I received the final version of the program for the upcoming conference on the Mandaeans at the Oriental Institute in Oxford. Here it is:
MONDAY, JULY 08, 2013
(Venue: The Oriental Institute, Pusey Lane)
Chairperson:Rifaat Ebied (Sydney University)
09:00-10:00 Charles G. Häberl (The State University of New Jersey)
“Dating the language of the Mandaean Book of John.”
10:00-11:00 James F. McGrath (Butler University-USA):
“Polemic, Redaction, and History in the Mandaean Book of John: The Case of the Lightworld Visitor(s) to Jerusalem.”
11:00-11:30 Tea/coffee
11:30-12:30 Mark J. Lofts (Australia)
“When did Zazai d-Gawazta live?”
12:30-13:30 Brikha H.S. Nasoraia (Mardin Artuklu: Sydney and Macquarie Universities)
“An Investigation into Diwan Qadaha Rba D-Dmut Kusta Copied by Yahia Ram Zihrun, Sabian Mandaean Priest.”
13:30-15:30 Lunch
15:00-15:30 Tea/coffee
Chairperson: Shafiq Abouzayd (University of Oxford)
16:00-17:00 Matthew Morgenstern (Haifa University)
“A new dictionary of Mandaic: Accomplishments and prospects.”
17:00-18:00 Brikha H.S. Nasoraia (Mardin Artuklu: Sydney and Macquarie Universities)
“Mandaean Sacred Art.”
19:00-22:00 Banquet
TUESDAY, JULY 09, 2013
(Venue: The Oriental Institute, Pusey Lane)
Chairperson: Erica Hunter (University of Cambridge)
09:00-10:00 Sandra van Rompaey (La Trobe University – Australia)
“The function of the other: the female principle in Mandaean religious art.”
10:00-11:00 Tania Notarius (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
“Zarazta d-Hibil Ziua: towards a textual synopsis.”
11:00-11:30 Tea/Coffee
11:30-12:30 Jorunn J. Buckley (Bowdoin College)
“The Embattled Mandaean Bread, the Pihta.”
12:30-13:30 Discussion
13:30-15:30 Lunch
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15:30-16:00 Tea/coffee
16:00-17:00 Mark J. Lofts (Australia)
“How old are the Psalms of Thomas and what are the connections of the Gospel of Thomas?
17:00-18:00 Erica Hunter (SOAS-University of London):
“Mandaean Asylum in the UK.”
18:00-19:00 Layla Al-Roomi (Glasgow University)
“The Mandaeans Human Rights.”
(Partly shared with Mr. Nasrir Shethur)
19:00 Conference ends.
Exhibition of Mandaean Arts on Monday and Tuesday organised by Ziad Shiltagh (Chairman of Mandaean Association UK) in the Faculty Room 2
ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies:
Thirty Sixth International Conference
Mandaeism
The Oriental Institute
University of Oxford
08-09 July 2013
Each of us speaking at the conference gets 45 minutes to speak and 15 minutes for questions. I am so used to having to aim for around 20 minutes, that this will make for quite a change! I’ll share my paper here on the blog when it is in what I consider to be its final form.
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