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15 - 30 Jun/Aug 2021    

The Center organizes a workshop entitled Teaching Hieroglyphs in cooperation with the Children’s and Young People’s Libraries.

24 - 26 Feb/Mar 2020


Arabic Calligraphy Course

The Center organizes a course to teach the Principles of Arabic Calligraphy (Nashkh and Ruqʿah) Advanced level. The course will be held from Monday 24 February 2020 to Thursday 26 March 2020 from 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Main Building.
 

31 - 5 Oct/Dec 2019    

The Center organizes a practical course to teach the “Principles of Arabic Calligraphy (Roka’a and Naskh)”. The course will be held from Thursday 31 October 2019 to Thursday 5 December 2019 from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Main Building.

21 - 25 Jul 2019

The center is organizing a course entitled “Aramaic Inscriptions: Reading and Analyzing” from 21st until 25th of July 2019, in Meeting Room “C” at the Conference Center, Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The lecturer is Prof. Solayman Al Zaeeb, Professor of Ancient Arabian Inscription, King Saoud University.


 

17 - 18 Apr 2019    

In collaboration with the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale (IFAO), the center is organizing a workshop titled “Hierogliphic Ptolomic Workshop” on 17th – 18th April 2019. The lecturers are Dr. Lorenzo Medini and Dr. Ali Abd El Halim from the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale (IFAO).

13 - 14 Mar 2019

 The center is organizing a workshop entitled "Reading Demotic Texts" from 13-14 March 2019. Dr.. Maha Aqil, Assistant Professor of Antiquities and Ancient Egyptian Civilization, Faculty of Arts, Helwan University is the lecturer of the workshop.

 
18 - 24 Feb/Apr 2019    

 The Center is organizing a course titled Learn Hieroglyphic (Level I & II) from 18 February until 20 March 2019, and from 24 March until 24 April 2019 at Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Conference Center, VIP Meeting Room.

 
 
2 - 6 Feb 2019

  In collaboration with The Nubia Museum, Aswan, the Center is organizing a four-day workshop entitled "Introduction to Meroitic script and texts” from February 3-6, 2019, from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. in the Nubia Museum, Aswan. The lectures are given by. Dr. Claude Rilly, research fellow at the CNRS and director of the SFDAS. with Dr. Ahmed Mansour, the director of the Center, who will be presenting and commingling on the “Journey of writing in Egypt” documentary, produced by the Library of Alexandria.

27 - 7 Jan/Feb 2019    

 In cooperation with the Children Library, the Center is organizing two workshops for children and young people from 27th  January until 7th February.  

26 - 29 Nov 2018

 In collaboration with GLYPHS, the Center is organizing a workshop and a scientific symposium titled "Arabic Typography Workshop". A number of specialized professors will give lectures in Arabic and English languages. The workshop will be held from Monday to Thursday, 26 – 29 November 2018, from 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m., at the conference Centre’s VIP meeting room in Bibliotheca Alexandrina. 

21 - 25 Oct 2018    

 In collaboration with The German Institute of Oriental Archeology in Cairo, the Center is organizing a five-day workshop on "Epigraphy and Epigraphic Research – Issues, Methods, Challenges and Perspectives" from October 21-25, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. until 3:oo p.m. in Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Conference Center, Room (E). The lectures are given by Dr. Linda Borrmann, in cooperation with Stephan Seidlmayer, Lena Krastel, Svenja Dirksen.

14 - 13 Oct/Nov 2018

The Center is organizing a Hieroglyhic Course (First Level). The course will start on Sunday, October 14 and ends on Tuesday, November 13, 2018. It will be held weekly Sundays and Tuesdays, from 3 p.m to 5 p.m at Bibliotheca Alexandrina Main Building, 3rd Floating Room.

5 - 9 Aug 2018    

 The Manuscripts Center the Writing and Scripts Center are organizing a specialized workshop on the history of Quranic manuscripts. The main lecturer is Prof. Bashir b. Hassan b. al-Hamyari, Assistant Professor at Tiba University, KSA. The workshop will be held in BA Conference Center- Lectures Hall.

1 - 31 Jul 2018

 The Center is organizing a summer workshop for children and young people starting from 8 to 16 years old on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays through the month of July in Room “A”, from 12 noon till 2 pm. Another workshop will be held in the “Arabic Calligraphy Museum” in Moharam Beik, to introduce to the participants the importance of Arabic Scripts. They will be trained to make their Arabic calligraphy panel and decorate it.

