A new year has started and here is a brand new issue of Mār Šiprim with which to celebrate. Unfortunately, our recurring item ‘In the Spotlight’ will not be featured in this issue, due to some unforeseen circumstances, but we expect to restore this segment in our second issue. For our ‘In the Field’ theme..
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The Satu Qala Project 2010-2013
By: Cinzia Pappi. Since 2010, a combined team from the University of Leiden, the University of Leipzig, and the Salahaddin University of Erbil has been conducting excavations at Satu Qala, the ancient city of Idu (van Soldt 2008). The fieldwork continued in 2013 in cooperation with the University of Pennsylvania
During the General Meeting of the 59th Rencontre in Ghent, a proposal was made to grant Burkhart Kienast honorary membership of the IAA. The proposal was approved and it is with great enthusiasm that the International Association for Assyriology welcomes Burkhart Kienast as its latest honorary member.
2014 marks the debut of the Maureen Kovacs Fund, arising from a generous donation by Dr. Maureen Kovacs. It will offer funds for Assyriologists doing post-doctoral research no later than five years..
At the 2013 Rencontre the names of the first winners of the IAA Prize and of the De Gruyter Dissertation Award were announced (see the Minutes of the meeting). Both competitions have turned out to be..
A new year has started, and February is the month in which membership dues should be paid for the current year (see the IAA website for rules and regulations). We ask you to pay your membership dues for 2014 now. If you omitted to pay dues for earlier years please add these to your remittance.
Minutes of the General Meeting of Members of the IAA held during the 59th RAI in Ghent, Belgium, on Thursday 18 July 2013 16:00 – 17:30h (Auditorium NB1).
As announced at the General Meeting of the last Rencontre, the IAA is working very hard to update their website. Though the old website was fine in the past, it has now become outdated…
Recent Publications September 2013-January 2014