Events
Lectures and Special Events Related to the Ancient Near East and Egypt in New York City
Two groups, the Egyptological Seminar of New York (www.esny-bes.org) and the New York Chapter (www.arceny.com) of the national organization for Egyptological research, the American Research Center in Egypt, hold monthly lectures on Egyptological topics during the academic year. Other lectures and special events of interest to ANEES students are scheduled by local chapters of the Archaeological Institute of America (www.aia-nysociety.org), by local universities (including NYU) and museums. (Notable among these are the annual Charles Wilkinson Lectures at the Metropolitan Museum, usually scheduled in January or February, in which scholars of ancient Egypt, the ancient Near East, and the Islamic world present talks on a single theme.) Some upcoming lectures are listed below.
Thursday, January 19, 2012, 6:00 p.m.
Jack Josephson, Research Associate, Institute of Fine Arts (IFA)
and Visiting Professor, American University of Cairo
“Royal Figures from the Archaic and Predynastic Periods"
ISAW, 15 East 84th Street, New York, N.Y.
ARCE lecture: RSVP to info@arceny.com
Friday, January 27, 6:30 p.m.
Rita Lucarelli. “The Inhabitants of the Hills of the Netherworld: The Vignette of Spell 149 of the Book of the Dead and the Question of “Demons” in Ancient Egypt.”
Uris Center, Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
ESNY Lecture
Thursday, February 2, 2012, 2:00–5:00 p.m.
The Charles K. Wilkinson Lecture Series: Games of the Ancient World
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Irving Finkel
Like Spilt Milk: How Ancient Board Games Were Disseminated
2:00–3:00 p.m.
Anne-Elizabeth Dunn-Vaturi
Between Play and Rebirth: The Game of Hounds and Jackals
3:00–4:00 p.m.
Anna Contadini
Moves in the Abstract: Chess Pieces of the Middle East
4:00–5:00 p.m.
Like Spilt Milk: How Ancient Board Games Were Disseminated
2:00–3:00 p.m.
Anne-Elizabeth Dunn-Vaturi
Between Play and Rebirth: The Game of Hounds and Jackals
3:00–4:00 p.m.
Anna Contadini
Moves in the Abstract: Chess Pieces of the Middle East
4:00–5:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 23, 6:00 p.m.
John Coleman Darnell, “Sailing Seas of Rock and Sand: Protodynastic Imagery, Early Dynastic Inscriptions, and the Origins of the Royal Ritualist in the Egyptian Deserts”
ISAW, 15 East 84th Street, New York, N.Y.
ARCE lecture: RSVP to info@arceny.com
Friday, March 9, 6:30 p.m.
Dieter Arnold. “Amenemhat I: The Mysterious King and His Tomb at Lisht.”
Uris Center, Carroll Classroom, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
ESNY Lecture
Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 6:00-6:30 p.m. Reception, 6:45-8:00 p.m.
Lanny Bell, “Divine Kingship”
The National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, N. Y.
ARCE lecture: RSVP to info@arceny.com
Friday, April 20, 6:30 pm.
Aidan Dodson. “Disintegrations: The Decline and Fall of Libyan Egypt.”
Uris Center, Carroll Classroom, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
ESNY Lecture.