International Seminar
Egypopcult: Reception of Antiquity in Contemporary Popular Culture
24th-26th January 2024
School of Arts and Humanities - Centre for History | University of Lisbon
More Information: egypopcult.lisboa@gmail.com
Organization | Abraham I. Fernández Pichel (CH-ULisboa/Egypopcult Project)
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We are pleased to announce that the program for the International Seminar “Egypopcult: Reception of Antiquity in Contemporary Popular Culture”, organized by the Egypopcult Project and hosted by the Center for History of the University of Lisbon (Portugal) between the 24th-26th January 2024, is now available.
The aim of this seminar is to discuss the reception studies of Antiquity in its various manifestations, such as cinema, TV series, comics, board and computer games, advertising, genre literature and others. The ancient civilisations to be studied are Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt, and the classical world (ancient Greece and Rome), but we are also open to other cultural areas, such as ancient Asia and pre-Columbian America, among others.
For those who would like to attend the seminar online, inscription is required at egypopcult.lisboa@gmail.com. A connection link will be sent a few days before the event.
For those interested in travelling to Lisbon to participate in the event in person on 25th-26th of January 2024, inscription is also required. Please contact the organising committee at the following email address: egypopcult.lisboa@gmail.com.
This international seminar is financed by national funds through FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P, in the scope of the projects UIDB/04311/2020 and UIDP/04311/2020 (CH-ULisboa), and 2022.07095.PTDC (Egypopcult).
PROGRAM (Padawan/Junior Level)
Wednesday 24th January 2024 (Portuguese Time Zone UTC)
SESSION 1
Committee: Abraham I. Fernández Pichel, Eleanor Dobson, Fernando Lozano Gómez, Briana Jackson.
08:50-9:00 Welcome Speech
09:00-09:15
‘Egyptian Culture through the Lens of Disney’s Marvel Studios’
Dakota Bailey
09:15-09:30
‘Life and Death in Early Middle Kingdom Egypt, as Told by Agatha Christie’
Inmaculada Delage González / Sara Navaz Ayesa
09:30-10:00
Questions & Tutorial section
10:00-10:15
‘From Olympus to Kyoto: Classical Inspirations in Japanese Manga’
Catarina Madeira
10:15-10:30
‘Vergil: The Pop Idol from Antiquity to the Present’
Ruoci Song
10:30-11:00
Questions & Tutorial section
11:00-11:15
‘Lapislazuli and Kohl: Ancient Egyptian Beauty Feminine Standards through Cinema’
Clara Martínez-Moreno
11:15-11:30
‘What Can Ancient Plants Convey to Us? The Language of Flowers as a Form of Communication Based on Ancient Foundations’
Karolina Bielecka
11:30-12:00
Questions & Tutorial section
12:00-12:15
‘Video Gaming in Classical Education; the Effect of Assassin’s Creed on Post-16 Recruitment’
Claire Johnson-Martin
12:15-12:30
‘O Antigo Egipto no Cinema da primeira metade do século XX: discussão de alguns exemplos e tropos representativos’
Sílvia Catarina Pereira Diogo
12:30-13:00
Questions & Tutorial section
PAUSE - Lunch Time
SESSION 2
Committee: Abraham I. Fernández Pichel, Thais Rocha, Fátima Rosa, and Alfonso Álvarez-Ossorio.
