The Stephen Glanville Memorial Lecture

[pling]

On Saturday we went to a lecture in Cambridge - every year there's a Stephen Glanville Memorial Lecture on Egyptology, given by some notable person in the field, organised by the Fitzwilliam Museum. Last year was pretty much the sort of thing I'd expected - a talk about Memphis (capital of Egypt in the Old Kingdom period) given by Jaromir Málek,

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[mcurtains]

Is 'Maatian' pronounced "Martian"..?

[pling]

*giggle* No, it's not. It's more like "mah-aht-ian". I think Maat is sometimes written Ma'at to reflect the pronunciation better. The two 'A's are actually different letters, neither of which entirely match anything in English but are both variants on a "a" sound. So a direct transliteration would look like:

[lapidus_93]

Thanks for the heads-up on this post in the Egyptology posting group. It sounds like an interesting lecture.

[pling]

It was definitely interesting, although not quite what I was expecting after the previous one I went to!

[draconia_99]

I'd be a bit worried about combining activism and scholarship, the activism bit tends to blur our objectivity (but then, we all research what we like and enjoy).

The heart and mind thing, though, is a concept shared by many ancient societies and, likeable as it is to us, stems from a fundamental misunderstanding of where the center of reasoning lies, not an attempt to combine passion and reason.

[pling]

I certainly agree with your first point, definitely something to be wary of. And I thought it was clear from his talk (& the info I subsequently looked up on wikipedia) that the scholarship had arisen from his activist interest in the subject, which will presumably give him bias towards finding something "good & African" in the Egyptian literature he was studying. But as you say, everyone has some initial reason that draws them to a field of research, we're all biased somehow

DVD or Other Means

[anonymous]

Would be interested to know if a DVD or some type of viedo or audio copy was made of the lecture. And, if so, how can it be obtained in the United States?

Re: DVD or Other Means

[pling]

To be honest, I've no idea. You might have some luck if you contact someone at the Fitzwilliam Museum as they were the organisers of the talk.