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CSMS Annual General Meeting and Symposium 2017 "Digital Cuneiform: New Approaches to the Study



The annual symposium of The Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies / La Société canadienne des études mésopotamiennes takes place on Saturday, 30 September 2017, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm, at Auditorium 108, Koffler House, 569 Spadina Avenue, St George Campus, University of Toronto.

FECHA/DATE/DATA: 30/09/2017

ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: The Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies / La Société canadienne des études mésopotamiennes

INFO: web - cams@chass.utoronto.ca

INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: Registration form

Miembros/members/membri: $45

Estudiantes miembros/students members/studenti membri: $10

No miembros/ non members/ non membri: $50

Estudiantes no miembros/students non members/studenti non membri: $15


12:15-12:30 Registration


12:30-1:00 Annual Meeting - Society members only; memberships may be renewed or opened at the door.


Digital Cuneiform: New Approaches to the Study of Ancient Near Eastern Written Sources Cuneiforme numérique: Nouvelles approches pour l'étude des sources textuelles du Proche-Orient ancien


1:00-1:15 Welcome and Introduction


1:15-2:00 ORACC: The Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus Steve Tinney, University of Pennsylvania


2:00-2:45 MTAAC: Machine Translation and Automated Analysis of Cuneiform Languages Émilie Pagé-Perron & Lucas Reckling, Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto


2:45-3:15 Break


3:15-4:00 Investigating Neo-Assyrian society using digital prosopography Heather D. Baker, Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto


4:00-4:45 Let's get to the bottom of the wedge – methods for capturing images of cuneiform artefacts and cylinder seals Klaus Wagensonner, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University


4:45-5:00 Concluding Remarks and General Discussion

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