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Sep 8, 2010
The first event of the 2010-2011 Toronto Chapter Public Lecture Series is Tut's Final Journey: The decoration progamme in Tutankhamun’s Burial Chamber, presented by Prof. R. J. Leprohon, University of Toronto on Friday, September 10, 2010 at 7:00 pm in Room 142, 5 Bancroft Ave, Toronto.
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Sep 8, 2010
The Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities invites all doctoral level graduate students and senior scholars to submit proposals for papers to be given at this year's Scholars' Colloquium. The absolute deadline for submission is AUGUST 31st, 2010. The Scholars' Colloquium will be held on Friday, November 5th, 2010 and on Sunday, November 7th, 2010 in the Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queens' Park, Toronto, Canada.
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Sep 7, 2010
CLOSED: The Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities invites all doctoral level graduate students and senior scholars to submit proposals for papers to be given at this year’s Scholars’ Colloquium. The deadline for submission is AUGUST 31st, 2010. The Scholars’ Colloquium will be held on Friday, November 5th, 2010 and on Sunday, November 7th, 2010 in Toronto, Canada
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Sep 5, 2010
The SSEA's 37th Annual Symposium, held on November 6th in Toronto, deals with the reign of Amenhotep III. Speakers and topics announced. Registration information available.
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Aug 24, 2010
An article on how The SSEA's In Search of Ancient Egypt in Canada project solved the mystery of the flints appears in this month's Ancient Egypt magazine
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Aug 24, 2010
On July 24th, the Toronto Chapter of the SSEA got together to celebrate the ancient Egyptian New Year at the Cafe Nicole in the Novotel hotel.
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Jun 28, 2010
Toronto Chapter are holding their event on Monday the 28th of June in rm. 142 of 5 Bancroft Ave. Visit our Events page to find out more. You may also call 647-520-4339 for further information.
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Jun 21, 2010
Calgary Chapter is looking for volunteers, both for their executive and to help with their events. If you are interested, contact them at Calgary Chapter (via the SSEA Calgary webmaster): info@calgaryssea.ca

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Jun 14, 2010
The lecture scheduled for June 23rd has been re-scheduled to Monday, JUNE 28th, 2010. The lecture is still at 7pm in 5 Bancroft Ave.
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Jun 13, 2010
The Vancouver Chapter of The SSEA is ready to hold its inaugural Lecture on Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 at 6pm. For updated information, please check our events page for more information. The Chapter will have its first full season of events, beginning this fall. For more information, email the Chapter at vancouver@thessea.org.
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Jun 13, 2010
Check out changes and additions to the events the summer schedule of Toronto Chapter, including a lecture on June 28th and Egyptian New Year Celebration on July 24th.
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May 19, 2010
Les gagnantes des Bourses Héritages de l'Égypte ancienne de la préhistoire à l'ère chrétienne 2010 sont:
BOURSES EXCELLENCE: Madame Perrine Poiron, Départ. Histoire, UQAM.
BOURSE ESPOIR: Madame Laurence Ferland, Départ. Archéologie, Université Laval.
Une mention Très honorable a été attribuée à madame Cloé Caron
Mention Honorable madame Mathilde Savard-Corbeil.
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Apr 7, 2010
The SSEA is holding a used book sale on Friday April 9th from 9am to 5pm. The sale will take place in the Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations Grad Student Lounge.
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Feb 2, 2010
Vol. 36 of the Journal of The Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities is online at our Journal page.
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Jan 20, 2010
A few photos from the after-meeting buffet at the Annual General Meeting in Toronto, on November 6th, 2009 and the following day's Symposium.
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Jan 17, 2010
Read updates on the SSEA's "In Search of Ancient Egypt in Canada" project. The latest Project updates, as provided to the SSEA at the 2009 Annual General Meeting, can be seen by clicking here for the report from Mark Trumpour in English, or here for the report from Brigitte Ouellet in French.

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Jan 7, 2010
There is now an SSEA Chapter based in Vancouver. They hope to be fully operational by the end of January, 2010. For more information about them, email vancouver@thessea.org
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Dec 18, 2009
Holiday Greetings from the SSEA
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Dec 2, 2009
The "Ancient Egypt Heritage, from prehistory to the Christian era" scholarships were initiated to highlight the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Montreal Chapter of the Society for the Studies of Egyptian Antiquities, and to promote the study of ancient Egypt in Quebec.
