A Panel Discussion Celebrating the Opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum: Reflections from AUC Press Authors

Join us for a very special virtual event celebrating the long-awaited official opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), featuring world-renowned Egyptologists and AUC Press authors.

Hosted by AUC Press, the panel discussion will explore the museum’s groundbreaking role in reshaping Egyptology and museology; the new insights its innovative displays provide into ancient Egyptian kingship, art, and cultural identity; the enduring significance of the Tutankhamun collection for both scholars and visitors; and how the GEM establishes a new standard for museum practice, education, and research integration in Egypt and beyond.

The panel will include Salima Ikram, Distinguished University Professor of Egyptology at The American University in Cairo and bestselling author of Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt and Divine Creatures (AUC Press, 2015); Kara Cooney, Professor of Egyptology and Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA, and author of Recycling for Death (AUC Press, 2024); Aidan Dodson, Honorary Professor of Egyptology at the University of Bristol and author of more than thirty books, including the bestselling book series Lives and Afterlives; and Tarek Tawfik, Professor of Egyptology at Cairo University, President of the International Association of Egyptologists, and co-editor of A Selection of Ptolemaic Anthropoid Sarcophagi in Cairo (AUC Press, 2021).

The conversation will be moderated by Fatma Keshk, Senior Acquisitions Editor for Archaeology and Ancient Egypt at AUC Press. A Q&A session with the panelists will follow the discussion.