Seminar on Current Research in Textile Archaeology along the Nile
| 8:40 – 9:00 | Registration, coffee, tea, and welcome |
Session 1. Methods and Techniques:
Renewed Interest in Ancient Textiles from Egypt and Sudan and
Interdisciplinary Approaches
Chairs: Anne Drewsen & Ulrikka Mokdad
| 9.00 – 9.25 | The Study of Textiles of the Museo Egizio: A Work in Progress Valentina Turina & Matilde Borla, Turin Museo Egizio |
| 9.25 – 9.50 | Reappraisal of the Late Antique Textile Collection from the Department of Antiquity, Hungarian Museum of Fine Arts Eszter Mátyás, Hungarian National Museum |
| 9.50 – 10.15 | Spiral Textiles. Ancient Techniques – Modern hands Ulrikka Mokdad, CTR |
| 10.15 – 10.45 | Coffee break |
| 10.45 – 11.10 | The Museological Value of Misattribution Cary Karp, Uppsala University |
| 11.10 – 11.35 | Charting the Nalbinding of the Nile Anne Marie Decker, independent researcher |
| 11.35 – 12.00 | The TexMeroe Project: Towards an Integrative Archaeology of Textile Production Elsa Yvanez, CTR |
Session 2. From the Field: Current Research on Ancient Textiles
Chairs: Ulrikka Mokdad and Elsa Yvanez
| 13.00 – 13.25 | Textiles in the Elite Cemetery at Hierakonpolis: Fresh Investigations in 2018 Alistair Dickey, University of Liverpool |
| 13.25 – 13.50 | The Elephant’s Shroud Anne Drewsen, CTR |
| 13.50 – 14.15 | Tracing Clothes in the Ancient Temples and Documents Katarzyna Kasprzycka, University of Warsaw |
| 14.15 – 14.45 | Coffee break |
| 14.45 – 15.10 | Scientific Analysis and Technical Study of three ancient Egyptian textiles from the tomb of Hatnofer and Ramose, Western Thebes, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, 1550 - 1295 B.C. Tatiana Verdon, Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY, NYC |
| 15.10 – 15.35 | The Practice of Wrapping in Tutankhamun’s Burial in a Comparative Perspective Ziff Jonker, University of Copenhagen |
| 15.35 – 16.00 | Coffee break |
| 16.00 – 16.25 | Qasr Ibrim. Its Tools and Textiles Sarah Hitchens, University of Liverpool |
| 16.25 – 16.50 | Nubian Textiles project – an investigation of textiles and textile production of medieval Sudan Magdalena Wozniak, IKSIO-PAN Warsaw |
| 16.50 – 17.30 | Concluding remarks and discussion |
| 17.30 - 19.00 | Drinks in the CTR library (room 11b-1-05) - all attendees are welcome |
The seminar is free to attend, but for planning
reasons please register to: drewsen@hum.ku.dk.