On the occasion of the exhibition “Queens of Egypt” at the Pointe-à-Callière Museum, the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal is pleased to announce the conference “Sans eau le papyrus ne croît pas” by Tiziano Dorandi, Research Director at the CNRS.
Tuesday October 2, 11am
Pointe-à-Callière Museum
Maison-des-Marins, 165 place D’Youville
Free admission – Discussion in French language
Reservation request
The great Greek historian Herodotus affirmed that Egypt was a “gift of the Nile”. The Nile has represented the basis of the Egyptian economic prosperity since the Pharaonic era because it fertilized the desertic soil all along Greek shores. Papyrus plants grow in Nile’s water. This plant is an extremely important Egyptian symbol and until the Middle Ages it has always been used throughout the entire Mediterranean basin not only to build vessels and other utensils employed in everyday life, but also to create papyrus rolls to write documents and books. Tiziano Dorandi has decided to write about this historical period. He gives us a deep analysis in the papyrus use, from the fabrication of papyrus rolls by using plant roots to the use of these rolls to write books and documents.
Tiziano Dorandi – Born in Lamporecchio (Pistoia) in Italy on July 11th 1954, Tiziano Dorandi is first class Research Director at the CNRS since 1994 in Villejuif France. In 1977, he earned a Doctorate of Classical Philology at the University of Florence. He was the recipient of numerous scholarships including: scholarship and research International Centre for the Study of the Papyri at Herculaneum Naples and the scholarship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. To emphasize, among others, he is a member of the Executive Committee of LabEx Hastec, a member of the Graduate School of the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes in Paris IV / Sorbonne and member of the Experts Committee of the Italian Ministry of the Instruction, University and research.