An Index of " Classical Papers" or "أوراق كلاسيكية " the bulletin of Classics department in Cairo University is available also online. The bulletin contains contributions written in Arabic as well as other European languages like English and French. The index could be accessed here.
The blog aggregates news about publications, activities, etc. related to Egyptian/Arabic scholarship in the field of Greco-Roman studies and thus seeks to challenge the Eurocentrism prevalent in the field. It aims also at directing the attention to relevant materials from modern nonacademic/public contexts; roughly from 1798-to the present. The news comes mainly from Egypt without excluding other Arabic countries.
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Monday, January 6, 2014
List of Arabic titles in Library of Classics department (Cairo University)
The department of Classics in Cairo University is putting online a list with contributions to the study of classics written by scholars in Arabic. The list could be accessed here.
The History Department of Ain Shams University's Conference (1st -2nd April 2014)
History Dept., Faculty of Arts, Ain Sams University, Cairo, Egypt in collaboration with “Seminar of Medieval and Islamic History”. is organizing in1st -2nd April 2014 a conference under the title ""Thought and Culture in Christian Egypt 284-641 AD." The conference announcement is attached below for more details.
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The Fifth Annual Conference of Ain Shams University Center of Papyrological Studies
Ain Shams University Center of Papyrological Studies is holding its fifth annual conference between 26-28 March 2014. The conference is titled The Word and the Image in the Ancient Civilizations.
A society for the Egyptian Papyrologists
Dr. Magdy A.I Aly ( Mansoura University) has founded "The Association of Egyptian Papyrologists". The first words of its newly founded website states :
"Due to our faith in these times milestone in our new Egypt we recognized that we definitely need to establish an academic Egyptian international entity; represents and reflects the Egyptian Papyrology in its various branches (ancient Egyptian - Greek - Arabic – Coptic and Hebrew)."
"Due to our faith in these times milestone in our new Egypt we recognized that we definitely need to establish an academic Egyptian international entity; represents and reflects the Egyptian Papyrology in its various branches (ancient Egyptian - Greek - Arabic – Coptic and Hebrew)."
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