Bloomsbury Summer School
Fascinated by ancient civilisations?
We offer anyone with any level of knowledge, inspiring short courses on ancient Egypt and other areas of the ancient world.
2021 Course timetables
Monday 21 to Friday 25 June
This is a 5-day summer course that will be held online only.
Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt
Course Director: Ms Lucia Gahlin (University College London)
This course will be delivered online via the video communication platform Zoom (details provided upon enrolment).
In memory of George Hart, author of 'A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses' and Director of many courses for Bloomsbury Summer School, who sadly passed away this year
Monday 21 June
10.45 – 11:30
Participants login to Zoom; BSS Director’s Welcome Address
11:30 – 13:00
1. Atum and Ra: The beautiful moment
14:15 – 15:30
2. Shu, Tefnut, Geb, and Nut: Defining the cosmos
16:00 – 17:15
3. Ptah: Divine words
Tuesday 22 June
10:00* – 11:15
4. Khnum: Divine forms
11:45 – 13:00
5. Neith: Divine laughs
14:15 – 15:30
6. Amun: Great honker
16:00 – 17:15
7. Min: Sacred lettuce
Wednesday 23 June
10:00* – 11:15
8. Hathor: Golden goddess
11:45 – 13:00
9. Sekhmet and Bastet: Ferocious felines
14:15 – 15:30
10. Selket: Scorpion goddess
16:00 – 17:15
11. Taweret: The great one
Thursday 24 June
10:00* – 11:15
12. Osiris: Death and resurrection
11:45 – 13:00
13. Isis: Great of magic
14:15 – 15:30
14. Seth: Chaos and the randomness of nature
16:00 – 17:15
15. Horus: Triumph of order
Friday 25 June
10:00* – 11:15
16. Anubis: Foremost of the divine booth
11:45 – 13:00
17. Sobek: Lord of the Nile
14:15 – 15:30
18. Thoth: Lunar and literate
16:00 – 17:15
19. Apis: Bull with the beetle under his tongue
17:15 – 19:00
End-of-Course Drinks Party and BSS Online Social (guests welcome)
* Zoom waiting room opens 15 minutes prior to the start.
Timetables, once published, are unlikely to change, but remain provisional until the first day of the course.
