CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & LECTURES

      2011

• Annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, special topic forum: "The Mediterranean Material Culture and the Study of Religion", San Fransisco, November, 16-22. Paper TBA

• "Το Αιγαίο στην Αίγυπτο κατά την 3η χιλιετία μ.Χ. και η αυγή της Αιγυπτολογίας στην Ελλάδα". Ομιλία στο 1o Πανελλήνιo Συμπόσιο Ex Oriente Lux με θέμα: Η έρευνα και διδασκαλία των Πολιτισμών της Αιγύπτου, Εγγύς Ανατολής και Κύπρου στα Ελληνικά ΑΕΙ, Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου (Τμήμα Μεσογειακών Σπουδών), Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών (Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας) και Εθνικό Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο (Τμήμα Προϊστορικών, Ανατολικών και Αιγυπτιακών Aρχαιοτήτων), Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, αμφ. Ι. Δρακοπούλου, 20 Μαΐου.

• "'Ο όφις ο αρχαίος': αρχέγονο κακό και δαιμονολογία στη NA Μεσόγειο" ("Ηō Ophis hō Archaīos": primeval evil and demonology in SE Mediterranean"). Ανακοίνωση στον Κύκλο Διαλέξεων Επιστήμης Κοινωνία (Απρίλιος - Μάιος 2011) του Εθνικού Ιδρύματος Ερευνών με γενικό θέμα Ανατολική Μεσόγειος: Σταυροδρόμι Μύθου και Λατρείας, Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών, Αθήνα, 3 Μαΐου.

• "Apophis and his sister: the demonisation of venomous bites and agents in Egypt and abroad". Paper to be delivered at the specialised workshop Ancient Egyptian Demonology: a comparative perspective, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 28 February - 1 March.

      2010

• "Η Αιγυπτιολογία στο Τμήμα Μεσογειακών Σπουδών: έρευνες και προοπτικές". Διάλεξη στην Ημερίδα με θέμα Αρχαιολογικές Έρευνες στο Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου 2000-2010, Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου, Ρόδος, 2 Νοεμβρίου 2010.

• "The role of Greece in the preservation and promotion of the Greek monuments and presence in Egypt". Paper to be delivered at the one-day conference/results of the project Study Conservation and Digital presentation of the marble tombs in the Christian necropolis of Alexandria, Egypt, Hellenic Aid and the Τechnological Institutes of Lamia and Athens, Alexandria, April 9-11.

      2009

• "Assimilation and resistance in the temple magic of the Late Period: the Apophis' ritual redefined". Paper to be delivered at the International Workshop Social and Religious Development of Egypt in the First Millennium BCE, Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, Prague, September, 1-4.

• "The demonic identity of the dead in the Egyptian Underworld: the evidence from the New Kingdom and the Third Intermediate Period". Paper to be delivered at the Encounters with the Dead in the Ancient World, University of Thessaly, Volos, June, 19-21.

• "Name versus function and the problem of otherness in the Egyptian magical discourse of the New Kingdom and the Late Period". Paper to be delivered at the International Archaeological and Archaeognostic Conference AΘΑΝΑΣΙΑ. IMMORTALITY: The Earthly World, the Celestial World and the Underworld in the Mediterranean from the Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age, University of Crete, Archaeological Institute of Aegean Studies & Archaeological Institute of Cretan Studies, Rhodes, May, 29-31.

• "Moving across the Great Green Sea: an overview of the Greco-Egyptian interactions in the second and first millennia BC". Paper to be delivered at the International Conference on Egypt and the Mediterranean Countries "Historical Ties and a Future Vision", Beni Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt, April, 2-4.

      2008

• "The Rhodian Aegyptiaka Project: Some questions of political and religious adaptations in the 1^st millennium BC" (with Ludwig morenz). Paper delivered at the 10th International Congress of Egyptologists, under the aegis of the University of the Aegean, International Association of Egyptologists, Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt, Academy of Athens, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Rhodes, May 22-29.

• "Naming and classifying the demonic: Ancient Egyptian Demonology in context". Paper delivered at the 10th International Congress of Egyptologists, under the aegis of the University of the Aegean, International Association of Egyptologists, Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt, Academy of Athens, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Rhodes, May 22-29.

• "The Rhodian Aegyptiaka Project: Some questions of political and religious adaptations in the 1^st millennium BC". Paper delivered at the Second British Egyptological Conference, University of Liverpool and Egypt Exploration Society, Liverpool, March 14-16.

