Seminar for Arabian Studies

Seminar 2010

The 2010 Seminar for Arabian Studies was held at the British Museum in London from Thursday 22nd - Saturday 24th July 2010.

This was supported by the MBI Al Jaber Foundation. Visit their website at: www.mbifoundation.com

Seminar for Arabian Studies 22-24 July 2010 (British Museum, London, U.K.)

Dear Colleagues,

This is a reminder that this year's Seminar for Arabian Studies takes place at the British Museum in London from 22-24 July 2010.

CLICK HERE (pdf - 212kb) to download the provisional programme, or for the Full List of Abstracts - click here.

Registration forms:

Speaker Form (Microsoft Word - 59Kb) - please return to seminar.arab@durham.ac.uk by 30 April 2010.

Poster Form (Microsoft Word - 55Kb) - please return to seminar.arab@durham.ac.uk by 30 June 2010.
Please take note of the Poster Guidelines (Microsoft Word - 50Kb)

Registration/Accommodation Form (Microsoft Word - 114Kb) - please return to seminar.arab@durham.ac.uk by 30 June 2010.

For those who wish to make their own arrangements for accommodation, there are many Hotels within easy walking distance of the British Museum. The following are reasonably priced. Please contact them to check for the latest prices.

Yours sincerely,

Dr Ardle MacMahon (Secretary, Seminar for Arabian Studies)

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME:

THURSDAY 22nd JULY 2010 (BP Lecture Theatre)

09:00-9:45 - Initial Registration (registration will continue for the duration of the Seminar)

09:45 - Welcome - TBA

Late pre-Islamic
Chair: St John Simpson (TBC)

09:55 - PHILLIPS, Carl (CNRS, UMR 7041, France) - The 1st Century AD fort at ed-Dur (al-dawar)

10:20 - CHARBONNIER, Julien (CNRS, UMR 7041, France) - The Distribution of Retaining Dams over the Western Mountains of South Arabia

Ancient Southern Arabia & the Red Sea
Chair: (TBC)

10:45 - FEDELE, Francesco (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy) - The wall and talus at Baraqish (Jawf, Yemen): a Minaean stratigraphy

11:10-11:40 COFFEE

Chair: Alex Porter (TBC)

11:40 - DE MAIGRET, Alessandro (Università degli Studi di Napoli L'Orientale, Italy) - The two Minaean temples of Yathill/Baraqish (Yemen)

12:05 - PHILLIPSON, David (University of Cambridge, UK) - Relations between southern Arabia and the northern Horn of Africa during the last millennium BC

12:30 - JAPP, Sarah; GERLACH, Iris; HITGEN, Holger & SCHNELLE, Mike (DAI, Germany) - Yeha and Hawelti - cultural contacts between Saba and D`MT: New research of the German Archaeological Institute in Ethiopia

12:55-14:00 LUNCH

Sasanian-Islamic
Chair: Derek Kennet (TBC)

14:00 - ULRICH, Brian (Shippensburg University, USA) - Uman and Bahrayn in Late Antiquity: The Sasanians' Arabian Periphery

14:25 - PETERSEN, Andrew (University of Wales, Lampeter, UK) - Research on an Islamic period settlement at Ras al-Shairig in Northern Qatar

14:50 - WALMSLEY, Alan; RICHTER, Tobias & WORDSWORTH, Paul (Københavns Universitet, Denmark) - Pearl fishers, Townsfolk, Bedouin and Sheikhs: Economic and Social Relations in Islamic Al Zubarah

15:15 - VOSMER, Tom (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oman); BELFIORETTI, Luca; STAPLES, Eric & GHIDONI, Alessandro (Jewel of Muscat Project, Oman) - The Jewel of Muscat Project: Reconstructing an Early Ninth-Century C.E. Shipwreck

15:40-16:10 TEA

Chair: (TBC)

16:10 - KANA'AN, Ruba (York University, Canada) - Visibly Ibadi: Theological Discourses in the Mosque Architecture of Oman

16:35 - DE BLOIS, François (SOAS, UK) - Some rare historical manuscripts relating to Islamic Yemen

17:00 - ROBERTSON, Paul (University of Westminster, UK) - Saci - A Rite of 'Passage'?


