Religion and Ritual -15-16/02/2019, New Haven (CT, USA)
The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Yale University, in cooperation with Harvard University and Brown University, is delighted to announce the inaugural Graduate Symposiumin Ancient Near Eastern Studies on the topic of:"Religion and Ritual". By introducing this graduate symposium, we hope to bring together graduate students with similar interests to present and discuss their work, and thereby contribute to a feeling of community among young scholars in the region. Student presentations will be received in a supportive environment and given feedback by faculty members from the participating universities. The symposium will start on Friday, February 15th with a keynote lecture by Professor Daniel Schwemer from the University of Würzburg, followed by a reception. The student presentations will take place on Saturday, February 16th. We encourage everyone to stay for a final dinner and a cheerful gathering on Saturday night as well.
FECHA/DATE/DATA: 15-16/02/2019
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: New Haven (CT, USA)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Evelyne Koubková (Yale University); Trey Nation (Harvard University); Zach Rubin (Brown University).
INFO: gradsymposium2019@gmail.com
INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: gratis / free / gratuito
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PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA:
Preliminary schedule: Friday, February 15th 12.00-3.00pm optional tours of the Yale Babylonian Collection 3.00pm check-in at the Quinnipiack club 4.00pm keynote lecture Daniel Schwemer (University of Würzburg): The Moon, a Doll, and a Reed Tube: A Neglected Ritual Text from Late Babylonian Uruk followed by a wine & cheese reception 7.00pm informal dinner Saturday, February 16th 7.30-10.00am breakfast at the Q club 9.30-10.00am registration at the venue (room 208, Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall street, New Haven) 10.00-10.30am William (Trey) Nation: Did Religion Exist in the Ancient World? The Divine Households of Lagaš and Ancient “Religion” 10.30-11.00am Anna Glenn: Širgida Hymns in Old Babylonian Ritual 11.00-11.30am Sophus Helle: Ritual Poetics: Invocation and Structure in Enheduana's Exaltation 11.30am-12.00pm coffee break 12.00-12.30pm Zachary Rubin: Priestly Life at the Kalḫu Ezida 12.30-1.00pm Anastasiia Iasenovskaia: Some remarks on the ritual aspects of the Nabu cult in Assyria: New year akitu and spring akitu of Nabu in Kalhu 1.00-2.00pm lunch 2.00-2.30pm Adam Howe: Conceptions of Sin in the Mesopotamian Incantation Series Šurpu 2.30-3.00pm Shane Thompson: Hittite Rule in the East: Rethinking the “Hands Off” Theory 3.00-3.30pm coffee break 3.30-4.00pm Jonathan Beltz: Sumerian zi-pa Incantations in Light of Three Amulet Texts from the Yale Babylonian Collection 4.00-4.30pm Andrew Deloucas: “May I be able to raise its lock”: The Door as Metaphor: Ritual or Poetics? 4.30pm keynote lecture Paul Delnero (Johns Hopkins): Assyriological Approaches to Ritual and Religion 5.30pm closing remarks and group photo 6.30pm pizza and socializing at BAR, 254 Crown street, New Haven