TALK | Thomas Cook’s Empire on the Nile & After: Colonialism, Antiquities Tourism, and Resistance

TALK | Thomas Cook’s Empire on the Nile & After: Colonialism, Antiquities Tourism, and Resistance

SPONSORS: Presented by the American Research Center in Egypt, NW Chapter; co-sponsored by the the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization and the Middle East Center, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Contact: mecuw@uw.edu

DESCRIPTION: Presenter: Donald M. Reid, Professor Emeritus of History, Georgia State University, and Affiliate Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization, UW.  He is the author of  Whose Pharaohs?  Archaeology, Museums, and Egyptian National Identity from Napoleon to World War I and Contesting Antiquity in Egypt: Archaeologies, Museums and the Struggle for Identities from World War I to Nasser.

Thompson Hall – Room 135