L'articolo Call for application for a 2 years Research Fellowship (PIPE Project) proviene da Egittologia Pisa.
]]>Deadline: h. 13.00 – 16/02/2024
Structure: Dipartimento di Civiltà e Forme del Sapere
Positions: 1
Among the world of ancient Egyptian craftspeople, a peculiar type remains particularly invisible, the clay manufacturer, although this category of craftsmanship is tied to one of the core materials for the material production in ancient Egypt: the clay. The plasticity of a clay-based material has also the capacity to keep over time direct traces of maker’s gestures, revealing the shaping techniques used more frequently or techniques transmitted over time or practiced by specific categories of makers. Techniques adopted, technical gestures and complexity of a shaping sequence are key aspect to reconstruct figures hidden behind an ancient technology. Moreover, clay artefacts often preserve dermatoglyphic impressions, commonly known as fingerprints, often unintentionally left by the people who modelled them while they were at a wet state. Furthermore, dermatoglyphic impressions left on the surface of an object have the potential to unearth the identity of the maker in terms of sex and age.
Taking as case study MBA Egypt and Nubia (2000-1550 BC), the final aim of PIPE is to provide for the first time a social and technological profile for the clay artisans from the Nile Valley based on the multiple – and often non-simultaneous – stories encapsulated within the artefact production, which reproduce segments of life of the non-wealthy and non-dominant people, too often ignored by the writing of our history.
Duties of the fellowship, to be based in Pisa:
• Study of clay artefacts of key interest for research, after they have been identified in the literature, in the databases of national and international museum collections.
• Interest in archaeometry and ability to carry archaeometric analysis (skill to be learned in the first months of the fellowship) and coordinate Archaeometric activites
• Documentation and study of artefacts identified in museum collections with missions abroad to targeted museums
• Photography and 3D modelling in order to document the morphology and mechanical properties of the selected clay objects (skills to be learned in the first months of the fellowship)
• Identification of fingerprints on targeted clay artefacts through the use of Dinolite (skill to be learned in the first months of the fellowship)
• Organization of workshops and seminars
• Support in project administration
• Publication of results
Minimum requirements:
Preferential requirements:
L'articolo Call for application for a 2 years Research Fellowship (PIPE Project) proviene da Egittologia Pisa.
]]>L'articolo Kawai, “New Excavation at North Saqqara: Revealing the development of funerary landscape through millennia” (20/12/23) proviene da Egittologia Pisa.
]]>A conference by Prof. Nozomu Kawai (Kanazawa University) will be held at the Aula Magna of Palazzo Boileau (Via Santa Maria 85, Pisa) on 20 December:
New Excavation at North Saqqara: Revealing the development of funerary landscape through millennia
“EST“, acronym of “Egyptological Seminars under the Tower“, is a cycle of international conferences/seminars held at the University of Pisa (Dipartimento di Civiltà e Forme del Sapere). The main aim of EST is to bring international emerging and established scholars in Pisa in order to present their recent or ongoing research (including archaeological results) or to discuss particular targeted topics. The event aims to have a simple and regular format: a) a single lecture; or b) a round-table with two or more speakers discussing a common topic.
The conference is funded by the student association VOLO – Viaggiando Oltre L’Orizzonte with contributions from the University of Pisa.
L'articolo Kawai, “New Excavation at North Saqqara: Revealing the development of funerary landscape through millennia” (20/12/23) proviene da Egittologia Pisa.
]]>L'articolo 19/12/2023 – International conference: “Being well in ancient Egypt” proviene da Egittologia Pisa.
]]>The event will be held at Centro Congressi “Le Benedettine” (Piazza S. Paolo a Ripa d’Arno 16, Pisa) on 19 December 2023, and will be streamed live at: https://bit.ly/beingwellinancientegypt
The conference is part of the cycle “EST – Egyptological Seminars under the Tower“.
Abstract
Recent historical events have confirmed the importance of health as a fundamental aspect of social, economic, and personal stability. The impact of diseases not only affects the human body, but also social dynamics, human relations, and the economy. Therefore, healing practice not only involves the medical knowledge but also the accessibility of treatments, the availability of remedies, the professionalism of the physician, and the general conception of health and illness. The conference aims at exploring the presence of health and medicine in the Egyptian society from different points of view: importance of human remains for the study of social dynamics; diffusion of healing instruments and knowledge in the social, urban and environmental context; social position of the actors of the healing process. The different perspectives offered by the lectures will provide new insights on the importance of medicine as a research tool to better understand ancient Egyptian society.
