London Diary
for the
Ancient Near East
Compiled By Angela Vanegas
If you want an event to appear in the London Diary please send the details to londondiarylcane@gmail.com
LCANE London Diary
Where a talk occurs outside the LCANE area* it is always listed as online, even though it may also be held in person in the place it takes place.
*The LCANE area contains that part of England than is south of Cambridge and east of Oxford.
ONGOING
Fridays Achaemenid royal inscriptions reading group, University College London Bloomsbury Campus, 2-3pm. More information https://edubalondon.wixsite.com/eduba-london/general-8
Thursdays 4 to 25 June 2026 Behind the scenes – photography centring Egyptian workers, Egyptian Exploration Society, 3 Doughty Mews, London WC1N 2PG, 1.30-4.30pm. More information https://www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/behind-the-scenes.html
To Sunday 12 July 2026 Cleopatra the immersive experience, Immerse LDN Excel Waterfront, Royal Victoria Docks, 1 Western Gateway, London E16 1XL (in person). More information https://feverup.com/m/533473?thm=10959&cp_landing=cta_hero&cp_landing_term=cta_hero&cp_landing_source=cleopatraexperience.co&utm_source=egyptologyforum&utm_medium=referral
To Sunday 12 July 2026 Ramses and the pharaoh’s gold – the exhibition, NEON, Battersea Power Station, 2 Circus Road East, London SW11 8QD (in person) 10am – 6pm. More informationhttps://feverup.com/m/503872?cp_landing=cta_hero&cp_landing_term=cta_hero&cp_landing_source=ramsestheexhibition.co&utm_source=egyptologyforum&thm=825&utm_medium=referral
To summer 2026 Wednesdays (Akkadian Level 1): A. Gratius Avitus Akkadian with the communicative approach, University College London (in person, not for credit, no fee) for location contact aggfvavitus@yahoo.co.uk, 5pm. More information https://www.ucl.ac.uk/classics/study/clubs-and-societies/living-classical-languages-society
Monday 3 August to Monday 24 August 2026 Routes, Ruins and Reconnaissance – exhibition on the life and career of Gertrude Bell, Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR (in person) 10am – 5pm Mondays to Fridays only. More information https://www.rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/routes-ruins-reconnaissance-exhibition
To Saturday 19 September 2026 Broken, burnt, buried – ritual lives of objects in ancient Egypt, Petrie Museum, University College London, Malet Place, London WC1E 6BT (in person) Tuesday to Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-5pm. More information https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/events/2025/jul/broken-burnt-buried-ritual-lives-objects-ancient-egypt
To Saturday 19 September 2026 The Land Carries (artistic responses to Sudanese material in the collection), Petrie Museum, University College London, Malet Place, London WC1E 6BT (in person). More information https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/events/2025/nov/land-carries
From Thursday 8 October 2026 to Sunday 11 April 2027 Aphrodite – the making of a goddess, Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont St, Oxford OX1 2PH (in person). More information https://www.ashmolean.org/exhibition/aphrodite-the-making-of-a-goddess
To Saturday 12 December 2026: Various Out-of-hours tour: an introduction to ancient Egypt, British Museum, Great Russell St, London WCIB 3DG (in person) 8.50 – 10am. Book https://www.britishmuseum.org/events/out-hours-tour-introduction-ancient-egypt
To Sunday 13 December 2026: Various Out-of-hours tour: life and death in ancient Egypt, British Museum, Great Russell St, London WCIB 3DG (in person) 8.50 – 10am. Book https://www.britishmuseum.org/events/out-hours-tour-life-and-death-ancient-egypt
To March 2028. All eyes on her! How Egyptian women are reclaiming their heritage, Horniman Museum & Gardens, 100 London Road, London SE 23 3PQ (in person) 10am – 5.30pm. More informationhttps://www.horniman.ac.uk/event/all-eyes-on-her/
JUNE 2026
Monday 1 June 2026: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones Babylon – the mother of all cities (British Museum members only, online) 6.30pm. More information https://www.britishmuseum.org/events/members-exclusive/babylon-mother-all-cities
Monday 1 to Sunday 28 June 2026: various Courses include Aramaic, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Sumerian cuneiform, Sanskrit & Ugaritic (online). More information https://classicalassociationscot.org/ancient-voices-2026/
Tuesday 2 June 2026: Carl Graves The Egyptian Exploration Society – exploring Egyptian heritage from Camden since 1882 (or thereabouts) (online) 1pm. More information https://www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/the-ees-exploring-egyptian-heritage-from-camden-since-1882-or-thereabouts.html
Wednesday 3 June 2026: Carl Graves (introduction) A night at the movies – The Mummy (1999), The Garden Cinema, 39-41 Parker Street, London WC2B 5PQ (in person) 5pm. More informationhttps://www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/a-night-at-the-movies-the-mummy-1999.html
