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2024


April 19, 2024: National Meeting:, Topic: ARCE National Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA For more information, visit https://arce.org/annual-meeting/

April 13, 2024: Dr. Marissa Stevens (University of California, Los Angeles), Topic: Museums Reimagined: Egypt’s New Exhibit Spaces, Sponsored by: Anonymous

March 16, 2024: Dr. Julia Troche, Missouri State University, Topic: Egyptomania and the Legacies of Imhotep, Sponsored by: Laraine Turk

February 10, 2024: Maryan Ragheb: University of California, Los Angeles, Topic: Body Ornaments and Communities of Practice in the Egyptian Predynastic, Sponsored by: Karen Shulz

January 13, 2024: Raghda (Didi) El-Behaedi, University of Chicago, Topic: Recent Work at Memphis and the Fayum: An Overview of Methodologies and Results

2023


December 9, 2023: Dr. Jennifer Babcock, Pratt Institute, Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY, Topic: Contexts and Circumstances in Designing the Divine in Ancient Egypt, Sponsored by: Rhonda Nitschky

November 4, 2023: Jason Silvestri, University of California, Berkeley, Topic: The Qeheq Papyrus: A Bridge between Egyptology and Berberology

October 15, 2023: Dr. Dieter Kurth, Professor Emeritus, Hamburg University; Director, Edfu Project, Topic: The Upper Egyptian Temple of Edfu - Its Architecture as an Image of the World

October 14, 2023: Dr. Nicola Aravecchia, Washington University in St. Louis, Topic: The Archaeology of Egyptian Christianity: Twenty Years of Excavations in Dakhla Oasis

September 9, 2023: Dr. Georgia Barker (Macquarie University/California State University, San Bernardino Egyptology Scholar in Residence, Topic: Preparing for eternity: Funerary Models and Wall Scenes from the Old and Middle Kingdoms, Sponsored by: Laraine Turk

August 12, 2023: Kylie Thomsen, University of California, Los Angeles, Topic: (Re)Assessing Some Ramesside Period Statuary

August 12, 2023: Matei Tichindelean, University of California, Los Angeles, Topic: A Diachronic Study of Ancient Egyptian Copper Alloy Artifacts

July 15, 2023: Hong Yu Chen, University of California, Los Angeles, Topic: Invocations for mun-Re: Textual and Spatial Developments in Persian

June 10, 2023: Dr. Kea Johnston, University of California, Berkeley, Topic: Many Ways to Paint a Coffin: The Relationship Between Coffin Decoration and Functionality at Akhmim and Thebes After the New Kingdom

May 6, 2023: Dr. Geoff Emberling, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Topic: New Perspectives on the African Empire of Kush: Excavation at Jebel Barkal (Northern Sudan)

April 15, 2023: Dr. Verena Lepper, Collection Keeper, Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, National Museums Berlin, Germany/Current Getty Scholar, Topic: The Hidden Treasures of Elephantine Island

March 11, 2023: Dr. Branko van Oppen,de Ruiter, Richard E. Perry Curator of Greek & Roman Art, Tampa Museum of Art, Topic: The Artistic Circle of the St. Louis Painter

February 11, 2023: Dr. Peter J. Brand, The University of Memphis, Director of the Karnak Great Hypostyle Hall Project, Topic: All in the Family: Ramesses II's Royal Family & Its Ideological Role

January 14, 2023: Dr. Alisée Devillers B.A.E.F. Postdoctoral Fellow - University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Topic: Rethinking the Specificity of Ancient Egyptian Artistic Production from a Global Art History Perspective, Sponsored by: Karen Shultz

2022


December 10, 2022: Dr. Aleksandra Ksiezak, University of Toronto/ Dr. W. Benson Harer Egyptology Scholar in Residence, California State University, San Bernardino, Topic: A gateway into the desert: history, exploration, and cyclical rediscovery of Wadi Tumilat, Sponsored by: Dr. Laraine Turk

November 5, 2022: Dr. Victoria Almansa Villatoro, Junior Research Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows, Topic: God is a Woman! Hemusets, Kas, and Fertility in Ancient Egypt, Sponsored by: Dr. Kara Cooney

October 29, 2022: Dr. Kara Cooney, UCLA, Topic: The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt & the Modern World

October 8, 2022: Dr. Arielle Kozloff Brodkey, Cleveland Museum of Art (Curator Emeritas), Topic: Akhenaten's Sudden Monotheism: Where Did All the Old Deities Go? And Why?

September 10, 2022: Dr. Marissa Stevens, UCLA, Topic: Funerary Papyri as Social Reflections of the Living and the Dead

August 20, 2022: Dr. Tom Landvatter, Reed College, Topic: Ptolemaic Abydos or Alexandria projects

July 9, 2022: Jordan Galczynski, UCLA, Topic: Textile production, consumption, trade at Amarna

July 9, 2022: Jeffrey Newman, UCLA, Topic: Early dynastics festivals and rituals

June 11, 2022: (Canceled): Dr. Kara Cooney, UCLA, Topic: The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World, Sponsored by: Clinton and Carol Owen

May 14, 2022: Dr. Roselyn Campbell, Topic: The Human Remains from the First Dynasty Subsidiary Burials at Abydos, Sponsored by: Robin V. Pasqual & Eleanor Migues

April 30, 2022: Professor Aidan Dodson Honorary Professor of Egyptology at the University of Bristol, Topic: The Resurrection of Tutankhamun, Sponsored by: Laraine Turk

April 9, 2022: Dr. Meredith Brand, W. Benson Harer Scholar in Residence, CSUSB, Topic: Making Millions of Pots: How the Cult in Ancient Egypt Met its Demand for Pottery

March 9, 2022: Dr. Carly Maris, Topic: Visions of Ancient Egypt in Athenaeus' Deipnosophistae

February 5, 2022: (Online): Dr. Brenda J. Baker, Topic: Living and Dying in Ancient Nubia

January 15, 2022: Dr. W. Benson Harer, Jr., Topic: Death of Tutankhamun

2021


December 11, 2021: (Online): Stuart Tyson Smith, Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, Topic: Backwater Puritans? Racism, Egyptological stereotypes and the intersection of local and international at Kushite Tombos.

