Overview
Spend a week delving into sex, drugs and Pharaohs. Uncover goings on in the Egyptian royal harem, and how Ramesses III may have been poisoned. Explore attitudes to sex, pregnancy and adultery in a wide range of texts and artefacts. Uncover party drugs, learn about an erotic papyrus, make an Egyptian contraceptive, and discover Ramesses II as father to one hundred children. Experience Oxford’s Egyptological treasures with guided visits to the Peet Library and the Pitt Rivers. Go behind the scenes to handle Egyptian artefacts at the Ashmolean, and to encounter Tutankhamun in the Griffith Institute archives.
Fees
Programme Fee (No Accommodation - inc. Tuition, Lunch & Dinner): £820.00
Programme Fee (Standard Single Room - inc. Tuition and Meals): £1430.00
Programme Fee (Standard Twin Room - inc. Tuition and Meals): £1200.00
Programme Fee (Superior Single Room - inc. Tuition and Meals): £1540.00
Programme Fee (Superior Twin Room - inc. Tuition and Meals): £1295.00
Tutor
Rosalind Janssen’s career was spent at UCL: firstly as a curator of the Petrie Museum, and then as a Lecturer in Egyptology at the Institute of Archaeology. She currently teaches Egyptology at the OUDCE and the City Lit in London.
Course aims
This course aims to increase awareness of the interplay between sex, drugs, and the Egyptian Pharaoh as an object of recalcitrant sexual humour.
Course Objectives:
- To describe a range of artefacts and texts featuring sexual activity
- To assess the efficacy of the Ancient Egyptian pharmacopoeia
- To recognise Pharaoh as an object of sexual ridicule and as an assassination target
Teaching methods
All summer school courses are taught through group seminars and individual tutorials. Students also conduct private study when not in class and there is a well stocked library at OUDCE to support individual research needs.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course students will be expected to:
- be able to recognise the construction of sexual identity through the variables of class, gender, age, occupation, ethnicity, and violence
- appreciate Oxford’s wide range of Egyptological resources
Assessment methods
Students are assessed during the summer school by either a 1500 word written assignment or a presentation supported by individual documentation. To successfully gain credit (10 CATS points) students should attend all classes and complete the on-course assignment. There is also a pre-course assignment of 1000 words set. Although this does not count towards credit, it is seen as an important way of developing a student's ideas and therefore its completion is mandatory.
Application
Early enrolment is advised as many courses fill before February.
Enrolment Online
- Prospective students may enrol online by navigating to the desired course page and then clicking the 'apply online' link at the bottom of that page.
- Closing Date:
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Enrolments will be accepted up to 1 May 2019.
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- Payment:
- Online enrolments require payment in full at the time of registering.
Enrolment by Post, Fax or Email attachment
- Those who do not wish to register online or who have specific requirements (e.g. disabled suite accommodation) should contact the Programme Administrator directly.
- They should complete the application form, link below, and send it to the Programme Administrator (address shown below).
- Although we try to honour students' first choice of course, sometimes a course fills-up rapidly. Please therefore indicate a second choice of course on your application form.
- Confirmation will be sent to you with an invoice which may be paid either online or by bank transfer, credit/debit card or cheque/banker`s draft.
- Closing Date:
- Enrolments will be accepted up to 1st May 2019
- Payments:
- Participants are required to pay the full fee within 30 days of the invoice date.
English Language Requirements
If English is not your first language you must supply suitable evidence (an original certificate that is not more than two years old and issued by a responsible body) that you have reached the Standard overall score, plus the additional requirement before you may be offered a place.
Confirmation and Further Information
Enrolment Online
Successful enrolments will be confirmed automatically.
The full description of the course, which includes recommended prior reading, is available on the website.
- A 'Further Information' email will be sent to you within 3 days of your online enrolment. This is important, as it contains the details of the essays you need to write. If you do not receive it, check your junk mail folder and then email us.
Enrolment by Post, Fax or Email attachment
Confirmation of your registration will be sent by email (or post if you do not use email), along with a copy of the full description of the course, which includes recommended reading.
- A 'Confirmation of Enrolment' email will be sent to you within 3 days of your online enrolment. This is important, as it contains the details of the essays you need to write and your invoice. If you do not receive it, check your junk mail folder and then email us.
Further Information
Joining Notes/Travel Advice Notes which provide information on how to get to Rewley House, arrival and departure times etc will be made available on our website. Those who enrolled through the Programme Administrator, and hence may not have access to the Web, will receive a printed copy by post when available.
For more information click "LINK TO ORIGINAL" below.
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https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/drugs-sex-and-vice-under-the-pharaohs?code=O18I312MBR