Magic, rituals and cult in the ancient Near East (2nd NINO conference) - 30/01/2020, Amsterdam (Neth
The public is invited to the second NINO Annual Meeting, which will be held on Thursday 30 January 2020 in Amsterdam.
FECHA/DATE/DATA: 30/01/2020
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: Lecture hall 1.05, PC Hoofthuis building, University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Ilan Peled
INFO: web - i.peled@uva.nl
INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: gratis / free / gratuito
PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA:
09:45-10:15 | Registration, coffee
10:15-10:30 | Opening words
10:30-12:30 | Session 1: Mesopotamia and the Cuneiform World
· Andrew George (SOAS University of London): “Mythical Time in Mesopotamian Incantations”
· Daniel Schwemer (University of Würzburg): “Any Evil, a stalking ghost, and the ox-headed demon”
· Karel van der Toorn (UvA): “Celebrating New Year in the Ancient Near East”
· Ilan Peled (UvA): “The Scapegoat Ritual in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible”
12:30-13:30 | Lunch break
13:30-15:00 | Session 2: Egyptology and Epigraphy
· Kasia Szpakowska (Swansea University): “An iconography of protective Middle and New Kingdom daemons”
· Jacques van der Vliet (LU/NINO): “Old and new in late antique Egyptian magic”
· Margaretha Folmer (VU/LU): “A magic lead tablet in Aramaic from Late Antiquity”
15:00-15:30 | Coffee break
15:30-16:30 | Session 3: Project presentations (“lightning”)
· Caroline Waerzeggers + Melanie Gross + Maarja Seire (LU)
· Rolf Strootman (UU)
· Natalie Naomi May (LU)
· Susanna Wolfert-de Vries (UU)
· Elizabeth Hicks (LU/NINO)
16:30-17:00 | NINO Thesis Prizes: award and presentations
17:00-17:30 | Closing words, presentation of NINO Annual Meeting 2021
17:30-18:30 | Drinks (“borrel”)