November 13, 2021: (Online): Dr. Ronald Leprohon, Topic: Development of the Royal Titulary as a Reflection of Important Prehistoric Sites

October 9, 2021: (Online): Dr. Elaine Sullivan, UC Santa Cruz, Topic: Constructing the Sacred: Exploring the Ritual Landscape of Saqqara in 3D

September 11, 2021: (Online): Dr. Jeremy Pope, Topic: Hands unto Ethiopia: The First African Americans to Visit Nubia, Sponsored by: Pam McRoberts & Eva Kirsch

August 14, 2021: (Online): Dr. Barry Kemp, Topic: King Akhenaten's main temple to the sun-god at Amarna. How archaeology is revealing how it was developed and used, Sponsored by: Clinton and Carol Owen

July 10, 2021: (Online): Dr. Ralph Birk,Shelby Justl, University of Pennsylvania, Topic: The King's Stones: Royal Monopoly and the Semiprecious Stone Industry

June 12, 2021: (Online): Dr. Ralph Birk, The Free University of Berlin, Topic: Serving the gods, watching the stars: Astronomers and their statues in Ptolemaic Thebes

May 1, 2021: (Online): Dr. Francesco Tiradritti, The Italian Archaeological Mission to Luxor, Topic: The Valley of the Kings. An archaeological look at one of the most iconic sites of Ancient Egypt, Sponsored by: Laraine Turk

April 10, 2021: (Online): Dr. Rita Lucarelli (UC Berkeley),  Dr. Roberson (The University of Memphis), Dr. Kasia Szpakowska (Swansea University);W. Benson Harer Egyptology Scholar in Residence at CSUSB, Bryan Kraemer (CSUSB, Topic: Redeeming Demons: Coopting Demonic Forces for Good in Ancient Egypt

March 13, 2021: (Online): Dr. Gregory Mumford, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Topic: A newly found tomb of Intef, Great General of the Army, at Lisht.

February 13, 2021: (Online): Dr. Julien Cooper, United International College, Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai, China, Topic: The Land of Gold and Nomads: The History and Archaeology of the Atbai Desert of Sudan

January 9, 2021: (Online): Nicholas Brown, PhD Student in Egyptology,University of California, Los Angeles, Topic: The Beautiful One Returns: Nefertiti and the Altered Identities of an Icon.

2020


December 12, 2020: (Online): Dr. Rune Nyord, Assistant Professor at Emory University, Topic: The Power of Ancient Egyptian Images, Sponsored by: Pam McRoberts and Eva Kirsch

November 14, 2020: (Online): Dr. Debbie Vischak, Assistant Professor, Princeton University, Princeton-Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, Topic: North Abydos Expedition 2018-2020 Seasons

October 10, 2020: (Online): Dr. Anne Austin, Assistant Professor University of Missouri, Topic: Tattooing in Ancient Egypt, Sponsored by: Pam McRoberts and Eva Kirsch

September 12, 2020: (Online): Dr. Aaron Burke, Professor and Kershaw Chair of Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Studies, University of California Los Angeles, Topic: Ramesside Jaffa and the Decline of Egyptian Control in Canaan, Sponsored by: Kenneth and Cathy Ragland

August 8, 2020: (Online): Dr. Ann Macy Roth, New York University, Topic: Dirty Pictures for a dangerous Goddess: The Turin Erotic Papyrus' [FOR ADULT AUDIENCE ONLY], Sponsored by: Clinton and Carol Owen

July 11, 2020: (Online): Jacqueline Thurston, San Jose State University, Topic: Pantheon of Paradoxes: Ferocity and the Feminine and Eros and the Sacred, Sponsored by: Michelle Evans and Cherie Rabideau

June 13, 2020: Canceled: Dr. Gawdat Gabra, Professor Emeritus, Coptic Studies, Claremont Graduate University, Topic: Martyr Saints in Coptic Art, Past and Present.

May 2, 2020: Canceled: Dr. Julian Cooper, Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University, Topic: The Land of Gold and Nomads: The History and Archaeology of the Atbai Desert of Sudan, Sponsored by: Laraine Turk

April 18, 2020: Canceled: Dr. Carly Maris, University of California, Riverside, Topic: Touring Egypt: An Ancient Roman Perspective.

March 28, 2020: Canceled: Dr. Francesco Tiradritti, Enna Unikore University, Leader of the Italian Archaeological Mission to Luxor, Topic: A Talk on the Valley of the Kings, Sponsored by: Tippi Manske

February 8, 2020: Dr. Peter Piccione, College of Charleston, Terraforming the Nile Valley, Topic: The Ancient Egyptians as the World's First Great Environmental Engineers, Sponsored by: Lauralee Barton

January 11, 2020: Dr. Jennifer Babcock, Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY, Topic: Man Versus Wild? Rethinking the Interpretation of Human and Animal Representation in Egyptian Art, Sponsored by: Conrad & Virginia Barrett and Julia Schroder & Bonnie Palsley

2019


December 14, 2019: Dr. Emily Cole, Postdoctoral Scholar at the Center for the Tebtunis Papyri in The Bancroft Library, UC, Berkeley, Topic: A Tale of Two Crocodiles: Object Lessons from the Fayyum, Sponsored by: Manu Seyfzadeh

