Seminar for Arabian Studies

Thursday 22^nd - Saturday 24^th July 2010

c/o The British Museum, Middle East Department

Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG, England

www.arabianseminar.org.uk

Call for Papers 2010 - Seminar for Arabian Studies Conference

Dear Colleague,

We are very pleased to announce that the Seminar for Arabian Studies Conference will be held at the British Museum from Thursday 22nd - Saturday 24th July 2010.

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). The Proceeding of the Seminar for Arabian Studies is published the following year in time for the next Seminar.

If you wish to offer a paper, please send a 200-word abstract before the 15th of February 2010 for consideration to seminar.arab@durham.ac.uk. Abstracts submitted after the deadline may be accepted, rejected or suggested as a poster contribution at the discretion of the organizers. The abstract must include:

1) the name(s) and full contact details (affiliation(s)) of the contributor(s)

2) the title of the proposed paper

3) set out what the paper intends to cover

4) the approach it will take

5) indicate the significance of the topic

Due to the limited time available for the programme, and the increasing number of abstracts we receive there is no guarantee that all papers will be accepted. As in previous years we can normally only accept one paper from any given project.

All abstracts received by the February deadline will be considered by the Steering Committee in early March and will be selected on the basis of quality, originality, and importance of the topic.

Details of the Seminar will be posted on our website, www.arabianseminar.org.uk, soon and further information will be sent out in April once the provisional programme has been organized.

Yours sincerely,

Dr Ardle Mac Mahon

(Secretary)

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