The London Diary for the Ancient Near East
No 37
May - September
2007
Compiled and circulated by the London Centre for the Ancient Near East The compilers of the Diary and officers of the London Centre and BANEA cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of the information supplied in this Diary. The events listed may be subject to changes or cancellation. The events are free and open to non-members unless indicated otherwise. Please direct enquiries to the organisers and not to the Diary Editor TO ENSURE RECEIPT OF EMAIL UPDATES MEMBERS SHOULD NOTIFY ANY CHANGE TO EMAIL ADDRESSES
Birkbeck courses for archaeology, Egyptology and ANE courses 2007-8 Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern and Aegean Studies- a new certificate course taught by various tutors Mariana Giovino Discovering Mesopotamia: The History of Assyriology, Olga Krzyszkowska Seals and Sealings in the Aegean Bronze Age, Lorna Oakes Assyrian Art and Architecture, Frans van Koppen Intermediate Akkadian: Texts I & III, Diana Stein Witchcraft, Magic and Divination in the Ancient Near East Birkbeck also offer a wide Egyptology programme Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1. Enrolment opens early July. For a prospectus for all courses tel. 0845 601 0174. Further info Natalie Ping, tel: 020 7631 6627, Fax: 020 7631 6688, email:
[email protected], www.bbk.ac.uk
City University courses for Egyptology 2007-8 Vivien Raisman Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: beginners' year 1 Vivien Raisman Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: year 2 Vivien Raisman Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: Late Egyptian Kathryn Piquette The Archaeology of Egypt (Unification to the Middle Kingdom) Kathryn Piquette The Archaeology of Egypt (the New Kingdom and beyond) For more info on these and other City University courses, call 020 7040 8268, www.city.ac.uk/conted/cfa/arts Thurs 3 May
18.00 Werner Sundermann Zoroastrian tales in transmission and transformation Khalili lecture theatre, SOAS, Thornhaugh St WC1. The Tenth Dasturji Dr Kutar Memorial Lecture. All welcome. Further information:
[email protected]
Thurs 3 May
18.45 Kamal Bayoumi The River Nile origins and the nations it feeds Egyptian Education and Culture Bureau, 4 Chesterfield Gardens W1. Tel: 020 7491 7720. All welcome
Fri 4 May
18.30 Stephen Harvey King Ahmose at Abydos: pyramid building at the dawn of empire Cruciform Lecture theatre 1 UCL, Gower St WC1. Friends of the Petrie Museum Petrie memorial lecture followed by a reception in the Museum. Tickets £10 / £8 PMF. Further information: Jan Picton 020 7679 2369,
[email protected]; www.ucl.ac.uk/FriendsofPetrie
Fri 4 May
13.15 George Hart Creation myths of Ancient Egypt British Museum WC1. Gallery talk, meet Room 4. All welcome
Sat 5 May
13.15 J Wilson Ashurbanipal’s lion hunt reliefs: a close British Museum WC1. Gallery talk, meet Room 10. All welcome
Sat 5 May
18.30 Conference Christianity in Iraq IV: the monastic heritage of Iraq Brunei Gallery, SOAS WC1. Tickets £28 / £22 BSAI, AECA members / £12 students (proof of status required), includes lunch. Cheques payable to Dr Erica Hunter, Dept. Study of Religion, SOAS Thornhaugh St WC1H 0XG. Pay online at www.easternchristianity.com. Contact 01223 566493, email
[email protected]
Tues 8 May
13.15 B Wills Looking at ancient Egyptian basketry British Museum WC1. Gallery talk, meet Room 61. All welcome
Tues 8 May
14.30-16.00
look at an ancient masterpiece
Erik van Dongen Cultures and identity: identifying unities in the context of comparative research Room NG16, North Block, Senate House, Malet St WC1. Institute of Classical Studies Postgraduate interdisciplinary discussion group 'Comparative Perspectives on Early Antiquity: The Eastern Mediterranean and Mesopotamia before Hellenism'. Each session will be introduction and discussion. All welcome. Organisers: Magda Tatulescu,
