Available courses

Middle Egyptian (Hieroglyphs)

Middle Egyptian (Egyptian hieroglyphs)
An online, rolling enrollment course in how to read and write Middle Egyptian hieroglyphs, taught by Dr. Tamara L. Siuda.

This course includes 16 lessons based on our required textbook (Hoch's Middle Egyptian Grammar) and is conducted via Moodle (with tutoring in email, Discord, Skype, etc. as necessary). Homework on average takes 1-3 hours per lesson, and you may work at your own pace. 

No previous knowledge of Egyptian language is required, though potential students are encouraged to review English terms of grammar, especially if you have never taken another language course. You are encouraged to practice drawing the hieroglyphic script for clear penmanship. (For assistance, I recommend Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy by H. Fischer.)

One book is required and several recommended (optional) for this Beginning Middle Egyptian Course:
REQUIRED:
Middle Egyptian Grammar by James Hoch.
You can purchase this textbook from the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago:
http://oi.uchicago.edu/visit/museum-shop-suq

or from amazon.com - if you purchase from Amazon, consider Amazon Smile (smile.amazon.com) and donating a portion of your sale to charity!
http://smile.amazon.com/Middle-Egyptian-Grammar-SSEA-Publications/dp/0920168124

RECOMMENDED:
Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs (Third Edition) by A. Gardiner.
Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian by R. O. Faulkner.
Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner's Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs by H. Fischer.

This course is available exclusively through my Patreon for the Scribe and Sau membership tiers. See the website for more information:
https://www.patreon.com/tsiuda

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Middle Egyptian Texts & Literature

Middle Egyptian Texts & Literature
An online, rolling enrollment course in reading Middle Egyptian texts and literature, taught by Dr. Tamara L. Siuda. This course follows in the sequence beginning with Middle Egyptian (Hieroglyphs). Admission to this course will be provided after successful completion of Middle Egyptian (Hieroglyphs), or a waiver of that course with past relevant Middle Egyptian reading experience.

This course includes 15 lessons based on actual Middle Egyptian hieroglyphic texts that will be provided to you, and is conducted via Moodle (with tutoring in email, Discord, Skype, etc. as necessary). Homework on average takes 1-3 hours per lesson, and you may work at your own pace. Students in this course will be engaged in reading various ancient texts. Past students have read through texts including mythological documents like the Tale of the Two Brothers and the Contendings of Horus and Seth; religious texts including the Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts, Book of the Dead, and various hymns and songs; monumental inscriptions, and personal letters and documents, all written in Middle Egyptian.

Several books are recommended (optional) for this course:
Middle Egyptian Grammar by James Hoch
You can purchase this textbook from the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago:
http://oi.uchicago.edu/visit/museum-shop-suq

or from amazon.com - if you purchase from Amazon, consider Amazon Smile (smile.amazon.com) and donating a portion of your sale to charity!
http://smile.amazon.com/Middle-Egyptian-Grammar-SSEA-Publications/dp/0920168124

Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs (Third Edition) by A. Gardiner.
Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian by R. O. Faulkner.
Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner's Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs by H. Fischer.

This course is available exclusively through my Patreon for the Scribe and Sau membership tiers. See the website for more information:
https://www.patreon.com/tsiuda


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Ancient Egyptian Wisdom

Ancient Egyptian (Kemetic) Wisdom
An online, rolling enrollment course on seboyet, or "wisdom texts," of Kemet (Ancient Egypt), and what they teach about life, philosophy, and our world, taught by Dr. Tamara L. Siuda

This course includes 10 lessons paired with a required textbook (see below) and supplemental translations of seboyet from the original language, and is conducted via Moodle (with additional tutoring in email, Discord, Skype, etc. as necessary). Homework on average takes 1-2 hours per lesson, and you may work at your own pace. No previous knowledge of Egyptian culture or philosophy or language is required.

One book is required and several recommended (optional) for this Wisdom Course:
REQUIRED: 
The Egyptian Philosophers: Ancient African Voices from Imhotep to Akhenaten by Molefi Kete Asante.

Note on amazon.com - if you purchase from Amazon, consider Amazon Smile (smile.amazon.com) and donating a portion of your sale to charity!

https://smile.amazon.com/Egyptian-Philosophers-Ancient-African-Akhenaten/dp/0913543667/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1509249047

ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS of relevant ancient texts by Dr. Tamara L. Siuda will be provided via the lessons. You do not have to purchase any other translations, but if you are interested, you can read other translators' versions of these texts in the recommended books below:

Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom by James P. Allen.
Ancient Egyptian Literature: An Anthology by John Foster.
The Wisdom of Ptahhotep by Christian Jacq.
MAAT The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt by Maulana Karenga.
Ancient Egyptian Literature (3 volumes; multiple editions available) by Miriam Lichtheim.
The Literature of Ancient Egypt (multiple editions available) edited by William Kelly Simpson.

