Title: "Ethiopia Shall Stretch Forth Her Hands": The Reception of Ancient Egypt and Nubia in African American Literature since 1750
Date & Time: Monday, September 22, 2025 – 5:00 pm
Location: Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, Room 254
Description: This lecture will explore how African Americans have engaged with the concepts of ancient Egypt and Nubia in literature since 1750. By examining writers such as Phillis Wheatley and W. E. B. Du Bois, Cox traces how the rhetorical relationship between Black authors and the ancient past shifted over time, always with the goal of advancing Black freedom and dignity.
Date & Time: Monday, September 22, 2025 – 5:00 pm
Location: Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, Room 254
Description: This lecture will explore how African Americans have engaged with the concepts of ancient Egypt and Nubia in literature since 1750. By examining writers such as Phillis Wheatley and W. E. B. Du Bois, Cox traces how the rhetorical relationship between Black authors and the ancient past shifted over time, always with the goal of advancing Black freedom and dignity.
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Rita Lucarelli
Associate Professor of Egyptology
Class of 1939 Chair in Undergraduate Education
Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (Office #246)
UC Berkeley
Rita Lucarelli
Associate Professor of Egyptology
Class of 1939 Chair in Undergraduate Education
Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (Office #246)
UC Berkeley
Faculty Curator of Egyptology
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, UC Berkeley
The Book of the Dead in 3D:
Address:
University of California, Berkeley
250 Social Sciences Building
Berkeley, CA 94720-1940
Berkeley, CA 94720-1940
Email: rita.lucarelli@berkeley.edu
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