[email protected] and Erik van Dongen,
[email protected]
Fri 11 May
Clive Orton So where's the rest of it, then? Some thoughts on the nature of archaeological evidence / Olivier Rouault Some aspects of the use of inference in archaeology 11.00
Galton lecture theatre UCL, 1-19 Torrington Place WC1. Statistical Science/Evidence Double Seminar. Sandwich lunch available if pre-registered, no admission fee. Contact Mimi Vasilaki, tel 020 7679 0833. www.evidencescience.org
Sat 12 May
10.00-17.00 Study Day Diana Coles The Archaeology of death: bodies, burials and beliefs Birkbeck College, Malet Street, WC1. Tickets £35/£15. Further info Natalie Ping, tel: 020 7631 6627 / 6651. Fax: 020 7631 6688, email:
[email protected], www.bbk.ac.uk
Sat 12 May
13.00-17.00 Study day Inanna BP lecture theatre, British Museum. Speakers Irving, Finkel, Dominique Collon and Richard Dumbrill. Tickets £15/£12, includes entry to evening performance, from the Box Office. www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
Sat 12 May
19.30-21.00 Performance Diane Wolkstein & Geoffrey Gordon Inanna BP lecture theatre, British Museum. Tickets £5/£3, from the Box Office. www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
Mon 14 May
18.00
Matthew Ponting Copper-based metal work from the Jewish Quarter excavations in the Old City, Jerusalem Stevenson lecture theatre, British Museum WC1. Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society lecture. All welcome. Contact Diana Davis: 020 7691 1467, www.aias.org.uk
Tues 15 May
Alix Beaumont Transfer of myths and gods: the Typhon-Illuyankas myth and the identification of indigenous and Greek myths and deities 14.30-16.00
Room NG16, North Block, Senate House, Malet St WC1. 'Comparative Perspectives on Early Antiquity: The Eastern Mediterranean and Mesopotamia before Hellenism'. Details 8th May. All welcome. Organisers: Magda Tatulescu,
[email protected] and Erik van Dongen,
[email protected] Tues 15 May
Colloquium Recent archaeological fieldwork in the Sudan Stevenson lecture theatre, British Museum WC1. Sudan Archaeological Research Society event followed by reception. Speakers include Derek Welsby, Pawel Wolf, Andrew Ginns, Cornelia Kleinitz, Isabella Sjöström, Tina Jakob, William Y Adams, Mohamed Faroug, Pieter Tesch, Pamela Rose, David Singleton, Eric Miller. Tickets £15, SARS £10, BMF £12.50. Tickets are available from The Honorary Secretary. Please make cheques payable to SARS and enclose s.a.e. send to The Honorary Secretary, The Sudan Archaeological Research Society, c/o Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, The British Museum, London, WC1B 3DG. Telephone 0207 323 8500/8306, email
[email protected], www.sudarchrs.org.uk
Wed 16 May
15.30
Valasia Isaakidou osteological perspective
Changing technologies and value in Bronze Age Crete: an
Rm 336, North Block, Senate House WC1. ICLS Mycenaean seminar. Further information Olga Krzyszkowska 020 7862 8700 / 8715, email:
[email protected] www.sas.ac.uk/icls/ Wed 16 May
19.00 Eleanor
Sims The ‘Cartier’ Khamsa: Timurid ancestor, Safavid and Mughal offspring
Khalili lecture theatre, SOAS, Thornhaugh St WC1. Islamic Art Circle 9th Toby Falk Memorial Lecture. For further information please contact Rosalind Wade Haddon: 01608 730769 or
[email protected] Thurs 17 May 18.45 Shirley Johnston Beyond the pharaohs: discovering Egyptian palaces and villas Egyptian Education and Culture Bureau, 4 Chesterfield Gardens W1. Tel: 020 7491 7720. All welcome Friday 18 May 18.30 Ian Shaw The ‘golden mansion’: revisiting people, pots and stone at Hatnub G6 Institute of Archaeology, 31 Gordon Sq WC1. Friends of the Petrie Museum lecture - all welcome. Further information from Jan Picton 020 7679 2369,
[email protected], www.ucl.ac.uk/FriendsofPetrie Tues 22 May
14.30-16.00 Mark Weedon Diplomacy: The Tawagalawa letter: Hittites and Achaeans Room NG15, North Block, Senate House, Malet St WC1. 'Comparative Perspectives on Early Antiquity: The Eastern Mediterranean and Mesopotamia before Hellenism'. Details 8th May. All welcome. Organisers: Magda Tatulescu,
