Coptic Symposium on Coptic Heritage

Fourth Annual Coptic Studies Symposium: Coptic Heritage – Dynamics and Diversity, organized by the Canadian Society for Coptic Studies (CSCS),

University of Ottawa
Desmarrais Hall, room 1140
February 26, 2011.

Some of the program topics include:
- Pesynthios of Koptos / Qift (569–632) and the Rise of the Egyptian Miaphysite Church
- First Apocalypse of James
- Manichaean Reading of the Nag Hammadi Codices
- The Intercessory Function of Mary in Egyptian Amulets and Anaphoras in Late Antiquity
- Divine Mothers: The Influence of Isis on the Virgin Mary in Egyptian Monastic Iconographic Programs
- Architectural Stone Carvings in the Christian Basilica of Dendara
- St. Mark’s Coptic Museum, Scarborough
- Coptic Films and Copts in Egyptian Films

For further information please contact

Dr. J.H.F. Dijkstra

Associate Professor and Head of Classics/Professeur agrégé et directeur du secteur d'études anciennes

Department of Classics and Religious Studies/ Département d'études anciennes et de sciences des religions

University of Ottawa/Université d'Ottawa

70 Laurier Avenue East/Avenue Laurier Est
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada, K1N 6N5

Tel: 1(613) 562 5800 (ext. 1325)

website: http://artsites.uottawa.ca/dijkstra/

- Information from papy list post

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