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The London Diary for the Ancient Near East The London Diary for the Ancient Near East No 43 April – September 2009 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. Events are free and open to non-members unless indicated otherwise. Please direct enquiries to the organisers and not to the Diary Editor Birkbeck courses in Ancient Near Eastern Studies 2009-10 Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern and Aegean Studies – Tuesdays from 30 Sept; Introduction to Akkadian and the Cuneiform Script – Wednesdays from 1 October; Intermediate Akkadian – Thursdays from 1 October. More info Birkbeck College: 020 7631 6631; email: [email protected], www.bbk.ac.uk City University courses for Egyptology 2009-10 For more information on City University courses, tel: 020 7040 8268, www.city.ac.uk/conted/cfa/arts Mon 20 April 18.00 Dennis Mizzi The Qumran caves: a re-evaluation of the evidence Stevenson Lecture Theatre, British Museum, Great Russell St WC1. Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society lecture. All welcome. Enquiries: 020 7691 1467. Website: www.aias.org.uk Mon 20 April 18.45 David Katz title tbc UCL, reception 18.15 in the Terrace Restaurant. Institute of Jewish Studies lecture. All welcome. Further information 020 7679 3520, [email protected], www.ucl.ac.uk/hebrew-jewish/ijs Wed 22 April 13.15 Neal Spencer Egyptian temple decoration British Museum, Great Russell St WC1. Gallery talk, meet Room 4. All welcome, www.britishmuseum.org Thurs 23 April 13.15 Sheila Canby Introduction to Shah ‘Abbas BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum, Great Russell Street WC1. Free lecture, all welcome, www.britishmuseum.org Thurs 23 April 18 30 Edward Faridany Robert Sherley and his Persian odyssey BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum, Great Russell Street WC1. Tickets £5/3, Box Office 020 7323 8181 www.britishmuseum.org 23–24 April Postgraduate workshop Cultural palimpsests of the Ancient Near East Birley Room, Archaeology Department, South Rd, Durham. Speakers from Durham; Cambridge, Oxford, UCL, Germany, Italy. £10 fee. Further information and confirm your attendance: camneconference@ googlemail.com Fri 24 April 18.30 Kasia Szpakowska Pinch pots and nappy rash: early childhood at Lahun Room G6, Institute of Archaeology, 31 Gordon Sq WC1. Friends of the Petrie Museum lecture - all welcome. Contact: Jan Picton 020 7679 2369, www.ucl.ac.uk/FriendsofPetrie Sat 25 April 10.00-17.00 Study Day The art of Isfahan through the ages BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum, Great Russell Street WC1. £28, BMF £25, concessions £18. Box Office 020 7323 8181 Sat 25 April 10.00-16.00 Conference Christianity in Iraq VI seminar: Education in Iraq, Edessa to Erbil Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS. Tickets £30. Contact Dr Erica Hunter, [email protected]. www.eastemchristianity.com Sat 25 April 13.15 Andrew Xavier Monuments of Ephesus, Knidos and Halikarnassos British Museum, Great Russell St WC1. Gallery talk, all welcome, meet Room 22. www.britishmuseum.org Mon 27 April 18.00 Jared Miller Mursili II’s conflict with Egypt over Syria and its implications for Amarna Age chronology Room G51, SOAS, Thornhaugh St WC1. London Centre for the Ancient Near East follows Annual General Meeting. Reception, www.soas.ac.uk/anecentre 1, 9 & 23 May 13.15 Fahmida Suleman Shah ‘Abbas: curator’s introduction BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum WC1. Accompanies the exhibition Shah ‘Abbas: the remaking of Iran. Admission free, booking advisable. See BM website for all Shah ‘Abbas events. Tel: 020 7323 8181 Sat 2 May 15.30-17.30 Zipang Mesopotamian storytelling workshop Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, Covent Garden, WC2. Discover Mesopotamia through Storytelling, 3 year HLF sponsored project organised by the Enheduanna Society. Doors open at 3. Free, all welcome. Tel: 020 7278 3624. [email protected] Tues 5 May 17.30 Colin Heywood Consuls, captains and captives: the English maritime presence on the Barbary Coast in the 17th and 18th centuries British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace SW1. Society of Libyan Studies lecture, all welcome Wed 6 May 17.00 Marcella Pisani Tanagra figurines in context: the case of Thebes Room N336, Senate House, Malet St WC1. Institute of Classical Studies, Classical Archaeology Seminar, all welcome. http://icls.sas.ac.uk/institute/meetingslist/london_events.html Thurs 7 May 18.45 Rosalie David The mummy of Lady Takabuti: her life revealed through recent work Egyptian Cultural Centre, 4 Chesterfield Gardens W1. All welcome. Tel: 020 7491 7720. www.egyptculture. org.uk Tues 12 May 13.15 Venetia Porter Safavids revisited British Museum, Great Russell St WC1. Gallery talk, all welcome, meet Room 34. www.britishmuseum.org Tues 12 May 18.45 Israel Knohl The Dying and Rising Messiah in Judaism and Christianity Pearson Lecture Theatre UCL, reception 18.15 in the Haldane Room. Institute of Jewish Studies lecture and book launch. All welcome. 