Schedule

Schedule is preliminary and subject to change. Please check back the day of the lecture you wish to attend to confirm timing/location/etc.

All events will be held at the Women's Building Formal Lounge on the Danforth Campus of Washington University in St. Louis. Go to the "venue" page for directions, parking, and related information.

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Day 1

Friday October 14

Keynote Lecture

3:30-5 pm

*Keynote Lecture

Dr. Rita Lucarelli "Sun Ra, Afrofuturism, and the Reception of Ancient Egypt"

5-6pm

Keynote Reception

Join us for some light refreshments and conversation.

Day 2

Saturday October 15

Symposium & International Archaeology Day

9:30 am

Breakfast (Speakers Only)

Speakers' Check In and light breakfast

9:45am

Welcome

Stacy Davidson (ARCE-MO President) and Nicola Aravecchia (WUSTL)

10:00-11:00am

*Session #1: Religion and Language


*10:00-10:20am: Dr. David Mihalyfy

    • "Re-reading the Soul-Dialogue, Wenamun, and the Shipwrecked Sailor for Transformed N-stem Verbs: Plus, How Reconstructing a 1st Person Plural Pronoun /nu/ Helps Explain Their Orthographic Trajectories"


*10:20-10:40am: Dr. Lance Jenott

    • “Bad Magic and Good Religion in Apuleius’s Golden Ass”


*10:40-11:00am: Dr. Nicola Aravecchia & Dr. Nathan Chase

    • “The Use and Capacity of Early Egyptian Churches: Placing the Liturgical and Archaeological Evidence in Dialogue”

Break 11:00-11:15

11:15-12:15pm

Session #2: Reception of Ancient Egypt


*11:15-11:35am: Mr. Collen Cramer

  • “Pharaohs in Middle Earth: The Egyptological Influences on Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings”

11:35-11:55am: Mr. Neill Scheiter

  • “Egyptian Revival: Unknown Antiquity Across The Midwest”


*11:55-12:15pm: Dr. Julia Troche

  • “Imhotep: Reception and Transformation”

Lunch & ARCE-MO General Meeting 12:15 - 2:00

12:15-1:00pm

Lunch

On your own. [Speakers are provided lunch]

1:00-2:00pm

ARCE-Missouri General Meeting

Any member of ARCE-Missouri is welcome and encouraged to attend!

2:15-3:15pm

*Session #3: Public History


*2:15-2:35pm: Prof. Stacy Davidson

  • “‘We Are For Egypt’: Using a Public History Project to Catalyze a Community”


*2:35-2:55pm: Laura Müller

  • “Isis abroad – An Egyptian goddess in Roman Germany”


*2:55-3:15pm: Dr. Lisa Saladino Haney

  • “From Egypt to Pittsburgh: Bringing Discussions of Provenance to Museum Visitors”

Break 3:15-3:30pm

3:30-4:30pm

Session #4: The Living Dead--Learning from Coffins and Mummified Remains


*3:30-3:50pm: Rozanne Klinzing, MBA

  • “Hour Goddesses on the Coffin of Meretites”


*3:50-4:10pm: L. Lewis Wall, M.D. D.Phil & Michelle Miller-Thomas, M.D.

  • “The Radiology of the Mummy Petmenekh”


4:10-4:30pm: Dr. Anne Austin

  • “Understanding Hidden Heterogeneity in Frailty through the Social Determinants of Health: A case study from Ancient Egypt”


Brief Closing Remarks--Thanks for Attending!

5-6pm. Symposium Happy Hour (21+ event; pay your own). Location TBA