Activities during the Congress
In the afternoon of Wednesday, July 29, several activities are offered.
The State and University Library will provide the opportunity to visit the exhibition Entangled Communities: Global Egypt and Its Multilingual Manuscript Heritage, a showcase of Coptic and Coptic-Arabic manuscripts (in particular the ones bought in Egypt by Heinrich Brugsch in 1878). Pre-registration on the congress website is required, in order to provide enough timeslots for the visits. The exhibition in the Historical Building (Papendiek 14, 37073 Göttingen) is open throughout Congress week, from 2 pm to 5 pm. As Wednesday, 29 July, is the congress's panel-free day, we expect many participants to take the opportunity to visit the exhibition that afternoon. To help ensure a pleasant experience for everyone and to avoid overcrowding, we kindly ask those planning to visit on Wednesday to follow the suggested time slots below:
Surnames A–E: 14:30–15:15
Surnames F–O: 15:15–16:00
Surnames P–Z: 16:00–17:00
These time slots are intended solely to facilitate a smoother flow of visitors on Wednesday afternoon. Since the exhibition will remain open every afternoon from 27 to 31 July (14:00–17:00), participants are warmly encouraged to visit on any of those days if that is more convenient.
- Students from the Institute of Egyptology and Coptic Studies will curate an exhibition on the history of scholarship in Göttingen, which will be exhibited in proximity of the conference posters during the entire duration of the congress (no registration required)
- Students will also offer guided tours through the historical centre of Göttingen, showing, among other landmarks, the houses of the late 18th/early 19th cent. scholars working on the decipherment of the hieroglyphs (registration during the congress)
Activities after the Congress
After the congress, participants may wish to visit the Egyptian and Coptic collections of nearby German museums. The closest museums with extensive collections of Egyptian and Coptic artefacts are in Hannover and Hildesheim (25-35 mins on the high-speed train, 75 mins on the local train). The museums of Berlin are a train ride of about 2:20 hrs away. Public transport is best organised through the Deutsche Bahn website or app.
Participants may also wish to visit the Coptic Monastery nearest to Göttingen, residence of H.E. Metropolitan Damian. The congress organisers will offer assistance with the logistics of these visits.