REGISTER HERE
You will receive Zoom link and calendar invite upon registration. This lecture will begin at 5PM BST (London)/12PM EST (New York). Additional time zone conversions can be found below. The lecture will be via Zoom; as a reminder, it will not be recorded.
We are pleased to welcome Raúl Sánchez Casado, who is ‘Ramón y Cajal’ postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Ancient History at the University of Seville. His main field of research focuses on the study of the funerary cult in the Old Kingdom from an eminently social point of view, analyzing who the officiants of these cults were, what their socio-economic status was and what relationships of interdependence were established between these officiants and the patrons they served.
His main interest is to understand the impact that the establishment and management of the funerary cult had on the people who maintained it. Recent publications include “Two Remarkable Censing Scenes from the Tomb of Kaemneferet at Giza (G 8538)” (Chronique d’Ègypte, 2023), The overseer of linen (jmj-r sSrw) in the Old Kingdom, (Journal of Egyptian History 16, 2023 with Jonatan Ortiz), Priestly officiants in the Old Kingdom mortuary cult, (Monografías de Oriente Antiguo 3, Universidad de Alcalá 2022, edited with Antonio Morales), El servidor del ka en el Reino Antiguo: funciones y espacios de actuación (BAR Intemational Series, Oxford, 2020).
As for fieldwork in Egypt Raúl is Deputy director of Middle Kingdom Theban Project and epigrapher in the Qaw el-Kebir Expedition. He is also the Principal Investigator of the Project Invisible Networks: Patronage in Old Kingdom Funerary Cult, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities and the European Union.
Time zone conversions:
London - 5:00 pm BST
Rome - 6:00 pm CEST
New York - 12:00 noon EDT
Los Angeles - 9:00 am PDT
Melbourne - 2:00 am AEST