Bloomsbury Summer School

Fascinated by ancient civilisations?

Monday 10 to Friday 14 July

Course Director: Dr Campbell Price (University of Manchester)

Monday 17 July

* 10:45 – 11:00
Students assemble in BSS Common Room or log in to Zoom

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

11:30 – 13:00
1. Introduction: Personalities and politics

13:00 - 14:30
** Welcome Lunch in BSS Common Room (14:00 Short optional tour of UCL with the Director)

14:30 – 15:45
2. The 18th Dynasty Before Hatshepsut

16:15 – 17:30
3. The Tuthmoside Line

Tuesday 18 July

10:00 – 11:15
4. Hatshepsut: Beginnings

11:45 – 13:00
5. Hatshepsut: The builder

14:15 – 15:30
6. Hatshepsut and the Gods

16:00 – 17:15
7. Hatshepsut: Afterlife preparations

Wednesday 19 July

10:00 – 11:15
8. Senenmut: Origins

11:45 – 13:00
9. Senenmut and His Contemporaries

14:15 – 15:30
10. Senenmut: Statues I

16:00 – 17:15
11. Senenmut: Statues II

Thursday 20 July

10:00 – 11:15
12. Senenmut: Other sources

11:45 – 13:00
13. Senenmut: Building a biography

14:15 – 15:30
14. Senenmut: Afterlife preparations I

16:00 – 17:15
15. Senenmut: Afterlife preparations II

Friday 21 July

10:00 – 11:15
16. British Museum Visit

11:45 – 13:00
17. Deliberate Destruction

14:00 – 15:15
18. Hatshepsut’s Legacy

15:45 – 17:15
19. Conclusions: Receptions

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

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

** In-person participants only.

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