Group Photograph of Participants in the Great Hall
Please could everyone gather on the Eastern Stairs of the Great Hall for a group photograph at 17:30 or after the last lecture


The MBI Al Jaber Public Lecture - Pearls and the Shaping of the Persian Gulf
Dr Robert Carter (Oxford Brooks University, UK)
18:30 - BP Lecture Theatre

FRIDAY 23rd JULY 2010

Parallel Session - BP Lecture Theatre
Environment
Chair: Mark Beech

09:30 - Macumber, Phillip (Phillip Macumber Consulting Services, Australia) - A Geomorphologic and Hydrological Underpinning for Archaeological Research in Northern Qatar

09:55 - Breeze, Paul & Cuttler, Richard (University of Birmingham, UK) - Remote archaeological prospection in Qatar; results of the 2008-2010 seasons

10:20 - Cuttler, Richard; Gearey, Ben (Birmingham University, UK); Al-Naimi, Faisal (Qatar Museums Authority, Qatar) & Krawiec, Kristina (Birmingham University, UK) - Assessing the value of palaeoenvironmental data for understanding the prehistoric landscape of northeastern Qatar

10:45 - Galletti, Christopher (Arizona State University, USA) - Water or geomorphology? Spatial analysis of prehistoric sites in Dhofar, Oman

11:10-11:40 COFFEE

Chair: Robert Carter

11:40 - Magee, Peter (Bryn Mawr College, USA) - When was the dromedary camel first used for transport and trade in the Ancient Near East?

Neolithic

12:05 - Drechsler, Philipp (Universität Tübingen, Germany) & al Hashash, Abdulhamid (Dammam Archaeological Museum, Saudi Arabia) - Beyond the surface. Results and perspectives of recent archaeological investigations at the Neolithic site of Dosariyah, Eastern Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

12:30 - Marcucci, Lapo Gianni (CNRS, UMR 7041, France); Genchi, Francesco & Tosi, Maurizio (Università di Bologna, Italy) - Recent Investigations on the Prehistoric Site of RH-5, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

12:55-14:30 LUNCH

Surveys and diachronic

Chair: Lloyd Weeks

14:00 - GIRAUD, Jessica (CNRS, UMR 7041, France) - Eastern Oman during the proto-historic period: report on five campaigns of survey in the Ja'alan

14:25 - AL-JAHWARI, Nasser Said (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman) - A Model for the Analysis of Quantified Long-term Settlement Trends in Northern Oman Peninsula

14:50 - SHEEHAN, Peter (ADACH, UAE) & POWER, Tim (ADACH, UAE) - Qattara village-A Prehistoric industrial site and the formation of the oasis landscape of Al Ain

15:15 - GLANZMAN, William (Mount Royal University, Canada) - Both Young and Old: Genres of Rock Art in the Wadi Raghwan, and Their Significance

15:40-16:10 TEA

Bronze Age
Chair: TBC

16:10 - RIGHETTI, Sabrina (Université de Paris 1, France) - The transitional period of the 3rd to 2nd millennium BC in Oman: a new approach with an agent based model

16:35 - LAURSEN, Steffen Terp (Aarhus Universitet, Denmark) - Masters of the springs: new evidence of social organization in Early Dilmun, c. 2250-
1750 BC

17:00 - HØJLUND, Flemming (Moesgård Museum, Denmark) - Between the temple and the palace in Tell F6, Failaka, Kuwait: Two seasons of excavation by the Kuwait-Danish Mission 2008-2009

17:25 - ABU-LABAN, Aiysha (Moesgård Museum, Denmark) - New studies in Dilmun stamp seals from Failaka, Kuwait


Parallel Session - Stevenson Lecture Theatre
Arabic Language and Literature
Chair: Janet Starkey (TBC)

09:30 - WATSON, Janet (University of Salford, UK); AL-AZRAQI, Munira (King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia) & NAÏM, Samia (Lacito-CNRS, France) - Lateralised emphatics and lateralised fricatives in the Arabian Peninsula

09:55 - ALZAHRANI, Adel Khamis (University of Leeds, UK) - The Desire for Innovation in Classical Arabic Poetry

10:20 - ELMAZ, Orhan (Universität Wien, Austria) - Khushub Musannada (Q 63:4) and ESA m{s1,s3}nd

10:45 - RODIONOV, Mikhail (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia) - Tribal Versions of Local History in the H/.ad/.ramawt Today

11:10-11:40 COFFEE

Chair: Nadia Durrani (TBC)

11:40 - AL-SAYYED, Waleed (Lonaard & Dar Mimar Group) - The Spatial Morphology of Traditional Houses of Sana'a in Yemen

12:05 - LE MAGUER, Sterenn (Université Paris 1, France) - Typology of incense-burners of the Islamic period

12:30 - UM, Nancy (Binghamton University, USA) - The Red Sea Rawshan: Picturing the Projecting Window in Yemen

12:55-14:30 LUNCH

Session Title
Chair: Janet Watson (TBC)

14:00 - BARKER, Katherine (Bournemouth University, UK) - Aldhelm of Malmesbury; the Seventh century, Syria and the Saraceni

14:25 - AL-HAJRI, Hilal (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman) - Through Evangelical Eyes: American Missionaries to Oman

14:50 - ANDRIYANOVA, Olga (Université Paris 1, France/Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia) - Some observations on women in Omani sources

15:15 - URKEVICH, Lisa (American University of Kuwait, Kuwait) - Musical Practices of Wadi Al Dawasir, Saudi Arabia: Genres and Styles

15:40-16:10 TEA

17:50 - Poster Session

This is an opportunity to meet and discuss the research of those that are presenting posters. Individual contributors will stand next to their posters and informal discussion will continue into the reception.

