Author: Aidan Dodson

Aidan Dodson is honorary full Professor of Egyptology in the Department of Anthropology & Archaeology at the University of Bristol, was Simpson Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo for the Spring of 2013, and Chair of Trustees of the Egypt Exploration Society from 2011 to 2016. He holds a BA in the Archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean from the University of Liverpool, and an MPhil in Museum Practice & Archaeology and a PhD in Egyptology from Christ's College, University of Cambridge; he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2003.

Programme of the Egypt Society of Bristol

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ESB events are normally held in the Arts Complex, University of Bristol; however, as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, all lectures (at least until Easter 2021) will be held on-line via Zoom. Members will receive links a week before each lecture takes place.

All lectures begin at 18:45.

Tickets for non-members (£4.00 per person) will be made available via Eventbrite on the same timescale.

Tue 6 Oct 2020. Lecture: The Life and Times of Emile Prisse D’Avennes.

            Lee Young

Tue 17 Nov 2020. Lecture: By the light of the silvery Moon: Lunar lore in ancient Egypt

            John J. Johnston, Institute of Archaeology, UCL.

Tue 15 Dec 2020. Lecture: The Tutankhamun Excavations and the Pharaoh’s Revenge: Between History and Myth

            Dr Ellie Dobson, University of Birmingham

Tue 12 Jan 2021 Lecture: Title TBC.

          Dr Janice Kamrin, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Tue 23 Feb 2021. Lecture: The Ancient and modern history of Gamhud, a Ptolemaic cemetery in Egypt

           Dr Katalin Kóthay, Curator, Egyptian Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary.

Tue 13 April 2021. Lecture: Title TBC.

           Professor Kim Ryholt, Professor of Egyptology, University of Copenhagen.

TBC May 2021. Lecture: Title TBC.

            Cynthia Sheikhoslami.

TBC Jun 2021

           TBA