The Lure of Museum Exhibitions With Egyptian Antiquities – With and Without Mummified Human Remains

Programme

• 09.00: The doors are opened, coffee and tea served
• 09.15: Welcome by Dr. Olav Hamran, Head of the Department of Ethnography, Numismatics, Classical Archaeology and University History, Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo

Part 1: Why Research on Egyptian Mummies Matters

Chair: Dr. Anders Bettum, Senior Curator at Oslo Museum and Visiting Researcher at the Department of Culture Studies, University of Oslo.

Faculty Member, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo, and Senior Adviser, Oslo Museum

• 09.30–10.00: Mummy Life: The four mummies at the Glyptotek in Copenhagen by Dr. Tine Bagh, Curator of Egyptian Art, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen and Chair, CIPEG (ICOM International Committee for Egyptology)
• 10.00–10.30: The Bologna Mummy Project by Dr. Daniela Picchi, Head of the Department of the Egyptian Collection, Museo Civico Archeologico, Bologna and Secretary, CIPEG (ICOM International Committee for Egyptology)
• 10.30–11.00: From Egypt to Collections by Doctoral Research Fellow Eva-Johanna Marie Lafuente Nilsson, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo
• 11.00–11.30: Cat Mummies – Revisiting the Cat in Ancient Egypt by Doctoral Research Fellow Ingeborg Marie Hornkjøl, Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger
• 11.30–11.45: Coffee and Refreshments

Part 2: Mummified Remains – Research Value and Museum Ethics

Chair: Professor Gro B. Ween, Department of Ethnography, Numismatics, Classical Archaeology and University History, Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo

• 11.45–12.15: Mummified Human Remains – A  Key Biological Archive and Research Resource by Dr. Alice Paladin, Senior Researcher, Eurac, Institute for Mummy Studies, NOI Techpark Südtirol/Alto Adige, Bolzano
• 12.15–12.45: Repulsive attractions – Mummified, shrunken, freeze dried, excavated, and decorated – Reflections on the Displaying of Human Remains by University Lecturer Tone Karlgård, Department of Exhibitions, Education and Public Services, Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo
• 12.45–13.15: What Tales are the Dead Telling Us? Encountering Human Remains in Exhibition Spaces by MA Meriem Boulaziz, Senior Executive Officer, Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History, University of Oslo
• 13.15–14.15: Lunch buffet for participants and special guests

Part 3: News from European Museum Collections With Egyptian Antiquities

Chair: Dr Atena Ungureanu, Faculty Member, University College London

• 14.15–14.45: Lords of Life – The Coffins from Bab el-Gasus at the Art and History Museum of Brussels by Dr. Stefan Baumann, Assistant Professor of Egyptology, Department of Archaeology at KU Leuven and Senior Researcher, The Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels
• 14.45–15.15: Framing the Dead – A Case Study of a Stele in the Egyptian Collection of the Museum of Cultural History, Oslo by MA Karin Emma Karlsen, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo
• 15.15–15.45: Children in Roman Period Egypt by Doctoral Research Fellow Maiken Mosleth King, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Bristol
• 15.45–16.00: Coffee and Refreshments

Guest Lecture

Chair: Professor Emerita Saphinaz-Amal Naguib, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo

• 16.00–17.30: Welcome by Professor Aud Tønnessen, Director of the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo
• New Approaches to Researching and Displaying Ancient Egyptian Mummified Remains by Professor Daniel Antoine, Keeper (Head) of the Department of Egypt and Sudan, The British Museum

Poster Presentations

• The Norwegian Society for Egyptology by Secretary Shanna A. Solheim, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo, and General Secretary, The Norwegian Society of Egyptology.
• Nordic Network for Human Remains in Collections by Pia Edqvist, Conservator, Department of Collections Management, Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, and Group Member, Nordic Network for Human Remains in Collections.
• The Norwegian National Committee for Research Ethics on Human Remains by Secretary Dr. Lene Os Johannessen, The Norwegian National Commission for Research Ethics on Human Remains, and Dr. Julia Kristine Kotthaus, Member, and Adviser, Department of Ethnography, Numismatics, Classical Archaeology and University History, Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo.
• CLARA Classical Art and Archaeology: The Museum of Cultural History’s Journal of Antiquity and Egyptology Studies by Dr. Marina Prusac-Lindhagen, Associate Professor of Classical Archaeology and Keeper of the Collection of Classical, Mesopotamian and Egyptian Antiquities, Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo. Founder and co-editor of CLARA.

The posters are designed by Johnny Kreutz, Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo.

Dinner

• 18.00: Standing Dinner for Participants and Special Guests