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Bloomsbury Summer School
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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.
2024 Course timetable (in-person and online)
Monday 8 to Friday 12 July
HIERATIC: READING HORUS AND SETH, LOVE POEMS, AND MORE
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Course Director: Dr Luigi Prada (Uppsala University)
Monday 8 July
10:45 – 11:00*
Students login to Google Meet
11:00 – 11:30
BSS Director’s Welcome Address
11:30 – 13:00
1. What is Hieratic? A refresher of Egypt’s cursive script
Welcome Lunch in BSS Common Room (14:00 Short optional tour of UCL with the Director)**
14:30 – 15:45
2. Reading Hieratic: Tricks and tools for the job
16:15 – 17:30
3. Warming Up: Some ancient Egyptian school exercises
Tuesday 9 July
10:00 – 11:15
4. A Gentle Start: From the Shipwrecked Sailor (1)
11:45 – 13:00
5. A Gentle Start: From the Shipwrecked Sailor (2)
14:15 – 15:30
6. The Stories of King Khufu: From Papyrus Westcar (1)
16:00 – 17:15
7. The Stories of King Khufu: From Papyrus Westcar (2)
17:15 – 18:30
BSS Social on Common Room balcony**
Wednesday 10 July
10:00 – 11:15
8. Late Egyptian: Some grammatical guidelines (1)
11:45 – 13:00
9. Late Egyptian: Some grammatical guidelines (2)
14:15 – 15:30
10. Clash of the Titans: From The Contendings of Horus & Seth (1)
16:00 – 17:15
11. Clash of the Titans: From The Contendings of Horus & Seth (2)
17:30
Non-BSS event: Get together with fellow students for dinner at Poppadom Indian Kitchen in the Tavistock Hotel**
Thursday 11 July
10:00 – 11:15
12. Clash of the Titans: From The Contendings of Horus & Seth (3)
11:45 – 13:00
13. Clash of the Titans: From The Contendings of Horus & Seth (4)
14:15 – 15:30
14. Clash of the Titans: From The Contendings of Horus & Seth (5)
16:00 – 17:15
15. Clash of the Titans: From The Contendings of Horus & Seth (6) [or: An Egyptian Fairy Tale: The Doomed Prince (1)]
Friday 12 July
10:00 – 11:15
16. Love at the Time of Ramses: From New Kingdom love poems (1) [or: An Egyptian Fairy Tale: The Doomed Prince (2)]
11:45 – 13:00
17. Love at the Time of Ramses: From New Kingdom love poems (2)
14:15 – 15:30
18. Papyri Seen up Close: Visit to the British Museum**
16:00 – 17:15
19. Love at the Time of Ramses: From New Kingdom love poems (3)
17:15 – 18:30
End-of-Course Drinks and Online Social (you are welcome to invite guests)
*All times are London UK time; Google Meet 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.