Wednesday 3 June 2026: Jeiran Jahani Pluriverse of animals in lexical lists of the Late Uruk period, Room 1.04. Faculty of Classics, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA (in person & online) 4.30pm. More information https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/247212/
Saturday 6 June 2026: Salah el-Masekh Karnak temples – new projects and discoveries (online) 5pm. More information https://sites.google.com/site/arcedc01/events-lectures/2026-6-6-karnak-discoveries
Saturday 6 June 2026: various Egyptian Exploration Society Open Day, 3 Doughty Mews, London WC1N 2PG (in person) 10am-4pm. More information https://www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/open-day-2026.html
Saturday 6 June 2026: Ahmed Mekawy The circulation of the Middle Kingdom pearl-oyster shells (online) 2pm. More information https://www.tvaes.org.uk
Sunday 7 June 2026: Filip Taterka Hatshepsut and Senenmut – a romantic history (online) 3pm. More information https://www.essexegyptology.co.uk/?page_id=35
Sunday 7 & 14 June 2026: Stephen J Harvey Ancient falsehood fakes and forgeries (online) 2pm. More information https://kemetklub.co.uk/product/ancient-falsehood-fakes-and-forgeries/
Mondays 8 June to 6 July 2026: Yentl Love The epic of Gilgamesh part 2 (online) 7pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/the-epic-of-gilgamesh-part-2
Wednesday 10 June 2026: KIRO & Yasmine Khadim Read, make play – a night of Egyptian crafts, zines and games, Egyptian Exploration Society, 3 Doughty Mews, London WC1N 2PG (in person) 6pm. More information https://www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/read-make-play.html
Wednesday 10 June 2026: Nancy Highcock New horizons on the ancient Konya plan – a Lake Hellenistic building at Türkmen-Karahöyük, McDonald Institute Seminar Room, Department of Archaeology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3ER (in person) 5.15pm. More information https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/247634/
Thursday 11 June 2026: Hiba Alkhalaf Syria’s cultural heritage after 14 years of conflict: loss, resilience, and recovery, Palestine Exploration Fund, 5-6 Dreadnought Walk, Greenwich, London SE10 9PF (in person) 6pm. More information https://www.pef.org.uk/lectures-and-events/
Thursday 11 June 2026: Elenora Selvi Hellenphones or barbarophones… (online) 4pm. ALPHA seminars Zoom link https://unive.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rrVGkZX-QoCXS5WhuZo5VA#/r...
Thursday 11 June 2026: Wojciech Ejsmond Ancient Egypt form the perspective or ordinary people – results of the Gebelein archaeological project (online) 11pm. More information https://www.sphinxarchaeology.org/events/ancient-egypt-from-the-perspective-of-ordinary-people-results-of-the-gebelein-archaeological-project
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hursdays 11 June to 2 July 2026: Yentl Love Gender and sexuality in the ancient world – an introduction (online) 7pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/gender-and-sexuality-in-the-ancient-world-an-introduction
Thursday 11 June 2026: Carl Graves and Edward Scrivens Building the future (of the Egyptian Exploration Society (EES members only, online) 10am. More information https://www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/building-the-future-am.html
Friday 12 June 2026: Penny Wilson A means to an end – cultic expansion and consolidation in Late Dynastic Egypt, Lecture Theatre G6, UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1 0PY (in person & online) 6.30pm. More information https://www.friendsofpetrie.org.uk/wp/lectures/2025-26-lecture-series/
Saturday 13 June 2026: Yentl Love Queer sexualities in the ancient world, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 10.30am. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/queer-sexualities-in-the-ancient-world
Saturday 13 June 2026: Brian Muhs Individuals, households, families and the law in ancient Egypt (online) 11pm. More information https://arce.org/event/arce-chicago-individuals-households-families-and-the-law-in-ancient-egypt-by-brian-muhs/
Sunday 14 June 2026: Laurel Bestock Accessing Abydos – excavating bricks and archives for answers about early kingship (online) 3pm PDT Northern California. More information https://arce.org/event/arce-nc-accessing-abydos-excavating-bricks-and-archives-for-answers-about-early-kingship-by-dr-laurel-bestock/
Sunday 14 June 2026: various. World Zoroastrian Organisation Annual Seminar including Mateen Arghandehpour "King Xerxes and the Plane Tree: an enigmatic reference to ancient Persian love of nature", Arash Zeini "Navigating Zoroastrian Communal Identity in the Early Islamic Era", Milad Abedi will conclude with "Iranian Voices from Seventh-Century Egypt: The Pahlavi Papyri", World Zoroastrian House, 1 Freddie Mercury Close, Feltham. TW13 5DF (in person) 10.30am . Email Anahita Fali Madon on anahita.madon@w-z-o.org or message her on 07493208876 to reserve your free seat.
