All lectures take place in Lecture Theatre G6, UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31 – 34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY unless otherwise noted, and will also be streamed on Zoom for those unable to attend in-person. Occasionally, and where noted, the event is Zoom only (in which case they will only be accessible over Zoom).
Lectures start at 18:30. All lectures are followed by a drinks reception.
Zoom links are emailed out a day or so ahead of the lectures. If you don’t receive the Zoom links and would like to, please email pmf@friendsofpetrie.org.uk
2025
Friday 10th October, 18:30
Friday 14th November, 18:30
TBC
TBC
A Friday in December, 18:30
TBC
TBC
2026
A Friday in January, 18:30
TBC
TBC
Friday 20th February, 18:30
Nicky Nielsen
Title TBC
Friday 6th March, 18:30
Marie Vandenbeusch & John Taylor
Henry Salt and his first collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities.
Friday 24th April, 18:30 (Zoom only)
Arabic Diaries project team (in alphabetical order: Sara al-Ashmawi, Marleen De Meyer, Peter Der Manuelian, Wendy Doyon, Yasmine Emam, Aya Ibrahim, Noha Mostafa, Mostafa Tolba, Liesbeth Zack)
The Arabic Excavation Archive from Qift: Digitization, transcription, and translation of the Arabic Diaries from the Harvard-MFA excavations in Egypt and Sudan, 1913-1947.
A Friday in May, 18:30
Stephen Quirke
Title TBC
Friday 12th June, 18:30
Penny Wilson
A Means to an End: Cultic Expansion and Consolidation in Late Dynastic Egypt.
July 2026:
AGM