From: owner-anenews-digest@ (ANEnews Digest) To: anenews-digest Subject: ANEnews Digest V1999 #39 Reply-To: Sender: owner-anenews-digest@ Errors-To: owner-anenews-digest@ Precedence: bulk ANEnews Digest Thursday, February 25 1999 Volume 1999 : Number 039 anenews Sallaberger / Westenholz - Mesopotamien: Akkade-Zeit und Ur III-Zeit anenews SEL: MAGIC IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST anenews (long) Conference: THE MIDDLE EAST: ANCIENT TO MODERN TIMES anenews Hesban 10 anenews THE SHELBY WHITE - LEON LEVY PROGRAM FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS APPLICATION INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 09:15:25 -0600 From: "Charles E. Jones" Subject: anenews Sallaberger / Westenholz - Mesopotamien: Akkade-Zeit und Ur III-Zeit Forwarded on behalf of the undersigned, to whom responses and inquiries should be directed. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Dear colleagues, the editors of ORBIS BIBLICUS ET ORIENTALIS are glad to announce the publication of the following new book which will be of interest to ANE subscribers: __________________________________________________________________________ OBO 160/3 Walther Sallaberger / Aage Westenholz Mesopotamien: Akkade-Zeit und Ur III-Zeit (Annäherungen 3, hg. von P. Attinger und Markus Wäfler) 1999. 424 S. ISBN 3-7278-1210-9. SFr. 118.-, DM 142,-. This book continues a collection of ten substantial reference works on selected aspects of the cuneiform cultures of Mesopotamia, paying particular attention to political history and philology. In an increasingly fragmented research environment, these volumes should offer a convenient synthesis to scholars working in other fields of Ancient Near Eastern studies and provide reliable introductions to colleagues of neighbouring areas. A. Westenholz writes on the Old Akkadian period. After discussing the localisation of Akkad, he gives due consideration to political history (pp. 34-59; detailed description of the "Great Revolt" pp. 51-54). This important chapter is followed by shorter summaries on society (pp. 60-73), literature (pp. 74-78), religion (pp. 78-84), art (pp. 85-89), neighbouring regions (pp. 90-98) and foreign relations (pp. 98-102). W. Sallaberger provides three substantial discussions of issues related to the Ur III period: 1. political and cultural history (pp. 123-199), 2. administrative texts (places of provenance, genres, sealings, calendar) (pp. 200-237) and 3. the most important archives (pp. 238-336): the treasury archive, the shoe archive, cattle administration (Puzriß-Dagªn), the craft archive (Ur), agriculture, messenger texts, personnel (˜irsu), traders, workmen (Umma) and the administration of the Inanna temple (Nippur). The chapter "materials" contains a number of important appendices, e.g. a supplement to Sigrist/Gomi, Catalogue (pp. 351-370, with R. De Maijer). ________________________________________________________________________________ A complete list of available OBO volumes may be consulted at http://www.unifr.ch/bif/obo/obolist.html Orders by letter/fax to Fribourg University Press Perolles 42 CH-1705 Fribourg Switzerland +41-(0)26-426 4300 by e-mail eduni@st-paul.ch (University Press Fribourg) or to the sender of this message Thank you for your attention. Christoph Uehlinger ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 09:20:42 -0600 From: "Charles E. Jones" Subject: anenews SEL: MAGIC IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST Forwarded on behalf of the undersigned, to whom responses and inquiries should be directed. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Studi Epigrafici e Linguistici sul Vicino Oriente antico, 15 (1998) "MAGIC IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST" The current issue of SEL, presents a series of Essays dealing with "magic" in the Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations. Hence this issue continues the monographic nature of SEL 8, 1991, which was devoted to onomastics, and SEL 12, 1995, which was devoted to the lexicography of the Ancient Near Eastern languages. Since our aim was not to cover systematically the different areas and documentations, the essays of this issue offer an up-to-date outline of some selected cultures and their related linguistic and iconographic corpora dealing with the topics "magic". Also from a chronological point of view, the authors had the freedom to choose the general lines of their contributions and their articles represent several approaches to the main theme. S. Ribichini, La magia nel Vicino Oriente antico. Introduzione tematica e bibliografica: 5-16 A. Catagnoti - M. Bonechi, Magic and Divination at IIIrd Millennium Ebla, 1. Textual Typologies and Preliminary Lexical Approach: 17-39 G. Cunningham, Summoning the Sacred in Sumerian Incantations: 41-48 T. Abush, The Internalization of Sufferin and Illness in Mesopotamia: A Development in Mesopotamian Witchcraft Literature: 49-58 A. Livingstone, The Use of Magic in the Assyrian and Babylonian Hemerologies and Menologies: 59-67 G. Torri, Ittita: "Bove, madre del brulicare di formiche". Alcune osservazioni sul rituale di Mashtigga (KUB LVIII 79): 69-76 J.F. Quack, Kontinuit”t und Wandel in der sp”t”gyptischen Magie: 77-94 E.C.D. HJunter, Who Are the Demons? The Iconography of Incantations Bowls: 95-116. Recensioni: 117-128. ********************************************* Sergio Ribichini Istituto per la Civiltý fenicia e punica "Sabatino Moscati" CNR, Via Salaria, km 29,500 - C.P. 10 00016 Monterotondo Stazione (Roma) Tel. (06) 90672.356 - Fax (06) 90672.461 e-mail: ribichi@mlib.cnr.it ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 09:39:27 -0600 From: "Charles E. Jones" Subject: anenews (long) Conference: THE MIDDLE EAST: ANCIENT TO MODERN TIMES Forwarded on behalf of the undersigned, to whom responses and inquiries should be directed. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx THE MIDDLE EAST: ANCIENT TO MODERN TIMES An interdisciplinary conference MARCH 27, 1999 Sponsored by the Humanities Research Institute (Irvine), the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (San Diego), the University of California Office of the President-- Office of Research, & the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center (University of California, Santa Barbara) hosted by the Islamic & Near Eastern Studies Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara at the Interdiscplinary Humanities Center (UCSB) THE MIDDLE EAST: ANCIENT TO MODERN TIMES is an interdisciplinary conference convened with two primary goals: (1) To bring together scholars whose research and/or teaching deals with the Middle East but who are often separated within the larger field of Middle Eastern Studies by divisions in historical periodization (Ancient Near East, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Early Modern, Modern) or traditional disciplinary boundaries (Political Science, History, Religious Studies, and so forth). (2) To provide a context for faculty/scholars to discuss the potential for collaborative research & funding proposals, coordinating teaching programs among different campuses, sharing research resources and teaching materials, coordinating the training of graduate students, and other issues of mutual concern. With an eye towards these twin objectives, the conference has been organized into two different types of sessions: "roundtables" for the presentation of research papers and "working groups" convened for open discussion of areas of potential collaboration. Although the presenters are drawn primarily from the campuses of the University of California and the California State University systems, the conference is open and free of charge to all faculty, students and the general public. Even the parking is free! A preliminary program is included below. Further details about the conference, the program, participants, local hotels, directions and so forth will be posted on the conference website at: http://www.gisp.ucsb.edu/mideastcon Additional queries can be addressed to Dwight Reynolds, Chair, Islamic & Near Eastern Studies, UCSB: dreynold@humanitas.ucsb.edu ************************************************************************* Dwight