'Don your wig for a happy hour':

Sex and Gender in Ancient Egypt

'Don your wig for a happy hour' is a quotation from The Tale of The Two Brothers (P. D'Orbiney, BM10183). It is alternatively translated as 'Loosen your braids'.

Lise Manniche (Manniche, L., 1999, Sacred Luxuries. Fragrance, Aromatherapy and Cosmetics in Ancient Egypt. 129-130) discusses the erotic connotations of the phrase.

See also: Graef, E. 1979. Wnh ‘Lösen’ Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur, 7, 52-63.

A Conference Open To All Organised by:

Egypt Centre

and

University of Wales Institute of Classics and Ancient History

19th-20th December 2005

Venue: University of Wales Swansea

This conference aims to explore all aspects of sex and gender in Egyptology including: identification and constructions of gender and sexuality,  from the earliest times up to and including the Islamic period. The conference would also like to explore how, if at all, gender studies have influenced the development of Egyptology.

Speakers - Provisional List

(Click on speaker's name for title of paper/abstract)

Greg Reeder (Contributing Editor KMT)

David O'Connor (Institute of Fine Arts, New York University)

Richard Parkinson (British Museum)

Carolyn Routledge (University of Liverpool)

Hella Küllmer (Institute of Archaeology, University of Hamburg)

Hana Navrátilová and Jiří Janák (Czech Institute of Egyptology)

Renata Landgráfová (Czech Institute of Egyptology)

Heather Lee McCarthy (Institute of Fine Arts, New York University)

Racheli Shalomi-Hen (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

Rosalind Janssen (University College London)

Kathlyn M. Cooney (Stanford University)

Deborah Sweeney (Tel Aviv University)

Charlotte Booth (Birbeck College)

Terence DuQuesne

Cat Lumb (University of Bradford)

Thomas Schneider (University of Wales Swansea)

Daniel Kolos (Benben books, Benben Publications)

Thomas Dowson (University of Manchester)

Timetable

Booking: You will need to book and pay in advance. Conference fee £38 per head for two days, £20 for one day.                            

Printable booking form.

List of local bed and breakfast accommodation: http://www.swan.ac.uk/accommodation/ghl.html       

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