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Call for Application: Arab-Christian Heritage Diploma

The BA is announcing a call for application in the Arab-Christian heritage diploma. The course is organized by the Center for Middle Eastern Christianity (CMEC) and... supervised by the BA Center for Coptic Studies for the third consecutive year. The diploma is taught by a group of experts in the ...

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BA Publishes Copts in Egyptian Society Before and After the Muslim Conquest

The BA has published Copts in Egyptian Society Before and After the Muslim Conquest . The book includes researches, in Arabic and in English, that resulted from the first international conference for Coptic studies. The conference was organized by the BA Center for Calligraphy Studies and was ...

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BA to Celebrate Annual Coptic Heritage Day

  The BA Center for Coptic Studies is organizing an “Annual Coptic Heritage Day” celebration to be held on 9 March 2017 at the BA-affiliated Sinnari House, district of al-Sayeda Zeinab, Cairo. The event is open for the public, and it is going to be held from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. Within the ...

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Papyrus Through the Ages: An Introduction to Papyrology (Inscriptions and Writings)

As part of the cooperation between the BA and the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology in Cairo (Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale), the BA Writings and Calligraphy Center is organizing a one-day workshop titled “Papyrus Through the Ages: An Introduction to Papyrology” on Monday, 23 ...

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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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