F. Reynolds Chair, Islamic & Near Eastern Studies University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106 Office: (805) 893-7143 Department: (805) 893-7136 FAX: (805) 893-2059 Email: dreynold@humanitas.ucsb.edu ************************************************************************* _________________________________________________________________________ CONFERENCE SCHEDULE _________________________________________________________________________ Friday, March 26: Arrival/Hotel Check-in Evening event 7 PM: Documentary Film: "Four Women of Egypt" Multicultural Center Theater, UCSB Saturday, March 27: 7:30-8:00 Registration/Coffee service Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, UCSB 6th floor, Humanities & Social Sciences Building 8:00-8:30 Welcome & Orientation/McCune Conference Room IHC 8:30 -- 10:30 ROUNDTABLES SESSION ONE Roundtable 1: MIDDLE EASTERN LITERATURES Anne Kilmer (UC Berkeley): "Weaving Textual Patterns: Symmetry in Akkadian Poetry" Margaret Larkin (UC Berkeley): "Pre-Modern Vernacular Arabic Poetry: The Voice of the People?" Richard Hecht (UC Santa Barbara): "The Arab-Israeli Conflict in Contemporary Hebrew Literature" Salaam Yousif (CSU San Bernardino): "Literary Responses to the Gulf War: Voices in the Wilderness" Roundtable #2: RELIGIOUS NATIONALISM Ali Gheissari (U of San Diego): "Ideological Orientations of Reformist Tracts in late Qajar and early Pahlavi Iran" Kazem Alamdari (CSU Los Angeles): "The Trend Toward Democracy in Iran" Abdullahi Ali Ibrahim (U of Missouri-Columbia): "Interviewing Hasan al-Turabi: The Fundamentalist Writes Back" [Additional Participant TBA] Roundtable #3: RELIGION AND SOCIETY Michael Cooperson (UCLA): "Social Space and Religious Authority in 3rd/9th century Baghdad" Claudia Rapp (UCLA); "Jews and Muslims in Medieval Constantinople" Hossein Ziai (UCLA): "Exploring the Idea `Sameness of Being and Knowing' in Selected Persian and Arabic Texts of Islamic Philosophy" Juan Campo (UCSB): "Transnational Pilgrimages and Post-Colonial States: the Modern Hajj and Hindu Yatras" Roundtable #4: WOMEN AND AUTHORITY Christine Thomas (UCSB): "Female Synagogue Leaders in Ancient Anatolia: A Historical Record at Karamlidika" Nikki Keddi (UCLA): "Empathy Versus Criticism: Dilemmas of Scholars of Muslim Women and Other Sensitive Topics" Nayereh Tohidi (CSU Northridge): "The Paradoxical Interaction between Islamism and Feminism in the Islamic Republic" Nancy Gallagher (UCSB): "Gender, Culture and Health in the Middle East" 10:30 -- 11:00 COFFEE BREAK 11:00 -- 12:30 WORKING GROUPS SESSION ONE: (1) CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY & THE MIDDLE EAST: Convener Lynn Roller (UC Davis) This group will focus on the interaction of Greek and Roman cultures with those of the eastern Mediterranean, from the pre-Christian through the Christian eras. Discussion topics will include inter- disciplinary methodologies, potential intercampus cooperation, and the possibility of establishing on-going symposia or conferences, and coordinating teaching and graduate student training. (2) UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM IN ISLAMIC STUDIES--COURSES AND MATERIALS: Convener Juan Campo (UCSB) An interdisciplinary workshop concerned with the development and role of Islamic Studies in the undergraduate curriculum. Participants will share their knowledge about the history and future prospects of Islamic Studies on their individual campuses, as well as discuss successful and not-so-successful approaches, courses and readings. Among the questions to be raised: What are the key issues that need to be addressed? What changes are occurring? How essential is the Middle East to undergraduate Islami c Studies courses? How are Muslim voices recognized and accommodated? Participants should bring sampe syllabi to discuss and distribute to seminar participants. (2) ANDALUSIAN/MEDIEVAL IBERIAN STUDIES: Convener Dwight Reynolds (UCSB) This session is divided into two parts: First, two 15-minute research presentations, followed by discussion of the papers; then an open discussion on the status of