Mondays 15 June to 13 July 2026: Aidan Dobson Rameses III and the birth & death of a dynasty (online) 7.30pm. More information https://kemetklub.co.uk/product/rameses-iii-and-the-birth-and-death-of-a-dynasty/
Monday 15 June 2026: Tom Maltas A horizon of change? Rural transformations in the late 4th millennium BC eastern Mediterranean, Lecture Theatre 1, School of Archaeology, 1 South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3TG (in person & online) 12pm. More information https://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/bioarchaeology-0
Tuesday 16 June 2026: Carl Graves Amelia B Edwards – away with the pharaohs, Egyptian Exploration Society, 3 Doughty Mews, London WC1N 2PG (in person) 6.30pm. More information https://www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/away-with-the-pharaohs-live.html
Tuesday 16 June 2026: Annick Payne A language waiting to be heard -new directions in Lydian studies, Lecture Theatre G6, UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1 0PY (in person & online) 6pm. More information https://www.banea-lcane.co.uk/lcane
Tuesday 16 June 2026: various The journey of Rašap – three millennia of history of a Levantine god (online) 4.30pm. Zoom for the conference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84266670239?pwd=obffPUrqfq6D15rdzC9GmbAjQ...
Meeting ID: 842 6667 0239 Passcode: 593703
Wednesday 17 June 2026: Seif El Sobky From the Nile to the Table - an ancient Egyptian supper club, Egyptian Exploration Society, 3 Doughty Mews, London WC1N 2PG (in person) 6.30pm. More information https://www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/from-nile-to-the-table.html
Thursday 18 June 2026: Guy Rogers For the freedom of Zion – the great revolt of Jews against the Romans 66-74BC (online) 5pm. More information https://aias.org.uk/lectures-forthcoming/
Thursday 18 June 2026: various Egyptian Exploration Society virtual quiz night (online) 6pm. More information, https://www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/ees-virtual-quiz-night-26.html
Friday 19 June 2026: Yentl Love Exploring gender identities in the ancient world (online) 7.30pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/exploring-gender-identities-in-the-ancient-world
Friday 19 June to Sunday 21 June 2026: various East Coast Indo European Conference, Wolfson College, Linton Road, Oxford OX2 6UD & Taylor Institute Library OX1 3NA (in person & online) time tba. More information https://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/event/east-coast-indo-european-conference-eciec-45
Saturday 20 June 2026: Carl Graves Lessons in Egyptian epigraphy – from Carter to Caminos (online) 2pm. More information https://www.southamptonancientegyptsociety.co.uk/programme.php
Monday 22 to Friday 26 June 2026: various Anatolian languages and linguistics summer school, Faculty of Classics, Ioannou Centre, University of Oxford, 66 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LU (in person) 9.30am-5.30pm. More information https://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/event/anatolian-languages-and-linguistics-summer-school-0
Tuesdays 23 June to 11 August 2026: Maiken Mosleth King From Aten to Amun-Ra – the restoration stela of Tutankhamun (online) 7.30pm. More information https://kemetklub.co.uk/product/from-the-aten-to-amun-ra-the-restoration-stela-of-tutankhamun/
Wednesday 24 June 2026: various Egyptian Exploration Society hybrid auction (including books), Egyptian Exploration Society, 3 Doughty Mews, London WC1N 2PG (in person & online) 6pm. More information https://www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/the-ees-hybrid-auction-2026.html
Thursday 25 June 2026: Carl Graves and Edward Scrivens Building the future (of the Egyptian Exploration Society (EES members only, online) 6pm. More information https://www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/building-the-future-pm.html
Saturday 27 June 2026: Lucia Gahlin The Ramesseum before and after Ramesses II – pre-use and re-use of a 19th dynasty site, Davison CE High School for Girls, Selborne Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 2JX (in person) 2pm. More information https://www.egyptology-uk.com/events_venues.htm
Saturday 27 June 2026: Rosalind Janssen Death, disease and mummies in ancient Egypt, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 10.45am. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/disease-death-and-mummies-in-ancient-egypt
