Day 2

Wednesday 20 November 2024

The full program is available in English and Arabic, as is the abstract booklet.

Photos by Yusef Mahfuz Imbarak, Wendy Doyon, and Marleen De Meyer

Coffee Breaks & Registration Day 2

Session 3: Archive Archaeology (I)

Morning round of archive presentations and discussion by Hisham El-Leithy (MoTA), Shaimaa Magdi (MoTA), Carole Jarsaillon (EPHE), Ayman Damarany (MoTA), Nora Shalaby (HU Berlin), and Mohamed Abuel-Yazid (MoTA).

Session 4: Who Was Who in Quft? (II)

More new research on the pioneers of Quft with Dietrich Raue (DAIK), Amr Omar (AUC), and Isabel Stünkel (The Met)

Session 5: The Power of Representation

A stimulating afternoon of new research frameworks and critical perspectives from Yasmin El Shazly (ARCE), Azza Ezzat (BibAlex), Hana Navratilova (Oxford/EES), Dina Bakhoum (IFAO/CEDEJ), Leire Olabarria (Birmingham), Idunn Lüllau Holthe (Oslo/CEDEJ), and Sarah Dwider (Northwestern)

Conference Dinner

Movie Screening “The Brink of Dreams” (Zawya Cinema)

The mood was festive as participants traveled to Zawya Cinema in Downtown Cairo for a special film screening in the presence of the directors of “The Brink of Dreams,” winner of L’Oeil d’Or for Best Documentary Film at the 77th Cannes International Film Festival in 2024. A Q&A session followed, with film director Ayman El Amir and composer Ayman Helmy, moderated by Fatma Keshk.