topics

The work of the Congress will be organized on a series of major themes within Egyptology, with a particular focus on multi-disciplinary approaches to general themes. Participants will be asked to orient their contributions towards one of the major themes, whatever the nature of the evidence and source material they are working with. The list of major themes for the Congress is yet to be decided but suggestions have included the following topics:

Cultural Heritage
Egypt – Greece in Antiquity: ethnicity, cross-cultural interactions and adaptations
Archaeology and History of Art
The Egyptian belief-system: knowledge, sacred and profane
Sociology
Literature and Philology
The Archaic state and the origins of culture
History: historiography, foreign Relations and diplomacy

The list is not exclusive. The named themes are merely intended to provide a focus of discussion. Suggestions and comments from potential participants about themes to which they would like to contribute will be most welcome. Papers will be assigned to individual sessions within the wider themes on the basis of abstracts submitted and it is intended, so far as is possible, to associate multi-disciplinary approaches to selected issues. Papers that do not fit this thematic approach will be grouped together under the major disciplines headings of archaeology, art, religion and language. Appropriate slots in the timetable will also be made available for communications giving news of work in progress in all fields of Egyptology. In addition to the papers read, special forums for work-groups will be considered and facilities will be provided for poster sessions and visual displays. Participants should provide the Organising Committee with details of display area required and format of displays at the earliest possible date.