Lectures
Objective identities. How Egyptian is Egyptian Material Culture? – Bettina Bader
Objective identities. How Egyptian is Egyptian Material Culture? - Bettina Bader
info@museitorino.it
011 44 06 903
Dal lunedì al sabato dalle ore 9:00 alle 18:30
On Tuesday 7th June 2022, at 6 pm, in collaboration with ACME (Amici e Collaboratori del Museo Egizio) we will host the lecture "Objective identities. How Egyptian is Egyptian Material Culture?" held by Bettina Bader.
This talk will raise awareness of somewhat hidden prejudices and preconceived ideas about the identities of ancient people, based on material culture in various forms. Often such ideas cannot really be substantiated from current knowledge of objects, and textual references, if they exist, are also not as straight forward as we would wish. Firstly, individuals may have had more identities than immediately apparent and not each one is easily recognisable in the archaeological record. Further, research shows that some ideas about ancient Egypt and its inhabitants are rooted in antiquated culture-historical paradigms, which go back to ideological narratives. It is time to highlight those problems and avoid simplistic historical narratives in favour of more complex reconstructions. The lecture will provide some theoretical background of archaeological thinking with a proposal to reconstruct ancient life’s circumstances and realities, with a case study set in the late Middle Kingdom (c. 1800-1700 BC).
Bettina Bader is Head of Research Group Archaeology in Egypt and Sudan, Department of Prehistory and Western Asian and Northeast African Archaeology, Austrian Academy of Sciences.
After finishing MA (1998) and PhD studies (2004) at the Institute for Egyptology, University of Vienna, several Post-Doc positions financed by the Austrian Science Fund, the Austrian National Bank and the European Commission followed (2004–2009). The Marie Curie project was conducted at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge (UK). 2010–2014 Principal investigator of the project Foreigners in Ancient Egypt – The Archaeology of Culture Contact (FWF, V147-G21) and Assistant Professor (fixed term substitution) at the Institute for Egyptology, University of Vienna (academic year 2012/2013). Since 2015 Principal investigator of the START-project Beyond Politics: Material Culture of Second Intermediate Period Egypt and Nubia (FWF, Y754-G19) and head of research group Material culture in Egypt and Nubia. Since 2021 Head of Research Group Archaeology in Egypt and Sudan, Department of Prehistory and Western Asian and Northeast African Archaeology, Austrian Academy of Sciences.
The event will be held in English and will be introduced by Federica Facchetti, curator of Museo Egizio.
Free admission to the conference room subject to availability. It is mandatory to wear an FFP2 mask.
The lecture will be broadcast via streaming on the Museum's Facebook page and Youtube channel
This talk will raise awareness of somewhat hidden prejudices and preconceived ideas about the identities of ancient people, based on material culture in various forms. Often such ideas cannot really be substantiated from current knowledge of objects, and textual references, if they exist, are also not as straight forward as we would wish. Firstly, individuals may have had more identities than immediately apparent and not each one is easily recognisable in the archaeological record. Further, research shows that some ideas about ancient Egypt and its inhabitants are rooted in antiquated culture-historical paradigms, which go back to ideological narratives. It is time to highlight those problems and avoid simplistic historical narratives in favour of more complex reconstructions. The lecture will provide some theoretical background of archaeological thinking with a proposal to reconstruct ancient life’s circumstances and realities, with a case study set in the late Middle Kingdom (c. 1800-1700 BC).
Bettina Bader is Head of Research Group Archaeology in Egypt and Sudan, Department of Prehistory and Western Asian and Northeast African Archaeology, Austrian Academy of Sciences.
After finishing MA (1998) and PhD studies (2004) at the Institute for Egyptology, University of Vienna, several Post-Doc positions financed by the Austrian Science Fund, the Austrian National Bank and the European Commission followed (2004–2009). The Marie Curie project was conducted at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge (UK). 2010–2014 Principal investigator of the project Foreigners in Ancient Egypt – The Archaeology of Culture Contact (FWF, V147-G21) and Assistant Professor (fixed term substitution) at the Institute for Egyptology, University of Vienna (academic year 2012/2013). Since 2015 Principal investigator of the START-project Beyond Politics: Material Culture of Second Intermediate Period Egypt and Nubia (FWF, Y754-G19) and head of research group Material culture in Egypt and Nubia. Since 2021 Head of Research Group Archaeology in Egypt and Sudan, Department of Prehistory and Western Asian and Northeast African Archaeology, Austrian Academy of Sciences.
The event will be held in English and will be introduced by Federica Facchetti, curator of Museo Egizio.
Free admission to the conference room subject to availability. It is mandatory to wear an FFP2 mask.
The lecture will be broadcast via streaming on the Museum's Facebook page and Youtube channel
Objective identities. How Egyptian is Egyptian Material Culture? - Bettina Bader
info@museitorino.it
011 44 06 903
Dal lunedì al sabato dalle ore 9:00 alle 18:30
