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Date: 21 Apr 2008
From:aram at aramsociety.org
Subject:ARAM Conferences on Neo-Aramaic Dialects and the Mandeans

Dear Colleague,

I am writing to inform you that ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian  
Studies is organising its Twenty Seventh International Conference on  
“Neo-Aramaic Dialects”, at the Oriental Institute (University of  
Oxford), 06-08 July 2009. And it will be followed immediately by the  
ARAM Twenty Eighth International Conference on “The Mandaeans”, at the  
Oriental Institute (University of Oxford), 09-11 July 2009.
If you wish to participate in the conference, please contact our  
Oxford address:
ARAM, the Oriental Institute, Oxford University, Pusey Lane, Oxford  
OX1 2LE, England. Tel. ++1865-514041. Fax ++1865-516824. E.Mail:aram at aramsociety.org

Yours sincerely,

Shafiq Abouzayd


ARAM Twenty Eighth International Conference: The Mandaeans
09-11 July 2009

A- Academic Papers:

Dr. Gaby Abousamra (Holy Spirit University – Lebanon):
	“New Mandaean magic bowl.”
Dr. Shafiq Abouzayd (Oxford University):
	“The Mandaean contribution to the Arab civilisation.”
Mr. Sabah Aldhisi (University College London)
	“The Role of Abathur (the Third Life) in the Mandaean Story of  
Creation.”
Mr. Mehrdad Arabestani, (PhD candidate, University of Malaya, Malaysia):
“Food symbolism in Mandaean religion.”
Dr. Daphna Arbel (University of British Columbia):
“ ‘Acquainted with the Mystery of Heavens and Earth’ Sfar Malwašia,  
Mesopotamian Divinatory Traditions, and 3 Enoch.”
Dr. Werner Arnold (Heidelberg University):
	“Subject to be defined.”
Dr. Krzysztof Bilinski (University of Wroclaw):
	“The texts of Nag Hammadi and Gnostic vision of The Mandaens.”
Prof. Jorunn J. Buckley (Bowdoin College):
	“Mandaean-Sethian Connections.”
Prof. Iain Gardner, (University of Sydney):
“Mani's 'Book of Mysteries': Prolegomena to a new look at Mani, the  
baptists and the Mandaeans.”
Dr. Charles G. Häberl (The State University of New Jersey):
“The demon and the damsel: A Mandaean folk tale from Iraq.”
Dr. David Hamidovic (Western Catholic University, Angers, France):
	“The links between Dead Sea Scrolls and Mandaean Liturgy.”
Dr. Erica Hunter (SOAS):
	“Subject to be defined.”
Dr. Matthew Morgenstern (Haifa University):
	“Literary connections between Jewish and Mandaic texts.”
Dr. Ilnur I. Nadirov (St Petersburg Institute of Oriental Research):
	“Jews, Christians and Muslims in the Mandaean religious books.”
Miss. Caroline Nik Nafs (University of Bamberg-Germany):
	“The ‘Lebenswelt’ of the Iranian Mandaeans in the 21st century.”
Dr. Sacha Stern (University College London):
	“The origins of the Mandaean calendar.”
Dr. van Bladel Kevin (University of Southern California):
	“Subject to be defined.”



B- Public Events:

Mandaean Baptism on Saturday morning 11 July at 8am.
Books exhibition by Gorgias Press.
Painting exhibition by Mr. Salam Khedher.

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