London Diary for the Ancient Near East

Compiled by Angela Vanegas

Also check https://lcane.org.uk/institutions/ for links to webpages for events run by various institutions and https://lcane.org.uk/events/ for events run by LCANE

The London Diary is refreshed at the end of each month. If you want an event to appear in the London Diary for the following month, please send the details to londondiarylcane@gmail.com

LCANE London Diary

ONGOING
Friday 3 October 2025 to Sunday 12 April 2026. Made in ancient Egypt, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RB (in person) 10am – 5pm Tuesday to Saturday, 12 – 7pm Sunday. More information https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/plan-your-visit/exhibitions/made-in-ancient-egypt

Wednesday 8 October 2025 to Monday 19 January 2026 (Ancient) Egypt -influencing British design 1775 – 2025, Sir John Soane’s Museum, 13-14 Lincoln Inn’s Field, London WC2A 3BP (in person) 10am – 5pm Wednesdays to Sundays. More information https://www.soane.org/exhibitions/egypt-influencing-british-design-1775-2025

To Sunday 19 October 2025. Ancient India – living traditions, British Museum, Great Russell St, London WCIB 3DG (in person) 10am -5pm. More information https://www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/ancient-india-living-traditions

To 19 October 2025. Mumbai + London – new perspectives on the ancient world, British Museum, Great Russell St, London WCIB 3DG (in person) 10am-5pm. More information https://www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/mumbai-london-new-perspectives-ancient-world

To Saturday 13 December 2025: Various Out-of-hours tour: life and death in ancient Egypt, British Museum, Great Russell St, London WCIB 3DG (in person) 8.50 – 10am. Book https://www.britishmuseum.org/events/out-hours-tour-life-and-death-ancient-egypt

To Saturday 13 December 2025: Various Out-of-hours tour: an introduction to ancient Egypt, British Museum, Great Russell St, London WCIB 3DG (in person) 8.50 – 10am. Book https://www.britishmuseum.org/events/out-hours-tour-introduction-ancient-egypt

To 16 May 2026 Broken, burnt, buried – ritual lives of objects in ancient Egypt, Petrie Museum, University College London, Malet Place, London WC1E 6BT (in person) Tuesday to Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-5pm. More information https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/events/2025/jul/broken-burnt-buried-ritual-lives-objects-ancient-egypt

To March 2028. All eyes on her! How Egyptian women are reclaiming their heritage, Horniman Museum & Gardens, 100 London Road, London SE 23 3PQ (in person) 10am – 5.30pm. More information https://www.horniman.ac.uk/event/all-eyes-on-her/

SEPTEMBER

Tuesdays 2 to 30 September 2025: Joseph Clayton Beyond beginners ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs (online) 6pm. More information https://www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/beyond-beginners-ancient-egyptian-hieroglyphs-25.html

Tuesday 2 September 2025: Lisa Randisi Between objects and archives (online) 1pm. More information https://www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/between-object-and-archive.html

Thursday 4 September 2025: Daniel Reynolds Hold the line – Byzantine archaeology in colonial Palestine c1845 – 1948, Palestine Exploration Fund, 5-6 Dreadnought Walk, Greenwich, London SE10 9PF (in person) 6pm. More information https://www.pef.org.uk/lectures-and-events/

Friday 5 September 2025: Peter J Brand Ideological themes and motifs in Ramesses II’s Kadesh narrative, Lecture Theatre G6, UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1 0PY (in person) 6.30pm. More information https://www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/ideological-themes-and-motifs-in-ramesses-iis-kadesh-narrative.html

Saturdays & Sundays 6 – 7 and 13 – 14 September 2025: Luigi Prada Demotic – a beginner’s course (online) 9.45am – 5.15pm. More information https://www.egyptology-uk.com/bloomsbury/summer-school-programme-2025.htm#demotic-for-beginners-2025

