Sunday, November 17 • 10am-4pm; 6pm-7:30 pm EST
The Amarna Letters: A One-Day Symposium
George Washington University Gelman Library, B108
2130 H Street Northwest Washington, DC 20052
BASONOVA is co-promoting a one-day, de Bragança endowed symposium, dedicated to the Amarna Letters, presented by the GWU Capital Archaeological Institute and the Department of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the George Washington University.
The Amarna Letters, a collection of diplomatic correspondence excavated in Egypt and written in the 14th century BCE, provides a unique glimpse into the political landscape of the ancient Near East. Scholars from around the globe will present their latest research on these significant texts.
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Eric Cline, George Washington University
Welcome and Introduction to the Amarna Period and Letters
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM Ellen Morris, Barnard College
Was Akhenaten's Foreign Policy Heretical?
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Francesco De Magistris, University of Lausanne
Egyptian Administration in the Levant of the Amarna Letters: Functions, Time, and Space
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM Federico Zangani, University of Cambridge
The Amarna Letters as Evidence for Ancient Globalization
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM Alice Mandell, Johns Hopkins University
The Canaanite Amarna Scribes and Their Letter Craft
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM Jana Myná?ová, Charles University
From Amarna With Love: Investigating the Origin and Context of the Amarna Greeting Formula (In-person only)
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM Jacob Lauinger, Johns Hopkins University
“Seven Times and Seven Times, on the Belly and on the Back”: Prostration and the Performance of Identity in the Letters of Client Kings to the Pharaoh (In-person only)
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Chris Rollston, George Washington University
Concluding Remarks
Space may be limited. To register for this free event:
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Evening Lecture
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Amanda Podany, Professor Emeritus California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Securing Peace in the Ancient Middle East: Diplomacy in the 14th Century BCE
Space may be limited. To register for this free evening lecture:
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