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Monday, May 30th
Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
Staszic Palace, Staszic Room (“Sala Majewskiego”, last floor)
10.00 am – 10.30 am – Opening of the conference
10.30 am – 11.15 am – Jadwiga Iwaszczuk “The Beautiful Feast of the Valley vs the Feast of Djeser-djeseru, Hathor Festival and Tpj šmw Festival in the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari: identification of the rituals and their meaning for the royal ideology”
11.15 am – 11.45 am – Coffee break
11.45 am – 12.30 pm – Pascal Vernus “The Integration of the « Royal Command » pertaining to rituals and festivals into the decorative programme of the temple”
12.30 pm – 1.15 pm – Filip Taterka “ The Feast and the Crown: combing royal coronation with religious festivals in Ancient Egypt”
1.15 pm – 2.45 pm – Lunch break
2.45 pm – 3.30 pm – Balázs J. Irsay-Nagy “Around the wall? The interpretation of pẖr ḥȝ jnb”
3.30 pm – 4.15 pm – Joanna Popielska-Grzybowska “New Year Festival, establishing maat and making gods in the Pyramid Texts”
4.15 pm – 5.00 pm – Daniel M. Méndez-Rodríguez “Kingship ritual(s) and cosmographic knowledge: the Case of the Book of the Twelve Caverns”
5.00 pm – 5.30 pm – Discussion
6.00 pm – Reception at the Staszic Palace (Kołłątaj Room, first floor, participants and invited guests)
Tuesday, May 31th
Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
Staszic Palace, Majewski Room (“Sala Majewskiego”, last floor)
09.00 am – 9.45 am – Felix Arnold “Rituals of royal rejuvenation in the Early Old Kingdom: new evidence from Dahshur” (online)
9.45 am – 10.30 am – Andrzej Ćwiek “The Night of Ra”
10.30 am – 11.00 am – Coffee break
11.00 am – 11.45 am – Anastasiia Stupko-Lubczyńska “Come to Your Body!” On the question of the Cult Statue in the Offering Room”
11.45 am – 12.30 pm – Katarzyna Kapiec “The Southern Room of Amun in the ritual context of the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari”
12.30 pm – 1.00 pm – Discussion
1.00 pm – 2.00 pm – Lunch break
2.00 pm – Trip to Wilanów Palace (participants)
Wednesday, June 1st
Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
Staszic Palace, Majewski Room (“Sala Majewskiego”, last floor)
09.30 am – 10.15 am – Massimiliano Nuzzolo “The feast calendar of Niuserra’s Sun Temple: festivals, rites and economy at the crossroads”
10.15 am – 11.00 am – Linda Chapon “Funerary ritual and royal ideology in New Kingdom Temples of Millions of Years"
11.00 am – 11.30 am – Coffee break
11.30 am – 12.15 pm – Adrianna Madej “Rituals, celebrations and the legitimisation of a royal power – the case of Hatshepsut’s Royal Cult Complex Courtyard” (online)
12.15 pm – 1.00 pm – Frederik Rogner “Inscribing the King’s deeds for all eternity: a close look at the multimodal design of Ramesses III’s festival scenes at Medinet Habu” (online)
1.00 pm – 1.30 pm – Discussion
1.30 pm – 3.00 pm – Lunch break
Public Keynote Lecture (National Museum in Warsaw)
3.00 pm – 4.00 pm – Julia Budka “Festivals, stability and instability of royal power in the Amarna Period: some aspects of Akhenaten’s royal ideology reconsidered”
4.30 pm – 6.00 pm – Visit to the National Museum in Warsaw (Egyptian and Faras galleries, participants and invited guests)
6.00 pm – Reception at Muzealna Restaurant (in the museum, participants and invited guests)
Thursday, June 2nd
Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
Staszic Palace, Majewski Room (“Sala Majewskiego”, last floor)
09.30 am – 10.15 am – Mariam Ayad “The God’s Wives of Amun and the Sed-Festival”
10.15 am – 11.00 am – Filip Coppens “The Ptolemaic Basileus and Roman Emperor slaying Apophis for the gods of Egypt. The ritual smȝ (ṯstyw nw) ʿȝpp in context” (online)
11.00 am – 11.30 am – Coffee Break
11.30 am – 12.15 pm – Adam Łukaszewicz “A Ring and a name Egyptian royal symbols in a story of Alexander the Great"
12.15 pm – 12.45 pm – Discussion
12.45 pm – 1.15 pm – Closing remarks and the end of the conference
3.00 pm – Optional trip to the Royal Castle (participants)