November 9, 2019: Dr. Kate Liszka, The Benson and Pamela Harer Fellow, Assistant Professor of History California State University, San Bernardino, Topic: Tomb Robbery in Ancient Egypt, Sponsored by: Anonymous

October 12, 2019: Dr. Galina Belova, Topic: The mystery of White Walls: The new discoveries of Memphis, Sponsored by: Adina Savin

October 12, 2019: Nick Picardo, Topic: Digital Giza: Visualizing Archaeological Archives in Context, Sponsored by: Adina Savin

September 14, 2019: Dr. Tara Prakash, W. Benson Harer Egyptology Scholar in Residence, California State University, San Bernardino, Topic: Ouch! Pain, Emotion, and Foreigners in Ancient Egyptian Art, Sponsored by: Tippi Manske

August 31, 2019: Dr. Mark Lehner, Director of the Giza Plateau Mapping Project, VAP at the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Topic: Digging into Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure: AERA's Season 2019 at Giza, Sponsored by: Manu Seyfzadeh

August 10, 2019: Dr. JJ Shirley, University of Pennsylvania, Topic: One Tomb. Two Kings: Unlocking the Sequence of Construction and Decoration in Theban Tomb 110, Sponsored by: Laraine Turk

July 13, 2019: Dr. Barbara Mendoza, Topic: The 'Brother of Pashasu': International Man of Mystery, Sponsored by: Anonymous

June 8, 2019: Dr. Sara E. Cole, Assistant Curator, Antiquities Department, J. Paul Getty Museum, Topic: Hellenistic Honorific Statuary in Ptolemaic Egypt, Sponsored by: Kara Cooney

May 4, 2019: Bryan Kraemer, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, California State University, San Bernardino, Topic: Revelation of the Mysteries of Osiris, Lord of Abydos, the secret rituals of reviving a murdered god, Sponsored by: Kenneth & Cathy Ragland

April 6, 2019: Dr. Francesco Tiradritti, Topic: Valley of the Kings: A profane look at one of the most iconic sites of ancient Egypt, Sponsored by: Pam McRoberts and Eva Kirsch

March 2, 2019: Dr. Jessica Tomkins, W. Benson Harer Egyptology Scholar in Residence at California State University, San Bernardino, Topic: New Approaches to the Old Kingdom: A Segmented State, Sponsored by: Clinton and Carol Owen

February 9, 2019: Dr. Jonathan Winnerman, University of California Los Angeles, Topic: Rethinking the Royal Ka, Sponsored by: Kate Liszka & Bryan Kraemer

January 26, 2019: Dr. Kara Cooney, Professor of Egyptology at UCLA, Topic: When Women Ruled the World, Sponsored by: Lauralee Barton

2018


December 8, 2018: Dr. Julia Troche, Assistant Professor of History, History Department, Missouri State University, Topic: Deified Dead in the Pyramid Age, Sponsored by: Steve and Karen Shultz

November 10, 2018: Dr. Tom Hardwick Consulting Curator of the Hall of Ancient Egypt at Houston Museum of Natural Science, Topic: The Rickety Life of Robert de Rustafjaell, adventurer, Egyptologist, and man of mystery, Sponsored by: Eva Kirsch and Pam McRoberts

October 13, 2018: Dr. Pearce Paul Creasman, University of Arizona, Tucson, Topic: Maritime History and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt.

October 13, 2018: Dr. Alain Zivie, French National Centre for Scientific Research, Topic: The Tomb of the Master Thutmose (the creator of the bust of Nefertiti) at Saqqara and its importance for the Amarna studies

September 8, 2018: Dr. Kate Liszka, California State University, San Bernardino, Topic: Digging Ancient Egyptian Jewelry Mines, Sponsored by: Anonymous

August 11, 2018: Dr. Branko van Oppen, Research Scholar & Curator, Allard Pierson Museum, Getty scholar in 2017, Topic: Portraits of Ptolemaic Queens, Sponsored by: Anonymous

July 14, 2018: Danielle Candelora, Doctoral Student, UCLA, Topic: Rewriting a Tired Screenplay: The Identity and Influence of the Hyksos, Sponsored by: Dr. Laraine Turk.

June 9, 2018: Dr. Stanley Burstein, Professor Emeritus, California State University, Los Angeles, Topic: The Nubian Encounter with Greece, Sponsored by: Anonymous.

May 5, 2018: Dr. Diana Craig-Patch, MET Museum, NYC, Topic: Egyptian Stories Revealed: The Met's Exciting New Acquisitions, Sponsored by: Lauralee Barton

April 14, 2018: Dr. Aidan Dodson, University of Bristol, UK, Topic: The Mysteries of Nefertiti, Sponsored by: Manouchehr Seyfzadeh.

March 10, 2018: Caroline Sauvage, Assistant Professor of Classics and Archaeology in the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, Loyola Marymount University, Topic: Prestige from Overseas Maritime trade and Seafaring Ventures in the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean, Sponsored by: Anonymous

February 10, 2018: Dr. Kei Yamamoto, University of Arizona, Topic: High Officials under the Reign of Senwosret III, Sponsored by: Kate Liszka and Bryan Kraemer

January 13, 2018: UCLA Doctoral Students: Danielle Candelora, Jordan Galczynski, Marissa Stevens, Michael Chen, Robyn Price, and Rose Campbell, Topic: On the Edges of Daily Life in Ancient Egypt, Sponsored by: Joan K. Lutz

2017


December 9, 2017: Dr. Salima Ikram, American University in Cairo, Topic: Food Fit for Pharaohs: Food and Drink in Ancient Egypt, Sponsored by: Norma Kershaw and Manouchehr Seyfzadeh

November 4, 2017: Dr. Peter Dorman, American University of Beirut, Topic: On the early development of the Book of the Dead, Sponsored by: Eva and Donat Kirsch

