Saturday, March 14, 2009

Conference: Coptic Heritage - History and Creativity

SECOND ANNUAL COPTIC STUDIES SYMPOSIUM
COPTIC HERITAGE: HISTORY AND CREATIVITY
SATURDAY MARCH 21sT 2009

University College Auditorium - Room 140, 15 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 3H7. Co-Sponsored by the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations University of Toronto

St Mark's Coptic Museum, Scarborough
University of Toronto Art Centre
Cost: $15/$10 for students, payable at the door (lunch included)
Pre-register before 14 March to reserve your place: r.boutros@utoronto.ca

8:30 – 9:00 REGISTRATION

9:00 – 9:15 OPENING REMARKS Prof. Linda Northrup: Chair, Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilisations (NMC), University of Toronto

9:15 – 9:30 Fr. Marcos A. Marcos: Protopriest, St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church, Scarborough, Ontario

"Envisioning St. Mark's Coptic Museum in the Coptic Canadian Village, Markham"

FIRST SESSION: EARLY CHURCH SOURCES

CHAIR: Prof. James M. Robinson: Professor Emeritus of Religion, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California

9:30 – 10:00 Dr. Anne Moore: Senior Instructor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Calgary

"Locating the Kingdom of God within the Writings of Clement of Alexandria and Origen"

10:00 – 10:30 Prof. Pablo Argárate: Associate Professor of Patristics/Historical Theology / Director of the Eastern Christian Studies Program, Faculty of Theology. University of St Michael's College

"Fourth-Century Pneumatological Controversy in Alexandria: Athanasius's Epistulae ad Serapionem"

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

SECOND SESSION: COPTIC COLLECTIONS

CHAIR: Prof. Sheila Campbell: Emeritus Fellow, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies (PIMS), U of T.

11:00 – 11:30 Fr. Bigoul al-Suriani: Librarian of the Monastery of Deir el-Surian, Egypt

"Collection of Manuscripts of the Library of Deir el-Surian"

11:30 – 12:00 Heather Pigat: Collections Manager, U of T Art Centre

"Coptic Art and Artefacts in Canadian Collections"

12:00 – 1:30 Lunch Break

THIRD SESSION: HISTORIC SITES

CHAIR: Prof. Amir Harrak: Professor of Aramaic and Syriac languages NMC, U of T

1:30 – 2:00 Prof. Jitse H.F. Dijkstra: Assistant Professor and Head of Classics, Department of Classics and Religious Studies, U. of Ottawa

"Christian Graffiti from Late Antique Egypt: Christian or Egyptian?"

2:00 – 2:30 Dr. Ramez Boutros: Instructor, NMC – Research Fellow PIMS, U of T

"Recent Excavations in the Monastery of Bawit: Outcome and Perspectives"

2:30 – 3:00 Coffee Break

FOURTH SESSION: COPTIC ART AND LITURGY

CHAIR: Prof. Pablo Argárate

3:00 – 3:30 Prof. Amir Harrak

"A Syriac Inscription in the Church of St Menas, Fum El Khalig, Cairo"

3:30 – 4:00 Dr. Helene Moussa: Volunteer Curator, St. Mark's Coptic Museum, Scarborough

"The Synergy of Coptic Spirituality and Liturgy -13th Century Wall Paintings, St Anthony's Old Church, Monastery of St Anthony, Red Sea"

4:00 – 4:30 CLOSING SESSION

4:30 – 5:00 Dr. Helene Moussa and Dr. Ramez Boutros

"The Canadian Society for Coptic Studies"


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