PMF Lecture Friday 19 April: Zoom ONLY
Please note that arrangements for Friday’s lecture (19 April 2024) have had to be changed. The lecture will now be on Zoom ONLY, and not in G6 at UCL.
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 …
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 …
2023-24 Lecture Series
All lectures take place in Lecture Theatre G6, UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31 – 34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY, and will also be streamed on Zoom for those unable …