15:00-15:15
‘MAAT vai às “Redes”: experiências de um Grupo de Estudos em História Antiga no
Instagram’
Allyson Afonso dos Santos Silva
15:15-15:30
‘Ciclo de estudos do LEPHAMA: O Egito e a Esparta “Brasileira” no Instagram’
Fernando Antonio Nani Carvalho Junior / Hebert de Oliveira Santos de Lima
15:30-16:00
Questions & Tutorial section
16:00-16:15
‘Stages of Power and Fantasy: Classical and Shakespearean Theatre in A Song of Ice and Fire’
Fernanda Mattos Borges da Costa
16:15-16:30
‘Cleopatra and Cinema: Ancient History in Hollywood’s Golden Age’
Julia de Oliveira Szoke
16:30-17:00
Questions & Tutorial section
17:00-17:15
‘Orientalismo no Oriente: o Egito Antigo na cultura pop japonesa’
Pedro de Castro
17:15-17:30
‘A Egiptomania no Twitter: Uma Proposta de Banco de Dados (2008 a 2014)’
Pedro Miguel Carvalho Silva / Melissa Cristine Lopes Ribeiro
17:30-18:00
Questions & Tutorial section
PROGRAM (Jedi/Senior Level)
Thursday 25th January (Portuguese Time Zone UTC) - Room B112.B (Library)
09:00 - 09:30
Official Opening by the Director of the Center for History of the University of Lisbon and the Coordinator of the Egypopcult Project.
Session 1 (09:30 - 11:00)
Cinematic Perspectives on Antiquity: Travelers and the Studio System
(Chairman: Guilherme Borges)
09:30 - 09:50
The Influence of Nineteenth-century Visual Culture on Hollywood Films Set in Ancient Near East.
Guilllermo Juberías Gracia
09:50 - 10:10
The Egyptian Imaginary in Filmed Travelogues
Samuel Fernández-Pichel
10:10 - 10:30
The Seventh Art, and the Civilization of the Seven Thousand Years: Reframing Popular Culture and History
Nagwa Bakr / Basma Salim
10:30-11:00
Q&A
COFFEE BREAK (11:00 - 11:30)
Session 2 (11:30 - 13:00)
Transmedia Fictions (1): The Mummy Redux
(Chairman: Arnaud Quertinmont)
11:30 – 11:50
Are you my Mummy? The Many Lives and Faces of Egyptian Mummies in Contemporary Imagination.
Nolwenn Corriou
11:50 - 12:10
The Mummy Films of the 1940s
José das Candeias Sales
12:10 – 12:30
Sandy with a Chance of Mummies. Egyptian “Monsters” in Video Games (online).
Kate Minniti
12:30 - 13:00
Q&A
LUNCH BREAK (13:00 – 14:30)
Session 3 (14:30 - 16:00)
Engaging with Antiquity in Comics
(Chairman: Linda Chapon)
14:30 – 14:50
The Ancient World in European Comics in the Early 1980s: The Adventures of Ian Kaledine and Martin Mystère.
Abraham I. Fernández Pichel
14:50 – 15:10
Offprint also Called ‘Bookplates’ in Comic Strips Related to Ancient Egypt (online).
Valentin Boyer
15:10 – 15:30
Inscriptions hiéroglyphiques et pseudo-hiéroglyphiques dans Astérix et Cléopâtre
Nicolas Leroux
15:30 - 16:00
Q&A
COFFEE BREAK (16:00 - 16:30)
Session 4 (16:30 - 18:00)
Reimagining historical and mythical figures
(Chairman: Guillermo Juberías)
16:30 – 16:50
Sêneca no cinema: a Roma antiga tirânica hic et nunc (online).
Renata Cazarini de Freitas
16:50 – 17:10
Kleopatra VII in Assassin’s Creed Origins and Other Video Games: The Conundrum of Historical Accuracy versus Popular Memory.
Tara Sewell-Lasater
17:10 - 17:30
La figure de Méduse dans l’anime japonais: de la méchante à l'héroïne incomprise.
Víctor Sánchez Domínguez
17:30 - 18:00
Q&A
COMFORT BREAK (18:00 – 18:10)
Session 5 (18:10 - 19:40)
Ancient Temples and pyramids
(Chairman : Fátima Rosa)
18:10 – 18:30
Les pyramides égyptiennes dans la pop culture : début et fin de plusieurs mondes (online).
Thomas Gamelin
18:30 - 18:50
Temples in Antiquity: A Key Motif in Popular Culture and Visual Media.
