Beach near Lindos - Rhodes, Greece (Photo by: Markus Wichmann)Agghhhh! I did it I booked my tickets! I'm so excited! From May 14th until June 4th I'll be spending three glorious weeks on the
island of Rhodes where I'll be visiting ancient Greek sites and medieval cities, spending long hours on the beach reading and sipping cocktails and rubbing elbows with the greats of Egyptology. I simply could not justify this type of holiday without having an academic excuse - so this is not all about working on my tan. Rhodes is hosting the
Xth International Congress of Egyptologists from May 22-29. It should be very interesting and very scholarly! Some of my colleagues are giving papers, I unfortunately am not - it's too soon for me to speak at such a prestigious conference about research I've only just begun. I hope to give a paper at the next conference in 2012 - yes like the Olympics we only meet every 4 years - but at least by then I should be Dr. Ashleigh (inshallah!) and should definitely know what I'm talking about! There are going to be some great keynote speakers I'm especially looking forward to finally hearing
Jan Assmann give a paper - I love his theological approaches to Egyptian religion. I love his book
The Search for God in Ancient Egypt. I'm super excited and it's such a relief to have plans to go somewhere. I tend to get a bit fidgety and feel trapped if I can't escape wherever I happen to be.
Oi! I've got two months to get my ass in shape! Hmmm... I wonder what books I should pack?
. listening . coconut skins . damien rice . 9 .
Labels: photos, travel
posted by Ashleigh @ 19:11,
1 Comments:
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At 27 February 2008 at 14:27,
Danielle said...
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Rhodes looks beautiful. I wish I were in a profession where I got to go to conferences in lovely places like this. What sort of book do you take to a plce that has this sort of view?!
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ashleigh (ash'lė) n.
1: egyptologist; currently living in the uk attempting to
obtain a phd
in egyptology, hoping in the end there will be a job.
2: literary; reading to escape reality, to improve
conversation, for
inspiration.
3: crafter; crocheting and needlework, creating heirlooms,
keeping the
world warm.
4: dreamer; head in the clouds, full of fantasies, wishing
to be someone
else, somewhere else.
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: A Kestral for a Knave . Barry Hines
:: recently finished ::
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: Written on the Body . Jeanette Winterson
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: No One Writes to the Colonel . Gabriel García Márquez
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