News & Agenda
- Weekly Lectures
- The Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo organizes a lecture every Thursday evening at 6 pm.
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- A visit of our Iraqi colleagues to the NVIC
- During the week of February 6-13, the World Monuments Fund (WMF), the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) and members of UNESCO Iraq invited a delegation of the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH) to Cairo. The NVIC was asked to organise a site visit to the Dutch excavations in Saqqara
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- Construction Works
- NVIC will undergo a facelift; thanks to a grant from the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science the institute will be renovated.The work will create some inconvenience for our staff and visitors during the coming year… We will keep you informed on the progress on this page.
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- New Class rooms
- The NVIC spring semester started on 31 January. Due to the renovation works, which have temporarily turned the classrooms into a battlefield scene, classes take place in the former British school, which is located a 100 meters down our street.
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- New members in NVIC's advisory council
- NVIC's scientific advisory council consists of representatives of each of the participating universities in the Netherlands and Flanders. It advises the director in all scholarly matters.
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- Become a fan of the Institute on Facebook!
- The NVIC has entered Facebook. We'll post the lecture program and other activities on our Facebook page.
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- CLEVERINGA LECTURE AND WORKSHOP 2-3 December 2009
- Seals and Sealing Practices from Ancient Times till Present Day. Developments in Administration and Magic through Cultures.
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- Opening Conference of the Leiden University Centre for the study of Islam and Society (LUCIS)
- On October 14, 2009 Dr. Sabine Dorpmueller attended the Opening Conference of the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS) in Leiden.
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- Conservation of the Sabil-Kuttab of Sultan Mustafa III in Cairo
- The Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta reported in the 14th century that in Cairo, there were twelve thousand water carriers bringing clear Nile water to the populous city where brackish water from wells was not suitable for drinking. But people could also quench their thirst without paying a water-carrier.
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- Research: Islam and Democracy
- Dr. Evert van der Zweerde, Centre for Ethics, Radboud University Nijmegen, is currently staying at NVIC for his research project “Islam and Democracy”. Dr. van der Zweerde, a political philosopher, is meeting with a broad range of scholars, journalists, religious and civil society representatives in Cairo to discuss the perception of democracy from an Islamic point of view….
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- NVIC's excavations at Saqqara
- From the seventh of February onwards, the NVIC is participating in the Dutch RMO/UL expedition with the aim of excavating below the New Kingdom tombs at Saqqara South. The project is a continuation of last year’s successful identification of the ‘archaic’ structure below the tomb of Maya (Raven et al. 2001, 62, pl. 3) as the burial place of a high official of the late Second Dynasty
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