Sunday 27 June 2026: various “Preserving” Egyptian heritage – a tale as old as time? Khalili Lecture Theatre, School of Oriental and African Studies, Torrington Square, London WC1H 0XG (in person & online) 1-6pm. More information https://www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/preserving-egyptian-heritage-a-tale-as-old-as-time.html
Saturday 27 June 2026: Mohamed Osman Abdollah Tracks on the sand – the desert hinterlands in ancient Egypt, Oakwood Centre, Headley Road RG5 4JB (in person) 2pm. More informationhttps://www.tvaes.org.uk
Monday 29 June to Friday 3 July 2026: Kit Devine Hieroglyphs – the next step, Bloomsbury Campus University College London (in person) 10am. More information https://www.bssac.uk/bssa-programme-2026.htm#hieroglyphs-next-2026-1
Monday 29 June to Friday 3 July 2026: Christina Geisen Crime, sorcery & scandal – a somewhat different view of Egypt, University College London (in person & online) time tba. More information https://www.bssac.uk/bssa-programme-2026.htm#ae-crime-2026
Monday 29 June to Thursday 9 July 2026: David Allen Michelson Digital encoding for the study of Syriac literature workshop (online). More information https://blog.syriaca.org
JULY 2026
Wednesday 1 July 2026: Ali Khadr New insights on Nimrud, British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH (in person) 6pm. More information https://www.bisi.ac.uk/event/lecture-9/
Wednesdays from 1 to 15 July 2026: Nurgul Celebi Between Night and Justice – the cosmic and temporal duality of Sin and Shamash reading group (online) 5pm. More information https://www.saveancientstudies.org/event-details/3-week-sasa-reading-group-between-night-and-justice-the-cosmic-and-temporal-duality-of-sin-and-shamash
Saturday 4 July 2026: Nevin Wahid Soliman Reconstructing ancient environments in Dakla Oasis, Egypt (online) 9pm. More information https://www.saveancientstudies.org/event-details/sasa-master-class-environmental-archaeology-reconstructing-ancient-environments-in-dakhla-oasis-egypt
Saturday 4 to Sunday 5 July 2026: various Empires and ecologies of Afro-Eurasia at the end of antiquity, Room 8,9,&10 Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DA (in person) 9.30am. More information https://www.ames.cam.ac.uk/events/empires-ecologies-afro-eurasia-end-antiquity
Saturday 4 July 2026: Curtis Ryan Woodside Nefertari (online) 2pm. More information https://www.tvaes.org.uk
Sunday 5 July 2026: Frederico Zangani The Armarna period and its place in the history of globalisation, Spring Lodge Community Centre, Powers End, Witham, Essex CM8 2HE (in person) 3pm. More information https://www.essexegyptology.co.uk/?page_id=35
Sunday 5 July to Saturday 11 July 2026: Aphrodite Papayianni Byzantine centres of splendour, Christ Church, St Aldates, Oxford OX1 1DP (in person). More information https://lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/byzantine-centres-of-splendour?code=O25I102OER
Monday 6 to Wednesday 8 July 2026: various Orientalism and the Levant during the second half of the second millennium (1500-2000), The Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford, Pusey Lane, Oxford OX1 2LE, time tbc. More information https://www.aramsociety.org/conferences/current-conferences/
Monday 6 to Friday 10 July 2026: Luigi Prada Reading hieroglyphs – dreams, epiphanies and oracles at the court of pharaoh, Bloomsbury Campus University College London (in person) time tba. More information https://www.bssac.uk/bssa-programme-2026.htm#reading-hieroglyphs2-2026
Monday 6 to Friday 10 July 2026: Penny Wilson Archaeology of a lost – but famous - royal city, Bloomsbury Campus University College London (in person & online) time tba. More information https://www.bssac.uk/bssa-programme-2026.htm#sais-2026
Tuesday 7 to Wednesday 8 July 2026: various The pursuit of happiness – emotional flourishing in early Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Aga Khan Centre, 10 Handyside Street, London NC1 4DN (in person) 9am-5pm. More information https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/british-academy-conferences/before-pursuit-happiness-emotional-flourishing-early-judaism-christianity-islam/
