The Department of Oriental Languages will hold its Second Aramaic and Syriac Studies Conference at the Cairo University (Egypt) between February-March of 2019.
Conference Panels Include:
Grammar and Linguistic Studies
Arabic, Hebrew, Greek and Syriac Rhetoric
Armenian and Syriac Studies
Arabic and Syriac Studies
Comparative Semitic and Syriac Studies
Archaeological studies
lnscriptions and Graffity
Old and modern Aramaic
Old and modern Syriac/Suryat
Ancient and modern Aramaic/Syriac Literature
Diaspora and Migration Studies|
Ancient and contemporary Theater and Story Studies
Travel Liteartures
Establishment of ancient and modern Syriac Schools
Dialog with Jewish and Islam
Translation of OT, NT, and Quran into Syriac
Renaissance literature/Studies
Jewish, Greek, Islamic,and Syriac Legal Texts
Christian arabic Studies
Karshoni Studies
Digital Studies in Syriac Heritage
Abstracts and Papers will be accepted until the end July 2018, and completed papers until the end August 2018.
Applications for attendance by observers are welcome and should be submitted by July 2018.
Conference Fees
US Fees include paper publication, accommodations, meals (3 days), a trip to new Library of Alexandria, and city tour.
- Fees are $100.00 USD for Speakers without accommodations.
- Fees for speaker attendance excluding paper publication are $350.00 USD (include accommodations, all meals for 3 nights)
Accommodations at University Hotel:
- Limited single rooms, double and triple rooms available
- Families should apply by the end July for suitable accomodations
Questions? Contact secondcairoconference@gmail.com
*Content and images courtesy of http://arts.cu.edu.eg/ and Prof. Dr. Salah Abdel Aziz Mahgoub Edris.