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Brand is the fourth Egyptologist to visit and teach at CSUSB since the start of the visiting scholar program in 2018. In addition to teaching in the departments of history and anthropology, she will present a keynote talk, “Making Millions of Pots: How the Cult in Ancient Egypt Met Its Demand for Pottery,” at RAFFMA on April 5.
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Kate Liszka, CSUSB associate professor of history and director of the Wadi el-Hudi Expedition, will present “Operation Amethyst: How Egyptian Kings and Queens got their Bling 4,000 years ago” at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 20 online. It is the first of two talks she will share in the series.
![Faculty in the News, Visual Arts sculpture](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Faculty-in-the-News-Art_3.jpg.webp?itok=AEoWlUtT)
Todd Johnson (music), Diane Vines (nursing), Kate Liszka (history), Breena Coates (management) and Vipin Gupta (management) were included in recent news coverage.
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Kate Liszka (history) served as the Egyptology consultant of the Disney movie, "Under Wraps," which premiered on the Disney Channel on Oct. 1 and is currently streaming on Disney+.
![from left, Sophia Hammons as Amy, Phil Wright as Harold the mummy, Malichi Barton as Marshall and Christian J. Simon as Gilbert.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Liszka_Consultant_UnderWraps_15Oct2021.jpg.webp?itok=5jK7oIUT)
Kate Liszka, the Benson and Pamela Harer Fellow in Egyptology and associate professor of history, served as the Egyptological consultant for the film, a remake of Disney’s 1997 original, now showing on the Disney Channel and streaming on Disney+.
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Kate Liszka (history) shared some of the details on the new Certificate in Egyptology program, Diane Vines (nursing) has been invited to present at virtual two conferences, and Anthony Silard (public administration) wrote on “Breaking Addiction to Heal True Connections.”
![Jessica Tomkins (center) the 2019 W. Benson Harer Egyptology Scholar in Residence leads.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_HistDept_EgyptologyCertificate_24Sept2021.jpg.webp?itok=PMhKreYp)
Students taking courses in Egyptology will not only learn about ancient Egyptian history and culture, they will also learn how to debate, interpret, research and write history from diverse and incomplete sources.
![Fernando Sanchez](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_HHM_FernandoSanchez_23Sept2021.jpg.webp?itok=RtFQ5mFs)
Now studying at the prestigious Near Eastern Studies doctorate program at UC Berkeley – one of the oldest and most distinguished in the country – Sanchez credits the faculty at CSUSB for helping him achieve his goal.
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RAFFMA partnered with the San Bernardino City Unified School District and Music Changing Lives to distribute 280 free art packs to the community with a target of kids ages 6-13 from underrepresented and/or disadvantaged backgrounds.