Three satellite events held in Tokyo and Osaka in the week following CRE 26, bringing together Egyptologists from Japan and abroad.
The 2nd International Symposium of Egyptology in Tokyo (ISET 2026)
A single-day symposium held on 16 July 2026 — the day after CRE 26 — gathering eleven papers by twelve invited scholars on ancient, Coptic, and Islamic Egypt. It is held at the Tokyo Campus of the University of Tsukuba and streamed online. The full program, speakers, and registration are available on the dedicated symposium website.
Program subject to change.
| 09:00–09:10 | Opening | Opening Ceremony · Chair: Prof. Dr. So Miyagawa (U. Tsukuba) |
| 09:10–09:40 | Dr. Azza Ezzat Bibliotheca Alexandrina | “Ahmed Pasha Kamal and the First Arabic-Based System in Egyptology” |
| 09:40–10:10 | Dr. José Manuel Alba Gómez University of Jaén | “The Qaw el-Kebir Expedition: Insights from the First and Second Fieldwork Campaigns” (U. Alcalá in collaboration with U. Jaén) |
| 10:10–10:40 | Sue Kelly Charles University, Prague | “Building Digital Immortality for the Women of Ancient Egypt” |
| 10:40–11:00 | Interval (20 min) | |
| 11:00–11:30 | Dr. Daniel González León Yale University | “The Coptos Decrees: Two Case Studies in Hieroglyphic Paleography” |
| 11:30–12:00 | Dr. Hazem Farrag Ain Shams University | “Re-coding Ancient Egyptian Literature: From Narrative Stories to Ethical Network Systems” |
| 12:00–12:30 | Dr. Heba Hassan Ahmed Amer Alexandria National Museum | “Sacred Meals and Religious Identity in Greco-Roman Egypt: Evidence from Alexandria and Oxyrhynchus” |
| 12:30–13:30 | Luncheon interval (60 min) | |
| 13:30–14:00 | Walid Elsayed Tahta Antiquities Inspectorate, Sohag | “The Archaeology of the North Sohag Region in the Light of the Most Recent Archaeological Explorations” |
| 14:00–14:30 | Dr. Marwan Kilani University of Basel | “Language as a Historical Source: Integrating Linguistics into Egyptological Historical Research” |
| 14:30–15:00 | Prof. Dr. Nesma Ibrahim New Valley University | “New Readings of Coptic Inscriptions from the Bagawat Necropolis (Kharga Oasis)” |
| 15:00–15:20 | Interval (20 min) | |
| 15:20–15:50 | Aziza Abdallah & Hadeer Belal Egyptian Museum, Cairo | “Reborn in the Records: The Museum Life of a Falcon Mummy Coffin Repatriated to Egypt in 2021” |
| 15:50–16:20 | Prof. Dr. Magdy Elwan Assiut University | “Masterpieces of Islamic Architecture in Egypt through the Eyes of Foreign Travelers” |
| 16:50–17:00 | Closing | Closing Ceremony |
| 17:00–17:20 | Pre-visit guidance · Dr. Tadashi Kikugawa | |
| 19:30–20:30 | Excursion · Ancient Egyptian Museum, Shibuya | |
| 21:00–22:00 | Night view · Tokyo Metropolitan Gov. Building, Shinjuku | |
| 17 Jul · 15:00 | Optional · Printing Museum, Tokyo (next day) |
International Workshop — Approaching Ancient Egypt: Methods and Perspectives for Young Egyptologists
古代エジプトへのアプローチ ——若手研究者たちの方法と視点——
This workshop aims to provide a platform for young Egyptologists to exchange ideas and engage in interdisciplinary dialogue. Particular emphasis is placed on fostering interaction between international participants and Japanese students at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Through this exchange, the workshop aims to create an educational environment where participants can learn from diverse perspectives and gain insight into a wide range of research methodologies and current approaches in Egyptology.
Program subject to change.
| 10:00–10:05 | Opening | |
| Session 1 | Texts and their Materiality | |
| 10:05–10:30 | Tokihisa Higo | Examining the Book of the Dead Chapter 125 through Its Manuscripts |
| 10:30–11:00 | John Rogers | From Fragments to Frameworks: Using Manetho Critically |
| 11:00–11:30 | Elena Hertel | The Materiality of Inscribed Objects in Ancient Egypt |
| 11:30–11:45 | Coffee Break | |
| Session 2 | Documentation and Conservation | |
| 11:45–12:15 | Maarten Praet | Forgotten Documents, New Discoveries: The Importance of Archival Research in Egyptology |
| 12:15–12:45 | Mohamed Youssef | Different Phases of Restoration for TT 265, The Tomb of Amenemopet |
| 12:45–14:00 | Lunch Break | |
| Session 3 | Archaeology and Material Culture | |
| 14:00–14:30 | Luna Beerden | Written in Bone: Approaching ancient Egyptian Lived Realities through Osteoarchaeology |
| 14:30–15:00 | Mizuki Shindo | Reconstructing the Life History of New Kingdom Pit Graves at North Saqqara |
| 15:00–15:30 | Seria Yamazaki | When Archaeology Tells a Different Story than Texts and Images: The Case of Ancient Egyptian Amulets |
| 15:15–15:30 | Coffee Break | |
| Session 4 | Theory and Historiography | |
| 15:30–16:00 | Geirr Lunden | Does Egyptology have a theory? A historical perspective from visual art |
| 16:00–16:30 | Andrés Martín García de la Cruz | Postcolonial Egyptology: A Window into the Past, Present, and Future of the Discipline. |
| 16:30–17:00 | Discussion | |
| 17:00–17:10 | Closing |
International Workshop — Papyrology & Codicology of the Nakanishi Collection (Greek, Demotic, Coptic)
国立民族学博物館（民博）所蔵 中西コレクションのパピルス学・写本学
An international workshop on the Greek and Demotic papyri and the Coptic parchment codex preserved at the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka — uniting papyrology, Coptology, and digital text recognition. The Day 1 afternoon session (13:00–16:20) is open to the public and streamed via Zoom; Day 2 is an in-person session for examining the collection.
Program subject to change.
| July 20 · Monday — Hybrid (afternoon open to the public · Zoom) | ||
| 10:00 | Kaoru Suemori, Kenji Kuroda, Noboru Yoshioka, Takuya Kawaguchi National Museum of Ethnology | Methods for the Digitalization of Manuscripts and Current Progress in the Project (closed) |
| 13:00 | Prof. Karen Hamada The University of Tokyo | Opening Remarks |
| 13:10 | Kaoru Suemori, Noboru Yoshioka (Minpaku); So Miyagawa (U. Tsukuba) | Greek Papyri and Coptic Parchment in the Nakanishi Collection |
| 13:30 | Prof. Dr. Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello University of Basel | Keynote I — Greek Papyrology in the Digital / AI Era with Computational Text Recognition (tentative) |
| 14:30 | Tea Break | |
| 14:45 | Ms. Hadeer Belal Egyptian Museum, Cairo; former curator, Coptic Museum | Keynote II — Coptic Parchment Studies and Preservation |
| 15:45 | Discussion | |
| 16:15 | Prof. Karen Hamada The University of Tokyo | Closing Remarks |
| July 21 · Tuesday — In person, invited participants only (closed) | ||
| 10:00 | Prof. Karen Hamada The University of Tokyo | Restoration and Preservation of Manuscripts in the Matenadaran (Research Institute of Ancient Manuscripts) (closed) |
| 10:30–14:00 | Examining the Nakanishi Collection — hands-on study by invited participants | |