      2007

• "Religious semantics of the Egyptian foreign relations with Rhodes and the Dodecanese in the Late Period". Paper delivered at the International Conference on the Occation of Honoring Prof. Dr. Abd el-Halim Nur el-Din, under the aegis of Cairo University, Alexandria University, Fayoum University, Netherlands Institue in Cairo, Cairo and Alexandria, April 10-12.

• "Naming the demonic in the Egyptian belief system". Paper delivered at the 58^th Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Toledo OH, April 21-23.

      2006

• "Poisonous agents and the conceptualization of their identity: snake bites and scorpion stings in the Egyptian magical and medical corpora". Paper delivered at Being in Ancient Egypt: thoughts on agency, materiality and cognition, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, September 29-30.

• "Ökumene und Ökonomie im Horizont der Religion. Ägyptische Donationen

  An rhodische Heiligtümer und rhodische Imitationen" (with L. Morenz). Paper delivered at Das Heilige und die Ware: Eigentum, Austausch und Kapitalisierung im

  Spannungsfeld von Ökonomie und Religion, Berlin, May 26-28.

      2005

• "Memphite theology in practice: the interrelation of divine logos and word

  play in temple ritual". Paper delivered at the 7^th altägyptischen Tempeltagung: Structuring religion, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, September 28 to October 1.

• "Astronomical orientation of Egyptian monuments (Giza and Abydos). A

  reappraisal" (with I. Liritzis and E. Vasiliou). Paper delivered at SEAC 2005: Lights and Shadows in Cultural Astronomy, European Society for Astronomy in Culture, Sardinia, June 28 to July 3.

      2004

• "Secrecy and mystery in Egyptian magical prāxis of the Greco-Roman

  Period: native practice or cultural loan?". Paper delivered at the International Conference Foreign relations and Diplomacy in  the Ancient World: Egypt,Greece, Near East, University of the Aegean, Rhodes, December 3-5.

• "Classifying the demonic: the semiology of demonic name and its cosmic-natural personifications in magic and ritual". Paper delivered at Aegyptus et Pannonia Symposium III: Diversity and Similarity in Egyptian Religions. Dedicated to the memory of Lazlo Kákosý, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, November 17-19.

• "Megalithic structures and solar theology in Ancient Egypt". Paper delivered at the Internanational Conference The Archaeology of World Megalithic Cultures, University of the Aegean, Rhodes, October 28-31.

• "Dead entities in living bodies: the demonic influence of the dead in the

  Medical texts". Paper delivered at the IXth International Congress of Egyptologists, under the auspices of the University of Lyon, International Association of Egyptologists, Supreme Council of Antiquities, Grenoble, September 6-12.

      2003

• "The double persona of the demonic: the case of the four Apophian snakes". Paper delivered at the 1st Specialised Egyptological Symposium at the University of the Aegean entitled Ancient Egyptian Theology and Demonology. Studies on the boundaries between the divine and the demonic in  Egyptian magic, University of the Aegean and the University of Liverpool, Rhodes, June 27-29.

      2002

• "Topos and Mimesis: Early Egyptian linguogenesis within the phonematic environment of South-Eastern Mediterranean" (with A. Revithiadou). Paper delivered at Settlers and Settlements in Greece, 9000-1000 B.C, University of the Aegean, Rhodes, October 7-11.

• "Some remarks on the ritual of ‘striking the ball’ in the liturgical environment of the Ptolemaic temples". Paper delivered at 6^th Ägyptologische Tempeltägung: The function and use of the space of the Ancient Egyptian temple, Leiden, September 4-7.

• "The role of the Mediterranean Sea in the development of the ancient

  Civilizations". Paper delivered at International Symposium on Tourism and protection of the Mediterranean Sea, SCUL, Rhodes, April 28-29.

      2001

• "Magic in Greco-Roman Egypt: the semiotics of a gradual interpenetration of Egyptian and Greek ritual beliefs". Paper delivered at Religion and Rationalism in Ancient Greece, University of the Aegean and the Society for the Study of the Ancient Greek Religion, Rhodes, May 25-29.

• "Cat versus snake: a symbolic conflict with magical connotations". Paper delivered at Current Research in Egyptology II, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, January 18-19.

      2000

• "The function of Heka as a mobilised force in a theological environment: the apotropaic ritual of overthrowing Apophis". Paper delivered at the Eighth International Congress of Egyptlogists, under the auspice of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture and the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Kairo, March 28 to April 3.

