Assyrian language, History and Culture.

At this first international Congress the experts will address three main themes: Assyrian language, History and Culture.

The aim of this Congress is to continue working in the scientific field that the Assyrian people need most: Education in its linguistic, historical and cultural aspects.

The Nineveh Chair has these three areas as the main pillars of its research initiative. Invited experts in the three mentioned fields are chosen to discuss and present the topics covered in the Programme. Participants will have the opportunity to attend lectures and panel discussions that will shed much light on the three main topics of the conference. We aim to provide an innovative insight into historical, linguistic and cultural aspects of the Assyrian people as a whole. The venue for the congress is the University of Salamanca, which created the Nineveh Academic Chair to promote the study of the Assyrian linguistic, historical and cultural legacy. Below, we provide you with detailed information about the Congress.

Programme

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09:30-12:30 Registration | Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology
09:30-10:30 Inauguration of Nineveh Academic Chair Congress | Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology.
Ricardo Rivero Chancellor of the University
Efrem Yildiz, Vice-Chancellor of the University
Manuel González, Dean of the Faculty of Philology
Inaugural conference: Efrem Yildiz | Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology.
The Innovation Process of the Modern Assyrian Aramaic Language.
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:00 Conference: Moderator: Efrem Yildiz | Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology.
Geoffrey Khan, University of Cambridge.
The Modern Assyrian Aramaic Dialects and the urgent need to document them.
12:00-13:30 Conference | Moderator: Shabo Talay | Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology.
Samir Khoshaba, Linnaeus University. Examples of New Assyrian words coined in the field of Mechanical Engineering.
Edmun Gabriel, The Coining new Assyrian words.
13:30-15:00 Lunch.
16:00-17:00 Conference | Moderator: Efrem Yildiz | Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology
Michael Abdalla, University of Poznan, Assyrian writers and their works on the list of Metropolitan Mār ‘Abdīšōʻ (13th century).
17:00-18:00 NAC Round Table on Assyrian Language
Moderator: Efrem Yildiz | Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology.
Shabo Talay
Michael Abdalla
Nicholas Al-Jeloo
Robin Bet Shmuel
Samir Khoshaba.
18:15-19:45 City Walk.
20:00-21:30 Spanish Wine Welcome Dinner.
09:30-12:30 Registration | Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology.
09:30-10:30 HISTORY Panel| Assyrian late history.
Conference. Moderator: Efrem Yildiz. Aula Magna Faculty of Philology
Robin Bet Shmuel, University of Erbil, Syriac Heritage and Identity.
10:30-11:00 Coffee break.
11:00-12:00 Conference | Moderator: Efrem Yildiz | Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology.
Aryo Makko, Stockholm University. Exodus, Revival, Oblivion: A Global History of the Assyrian Diaspora
12:00-13:00 Conference | Moderator: Alda Benyamen | Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology.
Nicholas Al-Jeloo, Kadir Has Istambul University. Assyrian Heritage Preservation Strategies in Turkey.
13:30-15:00 Lunch.
16:00-17:00 Conference: Assyrian Modern History. Moderator: Efrem Yildiz | Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology.
Shabo Talay, Freie Universität Berlin. The expulsion of the Khabur Assyrians by IS in 2015.
17:00-18:00 Conference: Assyrian Modern History. Moderator: Shabo Talay | Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology.
Sargon Donabed, Roger Williams University. An Overview of Assyrian History Through a Lens of Assyrian Studies: Obstacles, Theories, and Narrative.
18:00-18:30 Coffee break | Hospedería.
18:30-19:30 Round Table and Communications upon Assyrian Modern History.
Moderator: Efrem Yildiz| Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology.
Shabo Talay
Aryo Makko
Sargon Donabed
Alda Benyamen
Anahita Khosroeva
Susan Yousef Koshaba.
20:00 Dinner.
09:30-10:30 CULTURE and LITERARY Panel Assyrians in Diaspora and in Assyria.
Conference: Moderator: Efrem Yildiz | Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology.
Alda Benyamen, Berkely University. Assyrians in Modern Iraq: Negotiating Political and Cultural Space.
10:30-11:00 Conference: Moderator: Alda Benyamen | Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology.
Anahit Khosroeva, University of Yerevan. Crime Against Humanity and Civilization: The Ottoman Genocide of the Assyrians.
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12:30 Conference: Moderator: Samir Khoshaba | Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology.
Eve Georges Sada, University of Oklahoma. The Assyrian Liturgical Music.
12:30-13:30 Round Table and Communications.
Moderator Efrem Yildiz | Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology.
Shabo Talay
Alda Benyamen
Eve Georges Sada
Anahit Khosroeva
Samir Khoshaba
Susan Yousef Khoshaba
13:30-15:30 Lunch.
16:00-17:00 Conference: Moderator: Efrem Yildiz | Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology.
Abdulmesih Bar Abraham, Augsburg. The first Assyrian Publication in Germany.
17:00-18:30 NAC General Assembly: Present and Future of NAC Projects and constitution of the Assyrian Academic Council.
Closing of the International Congress
20:30 NAC Gala Dinner.

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