October 14, 2017: Dr. Josef Wegner, University of Pennsylvania, Topic: The Pharaohs of Anubis-Mountain: Recent Investigations in a Royal Necropolis at Abydos, Sponsored by: Clinton and Carol Owen

September 9, 2017: Jessica Tomkins, Ph.D. Candidate, Brown University, Topic: Expressions of Power in the Old Kingdom Provinces, Sponsored by: Pam McRoberts and Eva Kirsch

August 12, 2017: W. Benson Harer, Jr., MD, Topic: The Lotus in Ancient Egypt, Sponsored by: Allan Gluck

July 8, 2017: Dr. Brett McClain, University of Chicago Oriental Institute, Topic: The Mysterious Tomb of Nefersekheru, Sponsored by: Steve and Karen Shultz

June 10, 2017: Dr. Olaf E. Kaper, Layden University, Netherlands (2017 Getty Scholar), Topic: What really happened to the Lost Army of Cambyses? An answer from the recent excavations at Amheida, Dakhla Oasis

May 13, 2017: Dr. Laurel Bestock, Brown University, Topic: Violence and Power: the Role of Images in Early Egyptian Ideology, Sponsored by: Kate Liszka and Bryan Kraemer

April 8, 2017: Dr. Victoria Irene Jensen, UC Berkeley, Topic: The Royal Residence that Defeated the Hyksos: Deir el-Ballas, Sponsored by: Laraine Turk

March 11, 2017: Dr. Nadine Moeller, University of Chicago, Oriental Institute, Topic: The Ahmose Tempest Stela - An Ancient Account of a Natural Catastrophe, Sponsored by: Suzanne Horvath, Karla Steiner, Kathleen Venne and Donna Breker In honor of Russ Block.

February 11, 2017: Dr. Ellen Morris, Barnard College, Topic: Merneptah and the Temple of Ba'al - Ugarit, Sponsored by: Lauralee Barton.

January 14, 2017: Presentations by UCLA Students: Carrie Arbuckle, Danielle Candelora, Idi Okilo, Luke Brenig, Nadia Ben-Marzouk and Vera Rondano, Topic: Wepwaut : Ancient Technology: the People Who Made the Artifacts

2016


December 10, 2016: Dr. Melinda Hartwig, The Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University, Topic: Every Tomb Tells a Story, Sponsored by: Debra Moore

November 12, 2016: Dr. Renee Friedman, Topic: Exploring the city of the Falcon: Egypt's first capital at Hierakonpolis, Sponsored by: Clinton and Carol Owen

October 8, 2016: , Topic: From Egypt before the Pharaohs to the Future of Archaeology (Part 2)?- Special Program in Celebration of the International Archaeology Day.

October 8, 2016: Kara Cooney, PhD, Associate Professor of Ancient Egyptian Art & Architecture, Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures, University of California Los Angeles, Topic: Egypt before the Pharaohs:?Predynastic Palettes in their Archaeological and Historical Context, Sponsored by: Archaeological Institute of America, Orange County Society

October 8, 2016: Hans Barnard, MD PhD, Assistant Researcher, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology; Assist. Adjunct Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles, Topic: Egypt and Beyond:?Archaeology of the Eastern Desert, Sponsored by: Archaeological Institute of America, Orange County Society

October 8, 2016: Kate Pointer, Guest Speaker, Topic: The Future of Archaeology:?New Techniques of Archaeological Technology, Sponsored by: Archaeological Institute of America, Orange County Society

September 10, 2016: Dr. Diana Craig-Patch, MET Museum, NYC, Topic: Lapis Lazuli: Ancient Egypt's Splendid and Costly Stone, Sponsored by: Joel and Pamela Paulson.

August 13, 2016: Dr. James Hoffmeier, Professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern History and Archaeology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Topic: Akhenaten and monotheism (TBC, Sponsored by: Steve and Karen Shultz

July 9, 2016: Dr. Kate Liszka, California State University, San Bernardino, Topic: From Pastoral Nomads to Policemen: Ethnicity and Identity of the Medjay in Ancient Egypt, Sponsored by: Dr. Kara Cooney

June 11, 2016: Dr. Kara Cooney (UCLA), Dr. Liv Nilsson Stutz (Emory University, Topic: The Magic of Death, Sponsored by: In partnership with the Bowers Museum.

May 14, 2016: Dr. Brenda Baker, Arizona State University, Topic: Sudanese Antiquity: New Insights from the Bio-archaeology of Nubia Expedition (BONE), Sponsored by: Anonymous

April 9, 2016: Dr. John Gaudet, Ecologist, Topic: Papyrus, the Plant that Changed the World, Sponsored by: Lauralee Barton and Bette Quinn

March 12, 2016: Caroline Joan Arbuckle, UCLA Students, Topic: Rishi Coffins and Artistic Values in the Second Intermediate Period

March 12, 2016: Rose Campbell, UCLA Students, Topic: Smiting and Sacrificing: The Role of Culturally Sanctioned Violence in Ancient Egypt

March 12, 2016: Danielle Candelora, UCLA Students, Topic: The Transmission of Technology in the Second Intermediate Period: The Problem of Presence

March 12, 2016: Michael S. Chen, Topic: Doorways in the Valley of the Kings

March 12, 2016: Emily Cole, Topic: Interpreting the Past: Egyptian Practices of Translation

March 12, 2016: Marissa A. Stevens, Topic: Connecting Coffins and Papyri: An Analysis of Social Identity through 21st Dynasty Funerary Iconography

February 13, 2016: Dr. Gene Cruz Uribe, Indiana University East, Topic: Ancient Egyptian Graffiti, Sponsored by: Eva and Donat Kirsch

