Northern California ARCE Upcoming Egyptology Lectures

American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) Northern California Chapter Upcoming Lectures The following are among the lectures to be presented by ARCE’s Northern California Chapter and by the UC Berkeley Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures. Unless otherwise indicated, lectures will be at 3 pm Sunday at venues to be determined. The Qeheq Papyrus: A Bridge Between Egyptology and Berberology November 5, 2023, 3 PM Pacific Standard Time (Daylight Savings Time ends at 2 AM) Jason Silvestri, UC Berkeley Room 20, Social Sciences Building, UC Berkeley Contexts and Circumstances in Designing the Divine in Ancient Egypt December 10, 2023 Dr. Jennifer Miyuki Babcock, Pratt Institute; NYU; SUNY Recent Work at Memphis and the Fayum: An Overview of Methodologies and Results. Jan. 21, 2024 Raghda (Didi) El-Behadei, University of Chicago This meeting will be via Zoom; registration will begin in December. Body Ornaments and Communities of Practice in the Egyptian Predynastic Feb. 11, 2024 Maryan Ragheb, UCLA Topic TBD March 17, 2024 Dr. Julia Troche, Pratt Institute; SUNY Topic TBD April 14, 2024 Dr. Tom Hardwick, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston/Houston Museum of Natural Science Topic TBD April 28, 2024 Dr. Aidan Dodson, University of Bristol Walking Among Pharaohs: George Reisner and the Dawn of Modern Egyptology May 5, 2024 (2 p.m. Pacific Time, live at the Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco) In cooperation with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Dr. Peter der Manuelian, Harvard University In the Shadow of Egypt’s Last Pyramid: Uncovering the Ahmose Cemetery and Its Historical Implications Sept. 15, 2024 Emily Smith-Sangster, Princeton University --------------------------------- Parking is available in UC lots all day on weekends, for a fee. Ticket dispensing machines accept debit or credit cards. Parking is available in lots around the Social Sciences Building, and in lots along Bancroft. A map of the campus is available online at http://www.berkeley.edu/map/ For more information, please visit https://www.youtube.com/@NorthernCaliforniaArce, https://facebook.com/NorthernCaliforniaARCE, https://www.arce-nc.org/, https://twitter.com/ARCENCPostings, or http://khentiamentiu.org. To join the chapter or renew your membership, please go to https://arce.org/join-arce/ and select "Berkeley, CA" as your chapter when you sign up.