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Recent EES events
Left to right: Amarna Study-Day speakers; Stephen Cross, Joyce Tyldesley, Joyce Filer, Stephen Harvey and Aidan Dodson
Stephen Harvey during his talk Recent work at Abydos, after the Society’s Annual General Meeting. Photograph: Dyan Hilton
At the AGM itself, Karen Exell and John J Johnston were elected as Chair and Vice-Chair of the Society and Maria Cannata, Aidan Dodson, David Jeffreys, Martina Minas-Nerpel, Margaret Mountford, Susan Royce and Alice Stevenson were all elected as Trustees. Dr Harvey’s talk was followed by a wine reception in the foyer to the Brunei Theatre at SOAS.
The talks by Aidan Dodson, Joyce Tyldesley, Stephen Cross and Joyce Filer at the EES Study-Day on Amarna, and Stephen Harvey’s lecture on his work at Abydos were all well received by about 140 members who attended these events before and after the Society’s Annual General Meeting at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London on Saturday 11 December 2010.
David Jeffreys and Judith Bunbury who were two of the speakers at the Manchester Study-Day
The Society’s Officers at the reception following the AGM. Left to right: John J Johnston (Vice-Chair), Karen Exell (Chair) and Paul Cove (Treasurer)
On Saturday 23 October 2010 the Society held a StudyDay in Manchester - the first of many we hope to run outside London - and to highlight the Appeal for this year’s Amelia Edwards Projects (Tell Basta and Tell Mutubis). The Study-Day focused on current EES field projects on the theme of Landscape, Development and Climate Change, with talks from Jamie Woodward, Penny Wilson, Angus Graham, Judith Bunbury and David Jeffreys. Some 70 EES members attended the Study-Day and the reception which followed, both held in the Manchester Conference Centre. Further events outside London are now being planned for 2011 and full details can be found in the Spring ‘News and Events’.
EES member Heba Abd elGawad in front of the Amelia Edwards Projects display
Several events have been held at Doughty Mews during the winter, including a number of very well-attended Saturday Seminars, evening lectures and a successful Introduction to Egyptian Hieroglyphs class, taught by Joanna Kyffin.
On the evening of Monday 10 January 2011, thanks to the generosity of the Trustees of the British Museum and Vivian Davies, Keeper of the Department of Alice Williams and Steve Partridge greeting Ancient Egypt and members arriving for the private viewing Sudan, the Society was able to offer EES members a rare opportunity to attend a private viewing of the Book of the Dead exhibition (see EA 37, pp.21-24). Over a hundred EES members and guests attended and were able to view the exhibition at leisure. The Egyptian Sculpture Gallery was also open during the evening, especially for EES members.
Joanna Kyffin teaching an introductory hieroglyphs course at Doughty Mews
Speakers at the Seminar held on 20 November 2010 Navigating the Nile. Left to right: Chiara Zazzaro, John Cooper, Angus Graham and Lucy Blue