03.01.2022

Mograt Island resource and ‘Kushite Kingdom Manga’

Dear Colleagues,  We would like to draw your attention to a new bilingual Arabic-English resource on Sudanese archaeology is available for viewing and free download on the Mograt website: https://www.mogratarchaeology.com/en.  The “Kushite Kingdom manga” comic book was developed collaboratively by UCL PhD student Amanda Ford Spora and teen artists from the Harris Academy Chobham in London, using 3D print […]

03.01.2022

Dotawo Readers Survey

Dear ISNS members,The Editorial Board of Dotawo: A Journal of Nubian Studies would be grateful if you would participate in an anonymous survey concerning the readership and content of Dotawo. Results generated by this survey will be discussed during a workshop at the forthcoming ISNS conference in Warsaw.The link to the survey may be found here: https://ergamenis.cloud68.co/apps/forms/Rk8Mg9MddRWFeq9L Sincerely, […]

03.01.2022

Registration for the 15th International Conference for Nubian Studies

Dear Colleagues,  We are happy to announce that the registration for the 15th International Conference for Nubian Studies is now open and the registration form is available on the Conference website: https://nubianstudies2022.uw.edu.pl/registration2/ The deadline for submitting your paper proposals is 31 March 2022.   For more information see the enclosed Third Circular  For updates check the conference webpage: https://nubianstudies2022.uw.edu.pl/ and Facebook profile:https://www.facebook.com/Nubian-Studies-2022 […]

04.11.2021

The Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project. Provisional type series of monuments

The Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project. Provisional type series of monuments by Zbigniew Borcowski and Derek Welsby is available online.

15.09.2021

‘Abu Erteila 2008-2020’, Book Launch

Dear Friends and Colleagues, The following may be of interest to you. Please contact the publishers directly. ——————————————————- A book launch of Abu Erteila 2008-2020. Twelve Years of Research in a New Meroitic Site, will be held in Rome on 15 September 2021, at 5.00 pm CET.  The presentation will be live streamed on youtube (https://youtu.be/KvbqAKXdcs4). It […]

08.09.2021

New Book Series Announcement

Dear Colleagues, The following may be of interest to you. We are excited to announce the launch of a new book series, Nubia: Studies in the History and Archaeology of Northeast Africa, to be published by the academic publisher Brepols. This is a great opportunity for all of us to publish with an outstanding academic press […]

19.08.2021

Dotawo Volume 9 – Call for Papers

Nubian Homescapes from Antiquity to the Present  Abstract:   This special issue of Dotawo takes a long-term perspective on Nubian houses and households to explore the distinctive material, visual, and phenomenological worlds of Nubian homescapes.   We are especially interested in exploring homelife during periods when there were changes in the political and social organization in Nubia. By exploring a […]

19.08.2021

Sessions proposals: 15th ICNS

The organizers of the 15th International Conference for Nubian Studies have issued the 2nd conference circular. It contains information on the conference fees and session proposals. Every four years the International Conference for Nubian Studies brings together archaeologists, epigraphists, historians, and other scholars working on the ancient and modern history of Sudan and Nubia. The […]

22.07.2021

Call for papers: Teaching Ancient Egypt in Museums: Pedagogies in Practice

Dear Colleagues, The following Call for Papers may be of interest to you. Please respond directly to the organisers and through the linked Google form, if you are interested.  Sincerely, Julie Call for Papers – Edited Volume Teaching Ancient Egypt in Museums: Pedagogies in Practice  Egyptian artifacts are central to the learning experiences of schoolchildren, college […]

16.07.2021

15th International Conference for Nubian Studies

The Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw will host the15th International Conference for Nubian Studies in Warsaw from August 29th to September 4th, 2022. Every four years, the ICNS conference brings together archaeologists, epigraphists, historians, and other scholars working on the ancient and modern history of Sudan and Nubia, from prehistory to the […]