Wednesday 8 to Friday 10 July 2026: various Order out of chaos - classification and categories in the Ancient Near East, B05 LT, Chadwick Building, University College London (in person & online). More information https://edubalondon.wixsite.com/eduba-london/conference-2026
Saturday 11 July to Saturday 18 July 2026: Rosalind Janssen Activists, artists and archaeologist – pioneer women Egyptologists, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Sq, Oxford OX1 2JA (in person). More information https://lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/activists-artists-and-archaeologists-pioneer-women-egyptologists?code=O25I101SSR
Monday 13 to Wednesday 15 July 2026: various The Arameans and Aramaic from the Ancient Near East to the Roman Near East, The Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford, Pusey Lane, Oxford OX1 2LE, time tbc. More information https://www.aramsociety.org/conferences/current-conferences/
Monday 13 to Friday 17 July 2026: Irvine Finkel & Lloyd Llewellyn Jones Babylon – mother of all cities, Bloomsbury Campus University College London (in person & online) time tba. More information https://www.bssac.uk/bssa-programme-2026.htm#babylon-2026
Monday 13 to Friday 17 July 2026: Marcel Marée The trade in cultural property – problems and answers, Bloomsbury Campus University College London (in person) time tba. More information https://www.bssac.uk/bssa-programme-2026.htm#cultural-property-2026
Monday 13 July 2026: Almut Hintze The concepts of good and evil in Zoroastrianism (online) 7.30pm. More information https://scientificandmedical.net/events/prof-almut-hintze-the-concepts-of-good-and-evil-in-zoroastrianism/
Tuesday 14 to Thursday 23 July 2026: various London Summer School in Classics (Greek & Latin, plus Sanskrit, Hittite, Akkadian, Sumerian, and New Testament/Koine Greek subject to demand) UCL Bloomsbury Campus & Kings College London) (in person) times tbc. More informationhttps://www.ucl.ac.uk/short-courses/search-courses/london-summer-school-classics
Saturday 18 July 2026: Jan Moje Shabtis (online) 2pm. More information https://www.southamptonancientegyptsociety.co.uk/programme.php
Sunday 19 to Saturday 25 July 2026: Aphrodite Papayianni The eternal Alexander the Great – reality, myth, legacy, Christ Church, St Aldates, Oxford OX1 1DP (in person). More information https://lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/the-eternal-alexander-the-great-reality-myth-legacy?code=O25I305OER
Sunday 19 to Monday 20 July 2026: various Fashion forward – interdisciplinary approaches to ancient apparel (online), including Lloyd Llewellyn Jones on “Crafting Persian luxury: dress and adornment in Achaemenid Iran, 559-330 BCE”. More information https://www.saveancientstudies.org/virtual-conference-annual
Monday 20 to Friday 24 July 2026: Irvine Finkel Beginning Babylonian, Bloomsbury Campus University College London (in person) time tba. More information https://www.bssac.uk/bssa-programme-2026.htm#babylonian-2026
Monday 20 to Friday 24 July 2026: Lloyd Llewellyn Jones Cleopatra – from Egyptian queen to global icon, Bloomsbury Campus University College London (in person & online) time tba. More information https://www.bssac.uk/bssa-programme-2026.htm#cleopatra-2026
Mondays 20 July to 10 August 2026: Sean Gabb Reading Herodotus (online) 2pm. More informationhttps://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/reading-herodotus
Tuesday 21 July 2026: Jinyan Wang Dragons and griffins in ancient Mesopotamia (online) 4pm. More information https://www.saveancientstudies.org/event-details/sasa-master-class-dragons-and-griffins-in-ancient-mesopotamia
Friday, 24 July 2026: Nermine Sami & El Fattah Ahmed Syncretism, identity and the evolution of funerary art in Greco Roman Alexandria (online) 12pm ET. More information https://www.saveancientstudies.org/event-details/sasa-master-class-syncretism-identity-and-the-evolution-of-funerary-art-in-greco-roman-alexandria
Monday 27 July 2026: Adrian Dutton Sketch the Egyptian sculpture gallery, British Museum, Great Russell St, London WCIB 3DG (members only, in person) 5.30pm. More information https://www.britishmuseum.org/events/members-exclusive/sketch-egyptian-sculpture-gallery
Thursday 30 July – Saturday 1 August 2026: various 59th Seminar for Arabian Studies (online). More information https://iasarabia.org/the-seminar/
