Implementing a Unified Museum Database System across Cairo-based Museums: CIPAIG Grant Project Launch
The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities’ (MoTA) Central Information System: Data Rescue, Training and Needs Assessment Project launch and reception was held on 17 September at the Coptic Museum. Opening remarks were given by U.S. Ambassador Herro Mustafa Garg joined Deputy Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Yomna El-Bahar, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Rafik Mansour, and ARCE Executive Director Dr. Louise Bertini to commemorate this project’s historic launch.
The grant will help Egyptian museum staff become more proficient in information technology, documentation, and collections management. Additionally, it will set the stage for a centralised system of documentation and collections management that will ensure accurate monitoring and documenting of artefacts by bringing pieces from various MoTA museums together through a single search interface.
The project will be implemented at various historical museums across Greater Cairo: the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (EMC), the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), the Coptic Museum, the Museum of Islamic Art, and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC).
An Ancient Egyptian UNESCO? Special Briefing by Professor Khaled El Enany, nominee for UNESCO’s Director-General Post
In September, ARCE also held a joint event with the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM): a special breakfast briefing in honor of former Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Professor Khaled El Enany’s candidacy for the role of United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)’s Director-General post.
Opening remarks by AMCHAM CEO Sylvia Menassa, president Tarek Tawfik, and ARCE Executive Director Dr. Louise Bertini highlighted the vital role tourism and heritage play in the country’s developmental framework, and ARCE’s contributions to cultural heritage preservation.
Inspired by UNESCO’s main values, Professor El Enany delivered a captivating lecture on how life in ancient Egypt tackled the same ethos as the organization’s, interweaving past and present as he explored science, education, ethics, social inclusion and other relevant themes.
Funding for this activity is provided by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State through a grant from the Council of American Overseas Research Centers.
Become a Guardian of Egyptian History
Support ARCE in preserving Egyptian cultural heritage and history for the future through donations that fund efforts in cultural heritage protection and restoration, as well as education, research, and training. Your contribution is not just a donation; it’s your way to make an impact, your way to join us in protecting and saving Egyptian cultural history and being part of the legacy of preserving our most important history.
Annual Meeting Opportunity for Egyptology Scholars
Are you an Egyptology early-career student hoping to join ARCE’s 2025 in-person Annual Meeting but feeling a little financial pitch? We’re here to help with our Student Access Grant (SAG)!
This year, and ever year, we are offering a maximum of five (5) grants for whom attendance would not be possible without financial support.
Priority will go to first time attendees and presenters at the Annual Meeting.
Present at our Annual Meeting in San Francisco!
ARCE is pleased to announce that the Call for Papers is now open for our 2025 in person Annual Meeting. ARCE’s Annual Meeting brings together hundreds of scholars who present on Egyptian history and heritage, recent fieldwork, technological advances, and much more.
The 2025 In-person Annual Meeting will take place at the Westin St. Francis, San Francisco from April 25-27, 2025, from approximately 08:30 AM US ET to 5:00 PM US ET Friday and Saturday, and 08:30 AM US ET to 3:00pm US ET on Sunday.
All submitters must be members of ARCE in good standing.
Abstract application deadline is 13/12/2024.
N.B. The ARCE Virtual Annual Meeting will NOT take place this year.
October Chapter Events
With more than a dozen individual chapters across the United States and Canada, ARCE’s mission of fostering a broader knowledge and appreciation of Egypt’s cultural heritage among the general public is constantly advanced by active local communities.
Collectively, ARCE Chapters host over 100 lectures per year by experts in topics spanning the full timeline of Egyptian history. These lectures, as well as affiliation with a chapter, are complimentary to all ARCE members. Here are some of their upcoming lectures:
- ARCE PA: The Treaty of Ramesses II with Hattusili III: Peace-making in the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean by Dr. Camilla Di Biase-Dyson – October 12
- ARCE OC: A Field of Their Own: Putting the Women of Egyptology in Their Place by Dr. Kathleen Sheppard – October 12
- ARCE NC: A Field of Their Own: Putting the Women of Egyptology in Their Place by Dr. Kathleen Sheppard – October 13
- ARCE Chicago x ISAC: Chicago on the Nile: 100 Years of the Epigraphic Survey from The Institute for the Study of Ancient Culture by Dr. Emily Teeter – October 20
- ARCE DC: Death in the First Dynasty: Reassessing Human “Sacrifices” by Dr. Roselyn A. Campbell – October 26
