2nd International Conference on Archaeology and Heritage in Hawler – Erbil

Syriac and Sureth

Syriac is one of the oldest languages of ancient Mesopotamia. It is a western dialect of Aramaic in which many important early texts have been preserved. It was once spoken across much of the Fertile Crescent and Eastern Arabia. Having first appeared in the early first century AD in Edessa, classical Syriac became a major literary language throughout the Middle East from the 4th to the 8th centuries. Besides, a large number of Greek philosophical writings were translated into Syriac and then Arabic during the era of the Islamic Caliphates. Syriac is mainly divided into Eastern and Western varieties, which involve minor dialectal differences.

Sureth, on the other hand, constitutes the contemporary spoken varieties also known as NENA (North Eastern New Aramaic), namely the new Aramaic dialects which have survived in eastern Turkey, western Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syria.

 

The conference

The College of Education at Salahaddin University-Erbil, Kurdistan-Iraq; the University of Cambridge, UK and the University of Heidelberg, Germany are pleased to invite you to contribute to and participate in the First Arba’ello International Conference on Syriac and Sureth Language Studies (AICWSSLS2017) in the ancient city of Erbil and a workshop on the curricula of the Syriac education, which are to be held in the Cultural and Social Center of Salahaddin University-Erbil, Kurdistan Region-Iraq.

The aim of the conference is to facilitate and provide an opportunity to exchange knowledge and to share views and experiences in the fields of Syriac and Sureth language Studies. Expert panel discussions and keynotes will address significant topics and issues in this field. The AICWSSLS-2017 is an international peer reviewed and non-benefit conference. It seeks high-quality, original and non-published papers in (but not limited to) the following Themes:

  • Comparative Linguistic Studies between Aramaic, Syriac, Sureth and Arabic.
  • Comparative Linguistic Studies in Sureth and Kurdish
  • Studies in Aramaic, Syriac and Sureth Literature.
  • Syriac Curricula at the Syriac Department and Public Schools.
  • Studies on Syriac and Sureth Manuscripts.

Keynote speakers

1-Prof. Geoffrey Khan, University of Cambridge

gk101@cam.ac.uk

 

2-Prof. Werner Arnold, University of Heidelberg.

werner.arnold@ori.uni-heidelberg.de

 

Conference Detail

Accommodation

Conference Info

  • The languages of the conference are Syriac, Sureth, and English. Besides, Arabic can be used for those whose mother tongue is Arabic, provided that the Abstract as well as the research are translated into English to be distributed to the foreign audience.
  • The conference organizers will provide for the accommodation and meals of the participating scholars in addition to publishing the approved papers.
  • The presentation of each paper is limited to 20 minutes, in addition to 10 minutes for discussion.
  • Presenters need to send their CVs to the conference organizers.

Accommodation

Guest House

Established in 2009

It consists of 24 suites, each suite contains a bedroom, a bathroom, wc , a kitchen and a sitting room.

There is a big reception hall (lobby) and there are four big halls among suites.

Its also contains a big hall for conferences and meetings.

There is a restaurant for breakfast and tea time.

It is surrounded by a big garden with trees and flowers.

It has big parking area.

It is well protected by governmental security 24 hours a day.

Our directorate receives guests of universities.

Contact Us :

Dr. Tanya Asad Mohamad

Directorate of Guest House

Salahaddin University – Erbil

Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Email: tanya.mohamad@su.edu.krd

Tel: +964 (0) 750 481 2000

Keynote speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

ICET 2021

James Thorton

British Consul General

British Consul-General Erbil…

Advisor Board

Asst. Prof. Dr. Ahmed A. Dezayee, Salahaddin University-Erbil.

President of Salahaddin University-Erbil.

E-mail: ahmed.dezaye@su.edu.krd

 

Asst. Prof. Dr. Saeed O. Ibrahim, Salahaddin University-Erbil.

Dean of Education College

E-mail: saeed.ibrahim@su.edu.krd

 

Keynote speakers

Prof. Geoffrey Khan, University of Cambridge

E-mail: gk101@cam.ac.uk

 

Prof. Werner Arnold, University of Heidelberg.

E-mail: werner.arnold@ori.uni-heidelberg.de

 

Prof. Yousef M. Qozi, Salahaddin University.