Sunday 7 September 2025: Aidan Dobson The Libyan pharaohs, Spring Lodge Community Centre, Powers End, Witham, Essex CM8 2HE ((in person) 3pm. More information https://www.essexegyptology.co.uk/?page_id=35

Monday 8 September 2025: Various Relaxed viewing of the Ancient India exhibition, British Museum, Great Russell St, London WCIB 3DG (in person) 6.30pm. More information https://www.britishmuseum.org/events/relaxed-evening-event-ancient-india-living-traditions

Monday 8 September 2025: Rosie Fuller Audio-described tour of the Ancient India exhibition, British Museum, Great Russell St, London WCIB 3DG (in person) 6.30pm. More information https://www.britishmuseum.org/events/audio-described-tour-ancient-india-living-traditions

Monday 8 September 2025: Alan Murray British Sign Language tour of Egyptian death and afterlife – mummies, British Museum, Great Russell St, London WCIB 3DG (in person) 6pm. More information https://www.britishmuseum.org/events/deaf-led-bsl-tour-egyptian-death-and-afterlife-mummies

Wednesday 10 September to Friday 21 November 2025: Sarah Doherty Ancient Egypt – an introduction (online). More information https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/ancient-egypt-an-introduction-online?code=O25P371AHV

Saturday 13 September 2025: Various Egyptian Exploration Society open day, 3 Doughty Mews, London WC1N 2PG (in person) 10am – 4pm. More information https://www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/ees-open-day-25.html

Wednesday 17 September to Friday 21 November 2025: Rachael Dann Ancient Mesopotamia and the Sumerians (online). More information https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/the-first-civilization-mesopotamia-online?code=O25P391AHV

Wednesdays 17 September to 3 December 2025: Stefano Salemi Biblical Hebrew – beginners part 1 (online) 7pm. More information https://lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/biblical-hebrew-beginners-part-1?code=O25P705XVZ#tutors

Wednesday 17 to Friday 19 September 2025: various Slow Sumer – repair, reuse, recycling and Mesopotamian society (online) 8am-12pm Wednesday, 1-5pm Thursday, 8am-12pm Friday. More information https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QdOaOvcx_XO-2TQx2nLaitnIIyeFKHR5/view

Wednesdays 17 to 1 October 2025: Hannah Pethen Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Egyptologists (online) 1pm. More information https://www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/introduction-to-gis-for-egyptologists-25.html

Thursday 18 September 2025: Anjana Khatwa & Sushma Jansari Ancient India sacred stone (online) 5.30pm. More information https://www.britishmuseum.org/events/ancient-india-sacred-stone

Fridays 19 September to 10 October 2025: tutor tbc Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs – an introduction for beginners, British Museum, Great Russell St, London WCIB 3DG (in person) 5.30pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/ancient-egyptian-hieroglyphs-an-introduction-for-beginners#tutor-tab

Saturday 20 September 2025: Colin Reader The Old Kingdom – what do we really know? Business & Enterprise Centre, Forest School, Comptons Lane, Horsham, West Sussex, RH13 5NT (in person) 2pm. More information https://www.egyptology-uk.com/events_venues.htm

Saturday 20 September 2025: Aidan Dobson The Libyan pharaohs of Egypt and their rediscovery, Oakwood Centre, Headley Road RG5 4JB (in person) 2pm. More information https://www.tvaes.org.uk

Saturday 20 September 2025: Katherine Slinger Deir-el-Medina tombs and domestic religion (online) 2pm. More information https://www.southamptonancientegyptsociety.co.uk/programme.php

Monday 22 September 2025: Various Relaxed viewing of the Ancient India exhibition, British Museum, Great Russell St, London WCIB 3DG (in person) 6.30pm. More information https://www.britishmuseum.org/events/relaxed-evening-event-ancient-india-living-traditions

Monday 22 September 2025: Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq Deaf-led BSL tour of the Ancient India exhibition, British Museum, Great Russell St, London WCIB 3DG (in person) 6pm. More information https://www.britishmuseum.org/events/deaf-led-bsl-tour-ancient-india-living-traditions