11 - 12 Apr 2018    

 The Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s Writing and Scripts Center organizes a course entitled: Research Methodology in the Study of Ancient Egyptian Inscriptions and Scripts on Wednesday and Thursday, 11 – 12 April 2018. Prominent researchers are to give presentations in the course, which is organized successfully for the 3rd year in a raw. It aims to educate archeologists and scholars on the methodology to study antiquities, inscriptions, and scripts. 

7 - 9 Nov 2017

 The Center organizes a course entitled “Research Methodology in the Study of Arabic Inscriptions and Scripts”; presented by eminent professors in the field of Arabic Inscriptions and Scripts will give the lectures. 

28 - 1 Oct/Nov 2017    

The Antiquities Museum, in cooperation with the Writing and Scripts Center, is organizing an advanced course in ancient Egyptian language, titled “Hieratic Writing: From the Age of the Pyramids to the Ramesside Period”. 

It will begin on Saturday, 28 October and will continue until Wednesday, 1 November 2017. The sessions will be held at the BACC Meeting Room (C) from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.
 
22 - 20 Oct/Nov 2017

 The center is organizing a new Arabic Calligraphy course aiming to teach the participants the Beauty of Arabic Calligraphy, its various scripts and its different artistic uses.

26 - 27 Apr 2017    

The Center organizes an academic course entitled “Research Methodology in the Study of Ancient Egyptian Inscriptions and Scripts”.
 The course will take place at the BA, Conference Center – Multipurpose Room, for two days; from 26-27 April 2017 at 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

7 - 11 Aug 2016

The Center organizes a free -educational course entitled “ Introduction in Nabetaean Script”, given by Prof. Dr. Soliman Al-Zeeb; Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, King Saud University.

6 - 10 Mar 2016    

In collaboration with the Manuscript Center in Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the center organizes a “Manuscripts and Arabic Script Course” from 6 – 10 March 2016.

9 - 10 Jan 2016

The Center organizes a course entitled “Research Methodology in the Study of Ancient Egyptian Inscriptions and Scripts”, the lectures will be given by eminent professors in the field of Ancient Egyptian Inscriptions and Scripts. The course will take place at the BA, Main Building – Third Floor Floating Room, for two days; from 9-10 January 2016 at 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

8 - 19 Mar/Apr 2015    

The Center is organizing an Ancient Egyptian language course for adults (Second Level).

23 Feb 2015

In collaboration with IFAO, the Center organizes a one-day seminar “Papyri throughout the Ages: Introduction to Papyrology”. The seminar takes place at the BA Conference Center, Meeting Room E, on Monday 23 February 2015 from 9.00 AM to 5.00 PM.

27 - 3 Jan/Mar 2015    

The Center is organizing an Ancient Egyptian language course for adults (First Level).

26 - 29 Jan 2015

The Center organizes a program for learning Ancient languages for children and young people during the mid-year vacation.

3 - 8 Nov/Dec 2014    

The center is organizing a new Arabic Calligraphy course aiming to teach the participants the Beauty of Arabic Calligraphy, its various scripts and its different artistic uses.

3 - 30 Nov 2014

The Center organizes level two of the Ancient Greek Educational Course.

 

2 - 26 Nov 2014    

The Center organizes level one of the Ancient Greek Educational Course.

2 - 20 Nov 2014

The Center is organizing –for the tenth year- an ancient Egyptian language course- First level (beginners) for adults. The course aims at encouraging the learning of this language.

2 Sep 2014    

The Center is organizing a closing ceremony for the kids and young people summer program, Tuesday 2 September 2014, 11:00 AM. Small Theater, Conference Center, Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

23 - 25 Jun 2014

Learn the Secrets of Hieroglyphic, Ancient Greek, Coptic and Arabic Calligraphy. The Writing and Scripts Center -in cooperation with the Children and Young People libraries- is organizing a summer workshop for children and young people starting from 9 to 15 years old.

16 - 18 Jun 2014    

Learn the Secrets of Hieroglyphic, Ancient Greek, Coptic and Arabic Calligraphy. The Writing and Scripts Center -in cooperation with the Children and Young People libraries- is organizing a summer workshop for children and young people starting from 9 to 15 years old.

2 - 4 Jun 2014

Learn the Secrets of Hieroglyphic, Ancient Greek, Coptic and Arabic Calligraphy. The Writing and Scripts Center -in cooperation with the Children and Young People libraries- is organizing a summer workshop for children and young people starting from 9 to 15 years old.

17 Apr 2014    

Within the framework of the ongoing collaboration between The Embassy of Greece and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Writing and Scripts Center is celebrating the Closing Ceremony of the Ancient Greek Language course, with the presence of his excellency the General Consul of Greece Mr. Christos Capodistrias.

3 - 5 Feb 2014

The Writing and Scripts Center organizes a program for learning Ancient languages for children and young people during the mid-year vacation.