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
Reading Coptic: Exemplary Lives
Course Director: Dr Bill Manley (University of Glasgow)
This course will be delivered online via the video communication platform Zoom (details provided upon enrolment).
Monday 21 June
11:00 – 11:30
Participants log into Zoom; BSS Director’s Welcome Address
11:30 – 13:00
1. Welcome Back to Coptic (online together)
14:00 – 14:45
2a. Guided Reading: The Rules of Pachomius, 1
14:45 – 15:15
2b. Group Online
15:45 – 16:30
3a. Guided Reading: The Rules of Pachomius, 2
16:30 – 17:15
3b. Group Online
Tuesday 22 June
10:00* – 10:45
4a. Guided Reading: The Life of Archellites (Story 1)
10:45 – 11:15
4b. Group Online
11:45 – 12:30
5a. Guided Reading: The Life of Archellites (Story 1)
12:30 – 13:00
5b. Group Online
14:00 – 14:45
6a. Guided Reading: (Story 1)
14:45 – 15:15
6b. Group Online
15:45 – 16:30
7a. Guided Reading: Pachomius and the Plague (Story 1)
16:30 – 17:15
7b. Group Online
Wednesday 23 June
10:00* – 10:45
8a. Guided Reading: The Life of Archellites (Story 2)
10:45 – 11:15
8b. Group Online
11:45 – 12:30
9a. Guided Reading: The Life of Archellites (Story 2)
12:30 – 13:00
9b. Group Online
14:00 – 14:45
10a. Guided Reading: Pachomius and the Plague (Story 2)
14:45 – 15:15
10b. Group Online
15:45 – 16:30
11a. Guided Reading: Pachomius and the Plague (Story 2)
16:30 – 17:15
11b. Group Online
Thursday 24 June
10:00* – 10:45
12a. Guided Reading: The Life of Archellites (Story 3)
10:45 – 11:15
12b. Group Online
11:45 – 12:30
13a. Guided Reading: The Life of Archellites (Story 3)
12:30 – 13:00
13b. Group Online
14:00 – 14:45
14a. Guided Reading: Pachomius and the Plague (Story 3)
14:45 – 15:15
14b. Group Online
15:45 – 16:30
15a. Guided Reading: Pachomius and the Plague (Story 3)
16:30 – 17:15
15b. Group Online
Friday 25 June
10:00* – 10:45
16a. Guided Reading: The Life of Archellites (Story 4)
10:45 – 11:15
16b. Group Online
11:45 – 12:30
17a. Guided Reading: The Life of Archellites (Story 4)
12:30 – 13:00
17b. Group Online
14:00 – 14:45
18a. Guided Reading: Pachomius and the Plague (Story 4)
14:45 – 15:15
18b. Group Online
15:45 – 16:30
19a. Guided Reading: Pachomius and the Plague (Story 4)
16:30 – 17:15
19b. Group Online
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.