January 9, 2016: Dr. Peter Brand, Dunavant Professor of Ancient History Department of History, University of Memphis, Topic: 21st Century Digital Technologies meet Pharaonic Information Systems: Using 3D Modeling and Digital Imaging to Record Ancient Inscriptions in the Great Hypostyle Hall of Karnak Temple, Sponsored by: Anonymous

2015


December 12, 2015: Kathryn Hansen, Author and Scientist, Topic: The New Kingdom Chariot, Sponsored by: Debra Moore

November 14, 2015: Dr. Stephen Harvey, Stony Brook University, Topic: Before Hatshepsut: Three Generations of Royal Women at the Birth of the New Kingdom, Sponsored by: Dr. June Scopinich and Nan Haugen

October 10, 2015: Bryan Kraemer, University of Chicago, Topic: It was for this amethyst that I came here?: Recent archaeological and epigraphic discoveries of the Wadi el-Hudi Expedition (WeHe)

September 12, 2015: Dr. Rita Lucarelli, University of California, Berkeley, Topic: Demonology in Ancient Egypt, Sponsored by: Steve & Karen Shultz

August 8, 2015: Dr. Betsy Bryan, The Johns Hopkins University, Topic: Death in the Mut Precinct: Burial and Execution in the Second Intermediate Period, Sponsored by: Clinton & Carol Owen

July 11, 2015: Dr. J. Brett McClain, The Epigraphic Survey, University of Chicago, Topic: Chicago House, Luxor - News from the Field, Sponsored by: Norma Kershaw.

June 6, 2015: Dr. Cédric Gobeil, Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Director of the French Archaeological Mission of Deir el-Medina, Topic: Deir el-Medina Study Day, Sponsored by: Anonymous

June 6, 2015: Dr. Anne-Claire Salmas, Topic: Deir el-Medina Study Day, Sponsored by: Anonymous

June 6, 2015: Dr. Eric Wells, UCLA, Topic: Deir el-Medina Study Day, Sponsored by: Anonymous

May 9, 2015: Dr. Gregory Marouard, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Topic: Wadi el-Jarf, the Harbor of King Khufu on the Red Sea Coast

April 11, 2015: Dr. Bethany Simpson, University of California, Los Angeles, Topic: Neighborhood negotiations:  identifying spatial conflict and resolution strategies in Roman Egypt

March 21, 2015: Dr. Nigel Strudwick, The University of Memphis, Topic: Who Were the Tomb Robbers of Thebes?

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February 14, 2015: Dr. Nicholas Reeves, Residential Scholar in the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, Topic: The Gold Throne of King Tutankhamun, Sponsored by: Lauralee Barton & Bette Quinn

January 10, 2015: Dr. Kara Cooney, UCLA, Topic: Hatshepsut: The Woman Who Would be King + Book Signing, Sponsored by: Anonymous

2014


December 13, 2014: Dr. Janice Kamrin, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Topic: The Registrars at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo: Past, Present, and Future, Sponsored by: Anonymous

November 8, 2014: Dr. Lorelei Corcoran, University of Memphis, Topic: Why Gild the Lily? The Use of Color in Ancient Egypt, Sponsored by: Debra Moore

October 18, 2014: , Topic: ARCE Members-only Tour of Getty Conservation Labs

October 4, 2014: Dr. Heather McCarthy, NYU, Topic: The Many Wives of Ramses II, Sponsored by: Anonymous

September 20, 2014: Dr. Andrew Bednarski, ARCE, Topic: Gods, Tombs, and Temples: The American Research Center's Work, 2011-2014

August 9, 2014: Anne Austin, UCLA, Topic: Contending with illness in ancient Egypt: A textual and osteologEical study of health care at Deir el-Medina, Sponsored by: Diane Hagner

July 19, 2014: Dr. Elizabeth Bolman, Temple University, Topic: Restoring Early Christian Church Art, Sponsored by: Lauralee Barton and Bette Quinn

June 14, 2014: Dr. Yekaterina Katya Barbash, Brooklyn Museum, Topic: Animals in Pharaonic Egypt, Sponsored by: Dr. Kara Cooney

May 10, 2014: Dr. Aaron Burke, UCLA, Topic: Recent Excavations of the New Kingdom Egyptian Fortress in Jaffa, Sponsored by: Kenneth and Catherine Ragland

May 3, 2014: Dr. Kara Cooney, UCLA, Topic: Coffin Production in Times of Egyptian Social Crisis

April 12, 2014: Salah El Masekh, Inspector, Egyptian Ministry of State for Antiquities, Topic: The Roman Baths in Front of Karnak Temple, Sponsored by: Steve and Karen Shulz

April 8, 2014: Dr. Salima Ikram, AUC, Topic: A Bowers Museum Distinguished Lecture Series

March 29, 2014: Dr. Aidan Dodson, University of Bristol, Topic: The Ramesside Period in Egypt, Sponsored by: Clinton and Carol Owen

March 22, 2014: Dr. Edward Bleiberg, The Brooklyn Museum, Topic: Bowers Special Event - Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt

February 22, 2014: Dr. Nadine Moeller, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Topic: The 3rd millennium BC at Tell Edfu: New discoveries of the 2012 season, Sponsored by: Richard Cook

January 11, 2014: Professor Willeke Wendrich, UCLA Egyptology graduate students, Topic: Wepwawet in Westwood Comes to Orange County, Sponsored by: Frank and Georgia Kirby

2013


December 14, 2013: Dr. Matthew J. Adams, University of Hawai'i, Topic: The Myth of Memphis: The Construction of an Ancient Egyptian Capital, Sponsored by: Bob and Shirley Chasin

November 9, 2013: Dr. Sameh Iskander, ARCE President, Topic: The Ramses II Temple at Abydos, Sponsored by: Clinton & Carol Owen