Email: yousif.qozi@su.edu.krd

Committees

The 1st Arba’ello International Conference and Workshop on Syriac and Sureth Language Studies “Documenting and Reviving a Mesopotamian Indigenous Language” is organized by Salahaddin University Hawler (SUH) Kurdistan Iraq, College of Education with University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) and University of Heidelberg (Germany). The organizing committee consist of the following members:

Organizing committee:

Asst. Prof. Dr. Saeed O. Ibrahim, College of Education, Salahaddin University

Conference Chairman

Email: :saeed.ibrahim@su.edu.krd

 

Prof. Geoffrey Khan, University of Cambridge

Email: :gk101@cam.ac.uk

 

Prof. Werner Arnold, University of Heidelberg

Email: :werner.arnold@ori.uni-heidelberg.de

 

Asst. Prof. Dr. Habeeb Hanna Mansour, Salahaddin University

Email: habeeb.mansour@su.edu.krd

 

Asst. Prof. Dr. Ariyana Mohammad, Salahaddin University

Email: aryana.mohmad@su.edu.krd

 

Dr. Salam Hakeem, Salahaddin University

Email: :salam.hakeem@su.edu.krd

 

Kawther Askar, Salahaddin University

Email: :kawther.askar@su.edu.krd

 

Nineb Lamassu, University of Cambridge

Email: :ngt23@cam.ac.uk

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Scientific committee:

Prof. Yousef Quzi, Salahaddin University

Prof. Geoffrey Khan, University of Cambridge

Prof. Werner Arnold, University of Heidelberg

Dr. Robin Shamuel, Salahaddin University

Dr. Samer Youhana, Salahaddin University

Kawther Askar, Salahaddin University

Nineb Lamassu, University of Cambridge

Participants

We would like to inform the researchers that their papers have been submitted to the scientific committee for evaluation and we will inform them about the result as soon as possible.

Code Title and presenter
Keynote 1 ‘The dialects of sureth in Iraq’

Geoffrey Khan
Keynote 2 The Modern Aramaic Languages

Werner Arnold/ Heidelberg University
Keynote 3 ܙܕܩ̈ܝ ܐܘܡܬܢ ܘܠܥܙ̈ܝ ܠܫܢܗ݁ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ ܠܐܝܟܐ ܫܪܟ̣ܘ!؟

Yousif Qozi
SY01 Eastern Aramaic Dialects and Western Aramaic Dialects: Common Linguistic Features

Moayad Hussein Munshed
SY02 Synonymy in Syriac

Bahaa Amer Abbood
SY03 The Inseparable Particle ‘d̠’ as a Demonstrative and Relative Pronoun in Semitic Languages

Muhammad Ali Abdulamir
SY04 An early manuscript in a Hakkari dialect of Sureth

Eleanor Coghill
SY05 The Conjugation of Geminate Verbs in Syriac: A Study of three unpublished manuscripts from Berlin International Library

Anmar AbdulJabbar Jassim
SY06 Semantic Divergence of Syriac Lexical Items Sharing a Common Root: A Comparative Semitic Study

Ammar Abdul-Razzaq Khalifa
SY07 4th Century ‘Paradise of Monks’ through a Syriac Translation from the 7th Century in the monastery of Hamartoma.

Parween Badri Tawfiq
SY08 ܩܸܪܝܵܢܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܩܵܠܵܐ ܕ“ܚܹܝܬ̣ “ ܒܲܝܢܵܬ̣ ܐܲܟܵܕܵܝܵܐ ܝܸܡܵܐ ܘܣܘܼܪܹܝܬ̣

Robin Betshmuel
SY09 The Pentaglot Manuscript Of Paul’s Epistles in Ambrosiana Librar MS B 20 inf.

Ali Faraj
SY10 The Processes of Word Formation in Semitic Languages

Haider Hasan Obaid
SY11 Changes of Emphatic Consonants in Van Neo-Aramaic

Ivan Sarkisov
SY12 Semantic Approximation of the Syriac Mid-Vowel and the Geminate Verbs: A Comparative Lexical Study

Mohammed Radhy Zower
SY13 Differences between Midyat and village dialects of Ṭuroyo: The basic lexicon

Sergey Loesov
SY14 Towards a historical morphosyntax of Syriac: preliminary results of the “Verb in Classical Syriac and Ṭuroyo

Maksim Kalinin
SY15 The Relationship of the Qur’anic Text to the Cultural Environment which it Interacted with and how to Work with it (Ibrahim as an example) 

Yousef Kouriyhe
SY16 The Etymology of Syriac ‘Sobo’ from the Sumerian ‘AB.BA’ and Akkadian ‘Šību’: a New Etymological Approach

Mehmet Sait TOPRAK
SY17 Lexicological examination of Carl Eduard Sachau’s manuscript of Sachau 250

Ferhat Demiralp
SY18 ܓܫܪܐ ܒܝܢ ܗ̄ܘ ܠܫܢܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܠܗ̄ܘ ܥܬܝܩܐ: ܟܬ̥ܰܒ̥ܬܐ ܬܪܝܨܬܐ ܕܣܘܪܝܬ :ܡ݄ܢ ܘ݄ܠܡ݄ܢܘܐܝܕܪܒܐ

