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The Cultural Season of the Coptic Studies Program

The BA Coptic Studies Program holds its first cultural season in Alexandria, a series of public lecture by specialists and prominent university professors tackling different fields of Coptic studies such as architecture, art, history, and antiquities. Lectures start on Monday, 8 April 2013. This ...

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Representations of Saint Knight in Coptic Art

As part of the Fourth Coptic Cultural Season held in Cairo, the BA Coptic Studies Center is organizing a lecture titled “Representations of Saint Knight in Coptic Art” on Sunday, 14 December 2014. The lecture will address how the different representations of Saint Knight in Coptic art ...

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Depictions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Early Byzantine Art

The BA Coptic Studies Center is organizing a lecture titled “Depictions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Early Byzantine Art” at the National Museum in Alexandria on Sunday, 22 February 2015 at 12:00 noon. The lecture will discuss the various depictions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at different art ...

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Course: How to Read Coptic Papyrus

The BA Coptic Studies Center is organizing a course titled “How to Read Coptic Papyrus” from 2–4 February 2015 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. This course will be the first of its kind in Egypt. It will be given in English by Dr. Jaques Van der Vliet, a Coptic scholar who is also Head of the ...

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Martyrdom in the Writings of the Early Church Fathers and History of the Early Church

As part of Fifth Coptic Cultural Season in Cairo, the BA Center for Coptic Studies, is organizing a lecture titled “Martyrdom in the Writings of the Early Church Fathers and History of the Early Church”, on Sunday, 1 March 2015. Delivered by Priest Seraphim Baramos, researcher at the University of ...

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