MAES organises an annual lecture programme for members and non-members alike. Usually held on the second Monday of each month, most lectures are given by well-known Egyptologists from the UK and occasionally from overseas.
In addition to the visiting speakers, we also encourage our members to talk to the Society about their own research or interests in ancient Egypt. Many of our members have gone on to become established lecturers in their own right and regularly give talks to other Egyptology societies in the UK and abroad.
Here’s our programme for the 2020-2021 season which includes our annual study in March!
We look forward to welcoming you back for our new season in September! In light of the coronavirus restrictions, we are holding online lectures via zoom until December 2020 and after that tbc.
Lectures are free to MAES members! You can join by downloading a membership form here:
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE |
| 14 Sep 2020 | Campbell Price
ONLINE |
Art, Sex and Death in Graeco-Roman Egypt [Postponed from summer 2020] |
| 12 Oct | Rosalie David OBE
ONLINE |
Jewellery in Ancient Egypt: What Was Its Purpose? |
| 9 Nov | Aidan Dodson
ONLINE |
Unseen Serapeum
Bob Partridge Egyptology Lecture |
| 14 Dec | Members Lectures
ONLINE |
Lesley Easterman – Did Ancient Egyptians Drink Milk?
James Parr – The Ramessesnakht Family and their contribution to the fall of the New Kingdom |
| 11 Jan 2021 | Iwona J. Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin | Beyond the Pyramids: New Insights into the Rise and Collapse of the Kingdom of Meroe, Sudan. |
| 8 Feb | Glenn Godenho | What’s in a Name? Patterns of People at the End of the Old Kingdom |
| 8 Mar | Roland Enmarch | How beautiful are thy buttocks! Same-sex Desire in Ancient Egypt |
| Sat 27 Mar | STUDY DAY | Queens of Egypt with Dylan Bickerstaffe, Ken Griffin and Sarah Griffiths [Postponed from March 2020] |
| 12 Apr | Lee McStein | The Curious Case of the Deir el Bahari Casts |
| 10 May | José-Ramón Pérez-Accino | The Royal Cache
Joint lecture with KNH |
| 22 or 29 May tbc | STUDY DAY | Egypt, Israel and the Rise of the Empires with Michael Tunnicliffe and Sarah Griffiths |
| 14 Jun | John Wyatt | The Fauna Of Ancient Egypt – Recent Advances & AGM |
Click here to download details of our 2020-21 season
Online lectures are via Zoom and will take place from 8pm to 9pm with time after for questions. Lectures are free to MAES members. Non-members welcome – tickets via Eventbrite at £5. Details to follow.
When we resume lectures at our venue, the Manchester Conference Centre / Pendulum Hotel, doors open at 6:30pm with lectures beginning at 7.45pm.
Please be aware that due to circumstances out of our control, we sometimes have to change our lecture programme. Please contact us for the latest information.
