ISAC Lecture: Korshi Dosoo, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg

Join us on the second Wednesday of the month as we welcome Korshi Doosoo, leader of the project The Coptic Magical Papyri: Vernacular Religion in Late Antique and Early Islamic Egypt at the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg. Dosoo will present the lecture: Christian Egypt and its Pagan Past: Perspectives on Pharaonic Civilization from Coptic Magic. Dooso’s research focuses on magical and lived religion in Egypt from the Ptolemaic to the Mamluk periods as revealed by papyrological and epigraphic sources.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures of the University of Chicago, 1155 E. 58th St., Chicago, United States