Activities
TRIP TO EGYPT UAB 2025
IEPOA porposes a cultural trip to the land of the Pharaohs for this winter. There will be two groups, one in Spanish and one in Catalan. This trip is offered in the framework of training programs in Egyptology at the UAB, both classroom-based and online (official master’s degree and PhD, postgraduate diploma, MOOCs, and specialization courses), but is open to all audiences and requires no previous knowledge. On the other hand, the trip aims to support IEPOA’s Egyptololgical research.
Group in Spanish – 23 January – 02 February 2025
UAB, HOME OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GENDER STUDIES IN EGYPT AND THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST (EGEPOA)
The International Conference on Gender Studies in Egypt and the Ancient Near East (EGEPOA) took place on 17 and 18 October 2024. This initiative is organised and promoted by young researchers whose work is part of gender studies. It is supported by both UAB teaching staff and external professionals, as well as with the support and funding of the Deganat of the Facultat de Filosofia i Lletres, the Doctoral Programme in Antiquity and Middle Eastern Sciences, the Department of Antiquity and Middle Eastern Sciences, the Area of Ancient History of the same department and the Institute of Antiquity and Near Eastern Studies (IEPOA).
Held in a hybrid format in the Sala de Graus of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters (UAB). It was a meeting of researchers at the beginning of their academic careers (master’s, doctorate, postdoctorate) from different national and international centers, who had in common the study of ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East from a gender studies perspective. Download the book of abstracts here.
Beyond the intellectual exchange, the EGEPOA conferences were seen as a space for building networks between participants and attendees. Given the success of the call—both in the call for papers and in registrations—the Organizing and Scientific Committees decided to hold this meeting biennially.
Simultaneously with the Conference, between September 30 and November 12, the temporary exhibition “Entre dos cultures: els estudis de gènere en Egipte i Pròxim Orient Antics” was held, in collaboration with the Biblioteca d’Humanitats (UAB).
The purpose of this initiative has been to bring students closer to the recommended bibliography on a wide variety of topics related to gender studies. The more than 50 titles compiled responded to the thematic axes that underpin the discipline. All of this is accompanied by a series of information panels with content related to gender studies in Egypt and the Near East, which are published on our networks.
You can consult all the latest news about EGEPOA through the following link: https://www.instagram.com/egepoa.uab/
TRIP TO EGYPT UAB 2024
IEPOA porposes a cultural trip to the land of the Pharaohs for this summer. There will be two groups, one in Spanish and one in Catalan. This trip is offered in the framework of training programs in Egyptology at the UAB, both classroom-based and online (official master’s degree and PhD, postgraduate diploma, MOOCs, and specialization courses), but is open to all audiences and requires no previous knowledge. On the other hand, the trip aims to support IEPOA’s Egyptololgical research.
Group in Spanish – 17-31 July 2024
EGYPTOLOGY SEMINARS 2023-2024
ARTESANÍA Y PRODUCCIÓN CERÁMICA. INVESTIGACIONES ETNOARQUEOLÓGICAS EN EGIPTO
Zulema Barahona Mendieta
Thursday, November 9, 2023, 16:00-18 :00 h.
Seminari A of the Facultat de Filosofia i Lletres
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EGYPTOLOGY SEMINARS 2023-2024
EL NORESTE DE ÁFRICA Y EL VALLE DEL NILO ENTRE EL PALEOLÍTICO FINAL Y LA CULTURA DE NAQADA: DISPERSIONES, ADAPTACIONES, INTERACCIONES
Gwenola Graff and Alice Leplongeon
Thursday, November 2 and Friday, November 3, 2023, 16:00-19 :00 h.
Sala d’Actes of the Facultat de Filosofia i Lletres
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UAB, HOST OF THE 2ND IBERO-AMERICAN CONGRESS OF YOUNG RESEARCHERS IN EGYPTOLOGY (II CIJIE)
From June 26th to 29th, tne 2nd Ibero-American Congress of Young Researchers in Egyptology (II CIJIE) will take place, organized by doctoral and master’s students from the UAB, with the support of the Department of Studies in Antiquity and the Middle Ages and the Institute for Ancient Near Eastern Studies at our university.
This virtual conference will bring together emerging researchers in Ibero-American Egyptology and aims to serve as a forum for networking, debate, and showcasing the current dynamism of this discipline in various countries across Ibero-America. With this edition, the UAB aims to contribute to the consolidation of this event, further promoting Egyptological research in our countries and languajes, and creating networks for scientific discussion among researchers in the early stages of their academic development.
Over the course of four days, more than 50 presentations will be distributed across seven sessions, covering topics ranging from Predynastic to Roman Period: Archaeology and Art, Gender and Society, History, Religion and Funerary Practices, Digital Humanities, Collections, and Literature and Philology. The conference will also feature an inaugural and closing lecture, as well as three other keynote speeches. Download the book of abstracts here.
You can follow the social media platforms of this gathering space for young researchers through the following links:
TRIP TO EGYPT UAB 2023
IEPOA porposes a cultural trip to the land of the Pharaohs for this summer. There will be two groups, one in Spanish and one in Catalan. This trip is offered in the framework of training programs in Egyptology at the UAB, both classroom-based and online (official master’s degree and PhD, postgraduate diploma, MOOCs, and specialization courses), but is open to all audiences and requires no previous knowledge. On the other hand, the trip aims to support IEPOA’s Egyptololgical research.
Group in Spanish – 16-29 July 2023
EGYPTOLOGICAL EVENTS 2022 AT THE UAB
As is well known, this year 2022 we are celebrating two Egyptological anniversaries of great significance and international media impact: no less than 200 years since the decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphs and 100 years since the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb.
The IEPOA of the UAB wishes to join in the celebration of these events, which marked milestones in the history of Egyptology and the human sciences in general, with two commemorative academic events that will take place on the same dates as the commemorated events (or one day apart, in the case of the second one).
In addition, this year marks an “internal” Egyptological milestone at the UAB: the 30th anniversary of the first Egyptology classes at our university, within the framework of the Master in Oriental Studies: Egyptology and Assyriology, taught by the IEPOA from the academic year 1992-93. Since then, Egyptology has been present uninterruptedly in the educational offer of our university.
The Vice-rectorate for Communication and Culture of the UAB, in collaboration with the IEPOA, the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, and the Department of Ancient and Middle Ages Sciences, is also preparing a commemorative exhibition on all these anniversaries entitled Beyond Tutankhamun, which will be inaugurated in November.
200 years since the decipherment of hieroglyphs
On 14 September 1822, Jean-François Champollion found the key to decipher the hieroglyphic script of the Ancient Egyptians…
100 years since the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun
On 26 November 1922, Howard Carter saw for the first time the treasures hidden in the intact tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun…
30 years of Egyptology at the UAB
In October 1992 the first courses in Egyptology were given at the UAB as part of the IEPOA Master’s Degree in Oriental Studies…
TRIP TO EGYPT UAB 2022
Group in Spanish – 18-30 July 2022