      1999

• "I am the god X: the magician’s approach to the divine during the course of an apotropaic ritual in Ancient Egypt". Paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Boston MA, November 22-29.
• "Aspects of the apotropaic ritual of overthrowing Apophis". Paper delivered at the Eighth Congress of Greco-Arabica Studies, Cairo, February 24-26.

      1998

• "To repel divine and human evil beings: apotropaic rituals in Ancient Egypt". Paper delivered at 2nd Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Edinburgh, February 19-22.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS & LECTURES

     2011

• Annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, special topic forum: "The Mediterranean Material Culture and the Study of Religion", San Fransisco, November, 16-22. Paper TBA

• "'Ο όφις ο αρχαίος': αρχέγονο κακό και δαιμονολογία στη NA Μεσόγειο" ("Ηō Ophis hō Archaīos": primeval evil and demonology in SE Mediterranean"). Ανακοίνωση στον Κύκλο Διαλέξεων Επιστήμης Κοινωνία (Απρίλιος - Μάιος 2011) του Εθνικού Ιδρύματος Ερευνών με γενικό θέμα Ανατολική Μεσόγειος: Σταυροδρόμι Μύθου και Λατρείας, Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών, Αθήνα, 3 Μαΐου.

• "Apophis and his sister: the demonisation of venomous bites and agents in Egypt and abroad". Paper to be delivered at the specialised workshop Ancient Egyptian Demonology: a comparative perspective, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 28 February - 1 March.  

     2010

• "The role of Greece in the preservation and promotion of the Greek monuments and presence in Egypt". Paper to be delivered at the one-day conference/results of the project Study Conservation and Digital presentation of the marble tombs in the Christian necropolis of Alexandria, Egypt, Hellenic Aid and the Τechnological Institutes of Lamia and Athens, Alexandria, April 9-11.

     2009

• "The demonic identity and the dead in the Egyptian Underworld: the evidence from the New Kingdom and the Third Intermediate Period". Paper to be delivered at the Encounters with the Dead in the Ancient World, University of Thessaly, Volos, June, 19-21.

• "Name versus function and the problem of otherness in the Egyptian demonic discourse of the New Kingdom and the Late Period". Paper to be delivered at the International Archaeological Sympoium Αθανασία: ο Άνω, Υπεράνω και ο Κάτω Κόσμος στη Μεσόγειο της Ύστερης Εποχής του Χαλκού και της Πρώιμης Εποχής του Σιδήρου, University of Crete, Archaeological Institute of Aegean Studies & Archaeological Institute of Cretan Studies, Rhodes, May, 29-31.

• "Moving across the Great Green Sea: an overview of the Greco-Egyptian interactions in the second and first millennia BC". Paper to be delivered at the International Conference on Egypt and the Mediterranean Countries "Historical Ties and a Future Vision", Beni Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt, April, 2-4.

• "Foreigners and demonic identity in Ancient Egypt". Paper to be delivered at the St. Andrews Scottish Hellenic Society and Archaeology Society Seminar, St. Andrews, February 10.

      2008

• "Theology and Ritual practice in Ancient Egypt". Paper delivered at the Clasical Seminar (Prof. Nota Kourou), University of Athens, Athens, November 13.

• "Egypt and the Aegean world in the second and fist millennium BC". Paper delivered at the Late Bronze Age Seminar, University of Peloponese (Prof. E. Giannouli), November 4.

      2006

• "Ökumene und Ökonomie im Horizont der Religion. Ägyptische Donationen

  An rhodische Heiligtümer und rhodische Imitationen" (with L. Morenz). Paper delivered at Das Heilinge und die Ware: Eigentum, Austausch und Kapitalisierung im

  Spannungsfeld von Ökonomie und Religion, Berlin, May 26-28.

      2005

• "The language and performativity of the Ancient Egyptian magical discourse". Paper delivered at the Cultural Center of the Embassy of the Arabic Republic of Egypt at Athens, December 21.

• “Death and afterlife in Ancient Egypt”. Paper delivered at the Cultural Center of the Embassy of the Arabic Republic of Egypt at Athens, March 16.

      2004

• "In quest of the eternal life: death and mummification in Ancient Egypt". Paper delivered at Metaekdotiki Publishers, Athens, December 14.

     2002

• "The role of the Mediterranean Sea in the development of the ancient

  Civilizations". Paper delivered at International Symposium on Tourism and protection of the Mediterranean Sea, SCUL, Rhodes, April 28-29.