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November 2009

EXHIBITION: Mersa/Wadi Gawasis: A Pharaonic Harbor on the Red Sea

November 19 - December 31, 2009; ARCE Chapter Tour, November 7, 3:00 p.m.

Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt

March 2010

CAIRO LECTURE: Breast Cancer in Egypt - Psycho-Social and Political Issues around a Woman's Disease

Thursday, March 4, 6:00 p.m.

Dr. Marilys Corbex, Epidemiologist, consultant for the "USAID / John Hopkins University - Communication for Healthy Living project"
Institute: Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo

CAIRO LECTURE: The Cave of Beasts - Rock Art and Landscape Archaeology in Wadi Sura (Gilf Kebir)

Tuesday, March 9, 6:00 p.m.

Dr. Rudolph Kuper, Eng. Erik Büttner and Dr. Heiko Riemer
Institute: German Archaeological Institute

CAIRO LECTURE: Salinization in the Egyptian Agriculture System: Survey, Impact and Management

Thursday, March 18, 6:00 p.m.

Dr. Medhat Mikhail Tawfiq, Associate Professor in the National Research Centre of Egypt
Institute: Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo

CAIRO LECTURE: Arabic Culture and the Problem of Modernity (IN ARABIC)

Sunday, March 21, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Nasser Rabbat, Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Architecture, Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, MIT
Institute: The American University in Cario – Oriental Hall, Downtown

CAIRO LECTURE: How Mamluk Architecture Co-Opted the Streets of Cairo

Tuesday, March 23, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Nasser Rabbat, Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Architecture, Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, MIT
Institute: The American University in Cario – Oriental Hall, Downtown

CAIRO LECTURE: Neuruppin-Cairo: Orientalism in the 19th century- the Story of the Family Gentz

Tuesday, March 23, 6:00 p.m.

Dr. Gisela Fock, awarded Ph.D. from Humbold Uiversity, Berlin in Islamic Studies and the History of Arts
Institute: German Archaeological Institute

CAIRO LECTURE: Recent work of Ancient Egypt Research Associates (AERA) at the Town of Queen Khentkawes, Giza

Thursday, March 25, 6:00 p.m.

Ana Tavares, Co-Field Director of the Ancient Egypt Research Associates (AERA) excavations in Giza
Institute: Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo

CAIRO LECTURE: Houses of Eternity at Tabbet al-Guesh (South Saqqara)

Tuesday, March 30, 7:00 p.m.

Dr. Vassil Dobrev, Egyptologist-archaeologist at the French Archaeological Institute in Cairo
Institute: Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology

April 2010

CAIRO LECTURE: The Pyramids of Abydos - Monuments of King Ahmose and His Family

Tuesday, April 6, 6:00 p.m.

Dr. Stephen P. Harvey, Research Assistant Professor, Department of History, Stony Brook University and Director, Ahmose and Tetisheri Project, Abydos
Institute: Supreme Council of Antiquities

CAIRO LECTURE: Utility and Legal Pluralism in Late Ottoman Cairo Courts

Wednesday, April 7, 6:00 p.m.

Ahmed F. Ibrahim, ARCE Fellow, Georgetown University
Institute: American Research Center in Egypt