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Thursday, March 27, 2008

Fourth International Society for Arabic Papyrology Conference, Vienna, March 26-29, 2009

Fourth International Society for Arabic Papyrology Conference, Vienna, March 26-29, 2009

The fourth ISAP conference will be hosted by the Papyrussammlung of the National Austrian Library in Vienna.

The conference will start on the evening of Thursday, March 26, and continue through Sunday, March 29. The programme will include 20-minute lectures presenting text editions or studies based on documentary material from the Islamic medieval world, workshops in which unedited Arabic documents will be presented, and evening lectures. There will also be the opportunity to visit the Papyrussammlung and the Papyrusmuseum in the National Library.

We invite the submission of abstracts of 150 words in electronic format by July 1, 2008, to cornelia.roemer{at}onb.ac.at or petra.sijpesteijn{at}irht.cnrs.fr.

The final programme should be known by September 2008.

Source: Papy-L