Saturday, April 18 3:30 pm EST In-person only at the Penn Museum, Anthro Classroom 345 No registration required Speaker: Mena Melad, Founder and Editor of Luxor Times Title: From the […]
Saturday, March 7 3:30 pm EST In-person only at the Penn Museum, Classroom L2 No registration required Special Event: Annual Korsyn Lecture in honor of Felix J. Korsyn Speaker: Prof. Rita Lucarelli, Associate Professor of Egyptology, Faculty Curator of Egyptology at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California Berkeley Title: Re-Encountering Egypt: […]
Saturday, December 13 2:30 pm EST Penn Museum, Classroom L2 In-person; RSVP required for workshop: https://forms.gle/FTwpThdMhwV7gPhS6 Talk and Hands-on Workshop Holiday Party to follow! Speakers: Isabella Pilla and Dr. Jane Hill Title: More Than a Cosmetic Fix: How Experimental Archaeology Can Address the Issue of Burial Goods in the Museum Setting. Talk and Workshop Abstract: […]
Saturday, Oct. 11 3:30 PM EST Penn Museum, Classroom 2 In-person; no registration required International Archaeology Day Lecture!! Speaker: Molly Gleeson, Head Conservator, Penn Museum Title: A monumental undertaking: conservation […]
Saturday, Sept. 27 3:30 PM EST Penn Museum, Anthro Classroom 345 In-person; no registration required Speaker: Dr. JJ Shirley, Managing Editor, Journal of Egyptian History; Director, TT110 Project; ARCE-PA Vice President Title: Politics of Placement: The Development of the 18th Dynasty Theban Necropolis Abstract: In the 18th Dynasty the Theban Necropolis became a preferred location […]
Saturday, May 10 3:30 pm EST Penn Museum, Classroom L2 In-person; no registration required Speaker: Dr. Antonio Morales, Associate Professor of Egyptology, University of Alcala Title: The cemeteries of Deir […]
ANNUAL KORSYN LECTURE In-Person Lecture Saturday, March 29 at 3:30 pm EST Penn Museum, Classroom L2 Speaker: Dr. Kathleen Sheppard Lecture Topic: Amelia Edwards’ United States Lecture Tour and the Beginnings of American Egyptology Abstract: On a cold November evening in 1889, Amelia Edwards took the stage at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, […]
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship Penn Museum
In-person lecture Saturday, December 14, 3:30 pm EST Penn Museum, Classroom 2 A holiday party will follow the lecture Speaker: Dr. Shelby Justl Title: Researching in the arc-“hives”: Ancient Egyptian […]
In-person lecture Saturday, November 9, 3:30 pm EST Penn Museum, Classroom 2 Speaker: Dr. Chelsea Kaufman Title: No Ordinary Dogs: Canine Behavior in Theban Tombs Abstract: The wall scenes of the rock-cut Theban tombs of the New Kingdom are filled with richly painted imagery that captures the lives and beliefs of the people who built […]
Presented by Asst. Prof. Müge Durusu-Tanriover, Temple University Polatlı Landscape Archaeology and Survey Project (PLAS) is a regional survey covering the district of Polatlı in Ankara (the capital of Türkiye), primarily known for its first millennium BCE archaeological heritage featuring the Phrygian capital, Gordion. Since its inception in 2019, PLAS has aimed to shed light […]
In-person lecture Saturday, October 12, 3:30 pm EST Penn Museum, Classroom 2 Speaker: Dr. Camilla Di-Biase-Dyson Title: The Treaty of Ramesses II with Hattusili III: Peace-making in the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean Abstract: This paper gives background to the first attested peace treaty in world history, between Ramses II of Egypt and Hattusili III of […]
