to show how race developed as a changing set of assumptions and interpretations. Drawing on theories from the history and sociology of knowledge\, especially the work of Ludwik Fleck\, the study explores how racial thinking continued to influence archaeology even after it was officially rejected. Finally\, the study reassesses changes in ancient Egyptian representations of Nubians. Earlier interpretations viewed the significant mid–Eighteenth Dynasty changes in Nubian iconography as artistic documentation of real physical features of newly encountered populations in Upper Nubia. In contrast\, this paper demonstrates that these visual changes primarily reflect shifts in ancient Egyptian political and ideological strategies. \nUroš Matić is a lecturer in Egyptology at the Department of Classics\, University of Graz. He specializes in war in ancient Egypt\, ancient Egyptian interrelations\, and settlement and gender archaeologies. Matić obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Münster in 2017 and received two prizes: the Philippika Prize of Harrassowitz (2018) and the Best Publication Award of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (2020). \nHe held a P.R.I.M.E. fellowship from the German Academic Exchange Service (2018–2019) and grants from the Foundation for Postgraduates in Egyptology in Vienna (2016 and 2022). From 2019 to 2023\, he worked as a researcher at the Austrian Archaeological Institute and in 2025 as a senior fellow at the College for Social Sciences and Humanities in Essen.Since 2026\, he has been a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow\, studying the agency of spoils of war in ancient Egypt. \nHis most recent publications include Aftermath of War in Ancient Societies (Oxbow Books\, 2026) and Bodies that Mattered: Ancient Egyptian Corporealities (Sidestone Press\, 2025). He has taught at the Universities of Münster\, Vienna\, Graz\, and Innsbruck. \nWomen of a Fractured State: First Intermediate Period Women’s Agency and Visual Literacy\nSue Kelly\, Czech Institute of Egyptology\, Charles University\, Prague. \nThe dissolution of Old Kingdom centralised authority catalysed a profound evolution in women’s visual literacy\, unique in Egyptian history. While Memphite tradition governed female figures through rigid\, passive constraints\, the fracturing of state control during the First Intermediate Period allowed women’s iconography to deviate from established canons\, reflecting a more expansive visual vocabulary. \nThis lecture examines the emergence of female agency through the deliberate manipulation of artistic codes. Rather than a byproduct of provincialism\, this transition reflects a systematic shift in women’s funerary representation. Six iconographic transitions: the adoption of male-coded striding postures; the inclusion of authoritative attributes like the staff and ankh; the renegotiation of spatial positioning on monuments; the representation of expanding social categories; the integration of active gestures; and rare chromatic anomalies\, such as using red skin to signify female vitality are examined. \nFurthermore\, these self-presentations provide textual records of women adopting both ‘ideal’ and ‘career’ biographies—the dual pillars of Egyptian self-thematisation. By adopting these new modes of representation\, women challenged Old Kingdom decorum and asserted a sophisticated\, distinct presence in the visual record. These are\, fundamentally\, ancient female voices articulating how they chose to be commemorated for eternity. \nSue Kelly is an Egyptologist and early-career researcher whose work sits at the intersection of social theory and the material record. Her research focuses on the ‘Social Power’ of ancient Egyptian women\, across the dynasties one through to eleven.\, employing a data-driven approach to reconstruct the agency\, influence\, and contributions of women within the complex hierarchy of the Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period. Her overarching aim is to continue the longitudinal study to map developments\, transitions\, and changes across the four different political environments: state formation\, maturation\, collapse\, and reunification. \nHer book\, Unveiling Female Social Power (c. 3080–2180 BCE)\, serves as a testament to this methodology. By conducting a statistical analysis of female titles\, Dr. Kelly challenges long-standing narratives that have historically marginalized women’s roles in Egyptian statehood. Her work demonstrates that female agency was not a peripheral phenomenon but a vital\, functioning component of the socio-political infrastructure\, measurable through the distribution of titles and the management of elite resources. \nDr. Kelly earned her PhD in 2021 and completed her initial post-doctoral fellowship in 2023 at Macquarie University\, Sydney. She is currently concluding a prestigious Marie Curie Actions Fellowship at the Czech Institute of Egyptology. \nThere’s nothing new about that! How Egyptology can offer fresh perspectives on contemporary scientific and societal challenges\nFrederik Rogner\, Vienna\, Austria \nAt the dawn of Egyptology’s third century\, Egyptologists have both successfully received and adapted approaches from other fields\, and themselves developed hypotheses and methods which can be fruitfully applied to the study of diverse cultural phenomena\, far beyond the boundaries of Egyptology and of ancient Egypt. At the same time\, Egyptological outreach that is deliberately aimed at the wider academic community and tries to actively contribute to ongoing interdisciplinary discourses\, remains rather low. \nThis paper addresses these issues\, with a particular view to the scientific and societal relevance and potential of humanities at large. I will conclude by addressing two areas where insights from Egyptology can offer perspectives and strategies for better understanding (and\, as a result\, dealing with) seemingly ‘new’ challenges in contemporary society\, namely AI driven image production and expressions of political power. \nFrederik Rogner has obtained his BA in Ancient Civilizations and his MA in Egyptology and in Classical Archaeology from the University of Basel. In 2019 he completed his binational doctoral studies at the University of Basel and the École Pratique des Hautes Études – Université Paris Sciences et Lettres. His PhD thesis deals with issues of visual narrativity and pictorial storytelling and their application in the ancient Egyptian New Kingdom. He was a member of the Graduate school of Eikones\, the Center for the Theory and History of the Image in Basel. Rogner’s research interests include multimodal synergies of pictures and writing in ancient Egypt\, the semantics of form and layout in two- and three-dimensional space\, and the use of images as communicative tools throughout human history. He has conducted several research projects at the Netherlands Institute for the Near East (Leiden) and at the University of Geneva. He currently holds a position in the Austrian federal administration. \nContact Information:\nDr. Peter Feinman\nPresident\nAIA Westchester Society \nVice President\nARCENY Society \nPresident\nInstitute of History\, Archaeology\, and Education\nfeinmanp@ihare.org
