Egyptology News
Announcements
FIRST
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO A NEW VOLUME
The Electronic
Egyptologists' Forum was officially opened by Geoffrey Graham
(the list's first moderator) on February 23, 1998 (after a week
of experimental activity). At the occasion of the list's upcoming
fifth year, we would like to invite EEF subscribers to contribute
papers for an anniversary volume. It would fit the nature of
EEF to have scholarly papers on a variety of Egyptological topics
by a broad spectrum of scholars and students.
Subject
The topic is free - archaeology, history, linguistics, religion,
museum studies, etc. Because we are a kind of virtual society,
reports about major Egyptological projects in computer related
mediums are very welcome too. Not only fully original work is
invited but also material like: papers presented at past symposiums
without proceedings, translations of articles earlier published
by you in less widely used languages, 'byproducts' (like text
translations) of (unpublished) theses, progress reports (of excavations,
internet projects, exhibitions), updates or corrections to earlier
published work, etc.
Contributors
Seeing the mixed nature of EEF, contributions by both scholars
and students are invited. Submissions need to be scholarly in
style, and will be refereed. In the light of the latter, sending
an outline/abstract first, in order to avoid disappointment,
is strongly recommended.
Format
and size
Papers are to be submitted in MS Word format, in English, German
or French. If you want to submit a paper in another format or
in another language, please contact us first. MdC is to be used
for
transliterations.
Size of each paper: 1 to 20 pages. Pictures are to be avoided
unless absolutely necessary. If included, they should be in .gif
or .jpg format, with the size of paper and pictures together
not exceeding
300 kB.
Deadline
Tentative deadline for papers is February 23, 2002. The volume
should appear in the Summer of 2002.
Please send your abstract and/or your intention to contribute
to the current moderator, Aayko Eyma, before October 15, 2001.
Your general suggestions and thoughts about the project are also
welcome.
Address: ayma@tip.nl
Conferences
and Calls for papers
Call for papers: Third International Congress on the Archaeology
of the Ancient Near East,
Paris 15-19 April,
2002 - First announcement
The
Third International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient
Near East (3 ICAANE) will take place in Paris from April 15th
to 19th, 2002, at the invitation of the Universite de Paris 1-Pantheon
Sorbonne, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (UMR
7041) and the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (IVe section).
Continuing the tradition established by the first two Congresses,
the aim of the 3 ICAANE will be to promote cooperation and information
exchange between archaeologists working in all fields and areas
of the Ancient Near East, from the Eastern Mediterranean to Iran
and from Anatolia to Arabia, from prehistoric times to Alexander
the Great.
The Scientific
Committee has selected the following main topics and suggests
that they be discussed in parallel sessions and in a chronological
and regional order.
TOPIC 1 :
Evolution of human communities.
- sedentarization processes
- from village to town
- town and countryside
- economic foundations of communities
- evolution of social structures
TOPIC 2 : Representation
of royal and religious ideologies.
TOPIC 3 : Recent
fieldwork and discoveries.
Papers
submitted under Topics 1 and 2 should last 20 minutes and be
followed by a 10 minutes discussion. Those under Topic 3 should
last 15 minutes only. Poster presentations are also welcome.
The official languages of the Congress are French, English, German
and Italian.
The present Circular
is a first call for papers. You can answer by e-mailing the required
information to the Secretary of the Congress : 3icaane@mae.u-paris10.fr.
On the basis of the first papers submitted, the topics of the
Congress will, if deemed necessary, be further defined. Next
Fall, a Second Circular Letter will give further information
on the Scientific Program, Registration Conditions and Fees,
and Travel and Accomodation reservations.
The Congress Website will be open in July
at the following URL : http://3ICAANE.univ-paris1.fr
It will allow on-line registration, sending of abstracts and
consultation of the list of registered Members with their email
addresse(s) and paper abstract(s). The provisional Program for
the Congress and all useful information about its organization
and travel/accomodation facilities will also be found on the
Website.
3ICAANE
Maison de l'ArchÈologie et de l'Ethnologie, BoÓte
14
21, allÈe de l'UniversitÈ
92023 Nanterre cedex
France
Tel. : 33-(0)1-46 69 24 89
Fax : 33-(0)1-46 69 24 86
Email : 3icaane@mae.u-paris10.fr
Jobs and other opportunities
- The
Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge
Assistant Keepership (Department of Antiquities)
Applications are invited for an Assistant
Keepership in the Department of Antiquities, to participate
in all aspects of the curatorial work of the Department, including
maintaining and improving permanent exhibitions, storage areas
and the computerised records of the collections, answering enquiries,
researching, publishing and teaching. Appointment from 1 January
2002 or as soon as possible thereafter.
The
appointment will be made for three years in the first instance,
with the possibility of reappointment for a further two years.
The statutory limit of tenure for an Assistant Keeper is five
years, but all holders of the office are considered for possible
appointment to the office of Senior Assistant Keeper during the
course of their tenure. The pensionable scale of stipends (age-related)
is 18,471 a year, rising by six annual increments to 24,193 (with
effect from 1 September 2001).
Further
details and an application form, to be returned by 18 September
2001, can be obtained from www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/jobs
or the Secretary of the Appointments Committee, The Fitzwilliam
Museum,
Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RB (tel.+44 (0)1223 332925).
Local talks and events
Macquarie Egyptology in the news
Posted 16/8/01
An article about the textile analyses of Egyptology
PhD candidate Jana Jones appeared in the Macquarie
University News on August 3, 2001. Jana was also interviewed
by Sally Loane on ABC Radio Sydney (702) and by Paul Bevin on
ABC Newcastle on August 15, and by ABC Canberra (666) on August
16.
EDG member
news
Posted 18/6/01
Greg Gilbert:
Greg now has a website devoted to the Qift
Regional Expedition of whch he is Director.
Posted
20/6/01
Jana Jones: Work
carried out by Jana for the Hierakonpolis
Expedition is referred to in The Times (18/6/01) and The
Australian (19/6/01) newspapers. Although not named, Jana is
the person who analysed the textiles found during excavations
at Hierakonpolis. She used sophisticated microscopical techniques
to establish that a coating of resin had been applied to the
bodies, before careful wrapping in thick layers of different
qualities of resin-impregnated linen.
New books
- The Oxford Expedition to Egypt (Linacre College,
University of Oxford) has recently published a book concerning
the decorated Old Kingdom tombs at Maidum. A run of only
230 books has been printed, and copies are available only through
the distributor (Oxford Expedition). All proceeds from the sale
of this book are for the continuing work of the Expedition. For
more information, please contact:
Yvonne
Harpur, Elizabeth Bettles, Paolo Scremin
Oxford
Expedition to Egypt
21 Westlands Avenue, Shinfield
Reading RG2 8EN
UK
Email: pscremin@hotmail.com
- Egyptian art: Principles and themes
in wall scenes: Leonie Donovan
and Kim McCorquodale (Eds), Prism Archaeological Series 6, Cairo,
2000. This volume consists of papers
contributed by Macquarie University postgraduates, and has been
published by the Department of Foreign Cultural Information,
Egypt.
New journal
papers
New web
resources
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