October 12, 2013: Dr. Stuart Tyson Smith, UC Santa Barbara, Topic: ARCE-OC Film Festival and Souk, Sponsored by: Ian Chou and Debra Moore

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September 14, 2013: Dr. Barry Kemp, Director of the Amarna Project, Topic: The City of Akhenaten and Nefertiti: Amarna and it's People, Sponsored by: Dave & Betty Feldman and Barbara Sharf

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August 24, 2013: Dr. Geoffrey T. Martin, Professor, University College, London, Topic: The Re-excavation of the Tomb of Horemheb, Sponsored by: Karl Steiner - In Honor of Lynn Bishop

August 10, 2013: Dr. J. Brett McClain, Epigraphic Survey, University of Chicago, Topic: The Temples of Ramesses III in Karnak, Sponsored by: Donna Breker - In Honor of Lynn Bishop

June 8, 2013: Dr. Carol Redmount, Chair of Near Eastern Studies, Associate Professor of Egyptian Archaeology, University of California, Berkeley, Topic: Political Instability and the Destruction of Cultural Heritage: Dastardly Deeds at El Hibeh Middle Egypt and Beyond

May 11, 2013: Dr. Francesco Tiradritti, Kore University of Enna, 2013 Getty Scholar, Topic: The Tomb of Harwa: A Masterpiece of the Pharaonic Renaissance, Sponsored by: Lauralee Baron and Betty Quinn

April 6, 2013: Mr. John M. Adams, independent scholar and former president of ARCE Orange County Chapter, Topic: Theodore Davis, the Great American Excavator, Sponsored by: Norma Kershaw and Carole Cherchian - In Honor of Lynn Bishop

March 9, 2013: Dr. Laurel Bestock, Assistant Professor of Egyptology and Archaeology, Department of Egyptology and Ancient Western Asian Studies, Brown University, Topic: Forgotten Fortress: Returning to Lower Nubia, Sponsored by: Rachel Kelley and Sandy Hancock

February 9, 2013: Dr. Nigel Strudwick, Visiting Professor, Department of History, University of Memphis, Tennessee. Formerly assistant keeper of the Egyptian Department, British Museum, London, Topic: The Saviors of Egyptian Tomb Painting: A Look at the Work of Norman and Nina de Garis Davies in the Early 1900s, Sponsored by: Carmine and Veronica Master

January 12, 2013: Dr. Kara Cooney, Assistant Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Culture, Topic: Musical Coffins?: The Reuse of Elite Coffins in the 21st Dynasty Theban Necropolis, Sponsored by: Norma Kershaw

2012


December 8, 2012: Dr. Emily Teeter, Egyptologist, Research Associate, and Coordinator of Special Exhibits, Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago, Topic: Religious Cults, Rituals and Beliefs in the Lives of Everyday Ancient Egyptians, Sponsored by: Richard L. Cook

November 1, 2012: Eric Wells, Ph.D. candidate, UCLA, and Robert Newman, Esq., Vice President of the Pharaoh Hound Club of America, Santa Ana, Topic: King Tut: A Boy and His Dog

October 1, 2012: Dr. Thomas Schneider, Professor of Egyptology and Near Eastern Studies, Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, University of British Columbia, Canada; President, Vancouver Chapter, Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities, Topic: Truth vs. Totalitarianism: German Egyptology During the Nazi Era (1933-1945)

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5615/neareastarch.75.1.0056

September 1, 2012: Dr. Joseph Wegner, Associate Professor of Egyptian Archaeology in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania; Associate Curator in the Egyptian Section of the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Topic: What Do a Mystery Tomb, a King's Pyramid and the 05or's House Have in Common, Sponsored by: Clinton & Carol Owen

https://www.penn.museum/sites/amarna/behind.shtml

August 11, 2012: Dr. Suzanne Onstine, Assistant Professor, Dept. of History, University of Memphis, Topic: Death Along the Nile: Uncovering the Secrets of Egypt's Lost Tombs, Sponsored by: Wendy Oliver

July 1, 2012: Dr. Miguel A. Sanchez, Chief of Pathology at Englewood Hospital, Medical Center, Topic: Controversies in Egyptian Paleopathology: Who Died of What? A Second Opinion, Sponsored by: Donna Breker

June 9, 2012: Dr. Elaine Sullivan, UCLA Experimental Technologies Center, Topic: Now in 3D: An Armchair Visit to One of Ancient Egypt's Most Important Cemeteries, Sponsored by: Carmine & Veronica Master

May 2, 2012: Dr. Renée Friedman, Director, Hierakonpolis Expedition, Heagy Research Curator, Dept. of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, British Museum, London, Topic: There's a Hippopotamus in My Cemetery, Sponsored by: Steve & Karen Shulz

April 1, 2012: Dr. Melinda Hartwig, Associate Professor, Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern Art & Archaeology, Georgia State University, Topic: The Art of Interior Design for the Afterlife: The Private Tomb of Menna on the West Bank of Luxor, Sponsored by: Ian Chou and Debra Moore

March 2, 2012: Dr. Peter Lacovara, Senior Curator of Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Topic: Life & Death in the Pyramid Age: The Old Kingdom Mummy at Emory University, Sponsored by: Virginia & Conrad Barret

March 1, 2012: Dr. Eugene Cruz-Uribe, Professor Emeritus with the Department of History at Northern Arizona University, Topic: Seth, the Evil God of Power and Might, Sponsored by: Lauralee Barton and Bette Quinn

February 2, 2012: Dr. Greg Thomas, MD, Drs. Linda and Jim Sutherland and Dr. Ben Harer, Topic: MD?Mini Medical Seminar, Part I: Staying Alive: Wellness, Disease & Medical Care in Ancient Egypt, Sponsored by: Donna Breker

