Symposium 2021 - Weekend Agenda
The 2021 SSEA Symposium weekend was held from Friday, November 5th 2021 to Sunday, November 7th 2021 and included the following papers.
Weekend Overview
Friday Nov. 5, 9 am – 5 pm Scholars’ Colloquium Day 1, presenting a series of brief presentations on current work and research on Ancient Egypt.
Friday, Nov. 5, 7 – 8 pm The Annual General Meeting of the SSEA/SÉÉA, for all SSEA/SÉÉA Members
Saturday, Nov. 6, 9 am – 5 pm “In Sickness and in Health: The Healing Arts in Ancient Egypt”. The 45th Annual Symposium
Sunday, Nov. 7, 11 am – 4 pm Scholars’ Colloquium Day 2, a continuation of the brief presentations begun on Day 1
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 5
9:00 - 9:05 Welcome and introduction
9:05 - 9:35 Akhenaten and Nefertiti's Morning Toilette in Karnak
Prof. Arlette David (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Institute of Archaeology) and Dr. Robert Verginieux (Université Bordeaux-Montaigne, C.N.R.S.)
9:35 - 10:05 A School Exercise from Ancient Egypt Featuring a New Didactic Method
Judith Jurjens (PhD Candidate, Leiden University, Netherlands)
10:05 -10:35 Mummy Masks from Sedment: A Study on the Earliest Cartonnages of the 20th Upper Egyptian Nome
Anita Kriener (German Archaeological Institute, Cairo; Freie Universität Berlin)
BREAK
10:45- 11:15 The Thebaid: From Temple to Church?
Ariadna Guimerà Martínez (PhD Researcher, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and Institut Français d'Archeologie Orientale du Cairo)
11:15 - 11:45 Butchery, flint knives and Old Kingdom cattle offerings
Eleuterio Abreu DeSousa (Macquarrie University, Sydney Australia) and
Haskell Greenfield (University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba)
LUNCH
1:00 - 1:30 Abstract Markers: The Egyptian Idiomatic Expression of Abstraction
Edson Poiato Filho (Phd candidate, Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier. Archéologie des Sociétés Méditerranées (ASM))
1:30 - 2:00 The King's Brother, Kariben: An examination of Stela AMUM 1981.1.42
Sarah M. Schellinger (Ohio State University) and Ed Meltzer (Pacifica Graduate Institute)
BREAK
2:10 - 2:40 The ancient Egyptian friendship code: How to behave as a friend
Anais Montoto Soto (Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier - Archéologie des Sociétés Méditerranées (ASM))
2:40 - 3:10 A Fresh Look at the Egyptian Celestial Diagrams
Yossra Ibrahim (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz)
BREAK
3:20 - 3:50 Group writing as text-making technique
Joseph Cross (University of Chicago, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations)
3:50- 4:20 Hatshepsut, Nubia and a Lost Prince
Gayle Gibson (Departmental Associate, Royal Ontario Museum)
4:20 - 4:30 WRAP-UP
NOVEMBER 6
45th SSEA/SÉÉA SYMPOSIUM, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 6, 2021
IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH: THE HEALING ARTS IN ANCIENT EGYPT
9:00 Opening Welcome and Introduction
9:15-10:00 Keynote: Papyrus Edwin Smith, a Field Surgeon’s Manual
James P. Allen
10:00-10:30 My Son the Doctor: Considering the Status of Doctors in Pharaonic Egypt
Gayle Gibson
BREAK
10:40-11:30 Medicine in the Edwin Smith Papyrus
Ed Meltzer/Gonzalo Sanchez
11:30-12:00 Discussion and Q&As
Chaired by Gayle Gibson
LUNCH BREAK
1:00 – 1:35 Herbal Approaches: Green Osiris: The Flora Connection
Paula Veiga
1:35 - 2:05 What we Know from Human Remains: Sickness and Health in Saite and Roman Period Giza
Jessica Kaiser
2:05 - 2:35 The Bioarchaeology of Care in Ancient Egypt
Casey Kirkpatrick
BREAK
2:50 - 3:45 Dental health, disease and dentistry in ancient Egypt
Roger Forshaw
3:50 - 4:40 In the Grip of Demons and Gods: Deliverance from mental illness through faith, prayer, and spells
Kasia Szpakowska
4:40 - 5:10 Discussion and Q&As
Chaired by Kerry Muhlestein
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 7
11:00 - 11:30 Medical aspects of scorpion incantations in Ancient Egypt
Dr Susanne Beck (Institute for the Studies of the Ancient Near East/Department for Egyptology (IANES), University of Tübingen) and Christian Komposch (Institute of Animal Ecology and Landscape Planning (OEKOTEAM))
11:30 - 12:00 Asking Food and Drink to Heal Sick Persons: Brief Evidence from Coptic Ostraca
Sohair Ahmed (Associate Professor, Ain Shams University, Cairo)
LUNCH
1:00 - 2:00 POSTER PRESENTATIONS (20 MIN. EACH)
1:00 - 1:20 Le haut clergé d'Amon à Karnak à la XVIIIe Dynastie: premier état sur l'origine, l'essor et les stratégies sociales
Noémie Fathy (Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier - Archéologie des Sociétés Méditerranées (ASM))
1:20 - 1:40 Tomb of Amenmose in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna: Condition Survey & Future Actions
Maria Belén Castro (National University of La Plata, Institute of Research in Humanities and Social Sciences) and Myriam Hara (National University of La Plata, Historical Archive)
1:40 - 2:00 War and Emotions in the Iconography of the Old Kingdom
Augusto Gayubas (Universidad de Buenos Aires/ CONICET (Argentina) )
BREAK
2:10 - 2:40 Back to Roots: Iconography of Ancient Egyptian Animals' Dystocia in Relation to Modern Veterinary Practices
Noura Seada (Doctoral candidate at Helwan University and assistant lecturer, October 6 University)
2:40 - 3:10 A Prosopography of Medical Practitioners in Deir el-Medina
Bianca Grier (University of Toronto)
BREAK
3:20 - 3:50 Arm and Leg Position in Egyptian Mummies – a large scale comparative approach
Andrew Nelson (University of Western Ontario)
3:50 - 4:20 Further information on Tutankhamun's Embalming and Cause of Death
W. Benson Harer Jr. (Independent researcher)
4:20 - 4:30 WRAP-UP
