Air Date: 
Thursday, May 2nd, 2024

Dr. Adriano Orsingher - "Gender and masks. A look through the Phoenician/Punic lens"

Research Sponsors:
Adriano Orsingher gratefully acknowledges that research for this lecture was developed within the framework of the research project “Face Off—Understanding Ancient Masks”, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 101028591, through Pompeu Fabra University (2022-2024). The reconstruction hypothesis of Tyre al-Bass Tomb 8, which Esperanza Martín Hernández has drawn based on the conceptualisation work by Adriano Orsingher, has also been funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (Grant No. 101028591).

Lecture Sponsors: Badè Museum, Pacific School of Religion, Archaeological Research Facility, East Carolina University

This lecture is part of the series Women and Gender in the Phoenician Homeland and Diaspora. This program of public lectures takes place monthly on Thursdays at 9:30 AM Pacific, from October 2023 through May 2024.

Watch on the ARF YouTube channel here: https://bit.ly/arf-channel or watch later on the ARF & Badè YouTube channels.

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