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Chapter Events

Chapter Events

January 2012

Saturday, January 7, 2012, 5:00 p.m.

Brittany Hayden, University of Chicago
Chapter: Illinois

Saturday, January 14, 2012, 1:30 p.m.

Dr. Adela Oppenheim, Metropolitan Museum
Chapter: Orange County California

Thursday, January 19, 2012, 6:00 p.m.

Dr. Jack Josephson, Research Associate, Institute of Fine Arts (IFA) and Visiting Professor, American University of Cairo (to be introduced by Dr. Magda Saleh, Vice-President of Friends of New York Obelisk, Senior Professor and Dean of the Higher Institute of Ballet and Founding Director of the New Cairo Opera House – National Cultural Center).
Chapter: New York, NY, co-sponsored by Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW)

Friday, January 20, 2012, 6:30 p.m.

Dr. Gary Vikan, The Walters Museum, Baltimore
Chapter: Washington DC

Sunday, January 22, 2012, 2:30 p.m.
Dr. Mariam Ayad, University of Memphis

Chapter: Northern California (Berkeley)

Thursday, January 26, 2012, 7:00pm

Joel Walker, associate professor for the History Department at the University of Washington, ARCE NW board member

Chapter: ARCE Northwest, co-sponsored by the UW Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Thursday, January 26, 2012, 12:00 Noon
Asmaa Taha, Arabic Language Scholar, Reed College

Chapter: Oregon, co-sponsored by the Middle East Studies Center

February 2012

Saturday, February 4, 2012, 5:00 p.m.

Nigel Strudwick, University of Memphis, Tennessee

Chapter: Illinois

Friday, February 17, 2012, 6:30 p.m.

Dr. Leslie Ann Warden, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

Chapter: Washington DC

Saturday, Februray 18, 2012, 3:00 p.m.

Dr. Nigel Strudwick, assistant keeper in the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan at the British Museum

Chapter: Tucson, Arizona

Saturday, February 18, 2012, 3:30pm
Dr. Leslie Ann Warden, West Virginia University Institute Of Technology

Chapter: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 2:30 p.m.
Dr. Tiffany Vora, Stanford University

Chapter: Northern California (Berkeley)
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at 6:00 p.m.

Eleni Vassilika, director, Museo Egizio di Torino

Chapter: Boston/New England

Thursday, February 23, 2012, 6:00 p.m.
Dr. John Coleman Darnell, Yale University

Chapter: New York, NY, co-sponsored by Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW)
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Drs. Benson Harer, Greg Thomas, and Linda and Jim Sutherland, all MDs

Chapter: Orange County California

Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 7:00 p.m.

Nicola Denzy Lewis, Ph.D.

Chapter: ARCE Northwest (Seattle)

March 2012

Saturday, March 3, 2012, 5:00 p.m.
Brian Muhs, University of Chicago

Chapter: Illinois
Saturday March 10, 2012, 1:30 p.m.

Dr. Eugene Cruz Uribe, Northern Arizona University

Chapter: Orange County California

Thursday, March 15, 2012, 6:30pm (Reception), 7:00pm (Lecture)

Nigel Strudwick, PhD, Visiting Professor of Art History, Department of Art at the University of Memphis

Chapter: Tennessee (Memphis)

Saturday, March 17, 2012, 3:30pm
Dr. Nadine Moeller, University Of Chicago

Chapter: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
Saturday, March 17, 2012, 6:30 pm

Diverse group of speakers and presenters at the museum

Chapter: Washington DC

Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 7:00 p.m.

Dr. W Benson Harer

Chapter: ARCE Northwest (Seattle)

Saturday, March 24, 2012, 1:30 p.m.

Dr. Peter Lacovara, Michael C. Carlos Museum

Chapter: Orange County California, co-sponsored by LACMA

Sunday, March 25, 2012, 2:30 p.m.
Katherine Orrison, Independent Scholar, Hollywood Historian and Author

Chapter: Northern California (Berkeley)
Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 6:00 p.m.
Dr. Lanny Bell, Associate Professor Emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Chicago and a Visiting Researcher in Egyptology at Brown University

Chapter: New York, in collaboration with the Archaeology Committee of the National Arts Club Lecture, The National Arts Club
Saturday, March 31, 2012, 5:00 p.m.

TBA

Chapter: Illinois

April 2012

Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 6:30 p.m.

