From Ancient Times to Muhammad Mursi - Perspectives on Egyptian History

A lecture series by Dr. Hanna-Riitta Toivanen-Kola covering Egyptian history from the age of the pharaohs to the present day. Eight lectures are held in autumn 2024 weekly on Saturdays (no classes in week 42).

Lecture topics:
7.9. The legacy of the pharaohs in Egypt and Nubia
14.9. Ptolemaic Greek Egypt, Cleopatra VII and Rome
21.9. Byzantine Egypt and Arab conquests
28.9. Egypt under the caliphates - Mamluks, Fatimids and Ottomans
5.10. Egypt as a contested territory between the French, Muhammad Ali and Britain
19.10. Political Islam, the Suez Crisis and the Six-Day War
26.10. Egypt under Anwar Sadat, Hosni Mubarak and Muhammad Mursi
2.11. Egypt's significance as part of Africa and the Middle East

Free admission, no registration required.