Dear
All,
Please find below
and attached details of an event to promote a history writing competition. All
welcome. Please arrive at the information desk in the main hall of the British
Museum shortly before 11. Late-comers call Sara Wajid on 0780 304
7249.
There's no
obligation to attend both parts of the day or to enter the writing
competition.
Best
wishes,
Sara
Write Queer London at The British
Museum
11am
- 3pm Wednesday 26th November 2009
11 - 12 Curator Richard
Parkinson will talk about the problems of identifying gay desire in
Ancient Egyptian history, with evidence ranging from the first
recorded gay 'chat up line' on a papyrus to monuments in the
Museum's collection. He will also discuss the international controversy
over the 'first gay kiss' detected in a courtiers' tomb from 2500 BC
and how such funerary monuments were integrated in Marguerite Yourcenar's
queer modern classic 'Memoirs of Hadrian'."
Sara Wajid
Untold London Website Manager
London Museums Hub
West India Quay
London. E14 4AL
Tel: 020 7001 9861
Fax: 020 7600 1058
Email: [log in to unmask]
www.museumindocklands.org.uk
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