Bloomsbury Summer School

Fascinated by ancient civilisations?

Monday 21 to Friday 25 July

Course Director: Dr Bernadette Brady (University of Wales Trinity Saint David)

To be held online via Zoom and video recorded.

Monday 21 July

10:45 – 11:00
Students login to Zoom

11:00 – 11:30
BSS Director’s Welcome Address

11:30 – 13:00
1. The Nature of Indigenous Astronomy

14:30 – 15:45
2. Old Kingdom Cosmology and the Cardinal Point

16:15 – 17:30
3. The Role of the Stars in the Pyramids Texts

Tuesday 22 July

10:00 – 11:15
4. The Emergence of Ra and Solar Theology

11:45 – 13:00
5. The Divine Sun and Calendars

14:15 – 15:30
6. Sky Deities: Nut and her daughters

16:00 – 17:15
7. Sky Deities: Thoth and Seshat

Wednesday 23 July

10:00 – 11:15
8. Stars and Time; The Middle Kingdom decans

11:45 – 13:00
9. The Ramisside Star Clocks and Constellations

14:15 – 15:30
10. Practical Session 1: A Guide to Watching the Sky

16:00 – 17:15
11. Practical Session 2: Working with software – Stellarium

Thursday 24 July

10:00 – 11:15
12. The Astronomical Ceilings

11:45 – 13:00
13. The Books of the Sky

14:15 – 15:30
14. Sacred Landscapes: Abydos

16:00 – 17:15
15. Sacred Landscapes: Thebes

Friday 25 July

10:00 – 11:15
16. The Ptolemaic Period: Esna and the moon

11:45 – 13:00
17. Dendera and the Cosmology of the Hypostyle Hall

14:00 – 15:15
18. The Osirian Chapels

15:45 – 17:15
19. Summary of the Whole Course

17:15 – 19:00
End-of-Course Drinks and Online Social (you are welcome to invite guests)

*All times are London UK time

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