Programme

The XIIIth ICE will take place on Sunday 6 August 2023 up to and including Friday 11 August 2023, in the centre of Leiden, the Netherlands. We aim to organise an in-person congress, with all speakers present in Leiden. 

Programme overview

Saturday 5 August 2023

Registration of participants

Sunday 6 August

Registration of participants; afternoon: plenary and festive opening session

Monday 7–Friday 11 August

Presentations and workshops (six parallel sessions at three different locations), posters on display

Wednesday 9 August

Presentations and workshops, poster presentations

Thursday 10 August

Presentations and workshops, congress dinner

Friday 11 August

Presentations and workshops, plenary closing session

Topics and themes

We especially welcome lectures or panel discussions on the following topics:

  • Climate and climate change in antiquity 
  • Digital Egyptology 
  • Egyptology and museology 
  • Egyptology and the dissemination of research 
  • Historiography of Egyptology 
  • (Illegal) trade in ancient Egyptian artefacts  
  • Inclusion and diversity in Egyptology 
  • Interdisciplinary research in Egyptology 
  • International reception of ancient Egypt
  • Protecting ancient Egyptian heritage

These topics will be focal points within the themes that make up any International Congress of Egyptologists: Archaeology; Social Life; Art & Architecture; History; Language, Literature and Texts; Religion; Museums & Collections.

Stadsgehoorzaal (City Concert Hall)

The congress opening ceremony and the congress dinner will be held at the Stadsgehoorzaal.

The City Concert Hall was built in 1890 and is an imposing example of Neo-Renaissance architecture, which is rare in the Netherlands today. Original interior features include the panelling and balconies in the main auditorium and the interior of the Breezaal.

Address: Breestraat 60, Leiden

Website: Leidse Schouwburg & Stadsgehoorzaal

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Stadsgehoorzaal (City Concert Hall)
Stadsgehoorzaal (City Concert Hall)

Lipsius Building

The majority of sessions will be held at the Lipsius Building.

This is the central building of Leiden University’s Faculty of Humanities. It is named after Justus Lipsius (1547-1606), philologist, philosopher, and humanist.

Address: Cleveringaplaats 1, Leiden

Web page: Leiden University | Lipsius

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Lipsius Building
Lipsius Building

Academy Building

Sessions with intermediate numbers of participants will be held at the Academy Building, in the Groot Auditorium (ground floor) or the Telders Auditorium (first floor).

This is Leiden University’s oldest and premier building. Dissertation defenses and inaugural lectures are held here. It was built as a Dominican sisters’ monastery in 1516 and given to the university at its foundation in 1575. The Academy Building is located directly adjacent to the Hortus Botanicus.

Address: Rapenburg 73, Leiden

Web page: Leiden University | Academy Building

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Academy Building
Academy Building

P.J. Veth Building

Sessions with smaller numbers of participants will be held at the P.J. Veth Building, room 1.01. Posters will be displayed on the ground floor of this building.

This is one of the historic buildings of Leiden University’s Faculty of Humanities. It is named after P.J. Veth (1814-1895), geographer and ethnologist. It is located directly adjacent to the Hortus Botanicus and the Academy Building.

Address: Nonnensteeg 1-3, Leiden; access from Hortus

Web page: Leiden University | P.J. Veth

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P.J. Veth Building
P.J. Veth Building

Hortus Botanicus

A few congress-related events will be held at the Hortus Botanicus – either outdoors or in the Orangery. The Hortus Café, centrally located between our various University venues, sells sandwiches and drinks.

The Hortus Botanicus Leiden is the oldest botanic garden in the Netherlands. It was founded by Leiden University in 1590, and continuously expanded in the course of the following centuries. The planting has undergone many changes, but many of the trees that were planted during the past 400 years can still be admired today. The buildings in the Hortus vary from the classical Orangery (1744) to the large glasshouse complex: the tropical glasshouses (1938) and the Winter Garden (2000).

Participants in the XIIIth ICE have free entrance to the Hortus during the congress.

Address: Rapenburg 73, Leiden

Website: Hortus Botanicus Leiden

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Hortus Botanicus
Hortus Botanicus

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (National Museum of Antiquities)

Registration of participants and two public outreach lectures are planned at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden.

The National Museum of Antiquities is the foremost archaeological museum in the Netherlands. Founded in 1818 in connection with Leiden University’s first chair of Archaeology, C.J.C. Reuvens, it maintains close relations with the Faculties of Archaeology and Humanities today. Its Egyptian collection ranks among the top ten worldwide.

Participants in the XIIIth ICE have free entrance to the Museum during the congress.

Address: Rapenburg 28, Leiden

Website: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

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Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (National Museum of Antiquities)
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (National Museum of Antiquities)