Bloomsbury Summer School

Fascinated by ancient civilisations?

Monday 20 to Friday 24 June

Course Director: Dr Bill Manley (University of Glasgow)

Monday 20 June

10:45* – 11:00
Students login to Zoom*

11:00 – 11:30
BSS Director’s Welcome Address

11:30 – 13:00
1. Explanation: Our first signs and first words

14:00 – 15:15
2. Explanation: What are the ‘other’ signs?

15:45 – 17:00
3. Guided Reading and Wrap Up

Tuesday 21 June

10:00 – 11:15
4. Explanation: How to read some basic phrases

11:45 – 13:00
5. Guided Reading

14:00 – 15:30
6. Explanation: What the offering cult says about you

16:00 – 17:15
7. Guided Reading and Wrap Up

Wednesday 22 June

10:00 – 11:15
8. Explanation: What is the offering formula?

11:45 – 13:00
9. Guided Reading

14:15 – 15:30
10. Explanation: Offering ‘everything perfect and pure’

16:00 – 17:15
11. Guided Reading and Wrap Up

Thursday 23 June

10:00 – 11:15
12. Explanation: Kings’ names and what they tell us

11:45 – 13:00
13. Guided Reading

14:15 – 15:30
14. Explanation: Putting a date on a monument

16:00 – 17:15
15. Guided Reading and Wrap Up

Friday 24 June

10:00 – 11:15
16. Explanation: Scenes and how to describe them

11:45 – 13:00
17. Guided Reading

14:15 – 15:30
18. Explanation: Looking at Abydos

16:00 – 17:15
19. End-of-course Wrap Up

17:15 – 19:00
End-of-Course Online Social (you are welcome to invite guests)

* All times are London UK time; Zoom waiting room opens 15 minutes prior to the start.

NB: Timetables, once published, are unlikely to change, but remain provisional until the first day of the course.