Disputation Poems in the Near East and Beyond. Ancient and Modern - 12-13/07/2017, Madrid (Spain)
El Departamento de Estudios Hebreos y Arameos (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) se complace en anunciar la celebración del congreso internacional “Disputation Poems in the Near East and Beyond. Ancient and Modern,” que tendrá lugar en el Colegio Mayor Teresa de Jesús (Avenida Séneca, 12), Madrid, durante los días 12 y 13 de julio de 2017. Los temas a tratar cubren desde disputas sumerias (principios del segundo milenio a. C.) hasta debates árabes y neo-arameos contemporáneos, e incluyen también disputas de la Antigüedad en acadio, arameo y hebreo y debates medievales en árabe, hebreo, latín y siríaco.
The Department of Hebrew and Aramaic Studies (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) is pleased to announce the international conference “Disputation Poems in the Near East and Beyond. Ancient and Modern,” which will take place in Colegio Mayor Teresa de Jesús (Avenida Séneca, 12), Madrid, on 12–13 July 2017. Topics range from Sumerian (early second millennium BCE) to modern Arabic and Neo-Aramaic disputations, including ancient disputations in Akkadian, Aramaic and Hebrew and Medieval debates in Arabic, Hebrew, Latin, and Syriac.
FECHA/DATE/DATA: 12-13/07/2017
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: Colegio Mayor Universitario Teresa de Jesús, Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: The Department of Hebrew and Aramaic Studies (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
INFO: web
INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE:
Nos complace anunciar que se ofrecerán 8 becas para la asistencia al congreso. Las becas cubrirán el alojamiento y la manutención en el Colegio Mayor Teresa de Jesús (Madrid) durante los días 11–14 de julio, así como las tasas de asistencia. No se cubrirán, sin embargo, gastos de desplazamiento.
Se solicita a aquellos interesados en conseguir una beca que envíen sus solicitudes a enrique.jimenez@ucm.es antes del viernes 2 de junio de 2017. Las solicitudes deberán incluir:
1. Un currículo abreviado (máx. 1 pág.)
2. Una breve memoria que especifique las razones por las que desean asistir al congreso. La memoria puede estar escrita en alemán, español, francés, inglés o italiano (máx. 1 pág.)
3. Pasaporte o documento de identidad escaneado, en formato PDF.
Las solicitudes serán evaluadas por un comité que comunicará su resolución a los solicitantes el miércoles 7 de junio.
La posibilidad de conceder un crédito ETCS está en tramitación. Si fuera aprobada, los participantes interesados podrán obtenerlo asistiendo a las ponencias y escribiendo una memoria de 5 páginas en la semana siguiente al congreso.
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We are pleased to announce that 8 scholarships for attendance will be offered. The scholarships will cover bed and board at the conference venue in Madrid for 11–14 of July, as well as the conference fees. We are, however, unable to cover travel fees. Students or scholars interested in attending are kindly asked to submit their applications for a fellowship to mailto:enrique.jimenez@ucm.es by Friday, 2nd of June, at the latest. Applications should include: 1. A résumé (1 page max.) 2. A letter of motivation, stating the reasons why they wish to attend. The letter may be written in English, French, German, Italian, or Spanish (250 words max.) 3. A scan of their passports Applications will be evaluated by a committee, which will communicate its decision by Wednesday 7th of June. Permission to grant 1 ETCS credit is in the pipeline. If granted, students from the EU will be able to obtain 1 ETCS credit by attending the conference and submitting a 5-page paper in the week following it.
PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA:
WEDNESDAY, 12 JULY 2017 9:00 – 9:15. Welcome address by Eugenio R. Luján, Dean of the Philology School of Universidad Complutense de Madrid 9:15 – 10:00. Enrique Jiménez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) — Disputations in the Near East. Reflections on the longue durée of a genre 10:00 – 10:20. Coffee break Morning Session 1: Origins. Disputations in Sumerian Literature (Chair: Barbara Böck, ILC – CSIC) 10:20 – 11:00. Gonzalo Rubio (Pennsylvania State University) — Genre and Evolution of the Sumerian Disputations 11:10 – 11:50. Catherine Mittermayer (Université de Genève) — Dialogue Techniques in Sumerian Disputation Poems 11:50 – 12:10. Coffee break Morning Session 2: The Semitic Tradition (Chair: Ignacio Márquez Rowe, ILC – CSIC) 12:10 – 12:50. Andrew R. George (SOAS University of London) — Tamarisk and Palm: The Oldest Akkadian Disputation 13:00 – 13:40. Andrés Piquer Otero (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) — The Sources of the Fable of Jotham 13:40 – 15:30. Lunch Break Afternoon Session: Medieval Semitic disputations (Chair: Pablo A. Torijano, Universidad Complutense de Madrid) 15:30 – 16:10. Geert Jan van Gelder (University of Oxford) — The Classical Arabic Literary Debate: Spring and Autumn 16:20 – 17:00. Amparo Alba (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) — Disputation Poems in Spanish Hebrew Literature 17:00 – 17:20. Coffee break 17:20 – 18:30. Round table “Orality and Textuality in Disputation Poems,” moderated by Andrés Piquer Otero ⁂ THURSDAY, 13 JULY 2017 Morning Session 1: Disputations in Medieval and Early Modern Literature (Chair: Andrés Piquer Otero, Universidad Complutense de Madrid) 9:00 – 9:40. Hatice Aynur (İstanbul Şehir University) — Disputation Poems in Ottoman Literature 9:50 – 10:30. Vicente Cristóbal López & Juan Luis Arcaz Pozo (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) —Tradition and Innovation in the Earliest Latin conflictus. Alcuin’s Conflictus veris et hiemis, Scottus’ Rosae liliique certamen, and the Eclogue of Theodulus 10:30 – 11:00. Coffee break Morning Session 2: Modern Disputations (Chair: Manuel Molina, ILC – CSIC) 11:00 – 11:40. Alessandro Mengozzi (Università degli Studi di Torino) — Neo-Aramaic Dialogue and Dispute Poems. The Various Types 11:50 – 12:30. Clive Holes (University of Oxford) — Modern Dispute and Debate Poems in Bahrain and the Wider Gulf: Speculations on Their Origin 12:40 – 13:40. Round table “Monogenesis or Polygenesis?,” moderated by Enrique Jiménez 13:40 – 14:00. Closing remarks and presentation of certificates of attendance 14:00 – 15:30. Lunch 16:30 – 22:00. Visit to El Escorial