Finissage: Elephantine – Island of the Millennia

Program

Welcome
Frithjof Maennel
Deputy Director General, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Julia von Blumenthal
President of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Mohamed Ahmed Abdellatif Ibrahim
Professor of Arabic Studies, Dean of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Mansoura University, Egypt

Verena Lepper
Curator of the Exhibition, Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection Berlin, Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA),
Director of the Institute of Near Eastern and Hellenistic Religion at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Featuring a reading of ancient texts from the exhibition.

“A Walk on Elephantine – From Past to Future”
Guided tours with contemporary Arab-German perspectives by AGYA members Tilal Abdelhalim (Biotechnology, Khartoum/Tübingen), Dawud Ansari (Economics, Berlin), Ghada Mohamed (Egyptology, Cairo), Lena-Maria Möller (Middle Eastern Law, Hamburg/Doha), Suhair Sunoqrot (Pharmacy, Amman), Adam Talib (Arabic Philology, Cairo). With special contributions by Eid Mertah (Egyptology, Cairo) and Ahmed Kamal (Arabic Philology, Cairo).

Musical Delights by Wust el Balad      

Please register until 19 October at: aemp(at)smb.spk-berlin.de. 

Kindly find further information on the exhibition here.

Exhibition dates: 26.04. – 27.10.2024

An exhibition of the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection Berlin and the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanitites (AGYA)

We kindly ask for your understanding that only a limited number of seats are available in the auditorium of the James-Simon-Galerie.

By participating, you agree to the creation and publication of photographs and video recordings of the event.