Call for papers--Conference and workshop on ancient Egyptian coffins

Call for papers and expressions of interest

Conference

"Ancient Egyptian Coffins: past, present, future"
Cambridge
7-9 April 2016

    The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge is pleased to
    announce a conference on ancient Egyptian coffins, to be held at
    the Judge Business School from 7-9 April 2016.  The themes of
    the conference focus on three areas:

        Past: the development of coffins in antiquity, including

        Technological, iconographic and text-based studies

        Present: the post-antiquity history of coffins

        Future: developments in the technical examination and
        analysis of coffins

    The conference will coincide with the exhibition Death on the
    Nile: Uncovering the Afterlife of Ancient Egypt, which forms
    part of the Museum's bicentenary celebrations.

    The conference language will be English.  Papers will last no
    more than 20 minutes, and will be grouped together in ten
    sessions.  There will also be a poster session.  The conference
    will conclude with the Glanville Lecture, to be given by Dr John
    H. Taylor, Assistant Keeper, The British Museum on Saturday 9
    April, 2016 at 5 pm.

    Please submit abstracts for papers and posters to
    fitzmuseum-coffins<-at->lists<.>cam<.>ac<.>uk by 11 December 2015 using the
    form available at

        <URL:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8Upm1gPC8mwNW5BdUowNkVJNzA/view?usp=sharing>

    Abstracts should be no more than 500 words and should include
    the title of the submission, names and affiliations of all
    authors and contact details (email and postal address) of one
    corresponding author.  Authors of accepted submissions will be
    notified by 5 January 2016.

    Conference registration opens in January but expressions of
    interest are welcomed immediately.  Please use the form above.
    The full registration fee is UKP90; it includes tea and coffee
    and a buffet lunch each day, book of abstracts, an evening
    reception and private view of the Death on the Nile exhibition,
    plus a private evening visit to the chapel of King's College.
    The fee will be waived for one speaker per paper.  A
    concessionary rate of UKP55 will be available to registered
    students, retired or unwaged participants and one author per
    poster.  Fees may be paid through the University of Cambridge
    Online Store

        <URL:http://onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk>

    from 5 January 2016 onwards.

Workshop

Fitzwilliam Museum
4-6 April 2016

    The Coffin Workshop, a practical seminar looking in detail at
    some of the key features of coffin construction and techniques
    of decoration, will be held in the Fitzwilliam Museum from 4-6
    April 2016.  Details will be announced shortly.

Jennifer Marchant
Conservator of Antiquities
Fitzwilliam Museum


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