Arabic-L:GEN:WOCMES

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1) Subject:WOCMES

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Date:  05 Dec 2002
From: Guenter Meyer <G.Meyer at Geo.Uni-Mainz.DE>
Subject:WOCMES

Dear colleague,

After the great success of the First World Congress for Middle Eastern
Studies (WOCMES), which brought more than 2000 scholars from 52
countries to the University of Mainz (see www.wocmes.de), it is planned
that the Second WOCMES will be held in the Middle East or Europe in
autumn 2005 or spring 2006. The Third WOCMES is due in 2008/2009.

All institutions which are interested in hosting one of these two world
congresses are kindly requested to contact the WOCMES-Secretariat and to
provide the following information:

- Name and address of the institution; persons responsible for the
organisation of the World Congress;

- Previous experience in hosting conferences;

- Proposed location of WOCMES (accessibility and distance to nearest
international airport, availability of lecture halls for 20 - 25
parallel sessions and 1500 - 2000 participants);

- Accommodation (number of hotel rooms close to the WOCMES location,
range of hotel prices, availability of low-cost accommodation for
students);

- Financial matters (expected registration fee; prospects of financial
support from public sources or private institutions; chance to get
reduced air fares; availability of travel grants for low-income paper
presenters);

- Proposed date of WOCMES (taking into consideration regular major
conferences on the Middle East, holiday seasons, start and end of
university terms, major religious festivities, weather conditions);

- Possibility to arrange an attractive program of cultural events and
sightseeing tours.

Please send this information to wocmes at geo.uni-mainz.de before 10
January 2003.

Yours sincerely
Guenter Meyer

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