Bloomsbury Summer School
Fascinated by ancient civilisations?
We offer anyone with any level of knowledge, inspiring short courses on ancient Egypt and other areas of the ancient world.
Summer School 2020 – Timetables (archived)
Monday 13 July to Friday 17 July 2020
Unlocking Late Egyptian: An Introductory Class to the Language of New Kingdom Egypt
Course Director: Dr Luigi Prada (University of Oxford)
Monday 13 July
11.00 – 11:30
Participants login to Zoom; BSS Director’s Welcome Address
11:30 – 13:0
Introduction: What is Late Egyptian, and what was it used for? Its status and role within the ancient Egyptian language and textual production (online w / Luigi)
14:00 – 15:15
An Outline of Late Egyptian Grammar: Similarities and differences vs Middle Egyptian (online w / Luigi)
15:45 – 17:15
Group work (online w / Luigi)
Tuesday 14 July
10:00 – 11:15
An Outline of Late Egyptian Grammar: Why it is easier than Middle Egyptian (online w / Luigi)
11:45 – 13:00
A Divine Pantomime: From the Contendings of Horus and Seth (online w / Luigi)
14:00 – 14:30
A Divine Pantomime: From the Contendings of Horus and Seth (online w / Luigi)
14:30 – 16:15
A Divine Pantomime: From the Contendings of Horus and Seth (individual work – include your own break!)
16:15 – 17:15
A Divine Pantomime: From the Contendings of Horus and Seth (online w / Luigi)
17:15 – 19:00
Virtual Reception on Zoom (you are welcome to invite guests)
Wednesday 15 July
10:00 – 10:30
Fairy Tales: The Doomed Prince (online w / Luigi)
10:30 – 12:00
Fairy Tales: The Doomed Prince (individual work – include your own break!)
12:00 – 13:00
Fairy Tales: The Doomed Prince (online w/Luigi)
14:00 – 14:30
Religion and “Magic”: From the Oracular Amuletic Decrees (online w / Luigi)
14:30 – 16:00
Religion and “Magic”: From the Oracular Amuletic Decrees (individual work – include your own break!)
16:00 – 17:15
Religion and “Magic”: From the Oracular Amuletic Decrees (online w / Luigi)
Thursday 16 July
10:00 – 10:30
Love Poetry: From the anthology of Papyrus Chester Beatty (online w / Luigi)
10:30 – 12:00
Love Poetry: From the anthology of Papyrus Chester Beatty (individual work – include your own break!)
12:00 – 13:00
Love Poetry: From the anthology of Papyrus Chester Beatty (online w / Luigi)
14:00 – 14:30
Real Life or Literature? From the Late Egyptian Miscellanies (online w / Luigi)
14:30 – 16:00
Real Life or Literature? From the Late Egyptian Miscellanies (individual work – include your own break!)
16:00 – 17:15
Real Life or Literature? From the Late Egyptian Miscellanies (online w / Luigi), including discussion of Late Egyptian artefacts in the British and Petrie Museums
Friday 17 July
10:00 – 10:30
Late Egyptian Letter-Writing: From the Late Ramesside Letters (online w / Luigi)
10:30 – 12:00
Late Egyptian Letter-Writing: From the Late Ramesside Letters (individual work – include your own break!)
12:00 – 13:00
Late Egyptian Letter-Writing: From the Late Ramesside Letters (online w / Luigi)
14:00 – 14:30
An Egyptian Odyssey: From the Report of Wenamun (online w / Luigi)
14:30 – 16:00
An Egyptian Odyssey: from the Report of Wenamun (individual work – include your own break!)
16:00 – 17:15
An Egyptian Odyssey: From the Report of Wenamun (online w / Luigi), followed by conclusion, discussion, and Q / A
17:15 – 19:00
Virtual Farewell Drinks Party on Zoom
This timetable is unlikely to change, but the selection of original texts may be readjusted depending on the class participants’ progress and / or interests.