[email protected] and Erik van Dongen,
[email protected]
Wed 23 May
17.30
Tony Wilkinson Landscapes of pilgrimage: the archaeological context of the Hajj routes of Arabia
Khalili lecture theatre SOAS. Society for Arabian Studies AGM at 17.30 immediately followed by lecture. All welcome. Further information:
[email protected]; www.societyforarabianstudies.org Thurs 24 May 18.00 Diana Edelman When was the Second Temple built, and why? Stevenson lecture theatre, British Museum WC1. Palestine Exploration Fund lecture (delayed from Nov 9th). All welcome. Contact 020 7935 5379, fax 020 7486 7438, www.pef.org.uk Fri 25 May
09.30-17.30
Conference
Archaeology in Anatolia: current research at the Institute of
Archaeology UCL Room 612, Institute of Archaeology, 31 Gordon Sq WC1. Institute research conference. Admission free. Speakers include Veysel Apaydin, Christoph Bachhuber, Bianca Maria Zonta, Liz Henton, Karen Wright, Mariya Masubuchi, Cecilie Lelek Tvetmarken, Bleda Düring, Dan Thompson, Claudia Glatz, Roger Matthews. Further information, email
[email protected], www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/events/index.htm
Fri 25 May
18.30 Stephen Quirke & Paul Antonio Hieroglyphs: content and calligraphy Lecture theatre G6, Institute of Archaeology, 31 Gordon Sq WC1. Friends of the Petrie Museum lecture – all welcome. Further information: Jan Picton 020 7679 2369,
[email protected]; www.ucl.ac.uk/FriendsofPetrie
Sat 26 May
10.00-16.30 Study day and workshop
Paul Antonio & Stephen Quirke Hieroglyphs: content
and calligraphy Lecture theatre G6, Institute of Archaeology, 31 Gordon Sq WC1. Friends of the Petrie Museum study day and practical workshop. Tickets £30 includes buffet lunch. Numbers limited, open to PMF members only. Further information: Jan Picton 020 7679 2369,
[email protected]; www.ucl.ac.uk/FriendsofPetrie Sat 26 May
13.15 Delia Pemberton Prehistoric Egypt British Museum WC1. Gallery talk, meet Room 64. All welcome
Tues 29 May
14.30-16.00
Magda Tatulescu Imperialism and cultural exchange: notes on the cult of the storm god in first millennium northern Syria Room NG16, North Block, Senate House, Malet St WC1. 'Comparative Perspectives on Early Antiquity: The Eastern Mediterranean and Mesopotamia before Hellenism'. Details 8th May. All welcome. Organisers: Magda Tatulescu,
[email protected] and Erik van Dongen,
[email protected]
Thurs 31 May 18.45 Rosalie David title tba Egyptian Education and Culture Bureau, 4 Chesterfield Gardens W1. Tel: 020 7491 7720. All welcome Sat 2 June
10.00-17.00 Study Day Poetry and prose in Ancient Egypt Birkbeck College, Malet Street, WC1. Speakers include Richard Parkinson, Thomas Schneider, Roland Enmarch, Kenneth Kitchen. Tickets £35/£15. Further info Natalie Ping, tel: 020 7631 6627 / 6651. Fax: 020 7631 6688, email:
[email protected], www.bbk.ac.uk
Sat 2 June
13.15 Lorna Oakes The Nimrud ivories British Museum WC1. Gallery talk, meet Room 62. All welcome
Wed 6 June
19.00
John Carswell China and Syria, Sri Lanka and Central Asia: new evidence for the reciprocal influence of China and Islam Khalili lecture theatre, SOAS, Thornhaugh St WC1. Islamic Art Circle lecture. For further information please contact Rosalind Wade Haddon: 01608 730769 or
[email protected]
Fri 8 June
17.15 Ali
Ansari The idea of Iran
British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace SW1. British Institute for Persian Studies lecture. For further information please tel: 020 7969 5203 or 009821 2260 1937. Fax: 020 7969 5401. Email:
[email protected] Sat 9 June
Conference Minority religions of Iran British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace SW1. British Institute for Persian Studies conference, speakers to be confirmed. Further info: 020 7969 5203 or (009821) 2260 1937. Fax: 020 7969 5401.
