10.12.2024
SAfA Faro 2025 Session on ‘Archaeological Insights to Apiculture in Africa’
Dear Colleagues, The following may be of interest to you. Please address any queries to the conference organisers. Best wishes Julie A session on apiculture in African contexts will be held at the Society of Africanist Archaeologists (SAfA) in Faro, Portugal (21st to 26th July 2025). Should you be interested in delivering a paper on evidence […]
09.12.2024
Christian Inscriptions from Egypt and Nubia
Dear Colleagues,The following publication has just appeared and may be of interest to you.Please address any queries to the publisher and/or authors. All the best, Julie—————————- Alain Delattre, Jitse Dijkstra & Jacques van der Vliet, Christian Inscriptions from Egypt and Nubia. A Critical Bulletin (2012-2022) = Papyrologica Bruxellensia. 43. Bruxelles, Association Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth [diffusion: Peeters, Leuven], 2024, […]
09.12.2024
16th ISNS Conference 2026 – Save the date!
Dear Colleagues,We are please to announce that the 16th International Conference forNubian Studies will be held in Munich from Sept. 7-12th 2026. A firstcircular with more information will be sent in December.All the best Julie
13.11.2024
Martin Krause 1930 – 2024
Dear Colleagues, It is my sad duty to inform you that Martin Krause, esteemed Coptologistand founder of the Chair of Coptic Studies in Muenster (Germany) passedaway at the age of 94. His broad conception of Coptology also led him toresearch Nubia in late antiquity, and he co-organised the 5thInternational Conference of Nubian Studies in Heidelberg […]
24.10.2024
New Publication: Voices from Nubia
Dear ISNS Members, The following new publication may be of interest to you: Voices from Nubia: A Collection of Essays on Contemporary Nubian Literature from Egypt. eds. Amal Mazher, Faten Morsy and Mona Radwan. Publisher Punctum Books. The link to the book follows below and it is available open access: https://punctumbooks.com/titles/voices-from-nubia-critical-essays-on-contemporary-nubian-literature-from-egypt/ Sincerely Julie
23.10.2024
Michał Kobusiewicz
Dear ISNS Members,It is with great sadness that I inform you of the passing of Michał Kobusiewicz. He will be missed. We offer heartfelt condolences to his family and friends. Please see the online announcement below: https://dzieje.pl/wiadomosci/zmarl-poznanski-archeolog-o-miedzynarodowym-dorobku-prof-michal-kobusiewicz Sincerely Julie
17.10.2024
Conference Call for Papers
Dear ISNS Members, Mariusz Drzewiecki is co-organising a session during the 52nd Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) International Conference in Athens, Greece, from 5–9 May 2025.The session is titled “Heritage under Bombs – Digital Methods in the Study of Endangered Heritage in Conflict Zones.” The aim is to bring together researchers monitoring […]
16.10.2024
Stefan Jakobielski
Dear ISNS Members, It is with great sadness to let you know of the recent passing of Stefan Jakobielski. He will be greatly missed. Please see the link below from the Polish Centre for Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw. https://pcma.uw.edu.pl/en/2024/10/15/stefan-jakobielski-1937-2024-en/ Sincerely Julie
23.09.2024
Costumes of Power in Christian Nubia
Dear ISNS Members, On 17 October, the Louvre will be hosting a lecture entitled ‘Textile Archaeology: Restoring the Costumes of Power in Christian Nubia (6th – 14th centuries’ which may be of interest to you. Further detail may be found here:https://www.louvre.fr/expositions-et-evenements/evenements-activites/archeologie-du-textile-restituer-les-costumes-du-pouvoir-de-la-nubie-chretienne-6e-14e-sieclesPlease contact the organisers with any questions. Best wishes Julie
20.09.2024
Meroitic Conference 2024 Statement on Sudan
Dear Colleagues, For information and dissemination: attached please find the statement from the participants of the 13th International Conference for Meroitic Studies (2024) regarding the situation in Sudan.Sincerely Julie Statement of the participants of the 13th International Conference for Meroitic Studies, approved on 13. September 2024 At the kind invitation of the Institute of Egyptology and […]
