The 8th St. Shenouda Annual Coptic Conference
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Sunday, 27 August 2006
St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society
Presents
The 8th St. Shenouda Annual Coptic Conference
September 8-9, 2006
@ UCLA, Royce Hall Room 314
sshendaThe Society was conceived in November 1979, in Los Angeles to serve the Coptic community outside Egypt in strengthening its roots by the systematic revival of its Christian Heritage. This is the 8th Annual Conference on Coptic topics held my the St. Shenouda Society. 
 
Program and detailed information at: www.stshenouda.com

SOME OF THE ANNOUNCED TOPICS:
  • A Tribute to Dr. Ernest Tune.
  • The Ernest W. Tune Collection in Claremont.History of the Relations between the Coptic Church and the Roma Catholic Church
  • The Apocryphal Acts of John and Acts of Andrew as Windows into Alexandrian Christianity at the Time of Clement.
  • Early Manuscripts Electronic Library Project
  • The Copts in Louisiana
  • ... in the Life of Paisios/Bishoy
  • The Gospel of Judas and the Sethians
  • The Christian View of the Gospel of Judas
  • Three Notable Priests of the Coptic Orthodox Church
  • The Newly Renovated Coptic Museum
  • Differences and Similarities Between the Ancient Egyptians, the Greco-Romans, and the Coptic Civilizations According to their Artifacts
  • The Concept of Nature in the Thought of John Philoponus
  • Interpreting the Past through Coptic Textile Analysis

PRELIMINARY LIST OF SPEAKERS

    Prof. Boulos Ayad Ayad, Colorado
    Prof. Scott Bartchy, California
    Dr. Monica Bontty, Luisiana
    Ms. Betty Clements, California
    Dr. Fawzy Estafanous, Ohio
    Dr. Gawdat Gabra, California
    Ms. Deanna Heikkinen, California
    Prof. Dennis MacDonald, California
    Dr. John McKenna, California
    Dr. Maged S. A. Mikhail, Virginia
    Mr. Michael Phelps, California
    Prof. James Robinson, California 
    Dr. Saad Michael Saad, California
    Dr. Joe Sedrak, California
    Rev. Dr. Tim Vivian, California
    Ms. Michelle Youssef, California
    Dr. Youhanna N. Youssef, Australia
 
SCHEDULE:
Friday, September 8, 2006: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm*
Saturday, September 9, 2006: 9:30 am - 4:00 pm*

*Registration starts at 8:30 am both days. For early registration and for more details, please visit us at www.stshenouda.com.

REGISTRATION FEE (SUGGESTED CONTRIBUTIONS)**
    Members: $20
    Non-Member: $25
    Students: $10
    UCLA Students/Faculty: Free

    ** Lunch is included.
 
The Society has been fully organized and approved under the Laws of the California and the United States as a Non-profit foundation since 1983.
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