Pyramids
of Giza, photo by Barbara A. Richter
"Gods, Priests, and Bald Men: A New Look at Book of the Dead 103" - paper presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Tucson, AZ, April 22, 2018.
"Rising like Ra: Creative Iconography on a Ptolemaic Child's Coffin" - paper presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Kansas City, MO, April 23, 2017.
"Singer or Saint? An Intriguing Ptolemaic Child's Coffin in the Hearst Museum" - paper presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Atlanta, GA, April 16, 2016.
"Matrices of Meaning: 'Untying the Knots' of Aural and Visual Plays in the Ptolemaic Temples" - invited lecture at the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles, February 1, 2016.
"Divine Incarnation: Hathor the Menit at Dendera" - paper presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Cincinnati, OH, April 20, 2013.
"Between Heaven and Earth: Temples in Ptolemaic Egypt" - invited lecture at UCLA's Study Day, "Egypt in the Days of Queen Cleopatra," University of California, Los Angeles, December 8, 2012.
"The Scribal Games: Iconography and Epithet Plays in the Temple of Dendera" - invited lecture at the Northern California Chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt, University of California, Berkeley, to be presented on November 4, 2012.
"Religion and Temples in Ptolemaic Egypt" - all-day seminar at the North Texas Chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, October 13, 2012.
"Iconography and Epithet Plays in the Temple of Dendera" - invited lecture at the North Texas Chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, October 12, 2012.
"Iconography and Epithet Plays in the Temple of Hathor at Dendera" - paper presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Providence, RI, April 27-29, 2012. The paper and presentation won runner-up in the Best Student Paper Contest at the conference.
"The Myth of the Wandering Goddess in the Per-wer Sanctuary at the Temple of Dendera" - invited lecture by the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities (SSEA), Vancouver, at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, February 9, 2012; invited lecture by UCLA's Center for the Study of Religion and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, October 11,2011.
"When a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Visual Poetry in the Ptolemaic Temple Texts" - paper presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Chicago, IL, April 1, 2011.
"When Word Play Is Not a Game: Paronomasia in the Ptolemaic Temple Texts" - paper presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Oakland, CA, April 24, 2010. The paper and presentation won runner-up in the Best Student Paper Contest at the conference.
"Hidden Chambers, Secret Words: The History, Function, and Meaning of Temple Crypts" - paper presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2009.
"The Netherworld Books in New Kingdom Royal Tombs" - invited lecture by the Northern California Chapter of the America Research Center in Egypt, University of California, Berkeley, CA, November, 16, 2008, 2:30pm.
"On the Heels of the Wandering Goddess: The Myth and Festival at the Temples of the Wadi el-Hallel and Dendera" - paper presented at the 8th International Tempeltagung in Warsaw, Poland, September,22-25, 2008.
"A Demotic Marriage Contract: Papyrus Stanford 43" - unpublished Demotic contract with a rare dating formula and unusual personal names, which I translated and presented during the 2008 Summer Papyrology Institute at Stanford University. Short audio and video interviews were made about the document:
"The Amduat and its Relationship to Early 18th Dynasty Royal Burial Chambers" - paper presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Seattle, WA, 25-27 April, 2008.
"Sed Festival Reliefs of the Old Kingdom" - paper presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Toledo, OH, 20-22 April, 2007.
Pyramids
of Giza, photo by Barbara A. Richter