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                  Washington, D.C.
                  February 3-5, 2006
               
               
                  
               
            
            Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute
            George A. Kiraz
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            Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute
            2006
            Vol. 9, No. 1
            
               
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                  Washington, D.C. February 3-5, 2006
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            Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies is an electronic journal dedicated to the study
                        of the Syriac tradition, published semi-annually (in January and July) by Beth
                        Mardutho: The Syriac Institute. Published since 1998, Hugoye seeks to offer the
                        best scholarship available in the field of Syriac studies.
         
      
      
         
            
         
         
            
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            [1] The
    Center for the
    Study of Early Christianity and the Semitics Department of the Catholic University of
    America (CUA) in cooperation with the Dorushe graduate student
    association, affiliated with Beth Mardutho:
    The Syriac Institute, announce the 2006 Dorushe Syriac
    Studies Conference.
         
            [2] This
    year's conference will be held at the CUA campus in Washington,
    D.C., February 3-5, 2006. The conference is especially designed
    to aid graduate students interested in integrating the field of
    Syriac studies with other academic disciplines for a teaching
    career. Papers will be pre-circulated to attendees and
    summarized at the conference.
         
            [3] Graduate
    students who are interested in attending should contact
    56seville@cua.edu or consult the conference web page: http://csec.cua.edu/conference/Dorushe2006.cfm.
    Graduate students who are interested in attending should
    contact 56seville@cua.edu in order to receive copies of the
    papers.
         
            [4] The
    conference program is as follows:
         
            
               
                  <strong>Friday, Feb. 3rd</strong>
               
            
            
               5:30 pm
               Pizza Party in the Center for Early Christianity
        (McMahon 300)
            
            
               7:00 pm
               Welcome and Introductions (Mullen Library Computer Lab
        - MERIC)
            
            
               7:15 pm
               David Michelson, "Developing Electronic Databases for
        Syriac Studies."
            
            
               7:45 pm
               George Kiraz, Meltho Fonts Workshop
            
            
               
                  <strong>Saturday, Feb. 4th</strong>
                  
        (Caldwell Hall, Stephen Happel Room)
            
            
               9:00 am
               Michael Penn, "Beyond Add and Stir: Teaching Syriac
        Christianity."
            
            
               9:30 am
               Jonathan Loopstra, "Syriacists in the Seminary: Towards
        a More Integrated Approach."
            
            
               11:00 am
               Young Kim, "Syriac and the Greek Middle: Why I Learned
        Syriac Late in Graduate School."
            
            
               11:30 am
               Linda Wheatley Irving, "Teaching Early Syriac
        Christianity with images and the concept of
        visuality."
            
            
               12:00 pm
               
                  <em>Lunch Break</em>
               
            
            
               1:30 pm
               Key Note Discussion with Susan Ashbrook Harvey, "Syriac
        and the Academic Life: Reflections and Suggestions."
            
            
               2:45 pm
               Daniel King, "The Translation of Greek into Syriac:
        Models for cultural networking."
            
            
               4:15 pm
               Ophir Muenz-Manor, "From Ephrem to Yannai - The Rise of
        Late Antique Hymnography."
            
            
               4:45 pm
               Scott Girdner, "The Potential for Syrian Orthodox
        Apologetic Literature in Presenting the Development of
        Mu'tazilite Kalam."
            
            
               5:30 pm
               May Gallery Syriac exhibit open and Semitics Library
        Tour
            
            
               
                  <strong>Sunday, Feb. 5th</strong>
               
            
            
               10:00 am
               Syriac Church Service, Basilica chapel
            
            
               11:00 am
               Michael Sokoloff, Presentation on CAL and Brockelmann
        Syriac Dictionary project (Mullen Library Computer Lab -
        MERIC)
            
            
               1:00 pm
               Semitics Library Open House