Programme
10.30–10.45 Welcome by Prof. Marilina Betrò (Università di Pisa)
Introduction: Towards an archaeology of health
10.45-11.30 Joanna Sofaer (University of Southampton), Theoretical and methodological challenges in addressing well-being in archaeology
Society through the human remains
11.30–12.15 Sonia Zakrzewski (University of Southampton), Palaeopathology, Identity, DisAbility and Eunuchism in Ptolemaic-Roman Egypt
12.15–13.00 Gretchen Dabbs (Southern Illinois University), What your skeleton can reveal about my life: Exploring social dynamics of health at Amarna
13.00-14.00 lunch break
Accessibility of medical knowledge: Texts and communities
14.00-14.45 Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert (Universität Leipzig), Ancient Egyptian medicine beyond medical handbooks: A case study in practical ophthalmology
14.45-15.30 Gabriele Conte (Università di Pisa), Presence and accessibility of healing practitioners in ancient Egyptian communities
Traces of healing practices in the material culture
15.30-16.15 Gianluca Miniaci (Università di Pisa), “Words to be spoken over a crocodile in clay”: The entanglement between material culture and texts for body protection in ancient Egypt
Discussion and conclusion
L'articolo 19/12/2023 – International conference: “Being well in ancient Egypt” proviene da Egittologia Pisa.
]]>L'articolo 18-19/01/2024 – International Symphosium: “Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage through Past, Present and Future” proviene da Egittologia Pisa.
]]>The event proposed to focus on diverse aspects of heritage protection in conflict and peace, conceptualize more critically the notion of tangibility and intangibility, address heritage issues beyond planet Earth and put forward innovative ways to deal with heritage preservation and management.
Participants included the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Culture, Lucia Borgonzoni; the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Maria Tripodi; Embassy Counsellor Paolo Bartorelli, Head of the UNESCO Office at MAECI; Legation Counsellor Stefano Crescenzi, in charge of UN affairs for the General Directorate for Political and Security Affairs at MAECI; and the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Cairo, Davide Scalmani. Among others, the Permanent Representative of Italy to UNESCO in Paris, Liborio Stellino; the Ambassador of Italy to Libya, Gianluca Alberini; and the Ambassador of Italy to Baghdad, Maurizio Greganti, will also intervene. More than 120 professors and experts from all over the world will take part in the event. Professor Giuseppe Nesi of the International Law Commission was also present.
The Virtual Museum on Cultural Heritage and the Heritage International Institute (HII) were officialy presented during the Symposium.
https://eventi.unibo.it/symposium-cultural-heritage-forli-2024
News:
L'articolo 18-19/01/2024 – International Symphosium: “Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage through Past, Present and Future” proviene da Egittologia Pisa.
]]>L'articolo Dr. Carlos Gracia Zamacona, “The MORTEXVAR project: Valuing variability in Earlier Egyptian mortuary texts” (EST Seminars) proviene da Egittologia Pisa.
]]>The first appointment of a new cycle of lectures will be held on 23rd March:
Dr. Carlos Gracia Zamacona, Universidad de Alcalá
The MORTEXVAR project: Valuing variability in Earlier Egyptian mortuary texts
Aula Pao A1, Palazzo Carità (Via Pasquale Paoli 15, Pisa) – 3.00 pm
“EST“, acronym of “Egyptological Seminars under the Tower“, is a cycle of international conferences/seminars held at the University of Pisa (Dipartimento di Civiltà e Forme del Sapere).
The main aim of EST is to bring international emerging and established scholars in Pisa in order to present their recent or ongoing research (including archaeological results) or to discuss particular targeted topics. The event aims to have a simple and regular format: a) a single lecture; or b) a round-table with two or more speakers discussing a common topic.
L'articolo Dr. Carlos Gracia Zamacona, “The MORTEXVAR project: Valuing variability in Earlier Egyptian mortuary texts” (EST Seminars) proviene da Egittologia Pisa.
]]>L'articolo Archeologia Egiziana and Social History courses proviene da Egittologia Pisa.
]]>Classes timetable:
ARCHEOLOGIA EGIZIANA
Monday, 8.30-11.45 Aula G5
Tuesday, 8.30-11.45 Aula G5
More info: https://bit.ly/3jXlbGb
SOCIAL HISTORY AND MATERIAL CULTURE OF ANCIENT EGYPT
Monday, 16.00-19.00 Aula Pao B2
Tuesday, 16.00-19.00 Aula Pao B2
More info: https://bit.ly/3Yygsd5
L'articolo Archeologia Egiziana and Social History courses proviene da Egittologia Pisa.
]]>L'articolo Breaking Images: Damage and Mutilation of Ancient Figurines proviene da Egittologia Pisa.
]]>“Breaking Images: Damage and Mutilation of Ancient Figurines“, edited by Gianluca Miniaci
Archaeological remains are ‘fragmented by definition’: apart from exceptional cases, the study of the human past takes into account mainly traces, ruins, discards, and debris of past civilisations. It is rare that things have been preserved as they were originally made and conceived in the past. However, not all the ancient fragmentary objects were the ‘leftovers’ from the past. A noticeable portion of them was part and parcel of the ancient materiality already in the form of a fragment or damaged item. The phenomenon of fragmentation can be thus explored with more outcomes for a category of objects that played an important role inside the society: the figurines. Due to their portability and size, figurines are particularly entangled and engaged in social, spatial, temporal, and material relations, and – more than other artefacts – can easily accommodate acts of embodiment and dismemberment.
