By Persia & Babylonia
On 25 January 2018, the Persia & Babylonia project is organising the annual Orientalists Day at Leiden University. This symposium about the Ancient Near East is meant for students, scholars and interested people. There will be lectures in both Dutch and English.
If you wish to attend, please send an e-mail to persiababylonia@hum.leidenuniv.nl.
Five travel grants are made available for PhD or (research) MA students from the Netherlands and Flanders in order to participate. Please apply before 15 January 2018 (based on first come, first served) through persiababylonia@hum.leidenuniv.nl.
Programme
| 10.00-10.35 | Coffee and tea |
| 10.35-10.45 | Welcome by Caroline Waerzeggers |
| 10.45-11.15 | Klaas Veenhof De familiegod in de Oudassyrische samenleving |
| 11.15-11.45 | Carolien van der Brugge De Assyrische koningen tussen 934 en 746 v. Chr.: Heersers of Handelaren? |
| 11.45-12.15 | Jan-Wim Wesselius Taal, grammatica en stijl in het bijbelboek Daniel |
| 12.15-12.45 | Daan Nijssen Hoe bereik ik een jong publiek? |
| 12.45-14.15 | Lunch break |
| 14.15-14.45 | Lara Weiss and Nico Staring The Walking Dead at Saqqara: The making of a cultural geography |
| 14.45-15.15 | Jonny Russell The Theory of Healing in Ancient Egypt: A Lexicographic Analysis of Biophysical and Cultural Realities in Healing Papyri from the Ancient Nile Valley |
| 15.15-15.30 | Tea break |
| 15.30-16.00 | Melanie Groß Business and Family Life in Babylonian Sippar during Persian Rule |
| 16.00-16.30 | Christina van der Wal Anonby Near East, Far Out: A history of Kumzari |
| 16.30-17.00 | Caroline Waerzeggers – NINO’s future – Next Orientalists Day? |
| 17.00 | Drinks |