2007 TORONTO SCHOLARS´ COLLOQUIUM

 

 

REPORT ON THE

2007 TORONTO SCHOLARS´ COLLOQUIUM

ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM, TORONTO, CANADA

2 and 4 November 2007

 

INFORME SOBRE EL

SIMPOSIO ACADÉMICO DE TORONTO 2007

MUSEO REAL DE ONTARIO, TORONTO, CANADÁ

2 y 4 de Noviembre de 2007

 

 

 

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The Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities

Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada

SCHOLARS’ COLLOQUIUM – Day 1

Friday, 2nd November, 2007

 

9:05 - 9:15 Introductory remarks

 

9:15- 9:45 Further Research on the Origin of Inequality in Early Egypt

Prof. Juan J. Castillos, Uruguayan Institute of Egyptology

 

9:45- 10:15 The Herdsman's dangerous encounter: A new attempt

Prof. Thomas Schneider, University of British Columbia

 

10:15- 10:30 coffee break

 

10:30 - 11:00 In Search of a Methodology: Eliade’s Hermeneutical Approach in the Study of Ancient Egyptian Texts

Dr. Brigitte Ouellet, SSEA-Quebec

 

11:00 - 11:30 Egyptian Semiotics. A deictic indicator in Theban tomb iconography

Dr. Valérie Angenot, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford

 

11:30 - 12:00 Akhenaten and Monotheism: Differences Between the Egyptian Heresy and the Desert Faiths

Dr. Steven M. Stannish, SUNY-Potsdam

 

12:00 - 1:35 lunch break

 

1:35 - 1:45 Introductory remarks

 

1:45 - 2:15 From Ra to Amen-Ra of Napata: Paradigm shift in solar mythology during the reign of King Aspalta

Prof. Jean Revez, Université de Montréal

 

2:15 - 2:45 The Wars of Seti I in Western Asia: A Reassessment of the Scale and Scope of New Kingdom Imperialism

Prof. Peter Brand, University of Memphis

 

2:45 - 3:15 Distinguishing Sub-classes in New Kingdom Society on Evidence of the Wilbour Papyrus

Prof. Sally Katary, Laurentian University

 

3:00 - 3:30 coffee break

 

3:30 - 4:00 dmDyt: The Bone Collector

Dr. Kelly-Anne Diamond, Villanova University

 

4:00 - 4:30 Dramatic Rituals of Transformation in Old Kingdom Funerals

Jennette Boehmer, University of Toronto

 

4:30 - 5:00 Ritual Myth in the Pyramid Texts

Dr. Vincent A. Tobin

 

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The Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities

SCHOLARS’ COLLOQUIUM - Day 2

Sunday, 4th November, 2007

 

1:00 – 5:00

 

1:00 - 1:10 Introductory remarks

 

1:10 - 1:40 Fronted Adverbials

Prof. John Gee, Brigham Young University

 

1:40- 1:50 coffee break

 

1:50 - 2:20 In Search of the Elusive Demotic Graffito: How Christians and Arabs Came Between Me and My Mummy?

Dr. Gene Cruz-Uribe, Northern Arizona University (Emeritus)

 

2:20 - 2:50 Observations on the status of Theban Women in the 21st and 22nd Dynasty

Dr. Lisa Swart, University of Stellenbosch (South Africa)

 

2:50- 3:00 coffee break

 

3:00 - 3:30 Egypt and the incense trade

Prof. Gregory Mumford, University of Alabama at Birmingham

 

3:30 - 4:00 Egypt, the Bible and Some Insects

Prof. Robyn Gillam, York University.

 

4:00 - 4:30 Evidence for ‘Ecstatic’ Dance in Ancient Egypt

Dr. Lyn Green, SSEA

 

4:30 - 5:00 Book of the Dead Chapters 149 and 150, and their Coffin Text origins

Peter Robinson, SSEA/Poynton Egypt Group (U.K.)

 

Held in the Royal Ontario Museum - South Entrance Doors open at 10:00

 

 

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