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The 2009 Seminar for Arabian Studies will be held at the British Museum in London from Thursday 23rd - Saturday 25th July 2009. The Steering Committee is delighted to acknowledge the continued support and generosity of the MBI Al Jaber Foundation and the British Museum.

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.

If you would like to help promote this year's Seminar you can do so by displaying a poster for the Seminar and/or MBI Public Lecture in your Department/Institution. If you would like to have such posters sent to your establishment for future Seminars please contact the Secretary.

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.

Yours sincerely,

The Steering & Editorial Committee

Dr Robert Carter (Chair), Dr Ardle Mac Mahon (Secretary), Andrew Thompson (Treasurer), Janet Starkey (PSAS Editor-in-Chief), Prof. Khaleel Al-Muaikel, Prof. Alessandra Avanzini, Dr Mark Beech, Dr Nadia Durrani, Dr Ricardo Eichmann, Prof. Clive Holes, Dr Robert G. Hoyland, Dr Derek Kennet, Michael C.A. Macdonald, Dr Venetia Porter, Prof Dan Potts, Prof. Christian Robin, Dr St. John Simpson, Prof. Janet Watson & Dr Lloyd Weeks

We look forward to seeing you all in London in 2009 !

For more information about the Seminar for Arabian Studies please email: seminar.arab@durham.ac.uk

The 2008 Seminar for Arabian Studies was held at the British Museum in London from Thursday 24th - Saturday 26th July 2008.

For more information follow one of these links: Final Programme - Abstracts

To view some photographs of participants taken during the reception click here.

*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).

Volumes 19 (1989) to 38 (2008) are now in print again and can be ordered from ArchaeoPress. For an order form click here (pdf - 147 Kb).

Visit also the Index of Volumes 1-36 of the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies

Read the new Instructions for Authors (pdf - 467 Kb) for those submitting papers to the Proceedings of the Seminar.

The Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies is edited by an Editorial Board formed from members of the Steering and Editorial Committee of the Seminar, under Janet Starkey, the Editor-in-chief. All correspondence concerning PSAS should now be addressed to her, via

Janet Starkey, Durham University, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Elvet Riverside, New Elvet, Durham DH1 3JT, U.K. - email: j.c.m.starkey@durham.ac.uk

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This is an online version of the exhibition prepared for the 2005 Seminar for Arabian Studies.