Upcoming and ongoing events around the world on Popular Culture and Ancient Egypt

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EXHIBITION – ‘Egyptomania: Fashion’s Conflicted Obsession’, The Cleveland Museum of Art, USA (April 1, 2023 to January 28, 2024)

CALL FOR PAPERS – Monsters, Magic, Mediality – Das Pen-&-Paper-Rollenspiel als Bindeglied zwischen analoger und digitaler Spieleforschung.

VIRTUAL EVENT – Cleopatra and Fake News, The National Arts Club, February 20th 2024.

LECTURE – “Imhotep: The Man, the Myth, the Monster,”  by Dr. Julia Troche (Missouri State University). March 17th, 2024, 3pm PDT at Room 140, Social Sciences Building, UC Berkeley.

CALL FOR PAPERS – “Archaeology of the Near East and New Media” ASOR Annual Meeting, Boston (hybrid) – November 20-23, 2024

LECTURE – “El antiguo Egipto en la cultura popular y del entretenimiento. Una civilización reimaginada”, by Abraham I. Fernández Pichel (Universidade de Lisboa), March 18th, 2024, 2.30pm at Room 9, FLUC, Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal)

LECTURE – “L’Égypte pharaonique, un monde ancien qui hante encore les oeuvres des XXe et XXIe siècles”, by Thomas Gamelin (Université de Lille), Séminaire Les Nocturnes de l’Histoire, March 27th, 2024, Université Catholique de Lille (France)

LECTURE – “Ancient Egypt reimagined in the musical tradition of Black contemporary musicians”, by Daniel Soliman (National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden), Seminarios de Egiptologia LAOP 2024, March 22nd 2024 (online)

LECTURE – “Nitocris, Nefertiti y Cleopatra, la recepción de las reinas egipcias en el Heavy Metal”, by Leire Olabarría (University of Birmingham, UK), Klassikalia: Reinas egipcias y filósofas griegas en el Heavy Metal, April 18th 2024, Universidad del País Vasco (in situ and online).

CALL FOR PAPERS – Save Ancient Studies Alliance (SASA) Fourth Annual free public Virtual Conference Opening the Ancient World: “Representations of the Past in Ancient and Modern Times.” July 21st – 22nd, 2024

CALL FOR PAPERS – Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in the Reception of the Ancient World 2024: “Rebirth and Renewal”, Malta Classics Association and the University of Malta’s Department of Classics and Archaeology, 21st and 22nd November 2024

ROUND TABLE – “Egypopcult 4: Divinas de la muerte. Mujeres y deidades de la antigüedad en la cultura popular contemporánea”, Universidad Pablo de la Olavide (Sevilla), 16th May 2024

VIRTUAL EVENT – Pedagogía de la Historia de la Antigüedad en las Universidades lusófonas: Nuevas perspectivas desde la cultura popular, 3 June 2024, Events Egypopcult (online).

LECTURE – “Myths About Egypt”, by Guillermo Juberías Gracia. Panel: Video-Myth: The Reception of Ancient Mediterranean Mythology in Music Videos. Celtic Conference in Classics, 2024. Cardiff University, 9-12 July.

LECTURE – “Egyptian gods: music videos and the hybrids”, by Arnaud Quertinmont. Panel: Video-Myth: The Reception of Ancient Mediterranean Mythology in Music Videos. Celtic Conference in Classics, 2024. Cardiff University, 9-12 July.

LECTURE – “Ancient Egypt in music of the Black African Diaspora: chronopolitics and mythology”, by Daniel Soliman. Panel: Video-Myth: The Reception of Ancient Mediterranean Mythology in Music Videos. Celtic Conference in Classics, 2024. Cardiff University, 9-12 July.

LECTURE – “Ancient pyramids shown on screen”, by Thomas Gamelin. Panel: Video-Myth: The Reception of Ancient Mediterranean Mythology in Music Videos. Celtic Conference in Classics, 2024. Cardiff University, 9-12 July.

LECTURE – “Ancient Egyptian Myths in a Spanish Animated Video Clip Project: Pascu and Rodri’s Destripando la Historia“, by Esperanza Ródenas Perea. Panel: Video-Myth: The Reception of Ancient Mediterranean Mythology in Music Videos. Celtic Conference in Classics, 2024. Cardiff University, 9-12 July.

LECTURE – “Ancient Egypt in rap & pop music videos: when Africanism and erotism meet”, by Simon Thuault. Panel: Video-Myth: The Reception of Ancient Mediterranean Mythology in Music Videos. Celtic Conference in Classics, 2024. Cardiff University, 9-12 July.

VIRTUAL CONFERENCE – “Past Perceptions, Modern Perspectives: Contextualising Egyptomania”, ISSE Virtual Conference 2024, 10-11 August (online)

LECTURE – “Breves notas sobre la imagen de la mujer en la cultura popular inspirada en el Antiguo Egipto: el ejemplo del cine y de los cómics contemporáneos”, by Abraham I. Fernández Pichel. Uma História de Silêncios? Coloquio CH-ULisboa de História das Mulheres e de Género, 18 June, 11:40, Room C238.

LECTURE – “Ancient Egypt transfigured in contemporary fiction: universes and places of otherness””, by Abraham I. Fernández Pichel. ISSE Virtual Conference 2024, 10 August, 9:30-9:50 (online).

LECTURE – “Vampires in Ancient Egypt: Modern Media Perceptions of Ancient Monsters”, by Abraham I. Fernández Pichel. Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in the Reception of the Ancient World, 21st November 2024, 13:00 (online).

INTERVIEW – “Some Words with a Mummy: An Evening with James Swanton, Actor”, ISSE Event, 1st October 2024, 18:00 (online). Moderated by Lauren Bruce & Michelle Keeley-Adamson.