Conservation, Safeguarding and Revitalizing the Historical

Significance of Coptic Cultural Heritage

Sponsored by

The Canadian Society for Coptic Studies Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations (NMC) University of Toronto, and the Coptic Museum of Canada

Saturday May 11, 2025
9:15am–5:00pm

Earth Sciences Centre, 5 Bancroft Ave. ES B149

9.15-9.45 REGISTRATION
Members: $30.00
Non-Members: $40.00
Students: $20.00
Payable in cash or by cheque
Registration fees includes lunch

Welcome address: Dr. Ramez Boutros, President, CSCS

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Karel Innemée, Assistant Professor, Department of Egypt and Nubia, Faculty of Archaeology. University of Warsaw
Cultural Heritage, Cultural Identity, and the Liturgical use of the Church of the Holy Virgin in Deir al-Surian

Dr. Ashraf Nageh, Deputy General Director of the Research and Conservation Center of Antiquities, Cairo
Assessment of the Efforts Made over the Past Century to Preserve Coptic Heritage

John Habib, Master of Art Conservation, Art Conservation Program, Queen’s University, Kingston.
The First Technical Examination of a Post-Medieval Coptic Manuscript

Kirollos Kilada, Iconographer, Mississauga
The Impact of Conservation on Contemporary Coptic Iconography

Dr. Stephen J. Davis, Woolsey Professor of Religious Studies and Professor of History at Yale University, New Haven
COVID and Cultural Heritage Practice at the White Monastery The Challenges of Architectural Conservation in the Wake of the Pandemic

Concluding Remarks: Dr Anne Moore, Vice President, CSCS