We are currently testing an application which will allow summer schools, colleges and other institutions to add  courses, study days and other educational events to an interactive calendar.

In the meantime we are listing courses in plain text form, organized by country in alphabetical order, with courses listed in order of the date that the courses begin.  See below.  At the moment we only have courses for the UK, so we have only one national heading but please feed in your courses for any country and we will add them!

If you think that you might want to use this facility please contact us and give us the course details.  We will post them here on your behalf.  Please use the format shown below (Title, Tutors/Speakers, Type, Dates, Venue, Cost, Contact Details, Description if available and website address if available).

United Kingdom

Title: Egypt: ’Digging Diaries’ – For the Love of Egypt
Tutor: This course is presented for the Mercia Egyptology Society by Angela Torpey.  The accompanying website is maintained by Brian Yare.
Dates:  Tuesday 3 May until 28 June 2011 at 19:00 or Friday 6 May until 1 July 2011 at 11:00 (9 meetings). The course meets for 2 hours each week, and interacts at other times via its active website.
Location: Xcel Centre, Mitchell Avenue, Coventry CV4 8DY (off Charter Avenue) (nr. University of Warwick Westwood Site)
Details: When we think of excavation in Egypt, we think of excavations which become icons in archaeology such as the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, but in any season there are a large number of missions, both local and foreign, operating quietly throughout Egypt. Each week, this course will focus on one or two recent ‘digs’, bringing together the known and documented history of the excavation or survey site with the newly available material, linking it to the wider history of the country. Excavation sites will be throughout the Nile Valley and the Delta and also if appropriate in the Oases. Time periods will reflect Egypt’s long and varied history. Whether in class or via the resources section of Mercia Egyptology Society, links to the missions’ own internet resources will be provided, and where possible, relevant photographs and site plans will be made available. Class discussion and students’ own photographs will also be valued aspects to the course. Come and discover something of Egypt’s rich and varied archaeology and the amazing excavation material both past and present.
Cost: £54.00
Web-site: http://www.mes.ukso.com

Title: The Hyksos Legacy: Technology, Arts and Culture in the Age of the Chariot (Bloomsbury Summer School Study Day, London, U.K.)
Speakers: Dr Stephen Harvey, Dr Ian Shaw & Dr Keiko Tazawa
Type: Non-residential
Venue: Cruciform Lecture Theatre, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
Date: Saturday May 14th
For prices and full details: 0207 679 3622 or bloomsbury@egyptology-uk.com
http://www.egyptology-uk.com/bloomsbury/study_days.htm

Title: Ancient Egyptian Mathematics and Astronomy (Cambridge, U.K.)
Tutor: Dr Sarah Symons, McMaster University, ON, Canada
Type: Residential or non-residential intensive weekend
Dates: 27-29 May 2011
Venue: Madingley Hall, University of Cambridge, UK
Cost: £350.00 (Non-resident: £240.00)
http://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/component/courses/?view=course&cid=3581

Title:  The Bloomsbury Summer School 5-day courses July 2011

• Predynastic Pots to Pharaohs’ Pyramids: the dawning of a civilization (11th-15th July) Course Directors: Mr George Hart & Dr Alice Stevenson
• Narrative Art in Ancient Egypt (11th-15th July) Course Director: Dr Stephen Harvey
• Perceptions of Egypt:  mummymania to museums (18th – 22nd July) Course Director: Dr Karen Exell
• Hieroglyphs: practice and progress (18th-22nd July) Course Director: Dr José-Ramon Pérez-Accino
• New Kingdom Literature: Egyptian texts for a wider world (25th-29th July) Course Director: Dr José-Ramon Pérez-Accino
• Loft Places and Sacred Space: archaeology in the Ancient Near East (25th-29th July) Course Director: Dr Christoph Bachhuber

Title:  The Transition from Egypt’s Old to Middle Kingdoms (Liverpool, U.K.)
Tutor: Various
Type:  Residential or non-residential course.
Dates: 25th July to 29th July 2011
Venue: School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, 12-14 Abercromby Square, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7WZ.
Cost: Non-Residential – One week £150, Two weeks £260, Hieroglyph Short Courses £90.
Residential – For those who are travelling from outside Liverpool, single ensuite accommodation is available in University Halls. The cost £27.87 per person per night, and this includes bed, breakfast and evening meal.
Contact:  For more information and booking forms:
http://sace.liv.ac.uk/summerschool

Title: Beginner and Intermediate Hieroglyphs (Liverpool, U.K.)
Tutor: Dr Mark Collier (Senior Lecturer in Egyptology, author of the best selling How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs, and Head of SACE), Dr Roland Enmarch (Lecturer in Egyptology and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology) and Dr Glenn Godenho (University Teacher in Egyptology)
Type:  Residential or non-residential course.
Dates: 1st-5th August 2011. You can take Beginner & Intermediate Hieroglyphs together from Monday to Friday, Beginner Hieroglyphs runs Monday to Wednesday only, and Intermediate Hieroglyphs runs Wednesday to Friday only.
Venue: School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, 12-14 Abercromby Square, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7WZ.
Cost: Non-Residential – One week £150, Two weeks £260, Hieroglyph Short Courses £90.
Residential – For those who are travelling from outside Liverpool, single ensuite accommodation is available in University Halls. The cost £27.87 per person per night, and this includes bed, breakfast and evening meal.
Contact:  For more information and booking forms:
http://sace.liv.ac.uk/summerschool

Title: Birds in Ancient Egypt (Illminster, Somerset, U.K.)
Tutor: John Wyatt
Type:  Four day residential or non-residential course.
Dates: 30th August to 2nd September 2011
Venue: Dillington House, Illminster, Somerset TA19 9DT
Cost: Non-resident £239.00.  Resident starting from £362.00
Contact:  01460 258613 / 258648 or dillington@somerset.gov.uk
www.dillington.com

This remarkable course will examine the existence, use and abuse of birds in Ancient Egypt, from Predynastic times through to the Roman period.  By looking at mummies, tomb offerings, hieroglyphs, pottery, other domestic utensils and art, we shall uncover what bird species were present and when, the effects of several periods of climate change on the birds present, and the species the Ancient Egyptians revered as deities, armed, hunted and/or ate and why.

Title: Abu: Gateway to Nubia, a course directed by Dr Robert Morkot
Tutors: This course is directed by Robert Morkot, expert on Nubia and author of “The Black Pharaohs, Egypt’s Nubian Rulers”.  The Course Coordinator, accompanying the group throughout, will be Lucia Gahlin, BSS Deputy Director and Egyptologist.
Dates:  11 – 18 December 2011
For prices and full details: http://www.egyptology-uk.com/bloomsbury/bss_programme_bss-in-egypt_Dec11-18_2011.htm
An exciting and innovative course taught in Egypt with daily visits to fascinating ancient sites.  This will be a unique opportunity to hear this distinguished Egyptologist give a week of lectures in Aswan.