[email protected]
Fri 8 June
18.00
Nigel Strudwick Egyptian art
Norman and Nina de Garis Davies: two lives spent recording
G6 Institute of Archaeology, 31 Gordon Sq WC1. Friends of the Petrie Museum lecture. All welcome. Further information from Jan Picton 020 7679 2369 / 07761 823129, www.ucl.ac.uk/FriendsofPetrie Mon 11 June
18.00
Kenneth Kitchen Sheba to Gashmu: ancient Arabia as background to the Hebrew
bible Stevenson lecture theatre, British Museum WC1. Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society lecture follows AGM at 17.30. All welcome. Contact Diana Davis: 020 7691 1467, www.aias.org.uk Thurs 14 June 17.30 Sherhazade Hassan Music of an ancient land British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, SW1. BSAI Bonham Carter Forum and lecture. All welcome. Kindly confirm your attendance to
[email protected], or tel. 0207 969 5274. Please check the BSAI website for exact timings: http://www.britac.ac.uk/institutes/iraq/
Konstantinos Politis Survey and excavation at ancient Zoara in the Ghor es-Safi, Jordan
Thurs 14 June 18.00
Stevenson lecture theatre, British Museum WC1. Palestine Exploration Fund lecture follows AGM. All welcome. Contact 020 7935 5379, fax 020 7486 7438, www.pef.org.uk Thurs 14 June 18.45 George Hart The pyramid age: monuments, art and history Egyptian Education and Culture Bureau, 4 Chesterfield Gardens W1. Tel: 020 7491 7720. All welcome Thurs 21 June 17.00 Itamar Singer Hatti and Ahhiyawa revisited British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, SW1. British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara Second Oliver Gurney Memorial Lecture. All welcome. Tel: 020 7969 5204,
[email protected]
23-24 June
Conference Egypt and Empires: the Egypt Exploration Society 125th Anniversary Conference Brunei Gallery lecture theatre, SOAS, Thornhaugh St WC1. Speakers will include Dr Paul Collins, Dr Aidan Dodson, Dr Alison Gascoigne, Professor K A Kitchen, Professor Alan Lloyd, Dr Robert Morkot and Dr Toby Wilkinson. Tickets £60/£75 non-members. The event includes a reception at SOAS on Saturday 23 June. For further information please contact 020 7242 1903,
[email protected], www.ees.ac.uk
Thurs 28 June 13.15 Janet Ambers Pigments of ancient Egypt British Museum WC1. Gallery talk, meet Room 66. All welcome Thurs 28 June 18.30 Robert Bittlestone, James Diggle & John Underhill Where was Homer’s Ithaca? BP lecture theatre. British Museum WC1. British School at Athens fundraising lecture and debate. Tickets £15/ £12 BSA. Cheque payable to British School at Athens with s.a.e. to Carol Bell, Treasurer of the BSA, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Fri 29 June 11.00-16.00 Workshop Alia Al Zougb Dabka dance workshop or Sat 30 June Sackler Rooms, British Museum. Learn dabka, an energetic and vibrant Arab dance. Supported by the Karim Rida Said Foundation. Tickets £15/£12 from the Box Office. www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk Tues 10 July
18.00 Antonio Invernizzi The greatness that was Parthia BP lecture theatre, British Museum. Department of the Ancient Near East annual Vladimir G. Lukonin Memorial Lecture. Admission Free. Enquiries to Claire Burton, 020 7323 8315, email
[email protected]
Tues 31 July
