Seminar
for Arabian Studies
About us
The SEMINAR FOR
ARABIAN STUDIES is the only international forum which meets annually
for the presentation of the latest academic research in the humanities
on the Arabian Peninsula (including archaeology, epigraphy, ethnography,
language, history, art etc.) from the earliest times to the present day
or, in the case of political and social history, to the end of the Ottoman
Empire (1922).
Click here to read an Outline History of the
Seminar for Arabian Studies.
Papers read at the Seminar are published in the Proceedings of the Seminar
for Arabian Studies in time for the Seminar of the following year. The
Proceedings therefore contains new research on Arabia and reports of new
discoveries in the Peninsula in a wide range of disciplines.
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 the Editor-in-Chief, Janet Starkey. All correspondence concerning PSAS should be addressed to her, via: Janet Starkey, Honorary
Research Fellow, Department of Archaeology, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K. tel: +44 (0)191 334 1414 - email: j.c.m.starkey @ dur.ac.uk
web: http://www.dur.ac.uk/anthropology/staff/profile/?id=1183
From July 2012, Professor Janet Watson will become the new Editor-in-chief. All correspondence concerning PSAS
from July 2012 onwards should be addressed to her, via Prof. Janet Watson, School of Languages, University of Salford, Maxwell Building, Salford, Greater Manchester M5 4WT, U.K. - tel:: +44 (0)161 295 5990 - fax: +44 (0) 161 295 5335 - email: Enquiries-languages @ salford.ac.uk -
web: http://www.languages.salford.ac.uk/staff/watson.php
Click
here (Acrobat pdf file - 717 Kb) to download the guidelines for authors
who are submitting manuscripts for publication in the Proceedings. You
will require the Adobe Acrobat viewer. If you do not have this please
visit the Adobe
website to download this free program. Authors who would like to publish
their papers in the Proceedings must submit their papers by the 30th September.
The 2010 Seminar for Arabian Studies was held at the British Museum in London from Thursday 22nd - Saturday 24th July 2010.
The 2011 Seminar for Arabian Studies was held at the British Museum in London from Thursday 28th - Saturday 30th July 2011.
The 2012 Seminar for Arabian Studies will be held at the British Museum in London from Friday 13th - Sunday 15th July 2012.
We look forward to seeing you again in London in July 2012.
This event is supported by the MBI Al Jaber Foundation. Visit their website at: www.mbifoundation.com
Dear Colleagues,
We are very pleased to announce that the Seminar for Arabian Studies will again be held at the British Museum in 2012.
If you know of anyone who would like to be added to the Seminar mailing list please ask them to email or write to us and we will be happy to oblige. For further details click here.
Yours sincerely,
The Steering & Editorial Committee
Dr Lloyd Weeks (Chair), Dr Ardle Mac Mahon (Secretary), Janet Starkey (PSAS Editor-in-Chief - until July 2012), Prof. Janet Watson (Future PSAS Editor-in-Chief - from July 2012), Andrew Thompson (Treasurer), Dr Mark Beech (Webmaster), Prof. Khaleel Al-Muaikel, Prof. Alessandra Avanzini, Dr Robert Carter, Dr Nadia Durrani, Dr Ricardo Eichmann, Prof. Clive Holes, Prof. Robert G. Hoyland, Dr Derek Kennet, Michael C.A. Macdonald, Dr Venetia Porter, Prof Dan Potts, Prof. Christian Robin, & Dr St. John Simpson.
HOW THE SEMINAR IS ORGANISED
HOW TO SUBMIT A PAPER
PUBLICATION
INVITATIONS
The Seminar meets for three days - normally Thursday to Saturday (but in 2012, from Friday to Sunday) - in the second or third week of July each year in London or another British university town. Over 180 people attend the Seminar from all over the Middle East, Europe, and North America as well as India, Pakistan, Australia and Japan and up to 50 papers are now presented each year.
All of the 700-plus
people and institutions on the Seminar's mailing list receive a first
circular and call for papers in November of each year and a second circular
with a provisional programme and booking forms in April. Those who are
not already on the mailing list should write to or email the Secretary.
For further details click here.
Those who wish to give a paper at the Seminar or present a poster display, are asked to submit an abstract of approximately 200 words to the Secretary by the 15th February. As there are usually many more offers of papers than can be accommodated in the programme, the Seminar's Steering Committee has to make a selection and it is seldom possible to accept all those submitted. Owing to the number of papers, each is normally limited to twenty minutes of presentation followed by five minutes for discussion and questions. Wherever possible, papers are grouped thematically and chaired by a specialist in the subject.
Authors of multi-author
papers are asked to select only one of their number to deliver the paper,
though it is hoped that their colleagues will be ready to answer questions
and contribute to the discussion. Owing to the number of papers it is
regretted that only one paper on any single project can usually be accommodated
in the programme in any particular year, although additional material
may be presented in poster displays. Routine annual reports on fieldwork
are discouraged in favour of works of synthesis or communications on particular
aspects of a site or of outstanding discoveries. However, reports every
three or four years on the progress of field projects are very welcome
and there is no limitation on poster displays. Facilities are provided
for poster displays on boards displayed near the lecture hall.
The Proceedings of
each year's Seminar are normally published in time for the following year's
event as the Proceedings of the Seminar for
Arabian Studies. Authors who would like to publish their papers in
the Proceedings must submit their papers by the 30th September following
the Seminar. Guidelines for authors submitting papers can be obtained
by clicking here
(pdf file - 717 Kb).
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 the Editor-in-Chief, Janet Starkey. All correspondence concerning PSAS should be addressed to her, via: Janet Starkey, Honorary
Research Fellow, Department of Archaeology, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K. tel: +44 (0)191 334 1414 - email: j.c.m.starkey @ dur.ac.uk
web: http://www.dur.ac.uk/anthropology/staff/profile/?id=1183
From July 2012, Professor Janet Watson will become the new Editor-in-chief. All correspondence concerning PSAS
from July 2012 onwards should be addressed to her, via Prof. Janet Watson, School of Languages, University of Salford, Maxwell Building, Salford, Greater Manchester M5 4WT, U.K. - tel:: +44 (0)161 295 5990 - fax: +44 (0) 161 295 5335 - email: Enquiries-languages @ salford.ac.uk -
web: http://www.languages.salford.ac.uk/staff/watson.php
INVITATIONS
Invitations to attend the Seminar and/or to give a paper can be issued
on request to enable participants to obtain leave from their academic
institutions and/or to obtain visas. However, invitations to give a paper
can only be issued after an abstract has been submitted and accepted.
In addition the Seminar is run on a largely voluntary basis and is non-profit-making.
It is therefore unable to offer financial assistance for travel or accommodation
or to waive the conference fee.
Dr. Lloyd Weeks, Chairman
October 2011
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