The Postgraduate Program in History (PPGH) at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) holds, in the auditorium of the Zila Mamede library (BCZM), the extension course “The Moon Knight and its multiple facets: dialogues between pop culture and Egyptology”. The event is scheduled to take place in six meetings, starting from May 30th to June 15th, from 3pm to 6pm. The activity is developed by the MAAT Study Group (Ancient History Study Center), under the guidance of Professor Márcia Severina Vasques, from the History Department (Dehis). Registration will soon be open via SIGAA.
The extension course aims to analyze Moon Knight (2022), a Marvel and Disney series that tells the story of Steven Grant, a museum store employee tormented by memory lapses and suffering from dissociative identity disorder. The series demonstrates a broad construction of ideals about Ancient Egypt both in the setting and in the script itself, which will be useful in analyzing the project.
The course's proposal, in this sense, is to create a bridge between the knowledge developed in academia and pop culture, with exhibitions on the themes covered in the series and debates with Egyptologists. The activity will be carried out in six classes, divided into three parts: projection of the episode for in-person participants, presentation on a topic relating to the series and Ancient Egypt, and debate with an expert on a specific topic.
The course will also be broadcast on the MAAT study group's YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/maatufrn), from 4pm to 6pm, excluding the first part of the class (in which the episode of the series will be shown) for copyright reasons.
For more information, visit the study group's Instagram (@maatufrn) or contact us by email: canto_nunez@hotmail.com
Programming:
Day 1 (05/30)
Screening of Episode 1: The Goldfish Problem The History of Cinema and Ancient Egypt, Introduction to Comics and the Introduction to Ancient Egypt
Prominent deity: Khonsu
Expert in action: Pedro von Seehausen talks about Museums
Day 2 (01/06):
Episode 2 Projection: Summon Religion costume, figurines and Egyptian amulets
Featured Creature: Ammit
Specialist in action: Cíntia Gama talks about Funeral Designs
Day 3 (06/06)
Episode 3 Screening: The Friendly Guy Writing in Ancient Egypt, Funerary Structures, and the Egyptian Sky
Prominent deity: Osiris
Specialist in action: Cássio Duarte talks about Egyptian Coffins
Day 4 (08/06)
Projection of Episode 4: The tomb Egyptian symbols, the Asylum Arch, the tomb and Alexander the Great
Prominent deity: Taweret
Specialist in action: Thaís Rocha talks about the House and the Woman in Ancient Egypt
Day 5 (13/06)
Screening of Episode 5: The asylum The Concept of Maat and the maternal role
Prominent deity: Anubis
Expert in action: Maria Thereza João talks about the Egyptian Beyond
Day 6 (06/15)
Projection of Episode 6: Gods and monsters The conception of “evil” in Egypt, overview of Egyptology as a science, construction of the comics and other arcs of Moon Knight
Prominent deity: Sobek
Action expert: Inês Torres talks about Digging in Egypt