Abdul-Masih Saadi
SY19 Rabi William Daniel’s Qatine: A Linguistic Analysis

Nineb Lamassu
SY20 Arabic Loan Words in the Sureth Dialect of Ankawa

Salam N. Hakeem
SY21 A Comparative Study of Syriac and Kurdish Phonetic Systems based on a Manuscript from Early 20th Century

Samer Soreshow Yohanna
SY22 ܚܠܦ ܫܡܗ̈ܐ ܣܒ̣ܝܣ̈ܐ ܒܠܥܙܐ ܕܐܪܥܡܘܬܐ

Kawther N. Askar
SY23 The Morphology of Pronouns in the NENA Dialect of Aqra (NADA)

Aziz Emmanuel Zebari
SY24 Syriac Recitation between Jewish and Islamic Tradition

Rebekka Nieten
SY25 The tradition of reciting the Bible with a tune is very ancient. This kind Development of the Syriac Art of Maqama (musical modes)

Salah Abdel Aziz Mahgoub

 

Important dates

Important Dates

July 15, 2017 1st Announcement and call for papers
July 20, 2017 2nd Call for papers
August 1, 2017 Deadline for submission of abstracts
August 15, 2017 Notification of acceptance/rejection of abstracts
August 20-31, 2017 Deadline for camera-ready papers
September 1, 2017 Deadline for submission of papers
September 8, 2017 Registration and payment at the Cultural and Social Center of Salahaddin University
September 9, 2017  1st day of AICWSSLS 2017 at the Cultural and Social Center of Salahaddin University, Kurdistan, Erbil, Iraq .

Activity Schedule

Schedule of

 1st Arba’ello International Conference and Workshop on Syriac and Sureth Language Studies

 1st AICWSSLS 2017

 Salahaddin University-Erbil, September 9th–11th 2017 

Activity Schedule

Venue: Cultural & Social Center of Salahaddin University

Friday, 8th September, 2017
Registration and Evening Ceremony
17.30 Registration
19.30 Welcome Ceremony starts
19.35 Welcome speech by Dr. Ahmed Anwar Dezaye (3-5 min.)
20.00 Dinner

 

Saturday, 9th September, 2017
Opening Ceremony – Presentations
10.00 Opening ceremony starts with National Anthem and standing in silence
10.05 Speech of Dr. Ahmed A. Dezaye, President of SU
10.15 Speech of Dr. Dr. Yousif Goran, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
10.25 Speech of Dr. Saeed O. Ibrahim, Dean of College of Education
(Conference Chairman)
10.35 Speech of Mr.Kawther N. Askar, Head of Syriac department
10.40 Reading the schedule to the audience (Video presentation)
10.50 Tea break
11.00 Keynote presentation
Prof. Dr. Geoffrey A. Khan
University of Cambridge
12.00 Lunch break
13.30 Group photo
13.45 1st session (3 Presenters)
                  14.45 Tea break
15.00 2nd session(4 Presenters)
19.30 Dinner

 

Sunday, 10th September, 2017

Presentations
09.00 Keynote presentation
Prof. Dr. Werner Arnold
University of Heidelberg
09.45 3rd session (3 Presenters)
10.45 Tea break
11.00 4th session (3 Presenters)
12.00 Lunch break
13.30 5th session (4 Presenters)
14.50 Tea break
15.05 6th session (4 Presenters)
19.30 Dinner
Monday, 11th September, 2017
Presentations – Workshop-Closing Ceremony
09.00 Keynote presentation
Prof. Dr. Yousef Quzi
Salahaddin university
09.45 Visiting ancient places
12.00 Lunch Break
13.30 7th session (4 Presenters)
14.50 Tea break
15.30 Workshop
19.30 Closing ceremony and Dinner

 

Sessions

9th september, 2017

9th september, 2017
Time Presenter
11.00 Keynote presentation
Prof. Dr. Geoffrey A. Khan
University of Cambridge
12.00 Lunch break
13.30 Group photo

 

1st session 9th september, 2017 Chairperson: Mr.Nineb Lamassu
Time Presenter
13.45 Eleanor Coghill/ University of Uppsala
14.10 Samer Soreshow Yohanna
14.35 Parween Badri Tawfiq
2nd session 9th september, 2017 Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Geoffrey Khan
Time Presenter
15.15 Anmar AbdulJabbar Jassim / Qadisiyah University
15.40 Ferhat Demiralp
16.05 Ali Faraj
16.30 Salam N. Hakeem

 

10th september, 2017

3rd session 10th september, 2017 Chairperson: Dr. Samer Soreshow Yohanna
Time Presenter
9.00 Keynote presentation
Prof. Dr. Werner Arnold
University of Heidelberg
9.45 Mohammed Radhy Zower
10.10 Mehmet Sait Toprak
10.35 Haider Hasan Obaid / University of Baghdad