Dr. John Verano, Anthropologist, Tulane University and Dr. Melinda Nelson-Hurst, Egyptologist, University of Pennsylvania

ARCE Interest Group: Louisiana (New Orleans), co-sponsored by the Department of Anthropology, Tulane University

Thursday, April 12, 2012, 6:30pm (Reception), 7:30pm (Lecture)

Ronald Leprohon, PhD, Professor of Egyptology in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto (Canada)

Chapter: Tennessee (Memphis), and the Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology

Saturday, April 14, 2012, 2:30 p.m. Meeting, 3:00p.m. Lecture

Dr. Pearce Paul Creasman, University of Arizona

Chapter: Arizona (Tucson)

Saturday, April 14, 2012, 1:30 p.m.

Dr. Melinda Hartwig, Associate Professor, Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern Art & Archaeology, Georgia State University

Chapter: Orange County California; sponsored by Ian Chou and Debra Moore

Thursday, April 19, 2012, 6:00 p.m.

Dr. Pearce Paul Creasman, University of Arizona

Chapter: Arizona (Tucson), in collaboration with the Central Arizona Society of the Archaeological Institute of America

Friday, April 20, 2012, 6:30 p.m.

Dr. Gayle Gibson, University of Toronto

Chapter: Washington DC

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Dr. Gayle Gibson, University of Toronto

Chapter: Washington DC

Sunday, April 22, 2012, 2:30 p.m.
Dr. Jacquelyn Williamson, University of California, Berkeley

Chapter: Northern California (Berkeley)
Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 6:30pm
Dr. Aidan Dodson, University Of Bristol

Chapter: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 7:00 p.m.

Dr. Donald Malcom Reid

Chapter: ARCE Northwest, co-sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern Languages, University of Washington (Seattle)

May 2012

Thursday, May 3, 2012, 6:00 p.m.

Matthew Douglas Adams

Chapter: New York, co-sponsored by Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW)

Saturday, May 12, 2012, 3:30pm
Dr. Eric H. Cline, George Washington University

Chapter: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
Saturday, May 12, 2012 5:30 p.m.
Dr. Nigel Strudwick, Visiting Professor, University of Memphis

Chapter: Oregon, in cooperation with the Middle East Studies Center of Portland State University
Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 7:00 p.m.

Cynthia Smith

Chapter: ARCE Northwest, co-sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern Languages, University of Washington (Seattle)

Friday, May 18, 2012, 6:30 p.m.

Dr. Steve Vinson, Indiana University, Bloomington

Chapter: Washington DC

Sunday, May 20, 2012, 1:30 p.m.

Dr. Renee Friedman, Director, Hierakonpolis Expedition; Heagy Research Curator, Dept. of Ancient Egypt and Sudan British Museum, London

Chapter: Orange County California, Sponsored by Steve and Karen Schultz

June 2012

Saturday, June 2, 2012, 5:00 p.m.

Nicholas Reeves, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Chapter: Illinois

Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 7:00 p.m.

Melinda Hartwig

Chapter: ARCE Northwest (Seattle)

Friday, June 15, 2012, 6:30 p.m.

Dr. Otto Schaden, University of Mississippi

Chapter: Washington DC

Saturday, June 23, 2012, 1:30 p.m.- 3:30p.m.

Led by Egyptologists Elizabeth Waraksa and Jacco Dieleman

Chapter: Orange County California

August 2012

Saturday, August 04, 2012, 1:30 p.m.

Dr. Suzanne Onstine, University of Memphis

Chapter: Orange County California

Saturday, August 4 , 2012, 5:00 p.m.

Dr. Teodozja Rzeuska, Institute for Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures; Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw

Chapter: Illinois

September 2012

Saturday, September 15, 2012, 1:30 p.m.

Dr. Joe Wegner, University of Pennsylvania

Chapter: Orange County California, sponsored by Clinton and Carol Owen

October 2012

Saturday, October 6 , 2012, 5:00 p.m.

Jason Thompson, Bates College

Chapter: Illinois

Saturday, October 13, 2012, 1:30 p.m.

Dr. Hourig Sourouzian; Director, Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III Project

Chapter: Orange County California

November 2012

Saturday, November 3 , 2012, 5:00 p.m.

Rozenn Bailleul-LeSuer, The University of Chicago

Chapter: Illinois

December 2012

Saturday, December 01, 2012, 1:30 p.m.

Dr. Emily Teeter, Egyptologist and Assistant Curator of the Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago

Chapter: Orange County California

Saturday, December 8 , 2012

Holiday Party and Chapter Fundraiser Auction

Chapter: Illinois

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