Dorushe Annual Graduate Student Conference on Syriac Studies

Princeton University April 14, 2007

[1] The Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University in cooperation with Beth Mardutho's Dorushe graduate student association will hold the 2007 Dorushe Graduate Student Syriac Studies Conference at Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. from noon on Saturday, April 14 through noon on Sunday, April 15, 2007. In addition to graduate student papers, Dr. David Taylor, Oxford University, will deliver keynote remarks with Dr. Emmanuel Papoutsakis, Princeton University, serving as respondant. The submission deadline for the conference was Dec. 8, 2006. A complete program will be posted at http://www.bethmardutho.org/dorushe/ when available.

[2] Planning Committee: David A. Michelson (Chair), Jon Loopstra, Carmen Meier, Jeanne-Nicole Saint-Laurent, Daniel L. Schwartz, Anne Seville, Jack Tannous, George Kiraz (Beth Mardutho) and Emmanuel Papoutsakis (Faculty Advisor).

[3] Support for this conference is being provided by Princeton University's Department of Near Eastern Studies, Department of History, Program in Hellenic Studies, Program in the Ancient World, Program in Medieval Studies, Group for the Study of Late Antiquity, and Center for the Study of Religion.

[4] For further information, contact:

David A. Michelson Acting Associate Director (2006-2007) Center for the Study of Religion 5 Ivy Lane Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08540 USA

Phone: 609-258-2281 Fax: 609-258-6940 E-mail: dorushe@bethmardutho.org