Thursday 15th May (Venue: BP Lecture Theatre, The British Museum, London) Click for map
06:30–06:45 Opening Remarks

06:45–07:30 Professor W. John Tait (University College London) The handing on of Coptic culture: Continuity and Individuality within Coptic Literature, Documents, and Art


07:30–09:00 Reception

Friday 16th May (Venue: Coptic Orthodox Church Centre, Stevenage) Click for map

08:00–09:00 Breakfast

09:00–09:30 Introductory Address by HG Bishop Angaelos

09:30–10:00 Mariam Ayad (University of Memphis) Coptic Culture from an Egyptologist’s perspective

Social and Legal History
10:00–10:30 Ahmes Pahor, Was there human sacrifice in ancient Egypt?

10:30–10:45 Coffee Break

10:45–11:15 Lois Farag (Luther Seminary) The Church of Alexandria and Roman Law

11:15-11:45 Alanna Nobbs (Macquarie University) The Power of the Written Word: Letters of recommendation in the Early Egyptian Church

11:45–12:15 Jennifer Cromwell (University of Oxford) The Family of Germanos from Jeme

12:15–01:15 Lunch  Break

Literature in Transition
01:30–02:00 Joost L. Hagen (Leiden University) Coptic language and culture in late antique and medieval Nubia: The evidence of the texts from Qasr Ibrim

02:00–02:30 Carol Downer (Birkbeck College London) 'Editing a Coptic Martydom, St. Pteleme of Denderah, M581'

02:30–03:00 Laila Farid The Legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus in Coptic Literature

03:00–03:15 Tea Break

Transmission and Continuity of Cultural Tradition

03:15–03:45 John Gee, (Brigham Young University) Some Neglected Aspects of Egypt's Conversion to Christianity

03:45–04:15 Fr. Pigol Bassili (Coptic Orthodox Church, Frankfurt) Coptic Language in the Daily Life of Contemporary Copts

04:15–04:45 Nabil Sabry Isshak, Preliminary Report on the collective Project to Expand Coptic Language Vocabulary

04:45–05:15 Panel Discussion

Saturday 17th May (Venue: Coptic Orthodox Church Centre, Stevenage)

8:30–9:30 Breakfast

Preservation, Conservation, Site Management, and Museum Collections
09:30–10:00 Mennat-Allah El Dorry (The Egyptian Museum) Phenomenology and Coptic Monasteries

10:00–10:30 Monica Hanna (The University of Pisa), The Sinai Peninsula during the Coptic Period: An archaeological survey

10:30–10:45 Coffee Break

10:45–11:15 Howard Middleton-Jones (University of Swansea) Towards a multi-media database of the Coptic monasteries of Egypt

11:15–11:45 Michael Jones (The American Research Center in Egypt) Heritage Preservation and Modern Realities: The Case of the 'Red Monastery' near Sohag.

11:45–12:15 Elisabeth R. O'Connell (The British Museum) Settlements and cemeteries of late antique Egypt: a history of the archaeological collections in The British Museum

12:15–01:15 Lunch  Break

01:15–02:00  Gawdat Gabra (Claremont Graduate School) Problems of Coptic Studies and the Preservation of the Coptic Heritage in Egypt

2:15–2:30  Tea Break

Sacred Art
02:30–03:00 Ashraf Sadek (University of Limoges) The Prefiguration of some biblical themes in Pharaonic Iconography & Theology

03:00–03:30 Lucy-Anne Hunt (Manchester Metropolitan University) Aspects of the Visual Arts in Old Cairo and Elsewhere in Egypt in the Middle Ages

03:30– 04:00 Nelly van Doorn-Harder (Valparaiso University), Women’s Religious Agency and Coptic Visual Culture

04:00– 04:30 Fadi Mikhail Sacred Art - What is it to 21st Century Youth?

04:30–05:00 Samuel Tadros Coptic Hymns throughout the Year

05:00–05:15 Closing Remarks by HG Bishop Angaelos

05:30–06:30 Closing Reception, St. George’s Cathedral Hall