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Dec 2, 2009
Results of voting and other news from the Annual General Meeting, November 6th, 2009.
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Nov 22, 2009
The schedules and abstracts for the 2009 Colloquium and the 35th Annual Symposium are now up. Find out more about the topics.
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Nov 22, 2009
This beautiful painting was donated by member Elaine Crabtree to raise money for the SSEA. Elaine painted this, as she has painted other paintings for us over the past 3 years.
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Nov 22, 2009
The Review Committee for the SSEA (USA) Research Competition for 2009 has announced the winners.
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Nov 16, 2009
Voting and other results from the 2009 SSEA Annual General Meeting, held in Toronto on Nov. 6th 2009.
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Oct 23, 2009
The Royal Ontario Museum website is now ready to accept registrations for The SSEA Symposium.
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Sep 27, 2009
The SSEA now offers courses in Montreal and Toronto. Visit our new course page to find out more.
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Jul 2, 2009
The SSEA invites all doctoral level graduate students and senior scholars to submit proposals for papers to be given at this year’s Scholars’ Colloquium. The final deadline for submission is OCTOBER 1st, 2009. The Scholars’ Colloquium will be held on Friday, November 6th, 2009 and on Sunday, November 8th, 2009 in the Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queens’ Park, Toronto, Canada.
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Jun 13, 2009
At the June 5 meeting The Calgary Chapter elected a new executive.
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May 25, 2009
The Toronto Chapter of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities is accepting applications for instructors to teach courses for our members beginning in the fall of 2009. Applicants must have a graduate degree in Egyptology
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Mar 27, 2009
Join the SSEA Toronto Chapter on a trip to the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau to see Tombs of Eternity: The Afterlife in Ancient Egypt.
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Mar 25, 2009
The SSEA wishes to apologize for repeat mailings to those on our SSEAmembers Yahoogroup.
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Mar 23, 2009
The SSEA (USA) is pleased to announce the 2009 Research Prize Competition. Two research prizes (in the sum of approximately $3000 US) will be awarded to the two doctoral or recent post doctoral students who present the best applications.
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Feb 14, 2009
An article about Dr. Ben Harer's Scholars' Colloquium paper appeared in The Varsity newspaper.
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Dec 23, 2008
A little holiday message from The SSEA
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Dec 8, 2008
The Toronto Chapter of the SSEA held its Annual Meeting of Members in mid-October. Here is a portion of the report from the Chapter President, Deirdre Keleher
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Nov 17, 2008
The SSEA's annual Symposium took place at the Royal Ontario Museum during the first weekend of November. Here are some pictures taken during the breaks and after the Symposium.
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Nov 14, 2008
The SSEA's AGM was held in Toronto on Oct 31st, 2008. Results of elections and other business inside.
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Nov 10, 2008
A special on the excavations at Dakhleh will be repeated on CBC Newsworld on Thursday November 13th at 10pm EST. Local listings can be found under "The Adventurers".
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Oct 27, 2008
ANCIENT EGYPT AND NUBIA: Golden Kingdoms of the Nile:
NOVEMBER 1st, 2008 SIGN UP NOW!

2008 SCHOLARS' COLLOQUIUM: OCTOBER 31st & NOVEMBER 2nd, 2008
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE SSEA: OCTOBER 31st, 2008 - 10-year membership pins to be presented
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Oct 10, 2008
The Montreal Chapter has a new executive for 2008-2009.
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Oct 9, 2008
On October 3rd, the Calgary Chapter held an Annual Meeting of members in order to hold elections.
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Oct 7, 2008
Call for Papers for the 2008 SSEA Scholars' Colloquium, October 31st and November 2nd, 2008
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Sep 2, 2008
The Head Office of The SSEA, and the Calgary and Montreal Chapters of the Society have new email addresses. The Calgary and Montreal Chapters have also created new websites.
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Jul 22, 2008
This recipients of this years Research Prizes have been announced.
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Jul 22, 2008
The online version of volume 34 of the JSSEA is now available.
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Jul 22, 2008
This May the International Congress of Egyptologists met in Rhodes. A number of SSEA members from all over the world were there to present papers. You may recognize some of them from their contributions to the JSSEA or the SSEA Newsletter, or as speakers in our Symposium or Lecture series. We would like to thank Valérie Angenot and Archie Chubb for the use of their photos.
