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Workshop 3: Ethnicity in Egypt – modern race and ancient self-definitions
20th Nov, 2007 to 20th Jan, 2008
ACCES
ACCES Cementation Workshop 3
Hosted by National Museums of Liverpool/Garstang Museum of Archaeology , University of Liverpool
Time: 13.00-16.00 December 14th 2007
ACCES cementation workshop 3. Topic: Ethnicity in Egypt
Venue: International Slavery Museum , Albert Dock, Liverpool
Schedule:
11.00 – 12.00 Optional tour of International Slavery Museum
12.00 – 1.00 Lunch
1.00 -2.30 Case Studies in Ethnicity
1.00-1.30 Sally-Ann Ashton
Teaching African-Centered Egyptology in Prisons
1.30-1.50 Joyce Tyldesley
Colour, Race and Pitfalls for the Unwary: the Case(s) of the Two Brothers
1.50-2.10 Bill Manley
The Qurneh Burial: a Brief Study in the Historical Implications of Ethnic Origins
2.10-2.30 Carolyn Routledge
Egypt as Kemet: Afrocentric approaches to ancient Egypt in the United States
2.30 Tea
3.00 – 4.00 Round Table discussion
4.00 Sessions ends
“Who were the ancient Egyptians?” This seemingly simple question invites a rather complex answer involving issues of the diverse ethnic/racial identities of people we think of as ancient Egyptians, and the ways in which the ancient Egyptians presented themselves, especially in representational art.
This workshop will explore some of these issues by looking at a series of case studies in which the issue of ethnicity in ancient Egypt
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THIS WORKSHOP, PLEASE E-MAIL ASHLEY COOKE BY RETURN ON a.cooke@liv.ac.uk
For location details please use this link http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/visit/
