Belgian expansionism and the making of Egyptology, 1830-1952

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On Wednesday December 11, 2019, P&P-member dr. Marleen De Meyer will give a lecture (in Dutch) at KU Leuven. This event is organised by Ex Oriente Lux Leuven and Egyptologica Vlaanderen. This lecture will be repeated in Gent on December 12 at Atheneum Wispelberg, Wispelbergstraat 1, 9000 Gent. For ...

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3 Dec 2019
Location KU Leuven, Mgr. Sencie-Instituut MSI 00.28, Erasmusplein 2, 3000 Leuven Abstract Jaroslav Černý, the modern ‘scribe of Deir el-Medina’, introduced Egyptology to the daily life of ancient Egyptians, and the ancient Egyptian daily life to the general public. But his career and Egyptological ...

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14 Nov 2019
On Monday November 11, 2019, P&P organises the symposium "The History of Egyptology in the Low Countries" at the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo , Egypt. Program 14.00h. Dr. Martijn Eickhoff (NIOD; Bissing Link Project) ‘Aus dem Volksleben heraus’. The short career of Friedrich Wilhelm ...

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29 Oct 2019
On Tuesday November 5, 2019, P&P-member Vincent Oeters MA will give a lecture at the Twelfth International Congress of Egyptologists - ICE XII which will be hosted in Cairo, Egypt from 3-8 November 2019. The title of his lecture will be The Sharing of Ideas: The Position of Belgian Egyptology in ...

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29 Oct 2019
On Monday November 4, 2019, P&P-member dr. Athena Van der Perre will give a lecture at the Twelfth International Congress of Egyptologists - ICE XII which will be hosted in Cairo, Egypt from 3-8 November 2019. The title of her lecture will be “A quoi servent les égyptologues?”: Jean Capart and the ...

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29 Oct 2019
On Sunday November 3, 2019, P&P-member dr. Marleen De Meyer will give a lecture at the Twelfth International Congress of Egyptologists - ICE XII which will be hosted in Cairo, Egypt from 3-8 November 2019. The title of her lecture will be “Capart the American!” From Brussels to Brooklyn in the 1930s ...

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29 Oct 2019
On Saturday September 21, 2019, P&P-member dr. Dorian Vanhulle will give a lecture at La Séance de Rentrée d'Egyptologica which will be hosted in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre. The title of his lecture will be La petite histoire de la collection d’antiquités égyptiennes du Duc de Brabant, futur Léopold II ...

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25 Jul 2019
On Friday September 13, 2019, P&P-member dr. Jan Vandersmissen will give a lecture at the 1st Conference of ​the International Academy of the History of Science: Science in different cultures and civilizations - Towards a transcultural history of knowledge.

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1 Jul 2019
Last week, P&P-member Vincent Oeters presented his research at the Current Research in Egyptology 2019 conference at theUniversity of Alcalá with a lecture titled 'Networking at its best: Interpersonalrelationships between Jean Capartand his colleagues abroad'. Great to see our research reach an ...

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22 Jun 2019
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, dr. Jan Vandersmissen will represent Pyramids & Progress at "Le Canal de Suez vu de Trieste et de Bruxelles" (The Suez Canal seen from Triëste and Brussels). His lecture will be titled " Le prince Léopold de Belgique ...

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17 Jun 2019