Mondays 22 September to 8 December 2025: Jordan Dyck Biblical Hebrew 3 – module 1 (online) 11am. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/biblical-hebrew-3-module-1

Tuesdays 23 September to 9 December 2025: Jordan Dyck Biblical Hebrew 1 – module 1, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 6pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/biblical-hebrew-1-module-1

Tuesdays 23 September to 9 December 2025: Jordan Dyck Biblical Hebrew 3 – module 1 (online) 11.30am. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/biblical-hebrew-3-module-1

Tuesday 23 September & Thursday 25 September 2025: Justin Murray Grammar for ancient languages (online) 6pm. https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/grammar-for-ancient-languages-an-introduction

Wednesday 24 September 2025: Eve MacDonald Fulayj – a Sasanian Persian fort on the Batinah in Oman (online) 5pm. More information https://www.bips.ac.uk/event/fulayj-a-sasanian-persian-fort-on-the-batinah-in-oman-2/

Thursday 25 to Saturday 27 September 2025: various Alexandria and the sea II – continuity and change from Ptolemaic to Roman Alexandria (in person) Harris Manchester College, Mansfield Road, Oxford School of Archaeology, Oxford OX1 3TD. More information https://ocma.web.ox.ac.uk/alexandria-and-the-sea2

Thursday 25 to Saturday 27 September 2025: various Continuity and change from Ptolemaic to Roman Alexandria, Harris Manchester College, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TD. More information https://ocma.web.ox.ac.uk/alexandria-and-the-sea2

Saturday 27 September 2025: Marcel Marée Illicit trade in cultural artefacts – the cases of Egypt and Sudan, Room 209, UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1 0PY (in person) 10am – 5.30pm. More information https://www.egyptology-uk.com/bloomsbury/study-days.htm

Mondays 29 September to 1 December 2025: Hugo Cook Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs – part 5, module 1, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA

(in person) 6pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/ancient-egyptian-hieroglyphs-part-5-module-1

Mondays 29 September to 1 December: Jordan Dyck Biblical Hebrew 3 – module 1 (online) 11am. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/biblical-hebrew-3-module-1

Mondays 29 September to 1 December: Rachel Montagu Biblical Hebrew advanced – module 1 (online) 4pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/biblical-hebrew-advanced-module-1

Mondays 29 September to 1 December 2025: Vaughan Pilikian Sanskrit reading circle (online) 2.45pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/sanskrit-reading-circle

Monday 29 September 2025: Lindsay Allason-Jones Kush and the Roman Empire – a view from the artefacts, British Museum, Great Russell St, London WCIB 3DG (in person) 5pm. More information https://www.britishmuseum.org/events/kirwan-memorial-lecture-kush-and-roman-empire

Mondays 29 September to 15 December 2025: Rachel Montagu Biblical Hebrew 4 – module 1 (online) 6pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/biblical-hebrew-4-module-1

Tuesdays 30 September to 1 December 2025: Hugo Cook Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs – part 4, module 1 (online) 6pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/ancient-egyptian-hieroglyphs-part-4-module-1

Tuesdays 30 September to 2 December 2025: Michael Duigan Ramesses II – Pharoah of Egypt, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 12.30pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/ramesses-ii-pharaoh-of-egypt

Tuesdays 30 September to 2 December 2025: Vaughan Pilikian Languages of the ancient Near East – Sumerian, Akkadian, Egyptian, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 2.15pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/languages-of-the-ancient-near-east-part-1-sumerian-akkadian-egyptian

Tuesdays 30 September to 2 December 2025: Vaughan Pilikian Sumerian level 1, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 12.30pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/sumerian-level-1

OCTOBER 2025
Wednesday 1 October to 3 December 2025: Roopam Aggarwal Sanskrit 1 – module 1 (online) 6pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/sanskrit-1-module-1

Wednesdays 1 October to 3 December 2025: Rachel Montagu Biblical Hebrew 2 – module 1 (online) 6pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/biblical-hebrew-2-module-1

