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1)<br>Date: 28 Mar 2013<br>From:<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">"Al-Jallad, A.M." <<a href="mailto:a.m.al-jallad@hum.leidenuniv.nl" target="_blank">a.m.al-jallad@hum.leidenuniv.nl</a>></span><br>
Subject:Arabic in Context Conference at Leiden<div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">CALL FOR PAPERS</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ARABIC IN CONTEXT</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Arabic in Context</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Congress at Leiden University, The Netherlands</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">2 & 3 November 2013</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="http://400yearsarabic.weebly.com/arabic-in-context.html" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://400yearsarabic.weebly.com/arabic-in-context.html</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The year 2013 marks the 400th anniversary of Leiden's chair in Arabic</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Language and Culture. To celebrate this memorable event, the Leiden</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Institute for Area Studies and the Leiden University Centre for</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Linguistics will convene a congress that will bring together Arabicists,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Semiticists, historians, and epigraphists to discuss original research</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">on the pre- and early history of Arabic.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The papers presented at this congress will be published in a volume</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">commemorating this anniversary. It is hoped that the 400th year of</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Arabic at Leiden will mark an important contribution to our</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">understanding of Arabic in its earliest stages.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Program</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Professor John Huehnergard (University of Texas, Austin) will deliver</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">the keynote address entitled "Arabic in its Semitic Context."</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The rest of the congress details will be available (also via this</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">website) late September 2013.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Submissions & Timeline</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">* Submissions on all topics dealing with the relationship between</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Arabic and other the Semitic and Afro-Asiatic languages are welcome. We</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">especially encourage interdisciplinary approaches that combine the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">fields of linguistics/philology and history to shed light on problems</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">such as the distribution of Arabic epigraphy, the development of the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Arabic script, the language of the Qur'an, and the linguistic geography</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">of pre-Islamic Arabic. These topics should only be considered as general</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">guidelines and are not exhaustive. Any paper dealing with Arabic in its</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">historical and linguistic context will be considered.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">* We welcome abstracts for papers (not exceeding 2 pages) before</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">15th August 2013. Please do not forget to mention your institutional</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">affiliation.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">* Successful applicants will be informed early September 2013.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">* Participants must register in order to take part in the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">conference. The registration fee is Euro 50. Meals and drinks will be</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">provided for on both congress days.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Details on how to register will be on available on this website soon.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Please submit your abstracts (or questions) to the congress convener,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Dr. Ahmad Al-Jallad:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<a href="mailto:a.m.al-jallad@hum.leidenuniv.nl" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">a.m.al-jallad@hum.leidenuniv.nl</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br>--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
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