Topics in Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Egyptology: Hilary Term 2022

The following seminars will be presented in Hilary Term. We anticipate that the seminars will be delivered in a blended format. Some seminars will be held in person, with an online option for those unable to attend. Others will be held exclusively online. Please note the seminar locations (where applicable) and Microsoft Teams links below. The seminars are open to anyone in the University.

In person attendance is subject to change in line with government and university guidelines. If in person attendance is unable to go ahead, all seminars will move to an exclusively online format. For any questions or concerns please contact talah.anderson@wolfson.ox.ac.uk and helen.neale@hertford.ox.ac.uk.

 

Tuesday 25 Jan (2nd Week), 2.30pm
Boyo Ockinga, Macquarie University
Amenmose of Theban Tomb 149: piecing together an identity
online only
link: <click here>

 

Tuesday 1 Feb (3rd Week), 2.30pm
Nedal Haj Darwich
Hybrid beings in the Glyptic of Syria, Upper Mesopotamia and Assyria in the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age 1 (1600-1000 B.C.)
Location: Lecture Room 1, Oriental Institute
link: <click here>

 

Tuesday 8 Feb (4th Week), 2.30pm
Susanne Binder, Macquarie University
Max Weidenbach’s diary: a new source on the Lepsius expedition to Egypt 1842–1845
online only
link: <click here>

 

Tuesday 15 Feb (5th Week), 2.30pm
Aaron De Souza, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Living Identities: New perspectives on overlooked habitation sites in ancient Nubia
online only
link: <click here>

 

Tuesday 22 Feb (6th Week), 2.30pm
Christie Carr, University of Oxford
Metaphor in the Sumerian "Love Songs"
Location: Lecture Room 1, Oriental Institute
link: <click here>

 

Tuesday 1 Mar (7th Week), 2.30pm
Beate Pongratz-Leisten, New York University
A Gesture, a Text, and a Statue: Myth and Image-Making under Ashurnasirpal II
Location: Lecture Room 1, Oriental Institute
link: <click here>

 

Tuesday 8 March (8th Week), 2.30pm
Josef Wegner, University of Pennsylvania
Title TBC
online only
link: <click here>