Food, Power and Patronage: Join Professor Christopher Eyre for the second annual Thomas Eric Peet Lecture in Egyptology

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The Department of Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology and Egyptology is delighted to announce the 2nd Annual Thomas Eric Peet Lecture in Egyptology. The lecture, followed by a reception, will be delivered by Christopher Eyre, Professor of Egyptology at the University of Liverpool.

After completing a doctorate at The University of Oxford on labour relations in the Theban necropolis, Professor Eyre joined The University of Liverpool in 1977 as a lecturer. He has worked on sites in Egypt including Old and New Kingdom tombs at Saqqara, and the Temple of Seti I at Abydos. 

Professor Eyre's research interests are broad-ranging; he has published on subjects including the grammar and linguistics of the Egyptian language, Egyptian literature and literary culture, social history, economics, agriculture, water management, social relationships and social order. He has also published monographs on the Cannibal Hymn, an important Old Kingdom religious text, and the Use of Documents in Pharaonic Egypt. A former president of the International Association of Egyptologists, his current research aims to construct an ethnographic approach to ancient Egypt, with the aim of achieving a deeper understanding of cultural, social and religious behaviour in Pharaonic Egypt.

This is a hybrid event. Please select your ticket type, either in-person or online. For those who opt for online, a meeting link will be emailed to you before the event.

About the annual Thomas E. Peet Lecture Series

The Thomas Eric Peet lecture series recognises the outstanding Egyptologist T. Eric Peet (1882-1934). Peet had a distinguished career at the University of Manchester as Lecturer and Curator of Egyptology from 1913 to 1928. The lecture series is intended as an annual event, dedicated to celebrating Egyptological research. Each lecture will include an address given by a distinguished speaker and will be available online in association with the Manchester Egyptology Alumni Association (MEAA).