We strongly believe that sharing the results of our work is essential, both with our colleagues and also with the general public. Here are some of our latest talks and presentations:

Conferences

2023

• G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, “Rediscovering Deir el-Medina Woodcraft from a Comprehensive Study”, Current Research in Deir el-Medina, German House Qurna, Luxor, 26 January 2023.

• G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, “Woodcraft in Ancient Egypt; redrawing the economic and social history of wood along the Nile”, Alexandria Centre for Maritime Archaeology & Underwater Cultural Heritage, Alexandria, 11 January 2023.

2022

• G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, “Redessiner l’histoire économique et sociale de l’artisanat du bois au fil du Nil”, Société Francaise d’egyptologie – Colleège de France, Paris, 3 December 2022

• POSTER: A.G. De Marco, G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, L. Sartini, “Woodcraft in the Theban area during the New Kingdom: preliminary results of the Medjehu Project”, Theban Archeology Meeting, Mummification Museum, Luxor, 18-19 November 2022.

• G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, “(Re)connecting artefacts and thinking in the afterlife: the case of funerary wooden models”, The Mortexvar conference, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalà, 14-16 September 2022.

• A.G De Marco, L. Sartini, “Il progetto Medjehu – indagando l’artigianato del legno lungo il Nilo. Risultati preliminari della missione di studio presso il sito di Deir el-Medina (Luxor)”, Gipsoteca of the University of Pisa, Pisa, 24 May 2022

2021

• G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, “From the basement to the archaeological fieldwork: rediscovering Deir el-Medina woodcraft”, Museo Egizio, Turin, 30 November 2021

• A.G. De Marco and P. Marini “Manufatti lignei dimenticati. L’artigianato del legno a Deir el-Medina: alcuni casi di studio”, XX Convegno di Egittologia e Papirologia, Siracusa, 30 September-3 October 2021

• International conference NetWood – Wood networks in Egypt from antiquity to Islamic times, University College London, 24-25 June 2021:
  • A.G. De Marco, “Restore the carpenter’s dignity from a Deir el-Medina case study”.
  • G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, “Wood as a societal tracer? The diachronic study of wood networks: state of research and perspectives”.
  • L. Sartini, “Building the eternal container during the 18th Dynasty: carpentry and construction techniques on black coffins with yellow decoration”.
• G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, “The production of wooden funerary models in the First Intermediate Period: redrawing a little-known artistic landscape, Chronologies and Contexts of the First Intermediate Period”, Institut français d’archéologie Orientale, Cairo, 8-10 April 2021.

2019

• G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, “Woodcraft in Deir el-Medina: First results and perspectives”, Current Research in Egyptology, Alcalá de Henares (Espagne), 17 June 2019.
• G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, “Identifier les réseaux économiques et sociaux du bois : cas d’études et perspectives de recherche”, Séminaire de recherche SHAMO « Regards croisés sur l’économie végétale du Soudan à la Mésopotamie », Maison Archéologie et Ethnologie, Nanterre, 14 March 2019.

2018

• International workshop Deir el-Medina through the kaleidoscope, Museo Egizio of Turin, 8-10 October 2018: 
  • A.G. De Marco and P. Marini, “Inside the shabti-box: A preliminary study”.
  • G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, “Woodcraft in Deir el-Medina: Reassessment and research perspectives”.

• G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, “The TRACER project: two years after. Results and perspectives”, UCL Institute of Archaeology Research Seminars, London, 15 October 2018.

• G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, “Gardening Ancient Egyptian plants and trees. Developing a learning Garden in Cairo: presentation and objectives of the project, Annual Archaeobotany in Egypt Meeting, Cairo, 26-27 September 2018.

• G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, “Egyptian Society through woodcraft: TRACER project results and perspectives”, Fourth British Egyptology Congress, Manchester 7-9 September 2018.
• International Conference Current Research in Egyptology 2018, Praha, 25-28 June 2018:
  • A.G. De Marco “Identify the wood workshops of Deir el-Medina: a case study from the Turin collection”.
  • L. Sartini, “Just a matter of taste? A peculiar colour scheme on black coffins of the New Kingdom”.

