Dr. Cédric Gobeil received his PhD in Egyptology at the Université Paris IV-Sorbonne in 2008. He joined the Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale in Cairo as foreign scientific member specializing in Egyptian archaeology in 2008. He was awarded a two years postdoctoral fellowship from the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council in 2010 and, in 2011, he was appointed Director of the French archaeological mission of Deir el-Medina (IFAO). Apart from his own excavations, he is also a member of the French missions of Coptos and Balat/Ayn Asil, as well as for the Great Hypostyle Hall Project.  Dr. Gobeil is also adjunct professor in the History Department at the Université du Québec à Montréal.

Dr. Anne-Claire Salmas is a young French Egyptologist with a diversified academic background in history (Université Paris-Sorbonne Paris IV), art history (École du Louvre, Paris) and philology (École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris). She completed her PhD (“Perception of daily rhythms in Ancient Egypt”) in 2011, and has served as a lecturer at the University of Poitiers and the École du Louvre. She is also a member of the French archaeological mission of Saqqara and is a main collaborator for the French archaeological Mission of Deir el-Medina. She is currently in the process of publishing the funerary linen shrouds (in collaboration with Dr. Kh. El-Enany) found at Deir el-Medina, along with the publication of Theban Tomb 2, the tomb of Khâbekhenet.  Her research focuses on daily life at Deir el-Medina, centering on the spatial practices of the residents

Dr. Eric Wells received his PhD from UCLA in 2014. His thesis, Display and Devotion: a social and religious reading of Ramesside votive stelae, focuses on how ancient Egyptians coopted religious practice and religious display to cement social identities, expand social networks and reaffirm their place in the local patronage structure. His work has received research prizes and support from the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities, the American Research Center in Egypt, and the Egyptian Exploration Organization of Southern California. He has served as a lecturer for many courses at UCLA, where he is currently employed as an academic counselor. He also works as a consultant for the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art at California State University, San Bernardino, helping to publish their ancient Egyptian collection.

PROGRAM

10:00 am - 10:15 am        Welcome/Introduction

10:15 am - 11:00 am        History of the community 

11:00 am - 11:15 am        Q&A/Break

11:15 am - 12:00 pm        Spatial layout and use of space at Deir el-Medina

12:00 am - 12:15 pm        Q&A

12:15 pm - 1:45 pm          Lunch Break (Lunch is not provided)

 1:45 pm - 2:30 pm           Religion and community 

 2:30 pm - 2:45 pm           Q&A/Break

 2:45 pm - 3:15 pm           Current work and future directions

 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm           Q&A and wrap up.

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