OUR PROGRAMME FOR 2012 - 2013
 

Please Note: All SSAE lectures at Chesterfield begin promptly at 1.30 pm. Nottingham lectures begin at 2.00 pm.

As a courtesy to the speaker and to the audience, latecomers may not be admitted to the lecture theatre until there is a convenient break in the proceedings.

Saturday 11 February 2012
at 1.30 pm

The 2011 Tony Harkus Memorial Lecture

The Birds of Ancient Egypt
John Wyatt, Ornitho-Egyptologist

Chesterfield Library
Saturday 28 April 2012
at 2.00 pm

Egypt's so-called First Intermediate Period, and the Tomb of Ankhtifi
Dr Glenn Godenho, The University of Liverpool

followed by the Society's 2011 Annual General Meeting

New Mechanics
Nottingham
Saturday 9 June 2012
at 1.30 pm

Ramesses II's Poisoned Legacy: the Fall of the Nineteenth Dynasty
Dr Aidan Dodson, The University of Bristol

 Chesterfield Library
Saturday 16 June 2012
at 1.30 pm
"When the North Wind Blows - Age of Hittite Contact with Egypt"
David Rohl, renowned TV personality, author and Egyptologist 		Chesterfield Library
Saturday 30 June 2012
timings: to be confirmed
Hieroglyphs Day School
an outreach project in partnership with the University of Liverpool 		Chesterfield Library
Saturday 7 July 2012
Coach Visit to Oxford - including the Griffiths Institute
Departs: Chesterfield - Town Hall at 7.00 am; Nottingham - Royal Concert Hall at 7.40 am and M1 Junction 25 - Holiday Inn at 8.00 am.
 
Saturday 11 August 2012
at 2.00 pm

Excavation of the Burial Complex of King Ahmose I and Queen Tetisheri at Abydos
Dr Steven Harvey, Director of the Abydos Ahmose Project

 Nottingham
Saturday 20 October 2012
at 1.30 pm

Egypt and Palestine during the Middle Kingdom
Suzanne Bojtos, Birbeck College, University of London

Chesterfield Library
Saturday 1 December 2012
at 1.30 pm

The Meidum Pyramid: Who built it and why is it called "The False Pyramid?"
Colin Reader, Chairman, Manchester Ancient Egypt Society

Nottingham
Saturday 9 February 2013
at 1.30 pm

The Tony Harkus Memorial Lecture
Egyptian Palaces
Ian Shaw, University of Liverpool

Chesterfield Library
Saturday 20 April 2013
at 1.30 pm

Egypt's First Queen
Joyce Tyldesley, KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology

Nottingham
Saturday 8 June 2013
at 1.30 pm
Hatshepsut: The Female Pharaoh
Lucia Gahlin, Bloomsbury Summer School 		Chesterfield Library
Saturday 10 August 2013
at 1.30 pm
The Amarna Letters and the Dahamunza Affair
Ray Aspden, Hittite specialist 		Nottingham
Saturday 12 October 2013
at 1.30 pm
programme to be confirmed Chesterfield Library
Saturday 7 December 2013
at 1.30 pm
"Whispers from the Stones": Priestly Graffiti in Karnak Temple
 Elizabeth Frood, University of Oxford 		Nottingham

CHESTERFIELD GROUP EVENTS 2012
Details of the Chesterfield Group will be posted here as soon as they have been finalised
 
 
 
 
 

Chesterfield Group events are held at the Chesterfield Library Lecture Theatre unless stated otherwise.

All SSAE members and friends are very welcome to come along.

To ensure events are self-financing, a small charge of £1.50 is requested.