2017

• G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, “Du Liban à Assouan: identifier la provenance des cercueils en cèdre découverts dans la nécropole de Qoubbet el-Hawa (Assouan)”, IFAO Scientific Member Seminar, IFAO, 14 November 2017.
• G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, “Knowing private Egypt through woodcraft: the TRACER Project, first results and perspectives from the Petrie Museum collection and beyond…”, Petrie Museum Lecture, Institute of Archaeology, 28 September 2017.
• G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, Opening lecture: “Woodcraft and patronage: which material evidences? Generous Patrons, Loyal Clients: the question of evidence”, Prague, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 4-5 September 2017.
• G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, “A wood workshop at Asyut at the beginning of the Middle Kingdom: technical and stylistic study of a profuse production”, British Museum Colloquium – Asyut Through Time: Conflict and Culture in Middle Egypt, 20-21 July 2017

• G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, “Woodcraft for the afterlife: wooden models from Qubbet el Hawa in context”, Jaén, Spain, 21 June 2017.
• G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, “Middle Kingdom Coffins from Qubbet el-Hawa: Manufacturing Techniques Investigated”, Second Vatican Coffin Conference 6-9 June 2017. Musei Vaticani, Città del Vaticano, Vatican.
• G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, “The object as “source of the research”. Presentation of the TRACER project (Marie Curie Fellowship). Conservation and Restoration Laboratory, Institute of Archaeology, UCL, 23 March 2017.
• International Workshop La production artisanale du bois dans l’Egypte ancienne: horizons sociaux, culturels et matériels, University of Pisa, 9 March 2017:
  • A.G. De Marco, “Woodworking: workshops and artisans from Deir el-Medina. Study of the objects held at the Museo Egizio di Torino”.
  • G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, “Production et utilisation du mobilier funéraire en bois en Moyenne Egypte: l’atelier de Meir au début du Moyen Empire”.
• G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, “From the Workshop to the Grave: an analysis of woodcraft as societal “tracer” in Ancient Egypt”. TRACER Project presentation, Institute of Archaeology, UCL, 12 January 2017.

2016

• L. Sartini, “The Black coffins with yellow decoration of the New Kingdom. An original iconographic study”, Ancient Egyptian Coffins – Past, present, future, Conference, University of Cambridge, 7 – 9 April 2016.

2015

• G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, “Woodcrafts in Ancient Egypt (End VIth-Early XIIth Dynasty): the case of funerary models”, XI International Congress of Egyptologists, Florence, August 2015.
• G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, “Approche technique et archéométrique appliquée à l’étude des modèles funéraires en bois: identifier et dater des productions variées”, Conférence de l’Ecole du Louvre, L’objet égyptien, source de la recherche, Paris, 17-19 June 2015.
• G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, “Identifying, dating and analyzing wooden objects: the case study of wooden models in the MFA of Lyon- France; Restoration, conservation and consolidation of wooden objects: case-studies”, with H. el-Amir, Conservator (IFAO), National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC), Cairo, 28 January 2015.
• G. Eschenbrenner-Diemer, Wooden artefacts in Egypt from Predynastic to Islamic Periods: from an overview to a case study, National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC), Cairo, 21 January 2015.

International Conference organisation

• Conserving and Restoring Archaeological Wooden Heritage in Egypt and Sudan. State of research, challenges and perspectives, Co-organized by G. Eschenbrenner Diemer and I. Ezzat, French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo on 26, 27, 28 September 2022.

• NetWood. Wood Networks in Egypt from Antiquity ot Islamic Times, University College of London (UCL). Co-organized by G. Eschenbrenner Diemer (ArScAn Laboratory UMR 7041), J. Auber de Lapierre (College de France/BNF) et V. Schram (EPHE), 24-25 June 2021. Online. https://www.academia.edu/49548709/Booklet_NetWood_2021
• La production artisanale du bois dans l’Égypte ancienne: horizons sociaux, culturels et matériels, University of Pisa. Organized by A.G. De Marco (University of Pisa), 9 March/6 April 2017, Pisa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zyK550DV3c ;