Dorushe Graduate Student Conference for Syriac Studies at CUA
Washington, D.C.
February 3-5, 2006
Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute
George A. Kiraz
James E. Walters
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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
Dorushe Graduate Student Conference for Syriac Studies at CUA
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Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies
Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute,
vol 9
issue 1
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.
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:
Friday, Feb. 3rd
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
Saturday, Feb. 4th
(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
Lunch Break
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
Sunday, Feb. 5th
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