RECEPTION
18:30 - Clore Centre East

SATURDAY 24th JULY 2010 (BP Lecture Theatre)
Saudi Focus Session
Chair: Venetia Porter (TBC)

09:30 - AL-NAIM, Mashary (University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia) - Historical Mosques in Al-Hassa Region, Saudi Arabia: Typological Study

09:55 - AL-SAUD, Nouf Bint Bin Fahad Bin Abdul Aziz (University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia) - Understanding the origin of Architectural Elements: A Study of the Palaces of Al-Dir'iyyah, Saudi Arabia

10:20 - AL-FAKHIRI, Sawsan (Department of Antiquities of Aqaba, Jordan) - Arts & Industry at Ayla City-Garh Al Mabbyiatt: a Comparison study

10:45 - ALSENAN, Maha (Princess Nora Bint Abdurrahman University, Saudi Arabia) - Local and imported artistic styles in Metal Sculpture from Qayat 'AlFaw'

11:10-11:40 COFFEE

Chair: Michael Macdonald (TBC)

11:40 - AL-RASHID, Saad Bin Abdul Aziz (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) - As-Suwaydrah and its early Islamic Inscriptions

12:05 - AL-THEEB, Solaiman Abd (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia) - A new Nabataean inscriptions from the al-siyg site in Al-Ula Saudi Arabia

12:30 - AL-MALIK, Sami Saleh 'Abd (Cairo University, Egypt) - Inscriptions from the period of the 'Abbasid caliph Al-Mustansir Bellah in Makkah: A Study in History and Archaeology

12:55-14:30 LUNCH

Epigraphy
Chair: Robert Hoyland (TBC)

14:00 - AL-NASARAT, Mohammed (Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Jordan) - Agriculture in sixth century Petra and its hinterland, the evidence from Petra Papyri

14:25 - PRIOLETTA, Alessia (Università di Pisa, Italy) - The Sabaic inscription A-20-216: a new Sabaean-Seleucid synchronism

14:50 - KROPP, Manfred (Universität Mainz, Germany) - Neither Indigo nor feverish sweat: the Thamudic E inscriptions of Madaba and Uraynibah West (Jordan) revisited

15:15 - MARAQTEN, Mohammed (Universität Mainz, Germany) - Cosmogony in ancient Yemen

15:40-16:10 TEA

Chair: TBC

16:10 - STEIN, Peter (Universität Jena, Germany) - The Ancient South Arabian minuscule inscriptions on wood in the collection of the Oosters Instituut at Leiden

16:35 - FRANTSOUZOFF, Serge (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia) - New data on Wâdî 'Idim (Eastern Hadramawt) in pre-Islamic period

17:00 - Closing Address

POSTERS

BLAIR, Andrew (Department of Archaeology, Durham University, UK) - Preliminary results from the Kadhimah Project, Kuwait (December 2009-January 2010)

BORTOLINI, Eugenio (The Institute of Archaeology, UCL, London, UK) - The Hafit-Umm An-Nar Transition: an evolutionary approach

CONDOLUCI, Chiara (Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche del Mondo Antico, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Repubblica Italiana) and PHILLIPS, Carl (CNRS UMR 7041, 'Village à l'état au Proche et Moyen-Orient', Nanterre, République Française) - Basketry from Iron Age Salut (Sultanate of Oman)

MARCUCCI, Lapo Gianni (CNRS, UMR 7041 ArScAn du CNRS Maison de l'Archéologie et de l'Ethnologie, Nanterre, République Française) and USAI, Donatella (Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente, Rome, Repubblica italiana) - More data on Ra's al-Hamra 5 (Oman) prehistoric lithic industry: records from the most ancient recognised phase

MORLEY, Mike (Oxford Brookes Archaeology and Heritage, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK), CARTER, Rob (Oxford Brookes Archaeology and Heritage, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK) and VELDE, Christian (Department of Antiquities and Museums, Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates) - Geoarchaeological investigations at the site of Julfar (al-Nudud and al-Mataf), Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates: preliminary results from the borehole survey

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