Andalusian/Medieval Iberian Studies in the University of California and CSU systems. Papers: James Monroe (UC Berkeley): "Doubling and Duplicity in the by al-Saraqusti" Samuel Armistead (UC Davis): "Near Eastern and Balkan Elements in Judeo-Spanish Narrative Poetry" (4) GENDER AND CITIZENSHIP IN MUSLIM COMMUNITIES This session is divided into two parts: First, a 30-minute report from members of the current Humanities Research Institute (UC Irvine) residency research group "Gender and Citizenship in Muslim Communities" including Suad Joseph (UC Davis), Kristy Bright (UC Santa Cruz), Islah Jad (Bir Zeit University), Sondra Hale (UCLA), and Jasamin Rostam (UCLA). The remaining hour will be devoted to a working group entitled: "Women and Gender in the Middle East" 12:30 -- 1:30 LUNCH 1:30 -- 3:30 ROUNDTABLES SESSION TWO: Roundtable #5: COLONIALISM AND NATIONALISM Hasan Kayali (UC San Diego): "Bridging Historiographies: End of Empire, Independence Movements, and Political Identities in Anatolia and Syria" Afaf Marsot (UCLA): "Progress and Colonialism" Daniel Schroeter (UC Irvine): "Jews, Arabs and Colonialism" Sherifa Zuhur (CSU Sacramento/American University of Cairo): "Situating Neonationalism in Contemporary Egypt" Roundtable #6: ANCIENT NEAR EAST Stuart Smith (UCSB): "The Price of Immortality: Gender and Burial in New Kingdom Egypt" Amanda Podany (Cal Poly Pomona): "The Role of Royalty in Legal Contracts from late Bronze Age Syria" Lynn Roller (UC Davis): "The Religious Character of Central Anatolia: Continuity and Change" [Additional participant TBA] Roundtable #7: MIDDLE EASTERN MUSIC Scott Marcus (UCSB): "Them, Those and Us: Documenting Three Musical/Cultural Mizmar (folk oboe) Traditions in Present-day Egypt" Benjamin Brinner (UC Berkeley): "Arab Musicians in Israel and the West Bank: Contrasting Musical Competences and Interactions" Ali Jihad Racy (UCLA): Title TBA Dwight Reynolds (UCSB): "Towards a Musical History of the Muwashshahat in the Mashriq" Roundtable #8: RELIGION, LAW AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS Leslie Peirce (UC Berkeley): "A Child Marriage in Trouble: Dispute Resolution in 16th-century Ottoman Aintab" Stephen Humphreys (UCSB): "The Rise of the Arab Elite in Umayyad Syria" Barbara Metcalf (UC Davis): "Finding a Metanarrative for the Tablighi Jamaat: A 20th-century Apolitical Pietist Movement" Laura Nader (UC Berkeley): Title TBA 3:30 -- 4:00 COFFEE BREAK 4:00 -- 5:30 WORKING GROUPS SESSION TWO: (5) IRAN SINCE THE REVOLUTION: Co-conveners John Foran (UCSB) & Ali Gheissari (USD) An open discussion of all aspects of social, political and cultural change in Iran over the two decades since the revolution. (6) TEACHING MIDDLE EASTERN LANGUAGES: Convener Nabil Abdelfattah (UC Berkeley) This session will include one opening presentation by Nabil Abdelfattah entitled "Teaching Modern Middle Eastern Languages in the University of California," followed by a general discussion on the status of Middle Eastern Language instruction in the UC s ystem. (7) ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN STUDIES: Convener W. Randall Garr (UCSB) This session will include one opening presentation by Antonio Loprieno (UCLA) followed by a general discussion of the status of Ancient Near Eastern studies with the UC and CSU systems. Antonio Loprieno (UCLA): "The Ancient Near East in the UC System: Challenges and Hopes" (8) MIDDLE EAST MEDIEVALISTS: Convener Stephen Humphreys (UCSB) An open discussion of the topics and issues in medieval Middle Eastern Studies and an exploration of potential areas for colloboration in research, coordination of teaching programs, and sharing resources. 5:00 -- 5:15 BREAK 5:15 -- 6:00 PLENARY SESSION: Guest Speaker: Lynne Withey, Associate Director University of California Press Closing Remarks: Dwight Reynolds (UCSB) 6:15 -- 7:45 DINNER 8:00 -- 10:00 CONCERT: UCSB MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE Multicultural Center Theater A lively program of Arab, Armenian, Greek, Sephardic Jewish, Persian and Turkish music and dance. SUNDAY, MARCH 28: DEPARTURE ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 20:48:12 -0600 From: "Charles E. Jones" Subject: anenews Hesban 10 Forwarded on behalf of the undersigned, to whom responses and inquiries should be directed. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Reply-To: Archaeological Publications The Institute of Archaeology at Andrews University is pleased to announce the publication of Hesban Series volume 10: THE NECROPOLIS OF HESBAN: A Typology of Tombs by S. Douglas Waterhouse (with contributions by Anne L. Grauer, George J. Armelagos, and Howard P. Krug) 1999; xv + 205 pp.; cloth: 8.5 × 11 inches; ISBN 0-943872-23-5 The tenth volume of the Hesban Final Publication Series sorts the Roman and Byzantine tombs found at Tell Hesban into six architectural types. Each tomb type is described in detail by its architecture (accompanied with top plans) and a listing of pottery readings, objects, and human remains (Chapters 1-7). The biology of the skeletal remains of the Roman and Byzantine populations is examined in Chapter 8. In Chapter 9, 350 Roman and Byzantine tombs found throughout Transjordan are categorized into eight typologies (the six Hesban types plus two). Two appendices list tomb probes and objects. A complete index, 29 figures, 85 plates, and 80 tables are also included. To order, contact: Andrews University Press Information Services Building Phone: 1-800-467-6369 Andrews University Fax: 616-471-6224 Berrien Springs, MI 49104-1700 E-mail: aupress@andrews.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jennifer L. Groves Director, Archaeological Publications Andrews University Voice 616-471-3604 Fax 616-471-3619 E-mail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 21:03:35 -0600 From: "Charles E. Jones" Subject: anenews THE SHELBY WHITE - LEON LEVY PROGRAM FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS APPLICATION INFORMATION Forwarded on behalf of the undersigned, to whom responses and inquiries should be directed. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx THE SHELBY WHITE - LEON LEVY PROGRAM FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS APPLICATION INFORMATION For those wishing to apply for grants, please contact the Program office, or our web site, before submitting application materials. You may e-mail, fax or post your materials to the addresses below. If you e-mail, please attach documents so they can be opened in Microsoft Word (v. 6. 0. 1). All applications MUST include: your name (including h/o address(es), h/o telephone, fax, and e-mail), an identification number for tax purposes, a brief abstract of your proposed project (including the precise name and location of the site), a statement of purpose for your project, an outline of your research methodology, the name of your intented publisher, a detailed schedule of your timetable toward publication (i.e., when you will have in hand a camera-ready document to present to the Board), documentation of your legal right to access the materials and to publish them, a proposed budget for the number of years you believe the project will last, and an academic r=E9sum=E9. Final approval of the application wi= ll be determined by the Program Committee. Applications are DUE IN the Program office on February 14, 2000. Contact the Program office for a copy of our Application Protocol. Grants are awarded on a contractual basis allocated over a maximum of three years, with annual re-evaluation and renewal by the Committee. Annual reports of progress towards publication must be submitted in writing to the Committee prior to renewal of the grant. The Shelby White - Leon Levy Program for Archaeological Publications, Harvard University, The Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138 (617) 495-9317 (vm), Fax: (617) 496-8904, amappa@fas.harvard.edu http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~semitic/white_levy_program.html ------------------------------ End of ANEnews Digest V1999 #39 ******************************* Back issues are available on the Oriental Institute World-Wide Web (WWW) site at: http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/ANE/OI_ANE.html