Friday 31 July 2026: various Private view of Routes, Ruins and Reconnaissance – exhibition on the life and career of Gertrude Bell, Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR (in person) 6.30pm. More information https://www.rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/routes-ruins-reconnaissance-private-viewing
AUGUST 2026
Sunday 2 August 2026: Jo Rowland Naqada and Nubt in the 21st century – re-evaluating prehistoric and historic contexts in the archive and the field (online) 3pm. More information https://www.essexegyptology.co.uk/?page_id=35
Sunday 2 August to Saturday 8 August 2026: Rosalind Janssen Life, love and loss in an ancient Egyptian village, Christ Church, St Aldates, Oxford OX1 1DP (in person) time tba. More information https://lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/life-love-and-loss-in-an-ancient-egyptian-village?code=O25I512OER
Saturday 22 August 2026: Piers Litherland Title tba, Brighton Hove & Sussex 6th Form College, 205 Dyke Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 6EG (in person) 2pm. More information https://www.egyptology-uk.com/events_venues.htm
SEPTEMBER 2026
Sunday 6 September 2026: Aidan Dobson Amenhotep son of Hapu – nobleman and demi-god, Spring Lodge Community Centre, Powers End, Witham, Essex CM8 2HE (in person) 3pm. More informationhttps://www.essexegyptology.co.uk/?page_id=35
Saturday 19 September 2026: Barnaud Quertinmont The Egyptological collection of the royal Museum of Mariemont (online) 2pm. More information https://www.southamptonancientegyptsociety.co.uk/programme.php
Tuesday 22 & Thursday 24 September 2026: Justin Murray Grammar for ancient languages – an introduction (online) 6pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/grammar-for-ancient-languages-an-introduction
Saturday 26 September 2026: Carl Graves Howard Carter – from tracer to Tutankhamun, Davison CE High School for Girls, Selborne Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 2JX (in person) 2pm. More information https://www.egyptology-uk.com/events_venues.htm
From 28 September 2026: various Hebrew & Jewish Studies modules (most available as continuing education, including Biblical Hebrew, Ancient Jewish Magic, Ancient Hebrew & Cognate Inscriptions, Akkadian), UCL Bloomsbury Campus (in person). More information https://www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/hebrew-jewish/study-hjs/continuing-education
Mondays 28 September to 30 November 2026: Rachel Montagu Biblical Hebrew advanced – module 1 (online) 4pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/biblical-hebrew-advanced-module-1
Tuesdays 29 September to 1 December 2026: Dillon Kelly Biblical Hebrew 2 – module 1, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 6pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/biblical-hebrew-2-module-1
Tuesdays 29 September to 1 December 2026: Michael Duigan The female Horus – Hatshepsut, Queen of Egypt, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 12.30pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/the-female-horus-hatshepsut-queen-of-egypt
Wednesdays 30 September to 2 December 2026: Rachel Montagu Biblical Hebrew 3 – module 1 (online) 6pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/biblical-hebrew-3-module-1
Wednesdays 30 September to 2 December 2026: Dillon Kelly Sanskrit 1 – module 1 (online) 6pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/sanskrit-1-module-1
Wednesday 30 September to Friday 2 October 2026: various New directions in understanding ancient interactions across Eurasia, McDonald Institute Seminar Room, Department of Archaeology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3ER (in person. More information https://sites.google.com/cam.ac.uk/mcdcam-new-directions/home
Wednesdays 30 September to 2 December 2026: Rachel Montague Biblical Hebrew 1 – module 1 (online) 3.30pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/biblical-hebrew-1-module-1
OCTOBER 2026
Thursdays 1 October to 3 December 2026: Vaughan Pilikian Sanskrit reading group (online) 4.30pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/sanskrit-reading-group
Saturdays 3 October to 5 December 2026: Vaughan Pilikian Languages of the ancient Near East part 1 – Sumerian, Akkadian, Egyptian, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 4pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/languages-of-the-ancient-near-east-part-1-sumerian-akkadian-egyptian