17.30 Ian Shaw The royal harim in ancient Egypt British Museum WC1. BM AE&S Department / EES lecture at 18.30 follows EES Forum, members only. Tickets £12 includes reception in the Sculpture Gallery. Please contact 020 7242 1903,
[email protected], www.ees.ac.uk
Wed 11 July
18.00 Luc Limme Elkab 1937-2007: seventy years of Belgian archaeological research BP lecture theatre, British Museum WC1. Raymond and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lecture in Egyptology. See following entry.
12/13 July
Colloquium The head of the south: current research in Upper Egypt, south of Thebes Department of Ancient Egypt & Sudan event. Tickets for the lecture £15, and colloquium £60, or combined ticket £70, will be available after 1 June from Alison Cameron, Dept of AES, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG,
[email protected], or 020 7323 8306 (postal enquiries please enclose s.a.e.). For more information www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/aes/aeshome.html
Wed 18 July
18.30 Kim Hicks Hers was the earth: the extraordinary life of Amelia Edwards Room 106 Gordon House, Gordon St WC1 (just around the corner from the Institute of Archaeology). Friends of the Petrie Museum fundraising event - tickets £15.50 PMF, £18.50 guests - includes reception and refreshments. Cheques payable to Friends of the Petrie Museum, sent with s.a.e. to Jan Picton, Petrie Museum, Malet Place, London WC1E 6BT. Further info: Jan Picton 020 7679 2369,
[email protected]; www.ucl.ac.uk/FriendsofPetrie
19-21 July
Conference Seminar for Arabian Studies The British Museum, London WC1. Papers on the archaeology, history and languages of the Arabian peninsula. Tickets £80 or £35 per day (BMF £45/£20; students £20/£10 per day) For further details and booking contact: Dr Ardle MacMahon, Seminar for Arabian Studies, c/o Middle East Dept, The British Museum. Fax:020 8985 3561. Email
[email protected], website www.arabianseminar.org.uk
Tues 11 Sept
tba Claude Rilly Current research into the Meroitic language (tbc) British Museum WC1. Sudan Archaeological Research Society Kirwan Memorial Lecture follows AGM. Tickets £15, SARS £10, BMP £12.50. Tickets are available from The Honorary Secretary. Please make cheques payable to SARS and enclose s.a.e. send to The Honorary Secretary, The Sudan Archaeological Research Society, c/o Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, The British Museum, London, WC1B 3DG. Telephone 0207 323 8500/8306, email
[email protected], www.sudarchrs.org.uk
Thurs 11 Oct
18.00 Steve Mithen Water, life and civilization Stevenson lecture theatre, British Museum WC1. Palestine Exploration Fund lecture. All welcome. Contact 020 7935 5379, fax 020 7486 7438,
[email protected], www.pef.org.uk
Compiled and edited for the London Centre for the Ancient Near East (BANEA Southeast) by Jan Picton. For submission of diary entries and BANEA subscription information, contact Jan Picton, Institute of Archaeology, 31 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0HP. Email:
[email protected] The events are free and open to non-members unless indicated otherwise. Please direct enquiries to the organisers and not to the Diary Editor. The London Centre is online at http:// www.soas.ac.uk/anecentre