 

4th session 10th september, 2017 Chairperson: Dr. Eleanor Coghill
Time Presenter
11.15 Ivan Sarkisov/ Yuri Mitrov-Shimko, RSUH
11.40 Nineb Lamassu
12.05 Moayad Hussein Munshed / University of Baghdad

 

5th session 10th september, 2017 Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Werner Arnold
Time Presenter
13.45 Sergey Loesov
14.10 Robin Betshmuel / Salahadddin University-Erbil
14.35 Maksim Kalinin
15.00 Abdul-Masih Saadi/ Baylor University

 

6th session 10th september, 2017 Chairperson: Mr.Kawther N. Askar
Time Presenter
15.40 Rebekka Nieten
16.05 Yousef Kouriyhe/ Berlin
16.30 Muhammad Ali Abdulamir/ University of Baghdad

 

11th september, 2017

Time Presenter
9.00 Keynote presentation
Prof. Dr. Yousef Quzi
Salahaddin University-Erbil
09.45 Visit historic places

 

7th session 11th september, 2017 Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Abdul Masih Saadi
Time Presenter
13.30 Bahaa Amer Abbood / University of Baghdad
13.55 Ammar Abdul-Razzaq Khalifa /University of Baghdad-
14.20 Aziz Emmanuel Zebari / Salahadddin University-Erbil
14.45 Kawther N. Askar / Salahadddin University-Erbil

Workshop

15.30PM Chairperson: Dr. Salam Hakeem

Documenting and Reviving a Mesopotamian Indigenous Language

Registration and Fees

Welcome to the ICET School Registration Page

As a participating school, you are recommended to announce these two days as Continuing Professional Development days in your school and encourage as many teachers as possible to attend the conference.

ICET Organizing Committee will issue a special print certificate of appreciation for your school. Besides, the schools nominated as “Participating Schools” will be able to ask to print certificates of attendance for their teachers free of charge.

ICET certificates of attendance are issued digitally for individual participants.

Besides, the schools nominated as “Participating Schools” are also mentioned on the ICET website for their reference.

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Should you be interested in participating in ICET as a “Participating School”, please kindly complete the form below.

Important Note: Please note that your teachers must still register for the conference individually from

Participant Registration Form

 

  • Registration will start at 05:30pm on Saturday, 08/09/2017, at the Cultural and Social Center of Salahaddin University-Erbil.
  • The conference will start at 10:00am on Sunday, 09/09/2017, and end on Tuesday evening, 11/09/2017. Departure from the hotel will be on Wednesday, 12/09/2017.

Registration

Please complete the following form to register at the conference.

Registration Fees

Standard Conference Rates
Researcher 50 USD
Participant 25 USD

 

The registration fee includes
for authors for listeners
– Paper presentation – Attendance to all sessions
– Proceeding book – Conference program
– Attendance to all sessions – Name badge
– Conference program – Certificate of attendance
– Name badge – Coffee breaks
– Certificate of Presentation / Attendance
– Conference bag
– Lunches and coffee breaks

SPONSORS

Sponsors

First Arba’ello International Conference and Workshop on Syriac and Sureth Language Studies

September 9th – 11th, 2017

Erbil, Kurdistan – Iraq

 

The Syriac department of the college of Education, Salahaddin University in collaboration with University of Cambridge and University of Heidelberg are holding the 1st International Conference of college of education, Salahaddin University – Erbil on Syriac and Sureth language studies (AICWSSLS-2017) which is to be held in the Cultural and Social Center of Salahaddin University-Erbil, Kurdistan Region-Iraq.

 

The aim of the conference is to facilitate and provide an opportunity to exchange of knowledge and to share views and experiences in the fields of Syriac and Sureth language Studies. Expert panel discussions and keynotes will address significant topics and issues in this field.

 

Sponsorship Package

Sponsorship Benefits Checked
VIP seat at the event in addition to lunch tickets.
Prominent sponsor recognition and logo listed on the event’s marketing & promotional collateral: flyers, posters and banners.
Logo on the event agenda distributed on the audience and VIP guests.
Sponsor recognition and  hyperlink on the event’s website
Mention of gratitude at start of the event from host.
Opportunity for booth or sponsored space outside of auditorium to display product/services

 

Contact us

Contact Us

For further information and other inquiries please contact the conference coordinators:

Dr. Salam Hakeem, Salahaddin University, Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq.

Email : salam.hakeem@su.edu.krd

Mobile: +964 (0)750 449 7838

 

Nineb Lamassu, University of Cambridge.

Email : ngt23@cam.ac.uk

Website : http://aicssl.su.edu.krd