[Bilimsel Haber] CONF./CFP - Aram Conference: Zoroastrianism, July 5-7, 2010

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CONF./CFP- Aram Conference: Zoroastrianism, July 5-7, 2010

Posted by: Aram Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies <aram at orinst.ox.ac.uk>


Aram Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies is inaugurating a series of
conferences on the subject of "Zoroastrianism". These will be held every 
four years at the University of Oxford. The first in the series will 
take place in 2010 and explore how "Zoroastrianism in the Levant" 
interacted with Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Gnosticism and ancient 
Near Eastern non-biblical religions. Other papers on Zoroastrianism 
outside the Levant may be accepted if they include elements relevant to 
the main theme of the meeting.

Scholars are invited to submit papers in one of two categories:

1. Academic research in a paper allotted 45 minutes including discussion.
2. Short academic interventions presenting work in progress or brief
    notes on the subject lasting 25 minutes including discussion.

Aram Society will form a scientific advisory committee to help with the 
organisation of the conference and the editing of conference proceedings 
for publication. We will confirm that we have received your proposal on 
receipt of an abstract that should include the main sources consulted 
for the paper and the time needed to deliver the communication. In order 
to allow for discussion participants should speak for 35 or 20 minutes.

Papers will be accepted from accredited academics in the field and 
please note that the committee will be very strict in only accepting
papers relevant to the conference theme. Finally the organising 
committee reserves the right to reduce the length of a paper if 
necessary and all papers submitted for publication are accepted subject 
to peer review.

All queries should be addressed to the conference secretary Dr Shafiq 
Abouzayd:

Aram Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies, the Oriental Institute,
Oxford University, Pusey Lane, Oxford OX1 2LE, England.
Tel. +1865-514041. Fax +1865-516824. Email: aram at orinst.ox.ac.uk


Academic Papers:

Dr. Alison Betts (University of Sydney):
    "Early Fire Temples in Ancient Chorasmia"
Prof. Jamsheed K. Choksy (Indiana University):
    "Relations between the Zoroastrians and Jewish Communities in Iran"
Prof. Ian Gardner (University of Sydney): TBA
Prof. Aida Gasimova, (Baku State University-Russia):
    "Worships, beliefs and traditions connected  with fire in
    pre-Islamic Arabia and Zoroastrism"
Mr. Leon Goldman (PhD candidate at the SOAS-University of London): TBA
Dr. Geoffrey Herman (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): TBA
Prof. John R. Hinnells (SOAS - University of London): TBA
Dr Almut Hintze (SOAS-University of London): TBA
Prof. Maria Macuch (Freie Universität Berlin): TBA
Dr. Bahman Moradian (École Pratique des Hautes Études-Paris):
    "The day of 'mihr' month of 'mihr' and the cCeremony of 'mihrized' 
in Yazd"
Dr. Mikael Nichanian (Bibiothèque Nationale de France-Paris):
    "The Zoroastrians in Byzantine Historiography."
Dr. Mikael Nichanian (Bibiothèque Nationale de France-Paris):
    "The Zoroastrians in Armenian Historiography."
Dr. Jesse S. Palsetia (University of Guelph-Canada): TBA
Prof. Enrico Raffaelli (University of Toronto):
    "New perspectives for the study of Zoroastrian Apocalyptic literature"
Dr. Shai Secunda (Yale University):
    "Menstrual Purity: On the development of a Zoroastrian ritual discourse"
Mrs. Mary Settegast (Colombia University):
    "Some archaeological evidence about the life of Zarathustra"
Prof. Shaul Shaked (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): TBA
Prof. Dan Shapira (Bar-Ilan University):
    "Fire worship and Astrology in Zoroastrian texts."
Dr. Mitra Sharafi (Wisconsin University-USA):
    "Zoroastrians legal history."
Prof. Oktor Skjaervo (Haverd University): TBA
Prof. Michael Stausberg (University of Bergen-Norway):
    "The Parsi Priesthood"
Dr. Sarah Stewart (University of London-SOAS): TBA
Dr. Elizabeth Tucker (University of Oxford): TBA
Dr. Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina (Harvard University):
    "Zoroastrian Scriptural Exegesis in Late Antiquity"
Mr. Burzine Waghmar (PhD candidate: SOAS, University of London): TBA
Mr. Arash Zeini (SOAS-University of London):
    "Composition Prior to Performance: Orality and the Gatic Poet"




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