Wednesdays 1 October to 3 December 2025: Vaughan Pilikian Sanskrit reading circle (online) 7pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/sanskrit-reading-circle

Saturdays 4 October to 6 December 2025: Vaughan Pilikian Languages of the Ancient Near East part 1 – Sumerian, Akkadian, Egyptian, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 4pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/languages-of-the-ancient-near-east-part-1-sumerian-akkadian-egyptian

Saturdays 4 October to 6 December 2025: Vaughan Pilikian Sumerian level , The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 2.15pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/sumerian-level-1

Saturday 4 October 2025: Daniela Rosenow Tutankhamun – excavating the archive, Itchen College, Middle Road, Bitterne, Southampton SO19 7TB (in person) 2pm. More information https://www.southamptonancientegyptsociety.co.uk/programme.php

Sundays 5 October to 9 November 2025: Hugo Cook Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs – an introduction (online) 4pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/ancient-egyptian-hieroglyphs-an-introduction-online

Sunday 5 October 2025: Campbell Price The afterlives of Senemut (online) 3pm. More information https://www.essexegyptology.co.uk/?page_id=35

Mondays 6 October to 24 November 2025: Vaughan Pilikian Languages of the ancient Near East part 1: Sumerian, Akkadian, Egyptian, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 11am. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/languages-of-the-ancient-near-east-part-1-sumerian-akkadian-egyptian

Mondays 6 October to 24 November 2025: Vaughan Pilikian Sumerian and Akkadian level 2, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 12.45pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/sumerian-and-akkadian-level-2

Monday 6 October 2025: Seraina Nett Feeding the gods – digital approaches to the administration of regular offerings in the Ur III Period (in person) location tbc 6.15pm. More information https://lcane.org.uk/events/

Tuesdays 7 October to 25 November 2025: Vaughan Pilikian Languages of the ancient Near East part 1 – Sumerian, Akkadian, Egyptian, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 2.15pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/languages-of-the-ancient-near-east-part-1-sumerian-akkadian-egyptian

Tuesdays 7 October to 25 November 2025: Vaughan Pilikian Sumerian level 2, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 12.30pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/sumerian-level-2

Thursday 9 October 2025: various Made in ancient Egypt roundtable discussion, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RB (in person) 1.30pm. More information https://tickets.museums.cam.ac.uk/10065/10066

Fridays 10 to 31 October 2025: Dr Italia Sanskrit – an introduction for beginners,

British Museum, Great Russell St, London WCIB 3DG (in person) 5.30pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/sanskrit-an-introduction-for-beginners-at-the-british-museum

Saturday 11 October 2025: Rebecca Roberts Steppe Sisters annual lecture title tbc (online) 5pm. More information https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/events/steppe-sisters-annual-lecture-dr-rebecca-roberts-title-tbc

Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 October 2025 Early Morning viewing of Ancient India Living Traditions exhibition, British Museum, Great Russell St, London WCIB 3DG (Members only, in person) 9am. More information https://www.britishmuseum.org/events/members-exclusive/early-morning-viewing-ancient-india#scheduled-dates

Monday 13 October 2025: various Torchlit tour of the Egyptian sculpture gallery, British Museum, Great Russell St, London WCIB 3DG (Members only, in person) 6.30pm. More information https://www.britishmuseum.org/events/members-exclusive/torchlight-tour-reading-egyptian-monuments

Monday 13 October 2025: various Later night viewing of Ancient India Living traditions exhibition, British Museum, Great Russell St, London WCIB 3DG (members only, in person) 4.20-7.30pm. More information https://www.britishmuseum.org/events/members-exclusive/late-night-viewing-ancient-india

Tuesday 14 October 2025: Stephanie Boonstra & Campbell Price Ancient Egypt in 50 discoveries (online) 6pm. More information https://www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/ancient-egypt-in-50-discoveries.html

