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January 2012
Brittany Hayden, University of Chicago
Chapter: Illinois
Dr. Adela Oppenheim, Metropolitan Museum
Chapter: Orange County California
Dr. Jack Josephson, Research Associate, Institute of Fine Arts (IFA) and Visiting Professor, American University of Cairo (to be introduced by Dr. Magda Saleh, Vice-President of Friends of New York Obelisk, Senior Professor and Dean of the Higher Institute of Ballet and Founding Director of the New Cairo Opera House – National Cultural Center).
Chapter: New York, NY, co-sponsored by Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW)
Dr. Gary Vikan, The Walters Museum, Baltimore
Chapter: Washington DC
Chapter: Northern California (Berkeley)
Joel Walker, associate professor for the History Department at the University of Washington, ARCE NW board member
Chapter: ARCE Northwest, co-sponsored by the UW Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Chapter: Oregon, co-sponsored by the Middle East Studies Center
February 2012
Nigel Strudwick, University of Memphis, Tennessee
Chapter: Illinois
Dr. Leslie Ann Warden, West Virginia University Institute of Technology
Chapter: Washington DC
Dr. Nigel Strudwick, assistant keeper in the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan at the British Museum
Chapter: Tucson, Arizona
Chapter: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
Chapter: Northern California (Berkeley)
Eleni Vassilika, director, Museo Egizio di Torino
Chapter: Boston/New England
Chapter: New York, NY, co-sponsored by Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW)
Drs. Benson Harer, Greg Thomas, and Linda and Jim Sutherland, all MDs
Chapter: Orange County California
Nicola Denzy Lewis, Ph.D.
Chapter: ARCE Northwest (Seattle)
March 2012
Chapter: Illinois
Dr. Eugene Cruz Uribe, Northern Arizona University
Chapter: Orange County California
Nigel Strudwick, PhD, Visiting Professor of Art History, Department of Art at the University of Memphis
Chapter: Tennessee (Memphis)
Chapter: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
Diverse group of speakers and presenters at the museum
Chapter: Washington DC
Dr. W Benson Harer
Chapter: ARCE Northwest (Seattle)
Dr. Peter Lacovara, Michael C. Carlos Museum
Chapter: Orange County California, co-sponsored by LACMA
Chapter: Northern California (Berkeley)
Chapter: New York, in collaboration with the Archaeology Committee of the National Arts Club Lecture, The National Arts Club
April 2012
Dr. John Verano, Anthropologist, Tulane University and Dr. Melinda Nelson-Hurst, Egyptologist, University of Pennsylvania
ARCE Interest Group: Louisiana (New Orleans), co-sponsored by the Department of Anthropology, Tulane University
Ronald Leprohon, PhD, Professor of Egyptology in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto (Canada)
Chapter: Tennessee (Memphis), and the Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology
Dr. Pearce Paul Creasman, University of Arizona
Chapter: Arizona (Tucson)
Dr. Melinda Hartwig, Associate Professor, Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern Art & Archaeology, Georgia State University
Chapter: Orange County California; sponsored by Ian Chou and Debra Moore
Dr. Pearce Paul Creasman, University of Arizona
Chapter: Arizona (Tucson), in collaboration with the Central Arizona Society of the Archaeological Institute of America
Dr. Gayle Gibson, University of Toronto
Chapter: Washington DC
Dr. Gayle Gibson, University of Toronto
Chapter: Washington DC
Chapter: Northern California (Berkeley)
Chapter: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
Dr. Donald Malcom Reid
Chapter: ARCE Northwest, co-sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern Languages, University of Washington (Seattle)
May 2012
Matthew Douglas Adams
Chapter: New York, co-sponsored by Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW)
Chapter: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
Chapter: Oregon, in cooperation with the Middle East Studies Center of Portland State University
Cynthia Smith
Chapter: ARCE Northwest, co-sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern Languages, University of Washington (Seattle)
Dr. Steve Vinson, Indiana University, Bloomington
Chapter: Washington DC
Dr. Renee Friedman, Director, Hierakonpolis Expedition; Heagy Research Curator, Dept. of Ancient Egypt and Sudan British Museum, London
Chapter: Orange County California, Sponsored by Steve and Karen Schultz
June 2012
Nicholas Reeves, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Chapter: Illinois
Melinda Hartwig
Chapter: ARCE Northwest (Seattle)
Dr. Otto Schaden, University of Mississippi
Chapter: Washington DC
Led by Egyptologists Elizabeth Waraksa and Jacco Dieleman
Chapter: Orange County California
August 2012
Dr. Suzanne Onstine, University of Memphis
Chapter: Orange County California
Dr. Teodozja Rzeuska, Institute for Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures; Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
Chapter: Illinois
September 2012
Dr. Joe Wegner, University of Pennsylvania
Chapter: Orange County California, sponsored by Clinton and Carol Owen
October 2012
Jason Thompson, Bates College
Chapter: Illinois
Dr. Hourig Sourouzian; Director, Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III Project
Chapter: Orange County California
November 2012
Rozenn Bailleul-LeSuer, The University of Chicago
Chapter: Illinois
December 2012
Dr. Emily Teeter, Egyptologist and Assistant Curator of the Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago
Chapter: Orange County California
Holiday Party and Chapter Fundraiser Auction
Chapter: Illinois