January 14, 2012: Dr. Adela Oppenheim, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Topic: Secrets of Pyramids

https://www.metmuseum.org/collections/galleries/egyptian/100

2011


December 3, 2011: Dr. Jacqueline Williamson, Johns Hopkins University, Topic: The Talatat Project: ARCE Preservation Program in Luxor, Sponsored by: Steve & Karen Shulz

https://www.amarnaproject.com

November 12, 2011: Dr. Nathaniel Dominy, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Dartmouth University, Topic: Baboons, Stable Isotopes and the Location of Punt

https://engineering.ucsc.edu/?ID=1629

October 15, 2011: Dr. Stephen P. Harvey, Director of the Ahmose and Tetisheri Project, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of History, Stony Brook University, New York, Topic: Queen Tetisheri Reconsidered: Re-excavation of the Pyramid and Stela of Ahmose's Grandmother, Sponsored by: Kenneth & Catherine Ragland

https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/harvey.htm

September 24, 2011: Dr. Colleen Manassa, Marilyn M. and William K. Simpson Assistant Professor of Egyptology, Yale University, Topic: Historical Fiction of Ancient Egypt

August 13, 2011: Dr. David Silverman, Professor of Egyptology, University of Pennsylvania, and Curator, Penn Museum, Topic: Tutankhamun: Exhibiting a Legend, Sponsored by: Norman & Reuben L. Kershaw

July 9, 2011: Dr. Peter Brand, University of Memphis, Topic: Karnak Hypostyle Hall, Sponsored by: Clinton & Carol Owen

June 11, 2011: Dr. Miroslav Barta, Czech Institute of Egyptology, Charles University, Prague, Topic: Swimmers in the Sand, Sponsored by: Helen Hlavaty

https://cuni.academia.edu/MiroslavBarta

May 14, 2011: Anne Austin and Bethany Simpson, UCLA, Topic: Bones; Bricks, and Buildings: The Advantages and Applications of Three-Dimensional Laser Scanning in Egyptian Archaeology, Sponsored by: Lynn Bishop

May 14, 2011: Emily Cole, UCLA, Topic: Recent Excavations at Karanis: Storing Agricultural Yield and Stacking Archaeological Information, Sponsored by: Lynn Bishop

April 9, 2011: Harold Hays, Assistant Professor of Egyptology, University of Leiden, Holland, Topic: The Saqqara Necropolis

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/humanities/institute-for-area-studies

March 26, 2011: Francesco Tiradritti, Director of the Italian Archeological Mission in Luxor, Topic: The Goddess Isis, Sponsored by: Tippian Manske

February 26, 2011: Dr. Donald P. Ryan, Topic: Recent Excavations in the Valley of the Kings, Sponsored by: Art Muir and Wendy Oliver

January 29, 2011: Eric Wells, Ph.D. candidate, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures, UCLA, Topic: How the Everyday Person Worshipped in the New Kingdom: The Iconography and Material Culture of Personal Piety

2010


December 11, 2010: Dr. Betsy Bryan, Johns Hopkins University, Topic: Making for Mut a Porch of Drunkenness: A Field Report on a Decade of Excavation at the Mut Temple

https://neareast.jhu.edu/2021/04/14/betsy-bryan-part-of-mission-unearthing-a-3000-year-old-city-in-egypt/

November 13, 2010: Dr. Otto Schaden, Director, KV 63 Project, Topic: Update on KV 63: The Newest Tomb in the Valley of the Kings

https://www.kv-63.com

October 9, 2010: Dr. Barry Kemp, University of Cambridge, Director, Amarna Project, Topic: Toward a Better Understanding of Amarna

https://www.amarnaproject.com

September 11, 2010: Drs. Donald & Susan Redford, Topic: ALL DAY SEMINAR: Interpreting Amarna: The Reign of the Heretic Pharaoh Akhenaten

August 21, 2010: , Topic: Members-only field trip to the archaeology lab of Dr. Stuart Smith, University of California, Santa Barbara

August 14, 2010: Dr. Alexandra Woods, Associate Lecturer, Dept. of Ancient History, Topic: Fishing, Fowling & Foreigners: The Middle Kingdom Tombs at Beni Hassan

https://stsmith.faculty.anth.ucsb.edu

June 12, 2010: , Topic: Ancient Egypt Film Festival at the Bowers, featuring Land of the Pharaohs, Nubia 64, The Adventure in the Egyptian Tomb and Fountains of the Sun

May 8, 2010: Dr. Wilma Wetterstrom, Paleobotanist, Ancient Egypt Research Associates, Topic: Feeding the Pyramid Workers

April 10, 2010: Dr. Edward C. Krupp, Director of Griffith Observatory, Topic: Great Pyramid Astronomy

March 13, 2010: Dr. Lawrence Berman, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Topic: The Tomb of Djehutynakht of Thebes

February 13, 2010: Dr. Willeke Wendrich, Professor, UCLA, Ancient Egyptian Glass and Dr. Michael Jones, ARCE Cairo, Topic: Balancing Conservation, Scholarship, Cultural Tourism and the Interests of People Living There Today

January 9, 2010: Dr. Jan Johnson, The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Topic: Cleopatra as CEO: Bureaucracy and Scandal in the Hostile Takeover of a First-Century Multinational

2009


December 12, 2009: Drs. Donald and Susan Redford, University of Pennsylvania, Topic: Interpreting Amarna, the Reign of the Heretic Pharaoh Akhenaten

November 14, 2009: Dr. Jacco Dieleman, Associate Professor of Egyptology, University of California, Los Angeles, Topic: Greco-Egyptian Magic

October 10, 2009: Dr. Lise Manniche, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Topic: King Tut's Medicine Cabinet

https://papyrus.daes.dk/en/lise_manniche.htm

September 12, 2009: Dr. Ben Harer, Topic: How Napoleon invented Egyptology With the Mother of All Coffee Table Books

