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2016-05-28
(AINA)
-- A symposium titled Assyrian Legacy: From Ancient Civilization to Modern
Cultural Revival will be held on June 10 in Washington at the U.S. Library of
Congress, located at the historic Thomas Jefferson building on 101 Independence
Avenue SE.
The
symposium, sponsored by the Assyrian Universal Alliance, is comprised of three
sessions on topics related to the history of the Assyrians. Dr. Mary-Jane Deeb,
the chief of the African and Middle Eastern Division at the Library of
Congress, will open the symposium.
The
speakers in each session are:
Session
1
Prof.
Amir Harrak, Empire Art and Culture Overview
Christopher
E. Woods Associate Professor of Sumerology, Editor Journal of Near Eastern
Studies The Oriental Institute The University of Chicago
Prof.
Simo Parpola (Helsinki University) Statecraft models for the ancient world
Session
2
Dr.
Mark Dickens (University of Alberta) Adoption of Christianity and Its spread
along the Silk Road
Prof.
Jonathna Loopstra (Capital University Ohio) The Route of Transmission of
Ancient Knowledge- Syriac as Historians' Resource
Mrs.
Tala Jarjour (or Nadia Younan - Toronto) The Tradition of Syriac Sacred music,
its preservation and Dissemination.
Session
3
Mr.
Fadi Davood, PHD (University of Toronto, Toronto) Of Patriarchates and their
place in Assyrian Identity
Ms.
Alda Benjamin, PHD (University of Maryland, Washington DC) Assyrian
intellectual narratives in urban Iraqi centers during the 1970s
Mrs.
Eden Naby, PHD (Independent Scholar, Cambridge, MA): Art and Literature of
Assyrians in Survival Mode or Preservation of Aramaic through word and music
The
symposium will start at 8:30 A.M. with a continental breakfast and is scheduled
to conclude at 3:15 P.M.
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