Charlottesville AIA Lecture Series

Sep 26, 4:00 pm | Fayerweather Lounge

The World Between. Egypt and Nubia in Africa: Telling the Story through Museum Artifacts
The World Between: Egypt and Nubia in Africa Exhibition Lecture Series

Anastasia Dakouri-Hild
Professor, Department of Art

Beyond merely acknowledging the geographical position of ancient Egypt on the African continent, the lecture examines the extent to which Egypt was of Africa culturally, first by scrutinizing the categories of ‘Egypt’ and ‘Nubia’ and the connections between material and visual culture and identity. Subsequently it utilizes key artifacts in US collections as case studies to tell the story of this interaction anew, fleshing out the rich and complex rapport between Egypt and Nubia over the course of several millennia. In the process, the lecture also highlights the importance as well as the limitations of using visual culture to articulate/construct and understand/read ancient identities.

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Oct 17, 6:00 pm | Campbell Hall 160

Sacred Dancers of the Goddess Hathor
Page-Barbour Lecture Series

Solange Ashby
Assistant Professor
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA

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Nov 12, 6:00 pm | Campbell Hall 160

Shipwreck at Gnalić-Gagliana Grossa
George F. Bass Lecture in Archaeology

Irena Radić Rossi
University of Zadar

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Mar 20, 6:00 pm | Campbell Hall 160

A Burial Fit for a Queen: The Royal Women of El-Kurru
The World Between: Egypt and Nubia in Africa Exhibition Lecture Series

Dr. Denise Doxey
Curator of Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Some of the most spectacular, though enigmatic, objects in the Nubian collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, come from the tombs of royal women of the eighth century BCE. These women lived during the reign of King Piankhy (Piye), the ruler who subdued Egypt and unified the Nile Valley from the confluence of the Blue and White Niles to the Mediterranean Sea. They were buried at the site of el-Kurru with exceptional jewels and vessels of bronze, stone, and precious metal. Many of the items demonstrate the exchange of funerary beliefs and artistic styles between the kingdom of Kush and its neighbors to the north, while others are distinctively Nubian.

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Apr 8, 6:00 pm | Online

Walking among the Pharaohs: The Spectacular Career of Archaeologist George Reisner in Egypt and Nubia
The World Between: Egypt and Nubia in Africa Exhibition Lecture Series

Peter Der Manuelian
Barbara Bell Professor of Egyptology
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and Anthropology Departments, Harvard University
Director, Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
Director, Giza Project
Walking Among Pharaohs: George Reisner and The Dawn of Modern Egyptology

The lecture examines the life and work of America’s greatest Egyptian archaeologist, George Reisner (1867-1942). His legacy of forty-three years of breathtakingly successful excavations at twenty-three different archaeological sites in Egypt and Sudan (ancient Nubia) included pyramids, colossal statues, gold jewelry, decorated tomb chapels, temples, settlements, fortresses, ceramics, furniture, stone vessels, and hieroglyphic inscriptions everywhere. Leading the Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, Reisner put American Egyptology on the world stage. The talk presents Reisner’s undeniable impact and considers his life within the context of Western colonialism, racism, and nationalism. It will also explore new visualization technologies, particularly at the Giza Pyramids, that Reisner’s work makes possible today.

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