In this week’s blog post, we feature the work of our Egyptian colleagues from the Egypt’s Dispersed Heritage project. Here, they offer us a 12-point manifesto which highlights the ways in which the public can treat Egyptian mummified ancestral remains and their contemporary descendant communities with the dignity and respect that they deserve.
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Blog Post #111: Telling New Stories: Do We Need to Display the Egyptian Dead? with Lisa Saladino Haney
In this week’s blog post, Dr. Lisa Saladino Haney takes us through her work on the Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s new “Egypt on the Nile” project, in which they are re-imagining the ways that we conceive of museum exhibitions related to ancient Egypt and the ethical treatment of the mummified human remains in the care of their museum.
Podcast Season 4, Episode 8: Selective Salvage: Archaeology and Hydropolitics with William Carruthers
On this episode of the Peopling the Past podcast, we are joined by Dr. William Carruthers, a lecturer at the school of Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Essex.
Listen in, as Dr. Carruthers, discusses archaeology and cultural heritage in post-colonial Egypt.
Season 4, Podcast 4: Curating with Care: Transparency in Museums with Lisa Saladino Haney
In this week’s episode we are joined by Dr. Lisa Haney, Assistant Curator of Egypt on the Nile at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and part-time instructor at the University of Pittsburgh.
Listen in, as Dr. Saladino Haney speaks about museum pedagogy, community engagement in exhibit development, and the display of Egyptian cultural heritage.
Blog #108: Everyday Orientalism with Katherine Blouin
In this week’s blog post, Katherine Blouin takes us through the inception and current direction of her project Everyday Orientalism (founded and co-edited with Usama Ali Gad and Rachel Mairs). Here, she discusses the collaborative nature of the project which centres voices and topics outside the hegemonic and ‘Classical’ canon. She also reflects on the project’s current focus on the history and cultural heritage of Palestine, providing a platform for scholars and activists to speak out about the atrocities currently plaguing the region, while also sharing resources on Palestine’s complex, rich, and layered history.
Podcast Season 4, Episode 3: Communities on Display: Re-Centering Egyptian Voices with Heba Abd el Gawad
In this episode of the Peopling the Past podcast, we are joined by Dr. Heba Abd el-Gawad, a post-doctoral research fellow with the AHRC ‘Egypt’s Dispersed Heritage: Views from Egypt’ project at the Institute of Archaeology, University College of London. Listen in, as she discusses the legacy of colonialism in the field of Egyptology, and the importance of community-based research in anti-colonial action.
Podcast Season 4, Episode 2: Fragments and Falsehoods: The Papyrus Trade with Roberta Mazza
In this week’s instalment of the podcast, we are joined by Roberta Mazza, papyrologist and Associate Professor at the University of Bologna.
Listen in, as Dr. Mazza discusses the antiquities trade, both past and present, and the ethics behind papyrology, especially highlighting her experience with the illicit papyrus trade in academia.
Blog Post #104: EAMENA Project: Ten Years Documenting Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa with Mohamed Kenawi
In this blog post, Mohamed Kenawi discusses the work of the Endangered Archaeology of the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA) Project and the important work they are carrying out documenting the endangered heritage of the MENA region using advanced recording methods.
Peopling the Past Podcast Season 4: Cultural Heritage and Legacies of Colonialism
The Peopling the Past Podcast is back for a fourth season and this time we’re focusing on cultural heritage and the legacies of colonialism. Join your hosts Dr. Chelsea Gardner and Dr. Melissa Funke, as well as Dr. Christine Johnston (the producer of Season 4), for a very special preview episode, taking us through what we can expect from our podcast this season.
Podcast Season 3, Episode 12: How do you Solve a Problem like Cleopatra? : Shelley Haley and the last Egyptian Pharoah
On the last episode of our podcast season on ancient women, we are joined by Dr. Shelley Haley, the recently retired Edward North Chair of Classics and Professor of Africana Studies at Hamilton College.
Listen in, as we untangle the image of Cleopatra as a seductive manipulator and challenge assumptions, misconceptions, and preconceived notions about her persona and reign.
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