International Conference on Ancient Egyptian Chariotry

In 2012, a two-day conference on ancient Egyptian chariotry will be held at the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC).

Fourth notification First International Chariott Conference

Organized jointly by NVIC and AUC
Held at the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo

1 - 2 December 2012

Dear Colleagues,

This fourth notification will present the details of the conference as well as how to prepare and submit the paper for the proceedings. The next notification will offer details on travelling to Egypt, going from Cairo International Airport and how to find the Netherlands-Flemish Institute (NVIC) in Zamalek, together with other information.

Schedule
The schedule for the Conference is finished. The schedule and abstracts are available as .pdf at Palarch.nl. Each paper has been allotted a slot of 20 minutes with five minutes for questions. Note that, because of the tight schedule, we intend to enforce this schedule closely.

Registration
There will be an opportunity to register on two occasions: Friday 30 November from 16.00 to 18.30 and Saturday 1 December from 08.30 to 09.00 at the registration desk in the NVIC. Costs are: foreigners $ 20 (LE 120); foreign students $ 10 (LE 60); Egyptians $ 5 (LE 30); Egyptian students $ 2 (LE 10).

Publication
The proceedings will be jointly published by the PalArch Foundation and Sidestone Press , and offered for free downloading at http://www.PalArch.nl. It will be readable online for free in the e-library of Sidestone Press. Printed versions (Printing on Demand) can be obtained through Sidestone Press as well.

PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology (PJAEE; ISSN 1567-214X) is a
peer-reviewed, open access, online journal.

Best wishes,
André J. Veldmeijer & Salima Ikram







Secound Announcement

Chariots, the racecars of the ancient world, are amongst the most influential inventions in the history of warfare and a tribute to human inventiveness. Despite their prominence in different aspects of ancient Egyptian life, little is known about them. This conference serves, for the first time, to gather together specialists (archaeologists, philologists, art historians, technical specialists, and historians) who work on chariots and related subjects from ancient Egypt and the Near East.

The conference is scheduled for 1 & 2 December, 2012.

The conference will be held in Cairo (NVIC, 1, Dr. Sh. Mahmoud Azmi Str, Zamalek) and is jointly sponsored by the Netherlands Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) and the American University in Cairo (AUC).

Call for papers

Topics can include chariot technology, production, reconstruction, uses, social significance, typology, as well as other chariot-related subjects. Posters will also be accepted. The conference language is English.

Both papers and posters will be published online in a special edition of PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology (PJAEE; www.palarch.nl), an open-access peer-reviewed journal (ISSN 1567-214X) but will also be available as PoD volume in collaboration with Sidestone Press Academics (Leiden: www.sidestone.com), who are specialised in publishing archaeological scientific literature.


Please send titles and abstracts (500 words or less), by March 1 2012 to:
veldmeijer@palarch.nl and salimaikram@gmail.com

Notification of acceptances will be sent out by April 1 2012 and a final schedule will be sent out by May 20 2012.

The next announcement will include suggestions for hotels as well as other details.
André J. Veldmeijer & Salima Ikram

First Announcement

The exact dates in November will be announced in the Second Announcement later this year, together with detailed information on the objectives of the meeting.

The conference is a direct consequence of the Egyptian Museum Chariot Project, which is a detailed study of chariot leatherwork (see http://www.leatherandshoes.nl/ancient-egyptian-leatherwork-project-aelp/).

Key-note speaker: Prof. Dr. J.H. Crouwel (University of Amsterdam)

Organisation

Dr. André J. Veldmeijer (Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo)
(a.j.veldmeijer@nvic.leidenuniv.nl or veldmeijer@palarch.nl)
Prof. Dr. Salima Ikram (American University in Cairo)
(salimaikram@gmail.com)

Of course you can already contact us if you are interested to come.

 
Last Modified: 29-04-2012