2026-27 Lecture Series
All lectures (unless otherwise noted) take place from 6:30pm in Lecture Theatre G6, UCL’s Institute of Archaeology, 31 – 34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY, and are available to join …
Friday 30th January 18:30 – ‘Looking up! Uncovering histories of Egyptology on a journey through Paris’. Zoom only.
What if the histories of Egyptology could be read through the streets of Paris? Outside the walls of the musée du Louvre, in covered passages, on public fountains, and under …
2025-26 Lecture Series
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 …
Petrie Memorial Lecture 5th September 2025
The Friends are delighted to announce that the Petrie Memorial Lecture will return on the 5th September 2025. It has been 25 years since the first Petrie Memorial Lecture in …
Recommended Bibliography from the February 21st lecture by John Baines, ‘Ancient Egypt from an African perspective’
Bibliography from John Baines’ lecture on 21st February ‘Ancient Egypt from an African perspective.’
2024-2025 Lecture Series
Lectures usually 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 …
PMF Extra: Projecting Egypt
PMF member, Birgit Schoer, reports on a lecture about the unusual (for the PMF) but interesting topic: two pioneers of early 20th century stage and cinema, Fatima Rushdi (1908–1996) and Aziz Eid (1881–1942). …
Friday 23rd February – ‘A “kind of exploration or antiquity-dealing-business”: Egyptian archaeology and the Antiquities Trade 1880-1939’
Egyptological historiography has often focussed on the apparent scientific heroism of archaeologists, obscuring the reality that many of the same heroes were also active in the antiquities market, buying, and …
Heidi Kopp-Junk on Ancient Egyptian Music: Additional References
The December 2023 issue of the PMF Magazine includes a report by Jan Robinson (with photographs by Paul Robinson) on the May 2023 lecture by Dr Heidi Kopp-Junk concerning Music …
2023-4 PMF Extra 1: Projecting Egypt on Stage and Screen
In a special event held on 10 November 2023, the PMF explored and celebrated the enormous contribution of Fatima Rushdi and Aziz Eid to the development of Egyptian cinema and …