Wednesday 15 October 2025: various Curator’s tour of the Assyrian Galleries British Museum, Great Russell St, London WCIB 3DG (Members only, in person) 9am. More information https://www.britishmuseum.org/events/members-exclusive/members-tour-assyrian-galleries

Thursdays 16 October to 20 November 2025: Hugo Cook Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs – and introduction online (online) 6pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/ancient-egyptian-hieroglyphs-an-introduction-online

Thursday 16 October 2025: Yoram Meital Beyond bricks and mortar – synagogues and Jewish life and heritage in Cairo (online) 6pm. More information https://www.ochjs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/MT2025-DP-Week-1-Yoram-Meital-rev-1.pdf

Fridays 17 October to 7 November 2025: Hugo Cook Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics – and introduction for Beginners at the British Museum (in person) British Museum, Great Russell St, London WCIB 3DG (in person) 5.30pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/ancient-egyptian-hieroglyphs-an-introduction-for-beginners-at-the-british-museum

Saturdays 18 & 25 October 2025: Claudia Näser Life and death at New Kingdom Deir el-Medina (online) 2pm. More information https://www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/life-and-death-at-new-kingdom-deir-el-medina.html

Saturday 18 October: Elena Pischikova & John Billman The South Aasif Conservation Project (online) 2pm. More information https://www.southamptonancientegyptsociety.co.uk/programme.php

Monday 20 October 2025: Hana Navratilova Scribes in cyberspace (in person) location tbc 6.15pm. More information https://lcane.org.uk/events/

Saturday 25 October 2025: Elena Pischikova Title tbc (online) 2pm. More information https://www.tvaes.org.uk

Saturday 25 October 2025: Hugo Cook Deciphering the Rosetta Stone, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 10.30am. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/deciphering-the-rosetta-stone

Saturday 25 October 2025: Lidja McKnight Raptors unwrapped – the exploitation of birds of prey in Late and Ptolemaic Egypt, Brighton Hove & Sussex 6th Form College, 205 Dyke Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 6EG (in person) 2pm. More information https://www.egyptology-uk.com/events_venues.htm

Wednesday 29 October 2025: Shahina Ghazanfer & Khalid Al Farsi The scent of time – Omani Frankincense from antiquity to innovation, Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR (in person) 7pm. More information https://www.britishomani.org/events/bos/the-scent-of-time-omani-frankincense-from-antiquity-to-innovation

Thursdays 30 October to 20 November: Szerdi Nagy Africa in the ancient world, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 3.30pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/africa-in-the-ancient-world

NOVEMBER 2025

Sunday 2 November 2025: Vincent Oeters Title tbc, Spring Lodge Community Centre, Powers End, Witham, Essex CM8 2HE (in person) 3pm. More information https://www.essexegyptology.co.uk/?page_id=35

Tuesday 4 to Thursday 6 November 2025: Karen Radner Assyria in the 7^th century BC, British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH (in person) 6pm. More information https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/lectures/assyria-in-the-seventh-century/

Tuesday 4 November 2025: Andrew Goudie Women explorers in north Africa (online) 1pm. More information https://www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/women-explorers-in-north-africa.html

Monday 10 November 2025: Émilie Pagé-Perron Linked open data in cuneiform studies: present and future (in person) location tbc 6.15pm. More information https://lcane.org.uk/events/

Monday 10 November 2025: Helen Strudwick Made in Ancient Egypt curator’s talk The Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RB (friends only, in person) 11am & 2pm. More information https://tickets.museums.cam.ac.uk/10072/10091

Thursdays 13 November to 11 December 2025: Christine Geisen The ancient Egyptian afterlife (online) 6pm. More information https://www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/the-ancient-egyptian-afterlife.html

Wednesdays 13 & 20 November 2025: Rachel Montagu Introduction to the Hebrew alphabet (online) 1.30pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/introduction-to-the-hebrew-alphabet

Fridays 14 November to 5 December 2025: Hugo Cook Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs part 2, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 5.30pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/ancient-egyptian-hieroglyphs-part-2