020 7679 3520, [email protected], www.ucl.ac.uk/hebrew-jewish/ijs Wed 13 May 13.15 Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis Isfahan, the eternal city of Iran British Museum, Great Russell St WC1. Gallery talk, all welcome, meet Room 69a. www.britishmuseum.org Mon 18 May 18.00 Joan E Taylor Henry Timberlake – merchant adventurer and traveller: a journey to Jerusalem in 1601 Stevenson Lecture Theatre, British Museum, Great Russell Street WC1. Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society lecture. All welcome. Enquiries: 020 7691 1467. Website: www.aias.org.uk Wed 20 May 17.30 Jac van der Gun Water in Yemen: changing views on a rapidly changing resource Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS. BYS/Society for Arabian Studies lecture follows SAS AGM. All welcome. www.societyforarabianstudies.org Wed 20 May 18.00 Andrew Peacock Between two worlds: Muslims and Christians in Medieval Anatolia 10 Carlton House Terrace, SW1. The British Institute at Ankara & Anglo-Turkish Society lecture. All welcome. 020 7969 5204, email [email protected]. www.biaa.ac.uk Wed 20 May 19.00 Magda Sibley & Fodil Fadli Hammams of the Maghreb – Islamic bathhouses of Western North Africa Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, Thornhaugh St WC1. Islamic Art Circle lecture. All welcome. Enquiries: Rosalind Wade Haddon: 01608 730769, [email protected] Thurs 21 May 18.45 Jose Perez Accino Egyptian stelae: contracts for eternity Egyptian Cultural Centre, 4 Chesterfield Gardens W1. All welcome. Tel: 020 7491 7720. www.egyptculture. org.uk Fri 22 May 13.15 Seth Priestman The Abbasid ceramic revolution in Iraq and Iran British Museum, Great Russell St WC1. Gallery talk, all welcome, meet Room 69a. www.britishmuseum.org 20-23 May Conference Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Thirty papers on the Old Kingdom. Registration fee £20. Please register your interest to [email protected]. Dept of Antiquities, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge CB2 1RB. http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/er/okaa09 Sat 23 May Glanville Symposium Egypt in the age of the pyramids: research in the Memphite region Zoology Lecture Theatre, Dept of Zoology, Cambridge. Tickets £35 (concessions £25), Booking essential: Dept of Antiquities, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge CB2 1RB. Enquiries to [email protected]. ac.uk. http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/ant/ Sat 23May 17.00 Jaromir Malek A city on the move: Egypt’s capital in the Old Kingdom Zoology Lecture Theatre, Dept of Zoology, Cambridge. Free but please apply for tickets to address above. Enquiries to [email protected] Fri 29 May 13.15 Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis From the Sasanian king of kings to the Safavid shahs British Museum, Great Russell St WC1. Gallery talk, all welcome, meet Room 69a. www.britishmuseum.org Fri 29 May 18.00 Tony Grafton Momigliano and the tradition of ecclesiastical history Cruciform Lecture Theatre 2, UCL, Gower St WC1. All welcome, http://www.ucl.ac.uk/history/events Sat 30 May 10.00-17.30 Colloquium The legacy of Arnaldo Momigliano 1908-1987 The Warburg Institute, Woburn Square WC1. Speakers: Alan Cameron, Tim Cornell, Michael Crawford, Riccardo Di Donato, Amelie Kuhrt. Free but please register in advance. Further information Elizabeth Witchell. Tel 020 7862 8949, email: [email protected]; www.warburg.sas.ac.uk Sat 30 May 14.30 Jack Green Past present future - the Ancient Near East at the Ashmolean St John’s College Auditorium, St Giles, Oxford. Fifth Annual Roger Moorey Lecture. All welcome. Contact Sarah Thorn, Administrator, Antiquities Dept. Tel 01865 278020, email: [email protected] Wed 3 June 13.15 St John Simpson The reception of ancient Iran in 18-19th century Europe British Museum, Great Russell St WC1. Gallery talk, all welcome, meet Room 1. www.britishmuseum.org Wed 3 June 18.45 Michael Walzer title tba Pearson or Tuck Lecture Theatre UCL, reception 18.15 in the Haldane Room. Institute of Jewish Studies William Frankel memorial lecture. All welcome. Further information 020 7679 3520, [email protected] Thurs 4 June 18.45 Lucia Gahlin Going to God's land: Egypt’s trade with Punt Egyptian Cultural Centre, 4 Chesterfield Gardens W1. All welcome. Tel: 020 7491 7720. www.egyptculture. org.uk Fri 5 June 18.30 Tine Bagh Petrie in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen G6, Institute of Archaeology, 31 Gordon Sq WC1. Friends of the Petrie Museum lecture - all welcome. Contact: Jan Picton 020 7679 2369, www.ucl.ac.uk/FriendsofPetrie Sat 6 June 11.30 Debbie Miller Was there an “International Style” in the art of 1400-1200 BC 14.15 Angus Graham Islands in the Nile: where geomorphology meets cosmology in AE Ancient Egypt and Middle East Society, Horncastle College, Lincs.
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