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Jun 2, 2008
JSSEA 34, the third volume in the Festschrift for Nicholas B. Millet is now available (hardcopy only - web publication in progress).
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May 27, 2008
At long last we are able to upload a few pictures of Toronto Chapter volunteers at the SSEA table in The Royal Ontario Museum during this year's March Break.
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May 27, 2008
Both 2008 issues of the SSEA Newsletter are now up at our Publications page.
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May 27, 2008
The SSEA (USA) is pleased to announce the 2008 competition for two research prizes. The competition is open to doctoral students and recent post doctoral students from universities in the United States and Canada who study any aspect of ancient Egypt.
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May 27, 2008
Pictures from the 2007 SSEA Symposium held at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.
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Apr 8, 2008
The name ‘Cleopatra’ conjures images of a beautiful, intelligent, powerful woman. But was she alluring or abhorrent? Cunning or conniving? Illustrious or infamous? On Sunday, September 14, 2008, join us for an exciting day trip to Stratford in which we will explore the truth and lies regarding this extraordinary woman’s life and times.
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Mar 19, 2008
The SSEA in Toronto recently staffed a table at the Royal Ontario Museum's March Break school event.
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Nov 9, 2007
In a process started in 2006, a new chapter of the SSEA has been created to better serve its members in the Toronto area.
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Nov 7, 2007
Lecture: "Animal-Headed Deities in Egyptian Art" by Gayle Gibson (Royal Ontario Museum, and Past SSEA President)
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Oct 17, 2007
SSEA member Valérie Angenot will be speaking at the Alliance Française de Toronto on Wedneday, October 31 at 6:00 pm.
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Oct 17, 2007
A draft copy of the Toronto Chapter charter is now available.
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Sep 22, 2007
It is with great pleasure that we report the results of the first chapter election from the Quebec chapter.
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Aug 30, 2007
News from the SSEA: JSSEA 33 mailing begins. Register now for the SSEA Symposium.
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Aug 12, 2007
This summer, articles by two SSEA Trustees were published. Peter Sheldrick wrote about the people of the Dakhleh Oasis, and Mark Trumpour wrote about Egyptian artifacts in Canadian collections.
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Jul 22, 2007
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Jul 22, 2007
Well, once again Sepdet (Sirius) is peeping over the horizon as the sun rises and the ancient Egyptian New Year is about to begin. This means that it is time for Toronto's annual New Year's Party.
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Jun 9, 2007
Volume 33 of the Journal is now online. This is the second part of the Festschrift for Dr. Nick Millet.
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May 20, 2007
On May 4, the Calgary Chapter of The SSEA held elections for officers.
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May 19, 2007
The 2007 symposium topic has been announced, and the call for papers for the Scholars' Colloquium continues.
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Mar 18, 2007
For those Ontario members unable to get to Toronto events, we are providing a link to some upcoming events in Ontario. Only one of them relates to Egypt, but perhaps the others will be of some interest as well.
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Mar 3, 2007
The winter 2007 newsletter and Volume 32 of the Journal are now available to members on our web site.
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Feb 26, 2007
Mark Trumpour shares a picture from the SSEA's dinner for Dr. Gonzalo Sanchez, February 16, 2007.  
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Feb 26, 2007
Audio recordings of selected SSEA presentations are now available to members on this web site. Just sign in and click the "Multimedia" menu.
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Jan 15, 2007
A summary of Egypt-themed television programs for the coming weeks.
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Jan 10, 2007
For over 150 years, Canadians have been fascinated by ancient Egypt, and have brought Egyptian artefacts back to Canada. SSEA trustee Mark Trumpour discusses the Canadian connection to Ancient Egypt in a course this winter at the Royal Ontario Museum.
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Oct 31, 2006
The annual SSEA Symposium and Scholars' Days start this Friday, November 3rd.
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Oct 25, 2006
The Fall 2006 SSEA Newsletter is now available online.
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Oct 3, 2006
The Call for Papers for the 2006 Scholars' Colloquium is now closed. We have a full schedule of speakers.
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Sep 30, 2006
Under Dr. Brigitte Ouellet, President of the SSEA’s Quebec Chapter in Montreal, work has begun to identify Egyptian artefacts in Canada’s museums, and examples of Egyptian influence in Canadian art and architecture.
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Jul 18, 2006
The new SSEA web site is now open for business.
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