From June 26^th to 29^th, tne 2^nd 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:

https://www.instagram.com/cijie_egiptologia/

https://www.facebook.com/CIJIEegiptologia/