Conference
13th International Congress of Egyptologists, 2023
- Date
- Sunday 6 August 2023 - Friday 11 August 2023
- Address
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Lipsius
Cleveringaplaats 1
2311 BD Leiden
About the organisation
The 13th ICE is organised by the Leiden University Department of Egyptology, the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (RMO), the Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten (NINO) and the Papyrologisch Instituut, Leiden (LPI).
Leiden has been home to Egyptology since 1818, when the first large collection of Egyptian antiquities entered the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden. The world’s first Professor in Archaeology, museum director Caspar Reuvens thus ensured Leiden grew to be a national and international centre for the study of Ancient Egypt.
From 1910 onwards Egyptology has been taught at Leiden University, and the field has continued to flourish until today. Part of the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies, the department teaches all phases of the ancient Egyptian language and culture. Annual field-work projects in Egypt are organised in Saqqara, Luxor and the Dakhla Oasis.
The Leiden Papyrologisch Instituut was founded in 1935, with its emphasis on Demotic legal material, in combination with Greek texts.
The Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten was established as an independent foundation in 1939, aiming to provide essential services for the study of the ancient Near East and Egypt. The institute has been integrated into the Faculty of Humanities in 2018.
Organising committee
- Prof. Dr Olaf E. Kaper (Universiteit Leiden)
- Dr Miriam Müller (Universiteit Leiden)
- Dr Koen Donker van Heel (Papyrologisch Instituut)
- Fania Kruijf (independent researcher)
- Dr Daniel Soliman (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden)
- Carolien van Zoest MA (Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten)
- Andrés Martín García de la Cruz (Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten)
Contact
Email: ice2023@hum.leidenuniv.nl