Bloomsbury Summer School & Academy

Fascinated by ancient civilisations?

Monday 6 to Friday 10 July

Course Director: Dr Luigi Prada (University of Uppsala)

Monday 6 July

10:45 – 11:00
Students assemble in BSS&A Common Room

11:00 – 11:30
BSS&A Director’s Welcome Address

11:30 – 13:00
1. Introduction: Dreams, epiphanies, and oracles in ancient Egypt

13:00 - 14:30
Welcome Lunch in BSS&A Common Room (14:00 Short optional tour of UCL with the Director)

14:30 – 15:45
2. When Kingship Comes in a Dream: The Dream Stela of Thutmose IV (1)

16:15 – 17:30
3. When Kingship Comes in a Dream: The Dream Stela of Thutmose IV (2)

Tuesday 7 July

10:00 – 11:15
4. When Kingship Comes in a Dream: The Dream Stela of Thutmose IV (1)

11:45 – 13:00
5. Snakes, Assyrians, and Nubians: The Dream Stela of Tanutamani (1)

14:15 – 15:30
6. Snakes, Assyrians, and Nubians: The Dream Stela of Tanutamani (2)w

16:00 – 17:15
7. Snakes, Assyrians, and Nubians: The Dream Stela of Tanutamani (3)

17:15 – 18:30
BSS&A Social on Common Room balcony (you are welcome to invite guests)

Wednesday 8 July

10:00 – 11:15
8. Ramses, a Foreign Princess, and a Demon: The Bentresh Stela (1)

11:45 – 13:00
9. Ramses, a Foreign Princess, and a Demon: The Bentresh Stela (2)

14:15 – 15:30
10. Ramses, a Foreign Princess, and a Demon: The Bentresh Stela (3)

16:00 – 17:15
11. Ramses, a Foreign Princess, and a Demon: The Bentresh Stela (4)

17:30
Non-BSS&A event: Get together with fellow students for dinner at Poppadom Indian Kitchen in the Tavistock Hotel

Thursday 9 July

10:00 – 11:15
12. Real Dreams, Real Prophecies: From Papyrus Chester Beatty III (1)

11:45 – 13:00
13. Real Dreams, Real Prophecies: From Papyrus Chester Beatty III (2)

14:15 – 15:30
14. Visit to the British Museum Study Room & Papyrus Chester Beatty III

16:00 – 17:15
15. An Oracle of Amun: The Saite Oracle Papyrus (1)

Friday 10 July

10:00 – 11:15
16. Seven Years of Famine for Djoser’s Egypt: The Sehel Stela (1)

11:45 – 13:00
17. Seven Years of Famine for Djoser’s Egypt: The Sehel Stela (2)

14:00 – 15:15
18. Seven Years of Famine for Djoser’s Egypt: The Sehel Stela (3)

15:45 – 17:15
19. Conclusions: Discussion and wrapping up

17:15 – 19:00
End-of-Course Drinks Party on BSS&A Common Room balcony (you are welcome to invite guests)

All times are London UK time

NB: Timetables, once published, are unlikely to change, but remain provisional until the first day of the course.