Conference programme

Day 1

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10.15-10.30

Welcome remarks from the organisers

Session 1: Cultural Exchanges in Pharaonic Egypt

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Chair: Dr Csaba La’da

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10.30-11.00

Professor Stephen Quirke

UCL Institute of Archaeology

s.quirke@ucl.ac.uk

'Substance beyond visible, tangible, audible: assessing cultural exchanges in Middle Kingdom Lahun within a longer term history of Egypt'

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11.00-11.30

Prof. Dr. Joachim Friedrich Quack

Heidelberg University

Joachim_Friedrich.Quack@urz.uni-heidelberg.de

'Near Eastern deities in Egyptian magical texts of the New kingdom'

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Break 11.30-12.00

Session 2: Cultural Exchanges in Hellenistic Egypt

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Chair: Dr Matthijs Wibier

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12.00-12.30

Dr Csaba La’da

University of Kent

c.lada@kent.ac.uk

‘Alphebetisation: Independent Indigenous Invention or Travelling Idea? (With special focus on alphabetisation in Greek)'

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12.30-13.00

Dr Stéphanie Wackenier

Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

stephanie.wackenier@univ-pars1.fr

'How do you boost your career? Learn Greek! A new exercise of the Greek alphabet on papyrus (Arsinoites, 3rd century BC)'

Break 13.00-14.00

Session 3: Cultural Exchanges from the Hellenistic to the Roman period

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Chairs: Dr Ada Nifosi and Csaba La'da

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14.00-14.30

Dr April Pudsey

Manchester Metropolitan University

A.Pudsey@mmu.ac.uk

‘Children's cultural interactions in Greco-Roman Egypt: play, religion and travel’

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14.30-15.00

Dr Ada Nifosi

University of Kent

a.nifosi@kent.ac.uk

‘The Throw of Baubo: a multicultural gaming piece from Greco-Roman Egypt’

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Break 15.00-15.30

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Session 3 continues - Chair: Dr Ada Nifosi

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15.30-16.00

Dr Katalin Kóthay

Szépművészeti Múzeum (Museum of Fine Arts), Budapest

katalin.kothay@szepmuveszeti.hu

'On the cross-cultural context of Ptolemaic and Roman funerary iconography'

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16.00-16.30

Dr Mohamed Kenawi

School of Archaeology Oxford

mohamed.kenawi@arch.ox.ac.uk

‘Archaeology of the Western Nile Delta: From Soil to Libraries and Museums’

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Final questions and end of the public webinar

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16.45-17.30 Round table (speakers only)

Day 2

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Session 4: Cultural Exchanges in Roman Egypt

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Chair: Dr Csaba La’da

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10.30-11.00:

Professor John Tait

UCL Institute of Archaeology

j.tait@ucl.ac.uk

'Literary forms and themes: cultural exchange in Egypt of the Roman Period'

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11.00-11.30

Dr Jo Stoner

University of Kent

j.stoner@kent.ac.uk

'Red thread in personal adornment in Roman and late antique Egypt: evidence from the UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology'

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Break 11.30-12.00

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Session 5: Cultural exchanges in Late Antique Egypt

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Chairs: Dr Matthijs Wibier and Dr Ada Nifosi

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12.00-12.30

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Palme
University of Vienna
bernhard.palme@univie.ac.at

'A Deed of Surety and Civil War in Egypt: The Struggle between Phocas and Heraclius'

12.30-13.00

Dr Matthijs Wibier

University of Kent

M.H.Wibier@kent.ac.uk

‘Roman Law and the Question of Legal Pluralism’

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Break 13.00-14.00

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Session 5 continues

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Chair: Dr Matthijs Wibier

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14.00-14.30

Prof. Ellen Swift

University of Kent

E.V.Swift@kent.ac.uk

‘Cultural Connections in Late Antiquity: evidence from dress-related artefacts’

14.30-15.00

Dr Jennifer Cromwell

Manchester Metropolitan University

J.Cromwell@mmu.ac.uk

'Coptic Documentary Practices After the Arab Conquest'

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End of the public webinar

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15.15-15.45: Final remarks (speakers only)