This course is available exclusively through my Patreon for the Scribe and Sau membership tiers. See the website for more information:
https://www.patreon.com/tsiuda

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Sau Training

A basic apprenticeship (not a class with grades and tests, but one-on-one, tailored apprenticeship) in the fundamentals of Sau or ancient Egyptian protective magic. NOTE: all details of this apprenticeship are oathbound, and it is currently offered only by invitation via Dr. Tamara's Patreon:

http://www.patreon.com/tsiuda

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Sahidic Texts & Literature/Coptic III

Sahidic Coptic Texts & Literature (Coptic III)
An online, rolling enrollment course in liturgical and literature texts in the Sahidic dialect of Coptic, taught by Dr. Tamara L. Siuda. This course follows from the end of the Sahidic Coptic (Coptic I and II) sequence. You will be admitted to this course after successful completion of Coptic I and II, or waiver of one or both courses, with relevant past Coptic experience.

This course includes 15 lessons using examples of Sahidic liturgical and literature texts that will be provided, and is conducted via Moodle (with tutoring in email, Discord, Skype, etc. as necessary). Homework on average takes 1-3 hours per lesson, and you may work at your own pace.  

Two books are recommended (optional) for this course:
Introduction to Sahidic Coptic by Thomas O. Lambdin (Mercer University Press, 1993)
This textbook is widely available and can also be purchased from amazon.com - if you purchase from Amazon, consider Amazon Smile (smile.amazon.com) and donating a portion of your sale to charity!
https://smile.amazon.com/Introduction-Sahidic-Coptic-Thomas-Lambdin/dp/0865540489

A Coptic Dictionary by W.E. Crum (online version here: http://www.tyndalearchive.com/TABS/Crum/index.htm )


This course is available exclusively through my Patreon for the Scribe and Sau membership tiers. See the website for more information:
https://www.patreon.com/tsiuda




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Intermediate Sahidic Coptic/Coptic II

Intermediate Sahidic Coptic (Coptic II)
An online, rolling enrollment tutored course in how to read and write the Sahidic dialect of Coptic, taught by Dr. Tamara L. Siuda. This course follows from Beginning Sahidic Coptic (Coptic I) in the sequence. You will be admitted to this course after successful completion of Coptic I, or a waiver of Coptic I with relevant past Coptic experience.

This course includes 15 lessons based on our required textbook (Lambdin's Introduction to Sahidic Coptic) lessons 16-30, and is conducted via Moodle (with tutoring in email, Discord, Skype, etc. as necessary). Homework on average takes 1-3 hours per lesson, and you may work at your own pace. 

You will also receive access to audio files of the lessons (recorded by Dr. Tamara) so you can hear the language being spoken.

No previous knowledge of Coptic language is required, though potential students are encouraged to review English terms of grammar, especially if you have never taken another language course. Taking Middle Egyptian classes will aid in learning Coptic grammar, but is not necessary. You are encouraged to practice drawing Coptic script for clear penmanship. 

One book is required and one recommended (optional) for this Intermediate Sahidic Coptic Course:
REQUIRED:
Introduction to Sahidic Coptic by Thomas O. Lambdin (Mercer University Press, 1993)
This textbook is widely available and can also be purchased from amazon.com - if you purchase from Amazon, consider Amazon Smile (smile.amazon.com) and donating a portion of your sale to charity!
https://smile.amazon.com/Introduction-Sahidic-Coptic-Thomas-Lambdin/dp/0865540489

RECOMMENDED:
A Coptic Dictionary by W.E. Crum (online version here: http://www.tyndalearchive.com/TABS/Crum/index.htm )

This course is available exclusively through my Patreon for the Scribe and Sau membership tiers. See the website for more information:
https://www.patreon.com/tsiuda


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Beginning Sahidic Coptic/Coptic I

Beginning Sahidic Coptic (Coptic I)
An online, rolling enrollment tutored course in how to read and write the Sahidic dialect of Coptic, taught by Dr. Tamara L. Siuda.

This course includes 15 lessons based on our required textbook (Lambdin's Introduction to Sahidic Coptic) lessons 1-15, and is conducted via Moodle (with tutoring in email, Discord, Skype, etc. as necessary). Homework on average takes 1-3 hours per lesson, and you may work at your own pace. 

You will also receive access to audio files of the lessons (recorded by Dr. Tamara) so you can hear the language being spoken.

No previous knowledge of Coptic language is required, though potential students are encouraged to review English terms of grammar, especially if you have never taken another language course. Taking Middle Egyptian classes will aid in learning Coptic grammar, but is not necessary. You are encouraged to practice drawing Coptic script for clear penmanship. 

One book is required and one recommended (optional) for this Beginning Sahidic Coptic Course:
REQUIRED:
Introduction to Sahidic Coptic by Thomas O. Lambdin (Mercer University Press, 1993)
This textbook is widely available and can also be purchased from amazon.com - if you purchase from Amazon, consider Amazon Smile (smile.amazon.com) and donating a portion of your sale to charity!
https://smile.amazon.com/Introduction-Sahidic-Coptic-Thomas-Lambdin/dp/0865540489

RECOMMENDED:
A Coptic Dictionary by W.E. Crum (online version here: http://www.tyndalearchive.com/TABS/Crum/index.htm )

This course is available exclusively through my Patreon for the Scribe and Sau membership tiers. See the website for more information:
https://www.patreon.com/tsiuda


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