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Exploring Egypt Seminar: Histories and Historiographies
Le mercredi 15 janvier 2025 à 18h00 (heure du Caire), CAI 
Printing Egyptology in Arabic in 19th century Egypt
Ahmed Mansour and Fatma Keshk
Partenaire(s) de l’Ifao : DAIK, NVIC, CAI, PCMA
Langue : anglais.
We are delighted to announce the resumption of the 'Exploring Egypt: Histories and Historiographies' Seminar sessions, a joint initiative of the Ifao and DAIK, joined this year by the CAI, PCMA & NVIC.
The 8th session of the seminar series will be hosted at the Italian Archeological Center (Tahrir). It features Fatma Keshk and Ahmed Mansour, entitled "Printing Egyptology in Arabic in 19th century Egypt" It is open to the public in the limit of available places.
Abstract:
The growing research on the history of Egyptian Egyptology and the knowledge produced by Egyptian scholars in exploring and disseminating local awareness of their ancient civilization, highlighted the early presence of a strong interest to publish in Arabic various topics that explore ancient Egypt since the early 19th century AD.
An example of these publications is the 1869 Arabic guide of the Bulaq Museum translated by ʿAbd Allāh Abū al-Suʿūd (1820- 1878) from the original French version of Auguste Mariette (1821-1881). Other examples include titles printed at the public Bulaq Press in the second half of the 19th century by Ahmed Kamal (1849-1923), Ahmed Naguib (1847-1910) and others. This talk aims to discuss the beginnings and development of Arabic language publications by Egyptian scholars on all themes related to ancient Egypt in the wider context of development of press in 19th century Egypt.
**The Lecture is available in both presence and Online
Italian Archeological Center: 14 Champollion street, Down Town – Midan El Tahrir
Fatma Keshk is an Egyptologist and a heritage outreach expert. She worked with several local and international institutions and was the director of the archaeology and architecture section at the center of documentation of cultural and natural heritage at the Library of Alexandria. Her recent research concentrates on reconstructing the unknown history of Egyptian Egyptology and on exploring the perceptions of history by contemporary Egyptians. Fatma is an associate researcher at Ifao and corresponding member of the DAI. Since September 2024, Fatma is the Senior Acquisitions Editor for Archaeology and Ancient Egypt at the American University in Cairo Press.
Ahmed Mansour, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s Writing and Scripts Center is an Egyptologist by study, researcher in the history of Arabic printing and in the history of writing by work and research. He has got his PhD from Alexandria University. In addition, He has obtained two master degrees; one from Alexandria University and one from Turin University (Level II Master). He has joined several archaeological missions: Luxor (Harwa Tomb 2011-2012), in Alexandria (Nelson Island 2011-2012), and visiting member to Wadi el-Jarf archaeological mission and Ain el-Sukhna mission at the Red Sea (2011-2013).
Exploring Egypt Seminar: Histories and Historiographies
A joint collaboration between the Institut français d’archéologie orientale (ifao) & the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo (DAIK), this seminar series aims, broadly speaking, to discuss different aspects related to the production of historical knowledge on Egypt. Speakers are invited to reflect on the different ways of writing, narrating and thinking about Egypt’s history at different periods, as well as on the actors, contexts, and power relations involved in the production of historical narratives. By adopting an interdisciplinary perspective, the seminar series seeks to bring into conversation fields which have traditionally been examined separately, such as the history of Egyptology, the study of modern Egyptian historiography, and the history of heritage and preservation.
In addition, while the seminar series seeks to shed a critical light on the formation of specific disciplinary fields and traditions, it also moves beyond an exclusive focus on professional history writing, in order to explore the various institutions, genres, and channels, through which historical narratives have been produced and disseminated. Among the themes that will be discussed, for instance, are the different “histories” of Egyptology, archaeology or Arabic and Islamic studies, academic versus “popular” representations of history, and heritage preservation as a site of production of historical narratives.
Exploring Egypt: Histories and Historiographies Seminar is organised by Fatma Keshk, Postdoctoral fellow at DAIK & Ifao and Malak Labib, scientific member of the Ifao.