Saturdays 3 October to 5 December 2026: Vaughan Pilikian Sumerian level 2 – module 1, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 4pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/sumerian-level-2-module-1
Sunday 4 October 2026: Heidi Köpp-Junk Abydos in the Early Dynastic period – the tomb of Khsasekhemwy (online) 3pm. More information https://www.essexegyptology.co.uk/?page_id=35
Thursdays 15 October to 19 November 2026: Hugo Cook Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and introduction (online) 6pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/ancient-egyptian-hieroglyphs-an-introduction-online
Saturday 24 October 2026: Hugo Cook Deciphering the Rosetta Stone, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 10.30am. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/deciphering-the-rosetta-stone
Saturday 31 October 2026: Kristine Reinhold Double, double, toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble – fiery cauldrons of the nether world, Business & Enterprise Centre, Forest School, Comptons Lane, Horsham, West Sussex, RH13 5NT (in person) 2pm. More information https://www.egyptology-uk.com/events_venues.htm
NOVEMBER 2026
Sunday 1 November 2026: Sonia Prakash Faience rings and broad collars, Spring Lodge Community Centre, Powers End, Witham, Essex CM8 2HE (in person) 3pm. More informationhttps://www.essexegyptology.co.uk/?page_id=35
Thursdays 12 to 19 November 2026: Rachel Montagu Introduction to the Hebrew alphabet (online) 1.30pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/introduction-to-the-hebrew-alphabet
Saturday 14 November 2026: Christina Geisen & Kelly Accetta Crowe Materiality of things – the hidden power of ancient Egyptian objects, UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1 0PY (in person & online) 10.30am. More information https://www.bssac.uk/study-days.htm
Wednesday 18 to Saturday 21 November 2026: various American Society of Overseas Research annual meeting (online). More information https://www.asor.org/am/
Saturday 21 to Thursday 24 November 2026: various Society of Biblical Literature annual meeting (online). More information https://10times.com/e1r5-s5f4-h9ds#google_vignette
Saturday 21 November 2026: Yentl Love Women in the ancient Near East, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 4pm. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/women-in-the-ancient-near-east
Saturdays & Sundays 21 November to 5 December 2026: Kit Devine Hieroglyphs – the next steps (online) 10am. More information https://www.bssac.uk/bssa-programme-2026.htm#hieroglyphs-next-2026-2
Sunday 22 November 2026: Luigi Prada A taste of Coptic (online) time tba. More information https://www.bssac.uk/bssa-programme-2026.htm#taste-coptic-2026
Saturday 28 November 2026: Rosalind Janssen Non-elite women in ancient Egypt, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 11am. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/non-elite-women-in-ancient-egypt
DECEMBER 2026
Wednesday 2 December 2026: Roberta Marin Communication and trade routes between the Mediterranean and Asia, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 10am. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/communication-and-trade-routes-between-the-mediterranean-and-asia
Friday 4 December 2026: Roberta Marin Treasures of Byzantine art and architecture, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 10.30 am. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/treasures-of-byzantine-art-and-architecture
Friday 4 December 2026: William Sterling The Trojan War, The City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA (in person) 11am. More information https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/the-trojan-war
Sunday 6 December 2026: Heidi Köpp-Junk Abydos in the Early Dynastic period – the tomb of Khsasekhemmy (online) 3pm. More information https://www.essexegyptology.co.uk/?page_id=35
JANUARY 2027
Wednesday 6 to Friday 8 January 2027: various 11th International Conference on Iranian Linguistics, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DA (in person). More information https://www.ames.cam.ac.uk/events/eleventh-international-conference-iranian-linguistics-icil-11
FEBRUARY 2027
Wednesday 24 to Saturday 27 February 2027: various When coffins speak – at the crossroads of research and practice (online). More informationhttps://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/iniziative/Eventi/2026/third-vatican-coffin-conference.html