Saturday 15 November 2025: Roberta Marin An artistic history of Jerusalem (in person) The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 10.30am. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/an-artistic-history-of-jerusalem

Saturday 15 November 2025: Sonia Zakrzewski Disability, eunuchism and the use of fictive narrative in Ptolemaic -Roman Egypt (online) 2pm. More information https://www.southamptonancientegyptsociety.co.uk/programme.php

Wednesday 19 November 2025: Moudhy Al-Rashid The Princess and the Key – archaeology in ancient Mesopotamia, British Institute for the Study of Iraq, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW11Y (in person) 6pm. More information https://www.bisi.ac.uk/event/lecture-7/

Monday 24 November 2025: Vaneshree Vidyarthi Mapping the Indian Palaeolithic (in person) location tbc 6.15pm. More information https://lcane.org.uk/events/

Thursday 27 November 2025 Made in Ancient Egypt late, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RB (in person) 6.30pm. More information https://tickets.museums.cam.ac.uk/10079/10080

Friday 28 November 2025: William Sterling Seven wonders of the ancient world, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 11am. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/seven-wonders-of-the-ancient-world

Saturday 29 November 2025: Nicholas Brown These thy libations, Osiris! The awakening of Osiris ritual and Tutankhamun’s tomb (KV62) (online) 6pm. More information https://www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/these-thy-libations-osiris-the-awakening-of-osiris-ritual-and-tutankhamun-s-tomb-kv62.html

Saturday 29 November 2025: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones The Cleopatras – the forgotten queens of Egypt, Oakwood Centre, Headley Road RG5 4JB (in person) 2pm. More information https://www.tvaes.org.uk

Saturday 29 November 2025: Alan Lloyd Decoding Egyptian art, Davison CE High School for Girls, Selborne Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 2JX (in person) 2pm. More information https://www.egyptology-uk.com/events_venues.htm

Saturday 29 November 2025: Rosalind Janssen Non-elite women in ancient Egypt, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 10.30am. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/non-elite-women-in-ancient-egypt

DECEMBER 2025

Tuesday 2 December 2025: Debbie Challis Diplomacy before archaeology – Charles Thomas Newton, Royal Anthropological Institute, 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 5BT (in person) 6pm. More information https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/diplomacy-before-archaeology-charles-thomas-newton-dr-debbie-challis-tickets-1628354956509?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Wednesday 3 December 2025: Roberta Marin Communication and trade routes between the Mediterranean and Asia (in person) The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 10am. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/communication-and-trade-routes-between-the-mediterranean-and-asia

Thursday 4 & Friday 5 December 2025: various AnatoLinks – connections within and beyond ancient Anatolia, University of Oxford, location and time tbc. Deadline for submissions 1 October 2025. More information https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RDjnBZu_UI6H63Q5VFS50TlGWA0vER6tfSOLjeu-ucY/edit?usp=sharing

Friday 5 December 2025: Roberta Marin Treasures of Byzantine art and architecture (in person) The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 10.30am. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/treasures-of-byzantine-art-and-architecture

Friday 5 December 2025: William Sterling The Trojan war, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 11am. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/the-trojan-war

Sunday 7 December 2025: Martin Valentin The Visier Amen-Hotep Huy project, (online) 3pm. More information https://www.essexegyptology.co.uk/?page_id=35

Monday 8 December 2025: Gina Criscenzo-Laycock Connecting distributed collections in the digital era – preliminary work with the John Garstang Archaeological Collection (in person) location tbc 6.15pm. More information https://lcane.org.uk/events/

Thursday 11 December 2025: Thomas Clarke Ptah-Sokar-Osiris figure, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RB (in person) 1pm. More information https://tickets.museums.cam.ac.uk/10065/10067

Saturday 13 December 2025: Heidi Köpp-Junk Excavations in Abydos – from the Scorpion King to Khasekhemui (online) 2pm. More information https://www.southamptonancientegyptsociety.co.uk/programme.php