The scope of this volume is to search for traces of any voluntary and intentional fragmentation of ancient artefacts, creating, improving, and sharpening the methods and principles for a scientific investigation that goes beyond single author impression or sensitivity. The comparative lens adopted in this volume can allow the reader to explore different fields taken from ancient societies of how we can address, assess, detect, and even discuss the action of breaking and mutilation of ancient figurines.
https://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/breaking-images.html
L'articolo Breaking Images: Damage and Mutilation of Ancient Figurines proviene da Egittologia Pisa.
]]>L'articolo Master’s degree Programme “Ancient Egypt and Western Asia: archaeology, history and languages” (AEWA) – Call for enrolment for the academic year 2023-2024 proviene da Egittologia Pisa.
]]>‘Ancient Egypt and Western Asia: archaeology, history and languages (AEWA)’ is a two-year graduate degree consisting of 23 courses completely taught in English at the University of Pisa. The study programme focuses on history, archaeology, culture, and languages of ancient and late Egypt and Western Asia (ranging from philology to museology, history of religions to material culture). The historical and archaeological areas of interest include Egypt, Anatolia, the Levant, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Arabia, India, Uzbekistan and Xinjiang. The languages range from ancient Egyptian to Akkadian, Hittite, Ugaritic, Syriac, Middle Iranian languages and Sanskrit.
The master programme offers also internships in agreement with museums, archives and libraries in Italy and abroad, possibility of training through excavations, immersive off-site classes in museums, study trips in some of the countries covered by the study programme.
The first deadline for non-EU students grants is February 19.
All requirements for applicants can be found at the link: https://applymscenglish.unipi.it/downloadpdf/bandicdl/2023/bando_121_wlc-lm_en.pdf
For more information on the study programme and teachers, check out the website:
L'articolo Master’s degree Programme “Ancient Egypt and Western Asia: archaeology, history and languages” (AEWA) – Call for enrolment for the academic year 2023-2024 proviene da Egittologia Pisa.
]]>L'articolo Master’s degree Programme “Ancient Egypt and Western Asia: archaeology, history and languages” (AEWA) – Call for enrolment for the academic year 2024-2025 proviene da Egittologia Pisa.
]]>‘Ancient Egypt and Western Asia: archaeology, history and languages (AEWA)’ is a two-year graduate degree consisting of 23 courses completely taught in English at the University of Pisa. The study programme focuses on history, archaeology, culture, and languages of ancient and late Egypt and Western Asia (ranging from philology to museology, history of religions to material culture). The historical and archaeological areas of interest include Egypt, Anatolia, the Levant, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Arabia, India, Uzbekistan and Xinjiang. The languages range from ancient Egyptian to Akkadian, Ugaritic, and Middle Iranian languages.
The master programme offers also internships in agreement with museums, archives and libraries in Italy and abroad, possibility of training through excavations, immersive off-site classes in museums, study trips in some of the countries covered by the study programme.
The first deadline for EU and non-EU students grants is February 15.
All requirements for applicants can be found at the link:
For more information on the study programme and teachers, check out the website:
L'articolo Master’s degree Programme “Ancient Egypt and Western Asia: archaeology, history and languages” (AEWA) – Call for enrolment for the academic year 2024-2025 proviene da Egittologia Pisa.
]]>L'articolo 19-20/12/2022 – International workshop: “Forsaken Relics: Ritual Practices of Appropriation of Abandoned Things” proviene da Egittologia Pisa.
]]>Abstract
The workshop aims at analyzing the ritual mechanisms of appropriation of ruined and/or abandoned assets/artifacts, both in the presence of legislation that regulates the process of acquiring ownerless property and in the absence of such legislation or when such rules are subject to dispute and at the center of conflicts.
All societies have developed ways to manage the (re-)appropriation of “ownerless things” left abandoned or in ruins (e.g. places abandoned after conflicts, crises, natural disasters, forsaken cemeteries, tombs, etc.). Starting from the constant need for human communities to establish rules and practices governing the use of resources at their disposal, each society has often masked its intent to appropriate an abandoned artifact with ritual practices. The final goal of the meeting is to stimulate comparative analyses of this topic in both ancient and modern societies, starting with (but not exclusively) the key questions:
• What does it mean to qualify something as abandoned? What claims and conflicts lay behind this qualification? Which ‘actors’ manifest themselves in the process (individuals, families, communities, states)?
• What relationship is created between things and people through abandoned artifacts? What social groups develop, starting from the problem of resource appropriation and reuse?
• What actions (e.g., inventorial) and rituals (e.g., dedication to ancestors) are employed to legitimize the appropriation of assets/artifacts classified as abandoned?
L'articolo 19-20/12/2022 – International workshop: “Forsaken Relics: Ritual Practices of Appropriation of Abandoned Things” proviene da Egittologia Pisa.
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