August 8, 2009: Dr. Diana Craig Patch, Assistant Curator of Egyptian Art, the Metropolitan   Museum of Art, New York City, Topic: A Visit to Malqata, the Palace of  Pharaoh Amenhotep III, West Bank, Thebes

June 13, 2009: Dr. Stuart Smith, UCSB, Anthropology Department, advisor on Stargate (MGM, Topic: When History Collides With Hollywood: Anecdotes from the Egyptologist to the Hollywood Studios

https://stsmith.faculty.anth.ucsb.edu

May 9, 2009: Dr. Elizabeth Waraksa, UCLA, hieroglyphs class, Topic: The Language and Culture of  Hieroglyphs

April 11, 2009: Dr. Edwin Ted Brock, American Research Center, Cairo, Topic: Hidden Thebes: Update on New Discoveries from Pharaonic, Roman and Medieval Luxor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_C._Brock

March 14, 2009: Dr. Suzanne Onstine, University of Memphis, Topic: Sexism in the Temple? Women and the Religious Hierarchy of Ancient Egypt

February 14, 2009: Dr. Willeke Wendrich, UCLA, Topic: Earliest Ancient Egypt, A Field Report from the Fayum

January 10, 2009: Dr. Kara Cooney, UCLA, Interpreted Tour of 220+ artifacts in the special exhibition, Topic: Excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries from the Petrie Museum of Archaeology, London at the Fullerton Mu21s6eum of Art at Cal State University, San Bernardino

2008


December 13, 2008: Dr. Donald Ryan, Pacific Lutheran University, Topic: Field Report on the 2008 Valley of the Kings Expedition

November 8, 2008: Dr. Craig Smith, author and chairman of DMJM H&N, Topic: Building the Pyramids at Giza

October 11, 2008: Dr. Renee Friedman, Director, Hierakonpolis Expedition, Heagy Research  Curator, Dept. of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, British Museum, London, Topic: Discoveries at Hierakonpolis, the Most Ancient of Sites

September 13, 2008: Dr. Carol Redmount, UC Berkeley, Topic: Excavations at El Hibeh

August 9, 2008: Drs. Hourig Sourouzian and Rainer Stadelman, from Luxor, Egypt. Co-directors, Colossi of Memnon and Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III Project, Topic: Extraordinary Discoveries at the Colossi of Memnon Temple Site

July 12, 2008: Dr. J. Brett McClain, University of Chicago, Topic: Report on Conservation and Documentation Projects of the Oriental Institute's Epigraphic Survey in Luxor

June 14, 2008: Dr. Robert Ritner, Professor of Egyptology, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Topic: Ancient Egyptian Medical and Magical Practice (all-day seminar)

May 10, 2008: Dr. Kara Cooney, Research Associate, Getty Institute, and frequent commentator on National Geographic and Discovery Channel specials about Ancient Egypt, Topic: Defending the Dead: Adaptations in Burial Practice at the End of the New Kingdom

April 12, 2008: Dr. Michael Jones, American Research Center in Egypt, Cairo, Topic: Luxor Temple: The Discovery and Conservation of Roman Era Wall Paintings

March 8, 2008: Dr. J. J. Shirley, Lecturer in Egyptology, Dept. of Classics, Ancient History & Egyptology, The Centre for Egyptology and Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Wales, Swansea, Topic: Politics of Placement: The Development of the Theban Necropolis in the New Kingdom

February 9, 2008: Dr. Peter Piccione, Associate Professor of Near Eastern History, Department of History, University of Charleston, S.C. and co-director of the Online GIS System for the Theban Necropolis, Topic: Pharaoh at the Bat: Sports and Games in Ancient Egypt

January 12, 2008: Dr. Willeke Wendrich, Associate Professor, Egyptian Archaeology, Center for Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and Editor-in-chief, UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (UEE) and students present, Topic: The Karnak Temple Complex

2007


December 8, 2007: , Topic: No Lecture

November 10, 2007: Dr. Elizabeth Wayland Barber, Professor of Linguistics and Archaeology, Retired, Occidental College, Topic: Before Written History:  What Myths Reveal About Ancient Egyptian Prehistory

October 13, 2007: Stephen Harvey, Pennsylvania-Yale-IFA-NYU Expedition to Abydos, Topic: Before the Valley of the Kings: Royal Monuments at the Birth of the New Kingdom

September 8, 2007: Dr. Elizabeth Waraksa, UCLA, Topic: Female Figurines as Ritual Objects: New Finds from the Mut Precinct, Karnak

August 11, 2007: Charles Van Siclen, American Research Center in Cairo, Topic: Excavations in the Court of the Ninth Pylon at Karnak

July 14, 2007: J. Brett McClain, Member, ARCE/OC Board of Directors, Assistant Director, Chicago House, Luxor, Topic: The Curious History of Cryptographic Hieroglyphs

June 9, 2007: Mansour Boraik, Director of Upper Egypt, Supreme Council of Antiquities, Topic: Current Projects at the Temples of Karnak and Luxor, the West Bank and Civic Improvements in Luxor

May 12, 2007: Dr. Otto Schaden, Director, University of Memphis Valley of the Kings Project, Topic: KV 63 in the Valley of the Kings

April 14, 2007: , Topic: No Lecture

March 10, 2007: Professor David Moyer, KMT: A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt, Topic: Seneferu: King of the Pyramids

February 10, 2007: Dr. Peter Piccione, University of South Carolina, Topic: Eye Over Thebes: Satellite Mapping of Egyptian Tombs

January 13, 2007: Dr. Nigel Strudwick, British Museum, Topic: Texts From the Pyramid Age: Written Records of the Old Kingdom

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