The Center organizes its first seminar about “The Egyptian and Arab Pioneers in the Study of Arabic and Islamic Inscriptions”. On Wednesday and Thursday, 18 and 19 December 2019, from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Main Entrance, Auditorium Hall.
 

People’s University of Athens, Athens, Greece: Wed. 01, Thu. 02 and Fri. 03 February 2017

For more info and the full 1st Circular, please contact us at:  hieg-aker.org@otenet.gr 

The omni–presence of the Divine was manifest in every ancient Egyptian activity, the Egyp¬tians being characterized by Hērodotos as «particularly pious» and Egypt as the «gift of River Nile» [see ΙΙ, 5: « […] ἐπίκτητός τε γῆ καὶ δῶρον τοῦ ποταμοῦ, ... »]. The piety of the Egy¬ptians (who were the most ancient conceivers of Monotheism) was also both a direct and an indirect consequence of their unique environmental conditions, their living space being the theatre of a continuous battle between the river and the desert, between light and dark¬ness, between life and death, the animals and the plants being also part of this very macro–sphere of existence, as well as the minerals and the stones. Interestingly, the heavenly bodies and their irresistible epiphanies and periodicities had also enraptured the minds of ancient Egyptian priests–philosophers, who saw in them the seal of Divine Wisdom and an allegoric model for their highly expected resurrection and life after death in a celestial Paradise of elation, the latter being conceived as a mega–sphere of cosmic dimensions. Finally, the lives of the Egyptians of Antiquity were also determined and influenced (in their personal and social micro–spheres) by religion and by the Environment per se.
 

In collaboration with the American University in Cairo, the center co- organizes “Granshan 2016 Conference”, which will be held in AUC- El Tahrir Square, Cairo, on 26- 29 October, 2016.

"The Inscriptions and Writings in the Cities and Deserts of North Africa"

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (2002-2012) the Writing and Scripts Center is intending to organize “The Fifth International Forum of writings and inscriptions” entitled “The Inscriptions and Writings in the Cities and Deserts of North Africa”, in cooperation with Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center (Alex Med).
 

This conference is the first of its kind to be held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Its main themes deal with life in ancient Egypt during the Coptic period. The conference discussed the different aspects of the Egyptian society and history.

The Forum aims at studying calligraphy in the world. Within this framework, it will cover the study of calligraphy according to a certain axis, which follows the historical and geographical classification in various sequences.

This conference was organized by the Writing and Scripts Center in cooperation with the General Egyptian Society for Arabic Calligraphy, the Education Directorate of Alexandria and some Faculties of Alexandria University under the auspices of Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.