Saturday 20 December 2025: Wolfram Grajetzki Alone among women – the tomb of Ukhhotep IV and Hathor at Meir, Coronation Hall, Headley Road, Woodley RG5 4JB (in person) 2pm. More information https://www.tvaes.org.uk

JANUARY 2026
Saturday 10 January 2026: Richard Bussman The 99% – life and death of commoners in ancient Egypt (online) 2pm. More information https://www.tvaes.org.uk

Tuesdays 13 January to 24 March 2026: Sayatini Neogi Ancient India – from Indus Valley to rise of Buddhism (online) 10.30am. More information https://lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/ancient-india-from-indus-valley-to-rise-of-buddhism?code=O25P700AHZ

Wednesdays 14 January to 25 March 2026: Stefano Salemi Biblical Hebrew – beginners part 2 (online) 7pm. More information https://lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/biblical-hebrew-beginners-part-2?code=O25P706XVZ#tutors

Wednesday 14 January to Friday 27 March 2026: Sarah Doherty Ancient Egypt – an introduction (online). More information https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/ancient-egypt-an-introduction-online?code=O25P637AHV

Thursday 15 January 2026: Helen Strudwick Made in ancient Egypt curator’s talk, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RB (in person) 1pm. More information https://tickets.museums.cam.ac.uk/10065/10068

Saturday 17 January 2026: Aleksandra Hallmann Sartorial habits in the Late Period Egypt (online) 2pm. More information https://www.southamptonancientegyptsociety.co.uk/programme.php

Thursdays 22 January to 19 February 2026: Rosalind Janssen Men of ancient Egypt – an exploration of non-elite male lives, Ewert House, Ewert Place, Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 (in person) 2pm. More information https://lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/men-of-ancient-egypt-an-exploration-of-non-elite-male-lives?code=O25P435AHW#teaching_container

Wednesday 28 January to Friday 10 April 2026: Rachael Dann Ancient Mesopotamia and the Sumerians (online). More information https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/the-first-civilization-mesopotamia-online?code=O25P638AHV

FEBRUARY 2026
Saturday 21 February 2026: Sarah Griffiths The ancient Egyptians – the world’s first gardens (online) 2pm. More information https://www.southamptonancientegyptsociety.co.uk/programme.php

Fridays 27 February to 27 March 2026: Jade Whitlam Göbekli Tepe – exploring new ideas and evidence, Ewert House, Ewert Place, Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 (in person) 10.30am. More information https://lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/gobekli-tepe-exploring-new-ideas-and-evidence?code=O25P498AHW#tutors

MARCH 2026
Saturday 7 March 2026: Fiona, Countess of Carnarvon The earl and the pharaoh, Itchen College, Middle Road, Bitterne, Southampton SO19 7TB (in person) 2pm. More information https://www.southamptonancientegyptsociety.co.uk/programme.php

Saturday 21 March 2026: Judith Bunbury Ancient landscapes, climate change and the tomb of Tuthmose II (online) 2pm. More information https://www.southamptonancientegyptsociety.co.uk/programme.php

APRIL 2026
Wednesdays 15 April to 24 June 2026: Stefano Salemi Biblical Hebrew – beginners part 3 (online) 7pm. More information https://lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/biblical-hebrew-beginners-consolidation?code=O25P730XVZ#tutors

Saturday 18 April 2026: Luisa María García González A dynasty of nomarchs – a study of Sarenput I’s family at Aswan (online) 2pm. More information https://www.southamptonancientegyptsociety.co.uk/programme.php

Wednesday 27 April to Friday 10 July 2026: Sarah Doherty Ancient Egypt – an introduction (online). More information https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/ancient-egypt-an-introduction-online?code=O25P376AHV

MAY 2026
Monday 11 May to Friday 24 July 2026: Rachael Dann Ancient Mesopotamia and the Sumerians (online). More information https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/the-first-civilization-mesopotamia-online?code=O25P575AHV