Imperial Landscapes Conference

04/14/2018

UofT Classics field trip to Egypt (take two), under the theme "Orientalism, the Classics, and Egypt" for Prof. Katherine Blouin and graduate students Willem Crispen-Frei, Giulio Leghissa, and Sean Stewart. In addition to visits, the students also attended the workshop organized by Katherine Blouin, Usama Ali Gad, and Rachel Mairs on April 10, 2018 at the Cairo branch of the Egypt Exploration Society.

03/27/2018

REMINDER: The 2nd (Annual) "Orientalism, the Classics, and Egypt II" Workshop in Cairo on April 10, 2018.

Image: The Griffith Institute Please join us in Cairo on April 10 at the Cairo branch of the EES for what promises to be a fun and stimulating workshop. A description of the event’s theme can…

04/29/2017

A one-week field trip to Cairo, the Wadi Natrun and Alexandria, under the theme "Orientalism, the Classics, and Egypt".

In addition to visits, the students also attended the workshop organized by Katherine Blouin, Rachel Mairs, and Usama Ali Gad on April 26, 2017.

Professor Blouin invited her graduate students from her Fall 2016 seminar "Orientalism and the Classics" to participate in this trip. The group includes: Drew Davis, Chiara Graf, Rachel Mazzara, Emily Mohr, Naomi Neufeld, and Shona Scott (from York University).

04/01/2017

Photo credit: Warrena Wilkinson

Imperial Landscapes: Empires, Societies, and Environments in the Ancient to Modern Nile Delta

03/23/2017

COUNTDOWN TO IL2017: The wait is over! Join us at 9:00am tomorrow morning for welcome and introductory remarks from Professors Alison Keith (University of Toronto) and Katherine Blouin (University of Toronto). Immediately following, the first paper of the conference will be presented at 9:30am.

03/22/2017

COUNTDOWN TO IL2017: Please join us in welcoming Rachel Mairs (University of Reading), co-author of the book "Archaeologists, Tourists, Interpreters: Exploring Egypt and the Near East in the Late 19th–Early 20th Centuries," who will be presenting her conference paper entitled "Just Passing Through? The Nile Delta and the Egyptian Tourist Economy in the Late Nineteenth Century."

03/21/2017

COUNTDOWN TO IL2017: This Friday afternoon, Peter Bing (University of Toronto) will be presenting a paper entitled, "The Hetaira’s Tomb: Doricha/Rhodopis and the Pyramid of Mycerinus at Giza."

03/19/2017

COUNTDOWN TO IL2017: This coming week, Jelle Bruning (Universiteit Leiden) will be presenting a paper entitled "Religious Images of Alexandria in Early-Islamic Egypt."

03/18/2017

COUNTDOWN TO IL2017: This coming Friday, Regina Höschele (University of Toronto) will be presenting a paper entitled, "Two Lovers and a Lion: Pankrates’ Poem on Hadrian’s Royal Hunt."

03/18/2017

COUNTDOWN TO IL2017: We look forward to the paper presentation of "Digital Annotation of Arabic Place Names of the Nile Delta" by Usama Ali Gad (Ain Shams University, Egypt).

03/17/2017

COUNTDOWN TO IL2017: We look forward to welcoming Heba Mostafa (University of Kansas) to UofT's campus next week. She will be presenting a paper entitled "The Nile as Nexus: Between Veneration and Mediation in the Islamic Period."