Linda Chapon
18:50 – 19:10
The Portrayal of Egyptian Priests in Popular Culture.
Filip Taterka
19:10 - 19:40
Q&A
Friday 26th January (Portuguese Time Zone UTC) - Auditorium 3
Session 6 (09:30 - 11:00)
Transmedia fictions (2): Detectives, vampires and adventurers
(Chairman: Samuel Fernández-Pichel)
09:30 – 09:50
Ancient Egypt in the Classics of Detective Novels. The Case of S. S. Van Dine and his Detective Philo Vance.
Susana Mota
09:50 – 10:10
The Underground Sumerian Civilization of The Mole People (1956). Antiquity in the Hollywood Sci-fi Horror Genre.
María de Fátima Rosa
10:10 – 10:30
The ‘Followers of the Divine Snake” (Šmsw ḥfꜢw nṯry): A Creative Project on Vampirism and Interculturality in Roman Egypt
Esperanza Ródenas
10:30 - 11:00
Q&A
COFFEE BREAK (11:00 - 11:30)
Session 7 (11:30 – 13:00)
Playing the Ancient World: Games and Toys
(Chairman: Filip Taterka)
11:30 – 11:50
Reshaping Egypt: The Presentation of Egypt’s Landscape in Modern Board Games (online).
Jennifer Cromwell
11:50 – 12:10
The Connection between Antiquity and RPGs: Exploring History and Imagination
Pedro Augusto Menna Barreto Magalhães Gomes
12:10 – 12:30
Transmedia Explorations: Toys Shaping Narrative about Ancient Egypt (Mattel, Playmobil, and Lego Case Studies) (online).
Karolina Anna Kulpa
12:30 - 13:00
Q&A
LUNCH BREAK (13:00 – 14:30)
Session 8 (14:30 – 16:00)
Embodying/Performing Ancient Egypt: Exploring Egyptomania in Urban Cultures
(Chairman: Alfonso Álvarez-Ossorio)
14:30 – 14:50
Testing the Boundaries: Reimagining Ancient Egypt through Heavy Metal Music
Leire Olabarría
14:50 – 15:10
Eu falei faraó! – An Overview on Egyptomania in Brazil (online)
Thais Rocha
15:10 – 15:30
Egypt on Walls and Bodies.
Arnaud Quertinmont
15:30 - 16:00
Q&A
COFFEE BREAK (16:00 - 16:30)
Session 9 (16:30 – 18:00)
Ancient Worlds and Networked Communities : Traces of Antiquity in Digital Culture
(Chairman: Tara Sewell-Lasater)
16:30 – 16:50
A Pharaoh through the Ages ! – A Case Study of an Edutainment Podcast Project (online).
Roxane Bicker / Nora Kuch
16:50 – 17:10
Three Egyptologists Walk into a Bar… and Talk about Books, Movies, and Shows. Engaging with Audiences through Pop Culture.
Guilherme Borges Pires / Inês Torres / Luiza Osorio G. Silva
17:10 – 17:30
Comunistas ou guerrieros pela liberdade : As Espartas integralista e Bolsonarista (online).
Ygor Klain Belchior
17:30 - 18:00
Q&A
COMFORT BREAK (18:00 – 18:10)
Session 10 (18:10 – 19:40)
Learning Antiquity: Pedagogical Approaches and Juvenile Literature
(Chairman : Leire Olabarría)
18:10 – 18:30
Preserving the Past, Embracing the Present: Incorporating Pop Culture into Classical Archaeology Education (online).
Cinzia Bettineschi, Lisa Götz, Michael Schaper
18:30 – 18:50
A Antiguidade clássica na literatura infantil e juvenil brasileira (online).
Katia Teonia Costa de Azevedo
18:50 – 19:10
I’ve learned it in my TV Series: Studying the Reception of Ancient History to Teach Ancient History.
Alfonso Álvarez-Ossorio Rivas
19:10 - 19:40
Q&A
Closing Remarks (19:40 – 20:00)
