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LATEST NEWS * As
usual we have a very full Seminar and a Provisional Programme
is now available [click here
to download a pdf version of the Provisional Programme]. Paper
abstracts and details of Speakers and Posters
submitted are also available. On the morning of Friday the 24th the Seminar will run parallel Sessions. There will be a Focus Session on 'Current Fieldwork in Qatar' and a Special Session on 'The Development of Arabic as a Written Language'. In the afternoon there will be a Special Workshop on ' The Development of Arabic as a Written Language'. The purpose of the workshop is to develop discussions resulting from the Special Session and related papers. Seminar Participants are also invited to bring photographs of particular inscriptions, manuscripts, documents, coins and objects of relevance to the subject of the Special Session. If you wish to present such an item please contact the Secretary [ email: seminar.arab@durham.ac.uk] well in advance with details of the object and how you wish to present it (digital photographs preferred). To register for this year's Seminar, please download and return a registration form by e-mail to the Secretary [ email: seminar.arab@durham.ac.uk]. Alternatively, to request a Registration form by post please contact: Dr Ardle Mac Mahon (Secretary), Seminar for Arabian Studies, The British Museum, c/o Middle East Department, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG, UK. Please return your Registration Form by the 30th June 2009. The Steering Committee welcomes appropriate posters for presentation at the Seminar. To offer a Poster for this year's Seminar please download and return a Poster Registration form by e-mail to the Secretary [email: seminar.arab@durham.ac.uk] by the 30th June 2009. Posters will be placed in screens approximately 1.8m tall and 1m wide, so size your presentation accordingly. All speakers must complete and submit a Speaker's Form as soon as possible. The Seminar has available a very limited number of rooms in Ramsay Hall, Student Accommodation. Please do not delay in making your booking as early as possible as rooms are only available on a first come first served basis. Our allocation of accommodation at Ramsay Hall student accommodation is nearly filled. We are currently investigating the possibility of the availability of further rooms. As such, please do not assume that this accommodation is available when returning your registration form and check before making any payment. The cost of bed and breakfast is £37.00 per night. Visit
also a List
of Hotels
in the neighbourhood of the British Museum. The Seminar for Arabian
Studies in NO WAY endorses/supports/recommends or takes responsibility
for any of these establishments. If
you know of anyone who would like to be added to the Seminar mailing
list please ask them to email seminar.arab@durham.ac.uk
and we will be happy to oblige. The 2008
Seminar for Arabian Studies was held at the British Museum in London
from Thursday
24th - Saturday 26th July 2008. *NEW
ISSUE OF PROCEEDINGS PUBLISHED* Click
here to find out more about the newest issue of the Proceedings
of the Seminar for Arabian Studies - Vol 38 (2008). Read
the new Instructions
for Authors (pdf - 467 Kb) for those submitting papers to the
Proceedings of the Seminar. Visit
the Freddie Beeston tribute pages.
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