ISSE

28/08/2026

Today marks one year since we lost our friend and ISSE Ambassador John J. Johnston.

We have felt his absence deeply in the past 12 months and we want to take this opportunity to remember our kind, clever and stylish friend.

Without John’s support, ISSE would not be what it is today. He offered guidance, friendship, knowledge and championed our work. We are blessed to have known such a special man.

We continue to add to our memorial page and encourage the wider community to send in any suggestions or additions so that we may do our small part to keep his memory alive. You can find it over on our website along with our obituary and an interview.

We will always remember John in everything that we do.

To John’s husband John, Augustus, and all of their family and friends, our thoughts are with you today.

Vale, dear John.

09/08/2026

Yesterday was the 5th annual ISSE online conference! 4 panels, 14 speakers, and one hilarious quiz (IYKYK), this year’s conference was full of outstanding research, incredible presentations, and a brilliant welcoming community, we loved every minute of it!
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A huge thank you to the speakers, ambassadors, entire ISSE committee, members, and attendees! Here’s to the next one!
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01/08/2026

Meet the speakers of The Fifth Annual ISSE Online Conference… Classic Conventions, Contemporary Conversations: The Reception of Egypt
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All speaker bios and abstracts are available to read in the conference programme! Head to our website issegyptomania.com (or lick the link in our bio) to read!
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Tickets are now on sale! Head to our website to purchase one!
*Members go FREE! To become a member, head to the membership section on our website!
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See you next Saturday!🤩

26/07/2026

Good news! Tickets are now available to buy for The Fifth Annual ISSE Online Conference - Classic Conventions,
Contemporary Conversations: The Reception of Egypt 🪲
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The full programme is also available to view on our website: issegyptomania.com (link in bio)
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ISSE members go free & no booking required. Non - ISSE members, please purchase your tickets from our website issegyptomania.com (link in bio!)
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See you on 8th August! 🪲
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26/07/2026

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Are you as excited as we are that our next ISSE Book Club meeting is getting closer? It takes place online on 29 JULY 2026 at 7pm BST (UK time). Our book choices, selected by our members, are:

📖Fiction: Dead Egyptians by Del Blackwater
📖Non fiction: A Thousand Miles Up the Nile by Amelia B Edwards

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However, this is not all: During our meeting, we are also choosing our next fiction and non-fiction candidates – and yes, as a member, you have your say in what we are going to read!

This time, our candidates are the following:

Fiction:
- M. A. Bennett, The Mummy’s Curse
- Agatha Christie, Death on the Nile
- Rachel Louise Driscoll, Nephthys
- Saara el-Arifi, Cleopatra
- H. Rider Haggard, She
- Isabel Ibañez, What the River Knows...
- Naguib Mahfouz, Akhenaten. Dweller in Truth
- Elizabeth Peters, Crocodile on the Sandbank
- Bram Stoker, The Jewel of Seven Stars
- Dion Fortune, Moon Magic (unshortened reprinting by Weiser Books)
- Megaera C. Lorenz, The Shabti
- Steven Siebert, Cleopatra’s Needle

Non-Fiction:
- Agatha Christie, Come, Tell me how you live
- Mary Chubb, Nefertiti Lived Here
- Georg Ebers, The Story of my Life
- Carl Graves, Howard Carter: from Tracer to Tutankhamun
- Hanny el-Zeini and Catherine Dees, Omm Sety’s Egypt
- Jill Kamil, Labib Habachi. The Life and Legacy of an Egyptologist
- Nicky Nielsen, Egyptomaniacs
- Rune Nyord, Yearning for Immortality
- Nadia Wassef, Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller
- Peter Der Manuelian, Walking Among Pharaohs: George Reisner and the Dawn of Modern Egyptology
- Kathleen Sheppard, Tea on the Terrace
- Chris Naunton, Egyptologists‘ Notebooks

More information on our Book Club can also be found here:
https://www.issegyptomania.com/book-club

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Do you love discussing books? Do you want to join us? Do you have any book suggestions? You can sign up to be a member at https://www.issegyptomania.com/. We have membership concessions available too. If you have any further questions, do not hesitate to get in touch ☺️

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20/07/2026

Introducing Julia Troche! Tomorrow Julia will be presenting her talk, Imaginations of Ancient seguir in Amusement Parks! Online talk, 7pm BST! Tickets via the link in our bio!
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Julia Troche (“tro-shay”) holds a PhD in Egyptology from Brown University and was recently promoted to Full Professor of History at Missouri State University, in Springfield MO. Julia is an award winning teacher, Egyptologist and public historian. She is co-founder and Board Director for the American Research Center in Egypt, Missouri Chapter; co-chair of the Carolyn Strange Committee For Growth, Innovation, and Visibility for the American Society of Overseas Research. Her first book Death, Power, and Apotheosis in Ancient Egypt—originally published in 2021, is now available in Spanish! Her current research projects focus on Egyptomania, and in particular the reception of Imhotep throughout history.
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A wonderful warm welcome to Julia! Prof. Julia Troche
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19/07/2026

Imaginations of Ancient Egypt in Amusement Parks By Julia Troche, online 21st July 7pm BST!
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Walt Disney created Disneyland inspired, in part, by the concept of edutainment–that is, education that is also entertaining. But are amusement parks and their rides actually teaching us? And if so, what are the possible implications of gaining knowledge from these constructed worlds? What sort of knowledge do we gain from riding roller coasters? To explore these questions, this talk examines ancient Egypt in Amusement Parks, primarily focusing on parks in the United States.
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Members go free & no booking required! Non member tickets, head to the link in our bio!

14/07/2026

ANNOUNCEMENT 📣
Prof. Julia Troche will be presenting her talk Imaginations of Ancient Egypt in Amusement Parks 🎢

⏰Online, 21st July 7pm BST

One talk, double the fun: When Ancient Egypt meets Amusement Parks
Imaginations of Ancient Egypt in Amusement Parks
Join us for an evening filled with ancient Egypt and amusement parks - a perfect combination!

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About the speaker
Dr. Julia Troche is and Egyptologist and Associate Professor of History. In 2022 she was awarded her university’s highest teaching award followed by the Missouri Governor’s Award for Education Excellence.
She is committed to advocating for students, early career scholars, and contingent faculty, and fostering inclusive spaces for learning about the ancient world.
She is dedicated to the university Public Affairs mission, evinced by her numerous Service-Learning courses, public lectures, and community engagements, such as co-curating with Bryan Brinkman and student input an exhibition of antiquities at the Springfield Art Museum (Ancient Artifacts Abroad, spring 2024).

09/07/2026

26/06/2026

Finally, the weekend has arrived 😊 And what better time to read a book or two – especially as it is too hot to move anyways?

Our next ISSE Book Club meeting takes place on 29 JULY 2026 at 7pm BST. Our book choices, selected by our members, are:

📖Fiction: Dead Egyptians by Del Blackwater
📖Non fiction: A Thousand Miles Up the Nile by Amelia B Edwards

Do you love discussing books? Do you want to join us? As this is a members only event – it was important for us to create a safe space for discussion –, you can sign up to be a member at https://www.issegyptomania.com/. We have membership concessions available too. If you have any further questions, do not hesitate to get in touch ☺️

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