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	<title>Love of History &#187; Egypt</title>
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		<title>New texts on athletes and shows in Roman Egypt</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 07:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Training, Cheating, Winning, Praising: Athletes and Shows in Papyri from Roman Egypt 6.00pm &#8211; 7.15pm, followed by a drinks reception Wednesday, 20 June 2012 The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH Three Short Lectures on the ‘Olympic’ tradition in Roman and Byzantine Egypt as revealed by new and old texts from Oxyrhynchus In the second and third centuries AD the cities of the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire developed a mania for grand public competitions in athletics, musical performance and chariot-racing. This exuberant tradition, which was explictly based on the original Olympic games and designed to proclaim the cultural Greekness of the competing cities, is best attested to us from documents on papyrus preserved in the detritus of the ancient cities of Oxyrhynchus and Hermopolis. To mark the London Olympics (for related Classical events see the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies website: http://www.romansociety.org/events/olympics-2012/events.html), a volume of new texts on this theme, ranging from literary works to a contract to throw a wrestling match, is being prepared for The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, published by the Egypt Exploration Society with the support of the British Academy and the AHRC. The lectures will present the most exciting of the new texts in the context of previous discoveries among the papyri. About the Speakers: Chair: Dominic Rathbone, Professor of Ancient History, King’s College London Christopher Carey, Professor of Greek at University College London, is an expert on the victory odes of Pindar: Celebrations in the sand: victory songs and other texts from Oxyrhynchus William J. Slater, Emeritus Professor of Classics at McMaster University, Canada, is a scholar of Pindar turned auditor of the finances of ancient festivals and competitors: Fame and especially fortune: the dark side of Olympia Margaret Mountford, erstwhile corporate lawyer and adviser on BBC TV’s The Apprentice, has just completed a PhD in papyrology at University College London including the edition of some Byzantine circus programmes: The Oxyrhynchus papyri: because they’re worth it Attendance is free, but registration is required for this event. Please click here to register or visit our website: www.britac.ac.uk/events.&#8221; Classics list]]></description>
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		<title>Solidarity to Egyptian Students</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 05:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I received the following distressing announcement. &#8220;Abuses by state and university authorities against academic freedom are not uncommon in Egyptian universities. Both students and professors suffer them. Activists among Egyptian students are routinely subjected to various repressive measures aimed at deterring students from participating in any political activity. In fact students are discouraged from organizing any autonomous activity whatsoever. This year because Egypt is shortly to hold elections, both protest and repression have escalated around the country, and the universities have been no exception. What is exceptional however, is the blatant participation of academics in positions of authority in these measures aimed at intimidating their students. We are putting before you two specific incidents that we hope you will join us in protesting against: 1- The Faculty of Commerce at Cairo University is barring more than 50 students from sitting the final exam in one subject each. Since grades for the final exam account for more than 60% of the overall grade, this effectively means failing the students. Barring a student from sitting a final exam as a disciplinary measure is usually reserved for cases of cheating. That a student should be officially notified that he (or she) is barred from an exam for the offense of &#8220;hanging a poster on a tree&#8221; is simply unheard of. Another disturbing aspect of this incident is that though it states clearly on the notification that the disciplinary measure was taken by the Dean, Professor Adel Mabruk, on the 23d of January 2010, the letters notifying the students are dated 19 April 2010, thus shortening considerably the time available for an appeal. Finally the most bizarre aspect of this incident is that listed among the disciplined students, there are six graduates, and one student who actually died last year. This gives credence to the students&#8217; claim that there was no investigation, or hearing, and that Professor Mabruk simply signed a disciplinary action against names from a list of activists that state security police had compiled the previous academic year and hadn&#8217;t even bothered to update. Please help us protect our students by protesting to: Professor Hossam Kamel The President of Cairo University Giza, Egypt hkamel@cu.edu. eg Fax 00202/ 35688884 2- On the 8th of April 2010, Mr. Ahmad Galal, a student in the final year at the School of Medicine of Suez Canal University, was attending a clinical class at the out patient clinic attached to the university hospital, when security personnel walked into the clinic and literally dragged him out and started beating him up in front of patients, staff and other students. The day before, Mr. Galal had been warned by a state security operative to stay away from class because he had earlier been distributing leaflets among his colleagues, he ignored this and as described above was beaten up and forcibly thrown out. Instead of taking measures to protect the student against this violence, the School of Medicine authorities are covering up for the police. Professor Khalil A. Khalil, the director of the university hospital, falsified a medical report to back up the claim of the security personnel that the student had assaulted them causing them injury. Professor Sobhy El-Shishi the vice dean for student affairs tried to defuse student anger at the incident by falsely informing students that Mr. Galal had been caught trying to steal a patient&#8217;s hand bag. We are demanding a full and thorough investigation of the whole incident. Please back our demand by writing to: Professor Mohamed Sayed Ahmed Saleh El-Zoghbi. The President of Suez Canal University Suez Canal University Ismailia, Egypt (pc 41522) Fax: (002064)3205208email: M.elzoghbi@scuegypt .edu.eg and Zoghbi56@yahoo. com Cairo 9 May 2010 &#8221; Randa Abou Bakr]]></description>
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