This year our Project is hosting the Annual Meeting of the Nordic Coptic Network. The conference will take place at the Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki, 1–2 June 2017.
The event is open to the public, and the program is below.
Thursday, 1 June 2017, room 532
Presiding: Antti Marjanen
9.00–9.20 A Round of Introductions
9.20–10.00 Sami Uljas, “Patterns of Coptic Auxiliation”
10.00–10.40 Sonja Dahlgren, “Evidence of Coptic Phonology through Greek Misspellings”
10.40–11.00 Coffee break
11.00–11.40 Maria Joanna Mossakowska, “Research Project ‘MONTEX: MONKS, NUNS, AND TEXTILES: Production, Circulation, and Distribution of Textiles in the Monastic Environment in Egypt (4th–8th Centuries CE)’”
11.40–12.20 Erja Salmenkivi, “Conservation of the Ilves Manuscripts”
12.20–13.00 Julie Törnkvist Laustsen, “What’s in a Name? The Role of God’s Name in the Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit (NHC III.2)”
13.00–14.30 Lunch break
Presiding: Petter Spjut
14.30–15.45 Reading: Pistis Sophia 281.18–286.8 Schmidt
15.45–16.00 Coffee break
16.00–17.00 Reading: Pistis Sophia 281.18–286.8 Schmidt
Friday, 2 June 2017, room 534
Presiding: Ivan Miroshnikov
9.00–9.40 Anne Boud’hors, “Sahidic Manuscripts Written on Paper: An Overview”
9.40–10.20 Alexandros Tsakos, “On the Nubian Cluster of the Rustafjaell Lot in the British Library”
10.20–11.00 Lloyd Abercrombie, “The Mysteries of John: Content and Context of a Manuscript from Early Islamic Egypt”
11.00–11.20 Coffee break
11.20–12.00 Åke Engsheden, “A Smorgasbord of Coptic Ostraca in Museum Gustavianum”
12.00–12.40 Jennifer Cromwell, “Bawit Texts in Copenhagen”
12.40–14.00 Lunch break
Presiding: Tilde Bak
14.00–15.15 Reading: Pistis Sophia 292.1–299.20 Schmidt
15.15–15.30 Coffee break
15.30–16.30 Reading: Pistis Sophia 292.1–299.20 Schmidt
16.30–17.00 Business Meeting