Queen Nefertari’s Egypt: Closing Notes on Women’s Power in Pre-Colonial African Civilizations

During the exhibition and programming for Queen Nefertari’s Egypt, audiences and scholars continue to raise questions around the roles of women’s power and influence within ancient Egyptian forms of governance. Join us for a closing panel discussion that continues to tease out some of the details around Queen Nefertari’s leadership, while also taking into consideration a wider history of women’s influence within pre-colonial Africa. Drawing on their individual bodies of work and research, Dr. Solange Ashby (President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA), Dr. Bright Alozie (Assistant Professor of Black Studies at Portland State University) and Debora Heard (Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology, specializing in Nubian Archaeology at the University of Chicago) will continue to think through varying forms of women’s leadership in ancient African Civilizations.

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