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/there-is-more-to-egypt-than-tut-challenges-for-egyptology-and-egyptologists-2/
LOCATION:1061 Boston Post Road\, Rye\, New York\, 10580\, United States
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SUMMARY:Why Has African Archeology Been Ignored
DESCRIPTION:Deepening our understanding of African heritage often starts in spaces that celebrate our history\, but while museums house these stories\, it is archaeology that unearths them. \nWhile the world is well-acquainted with the architectural wonders of the Mediterranean and the Near East\, the vast archaeological landscape of the African continent has often remained on the periphery of global conversation. This session is designed to explore the structural\, logistical\, and historical reasons behind this gap in our shared human story. \nFrom the complexities of preserving heritage in diverse climates to the economic challenges of long-term excavation\, we will look at the practical hurdles that have shaped the field of African archaeology\, highlight the groundbreaking work currently being done to bring these ignored narratives back into the global spotlight\, and explore opportunities for youth in Africa to participate in fieldwork across the continent and build careers in heritage preservation\, culture advocacy\, and archaeology. \nJoin us this May and connect with a continental and international community of storytellers\, historians\, archaeologists\, culture advocates and heritage enthusiasts working to ensure Archaeology in Africa takes center stage in global discourse. \nWhat to Expect: \n1. The Logistical Landscape: An overview of the unique challenges of archaeological research on the continent. \n2. Beyond the Surface: A look at sophisticated ancient African innovations in metallurgy\, urban planning\, and trade. \n3. The Tech Revolution: How new technologies like satellite imaging and 3D mapping are revealing sites that were previously inaccessible. \n4. Future Directions: A discussion on the importance of diversifying the global archaeological record for a more complete understanding of history.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/why-has-african-archeology-been-ignored/
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SUMMARY:Symposium Vesuvianum: Slavery and Humanity Revisited: The Impact of Slave Systems on Personal Experience
DESCRIPTION:Organizers: John Bodel\, Brown University; William Owens\, Ohio University; Roberta Stewart\, Dartmouth College \nIn his 1965 book Sklaverei und Humanität\, Joseph Vogt offered a description of Roman slavery in which the enslaved accommodated themselves to the moral universe created by their enslavers. A dozen years later Moses Finley delivered a riposte to Vogt in a lecture at the Collège de France on “Slavery and Humanity\,” in which he insisted on “a sharp distinction between more or less humane treatment of individual slaves by individual masters and the inhumanity of slavery as an institution”. Finley considered “the ambiguity inherent in slavery” to be “an excellent starting-point from which to examine the theme” but in the end concluded that the topic\, “slavery and humanity\, is plunged into the centre of modern moral and ideological controversy\, as much a field for the philosopher and the theologian as for the historian” (Ancient Slavery and Modern Ideology\, p. 122). \nNow\, nearly fifty years after Finley’s pronouncement\, we propose to return to the issue of slavery and humanity and to convene a group of scholars with diverse interests and methodologies to consider the impact of ancient Mediterranean slave systems on persons\, both the enslaved and the enslavers. What effect did systemic slavery have on the personal experiences and worldview of enslavers and the enslaved in ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern societies? What new insights into this question can be gained through methodologies developed over the past fifty years? Of particular relevance to the focus on persons are the distortions in the archive created by systems of domination. Such distortion is especially true for ancient Mediterranean slavery. Consideration of an enslaved person’s point of view often entails reading the ancient archive against the grain and increases our reliance on the comparative method and other heuristic devices as well as our obligation to employ them self-consciously and critically. \nWe solicit papers that consider any aspect of human experience in ancient Mediterranean or Near Eastern slavery. Possible topics include: the contexts of economic activity and social relations; affectual relations among the enslaved and between enslavers and enslaved; modes of resistance or accommodation; solidarity among the enslaved and among enslavers; religion and other aspects of cultural memory among the enslaved; trauma\, or the psychic assault of enslavement and its consequences. \nThe symposium will include three and a half days of papers and discussion. Papers will be 25-30 minutes long with time for discussion. The schedule will also include visits to selected sites nearby. Meals and housing will be provided by the Villa Vergiliana (a bed in a double room with breakfast and dinner is approximately €70 a day; single rooms are available at private hotel/B&B accommodations within walking distance of the Villa). Those staying at the Villa should also figure in the cost of Vergilian Society membership ($35 for the year). In addition\, there may be a modest registration fee\, dependent on outside funding\, to help defray the cost of lunches and other conference activities. \nConfirmed participants include: Seth Bernard (University of Toronto)\, Ronald Charles (University of Toronto)\, Chris DeWet (University of Pretoria)\, Deborah Kamen (University of Washington)\, Sarah Levin-Richardson (University of Washington)\, David Lewis (University of Edinburgh) and Lauren Petersen (University of Delaware). \nPlease submit abstracts (300-400 words) to William Owens (owensb@ohio.edu) by February 15\, 2026.\nThe organizers will get back to you during the first week of March.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/symposium-vesuvianum-slavery-and-humanity-revisited-the-impact-of-slave-systems-on-personal-experience/
LOCATION:Villa Vergiliana\, Via Cuma 320\, Bacoli\, NA\, 80070\, Italy
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