Bloomsbury Summer School

Fascinated by ancient civilisations?

Saturday and Sunday 10 - 11 and Sundays 18 and 25 June 2023

Course Director: Dr Luigi Prada (Uppsala University)

Saturday 10 June

09:45* – 10:00
Participants login to Zoom; BSS Director’s Welcome Address

10:00 – 11:15
1. Why a ‘Graeco-Roman’ Period? A misunderstood age between Egyptian pharaohs, Greek monarchs, and Roman emperors

11:45 – 13:00
2. The Beginnings: Early interactions between Egyptians and Greeks

14:15 – 15:30
3. From Alexander to Constantine (and Beyond): History’s protagonists in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt

16:00 – 17:15
4. A Detective’s Work: Original sources for the reconstruction of Graeco-Roman Egypt’s history

Sunday 11 June

10:00 – 11:15
5. Sticking to Tradition: Pharaonic customs in Graeco-Roman times

11:45 – 13:00
6. Egypt in a New, Globalised World: Multiculturalism, multilingualism, and faraway lands

14:15 – 15:30
7. Egyptomania in the Ancient Classical World: Egypt outside Egypt

16:00 – 17:15
8. The Archaeology of Graeco-Roman Egypt: Select case studies

Sunday 18 June

10:00 – 11:15
9. Forgotten Treasures: Egyptian Literature in the Graeco-Roman Period

11:45 – 13:00
10. A Taster of the Language(s) and the Writing Systems of Graeco-Roman Egypt

14:15 – 15:30
11. Personalities and Papyri: Individual stories from daily-life documents

16:00 – 17:15
12. Death in Graeco-Roman Egypt: Tombs, funerary beliefs, and burial customs

Sunday 25 June

10:00 – 11:15
13. Old Gods, New Gods / Praying Egyptian, Praying Greek: Egyptian religion in the Graeco-Roman Period

11:45 – 13:00
14. Late Antique Egypt: An insight into the world of the early Copts

14:15 – 15:30
15. Egypt’s Neighbours: The case of the Kingdom of Meroe

16:00 – 17:15
16. Conclusion and Discussion: Why ancient Egypt ‘reinvented’?

17:15 – 18:30
Virtual Farewell Drinks Party on Zoom (guests welcome)

NB: Timetables, once published, are unlikely to change, but remain provisional until the first day of the course.