ISAC Lecture: Korshi Dosoo, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg

ISAC Lecture: Korshi Dosoo, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg

Christian Egypt and its Pagan Past: Perspectives on Pharaonic Civilization from Coptic Magic

By The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures

Date and time

Starts on Wednesday, May 8 · 7pm CDT

Location

The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures of the University of Chicago

1155 E. 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637

About this event

  • 2 hours

Join us on the second Wednesday of the month as we welcome Korshi Dosoo, leader of the project The Coptic Magical Papyri: Vernacular Religion in Late Antique and Early Islamic Egypt at the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg. Dosoo will present the lecture: Christian Egypt and its Pagan Past: Perspectives on Pharaonic Civilization from Coptic Magic. Dosoo’s research focuses on magical and lived religion in Egypt from the Ptolemaic to the Mamluk periods as revealed by papyrological and epigraphic sources.


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