Alexandria, Egypt; 15-24 September 2024

A Workshop on mortuary practices, strategies of personhood and selfhood, as well as memory narratives in Hellenistic Alexandria and its reception in later eras. Bringing together senior and junior scholars, from different countries and disciplines, the Workshop aimed to discuss funerary art under the light of recent theoretical breakthroughs in the study of the ancient world.

Organized by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in partnership with the Archaeological Society of Alexandria

With the generous support of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and its Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies

Support for this Program is provided by the Getty Foundation as part of its Connecting Art Histories initiative