In these virtual workshop talks we discuss topics pertaining to the economic, social, religious, and everyday life of Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic Aswan, Elephantine, Dayr Anba Hadra, Philae, and the Nubian border region.
The purpose of these talks is to bring together scholars from different fields of archaeology, historical studies, and text editing in order to discuss problems which have not yet been able to be solved within a single field of research.
Each session is dedicated to a special topic discussed by up to three interdisciplinary researchers working on the region. Rather than presenting final results, the focus will be on raising and debating critical points in order to gain new perspectives.
Digital Aswan Talks I (Online, 2021)
28.10. Thursday, 6 pm: “Syene/Assuan: Ptolemäische und römische Keramik (3. Jh. v. Chr. – 3. Jh. n. Chr): Fabrikation, mediterrane Einflüsse, Importe, schriftliche Quellen. Neue Elemente zur Diskussion” (Stefanie Martin-Kilcher, Bern, Laura Rembart, Vienna, Stefanie Schmidt, Berlin).
18.11. Thursday, 6 pm: “Die frühbyzantinische Buntmetallwerkstatt auf Elephantine – Neue Einsichten in die Produktion ‘koptischer’ Gefäße” (Jörg Drauschke, Mainz).
2.12. Thursday, 6 pm: “The economy of Dayr Anba Hadra in comparison with other Egyptian monasteries” (Sebastian Olschok, Berlin, Joanna Wegner, Warsaw)
Digital Aswan Talks II (Online, 2023)
tba. Thursday, 6 pm: “Glass working in Aswan and Nubia – connecting the dots” (Sylvia Fünfschilling (Basel), Marie-Dominique Nenna (Alexandria), Juliet Spedding (Liverpool) with a contribution by Stefanie Schmidt (Berlin))
tba. Thursday, 6 pm: “Christianity and Islam at the Nubian Border to Egypt” (Gertrud van Loon (Leuven/Warsaw), Jacques van der Vliet (Nijmegen/Leiden)
tba. Thursday, 6 pm: “The Coptic and Arabic Secondary Inscriptions from Dayr Anba Hadra” (Ralph Bodenstein (Cairo), Lena Krastel (Heidelberg), tba)