5th Annual ToRS-SAXO Seminar

Morning Session

(Chair: Casper Toftgaard)

9:00-9:20

Coffee and introductions

9:20-9:50

The power of place in Rome and early India

Karsten Johanning

(PhD fellow, The Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen)

9:50-10:20

The construction or demise of the museum profession in Denmark 1958-2016

Susanne Krogh Jensen

(Ph.D fellow, IVA, Copenhagen University)

10:20-10:40

Coffee

10:40-11:10

Representations in landscape planning 1800-2017.

Nina Toudal Jessen

(PhD fellow, The Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen)

11:10-11:40

Preparing and administering a tomb building project in ancient Egypt

Rune Olsen

(PhD Fellow, ToRS, University of Copenhagen)

11:40-13:00

Lunch

 

 Afternoon Session

(Chair: Karsten Johanning)

13:00-13:30

The Huecoid Culture in the US Virgin Islands – “Old” evidence from the National Museum of Denmark.

Casper Toftgaard

(PhD fellow, Nationalmuseet and the Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen)

13:30-14:00

Herding and Hunting strategies in the Southern part of Jordan

Pia Wistoft Nielsen

(PhD fellow, Zoological Museum, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen)

14:00-14:20

Coffee and cake

14:20-14:50

“The Great and Little Tradition as alternative to Romanization”

Kristian Christensen

(PhD fellow, The Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen)

14:50-15:20

Ancient Egyptian Medical Texts in the Papyrus Carlsberg Collection

Sofie Schiødt

(PhD Fellow, ToRS, University of Copenhagen)

15:20-15:40

Final discussion and evaluation

Committee organizers:

Karsten Johanning, PhD Fellow at The Saxo Institute.

Rune Olsen, PhD Fellow at Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies (ToRS).

Casper Toftgaard, PhD Fellow at The Saxo Institute.