We are excited to announce the Accessing FIP Women Beyond the Family Unit symposium, part of a new Marie Skłodowska-Curie project at Charles University. This project aims to evaluate the social power of women through a theoretical framework by examining their roles and control over economic, symbolic, and political resources. The project aims to provide a comprehensive account of the women of the FIP and their agency within their distinct historical context, using quantitative and qualitative methods. The unique archaeological and epigraphical evidence of the FIP presents an opportunity to explore a broader range of the female population, including societal levels previously absent in the archaeological record of other periods.

We hope that you can save the date for this symposium in late January 2025 and are pleased to announce the esteemed speakers who will present at this hybrid symposium:

• Miroslav Bárta – Opening Keynote: OK and FIP Environmental Stressors of the OK and FIP
• Sue Kelly – Accessing FIP Women Beyond the Family Unit
• Romane Betbeze – She Who Takes Care of the Orphan”: Some Remarks on Epithets of Women from the Sixth Dynasty to the FIP
• Danijela Stefanović – The Micro-Network of the Lady Dmj⸗sn (Cairo CG 1651, CG 1654, and Kraków MNK-XI-999).
• Uroš Matić – On the frail and the lame: Gender and Violence in First Intermediate Period
• Georgia Barker – Elite Military Representations from the First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom and their Historical Significance
• Reinert Skumsnes – Egyptology, feminist theory and alternative worlds
• Antonio Morales – Divine service, harem or coterie? Analyzing models of female agency in Mentuhotep’s mortuary complex
• Vera Nováková – Complexity of Ancient Egyptian Society during the First to Sixth Dynasty Based on Written Sources – The case of Egyptian households
• Mariam Ayad – Closing Keynote: First Intermediate Period Women – A Closer Look

Further details will be published in the next couple of months! We look forward to seeing you!