SYRIAC ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The Journal of the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies 6 (2006) just appeared, containing the following articles:

-Adil al-Jadir, "Numbers and Dating Formulae in the Old Syriac Inscriptions"
-Muriel Debié, "L’héritage de la chronique d’Eusèbe dans l’historiographie syriaque"
-Richard Burgess, "A Chronological Prolegomenon to Reconstructing Eusebius’ Chronici canones: The Evidence of Ps-Dionysius (the Zuqnin Chronicle)"
-Geoffrey Greatrex, "Pseudo-Zachariah of Mytilene: the context and nature of his work"
-Jan van Ginkel, "Michael the Syrian and his Sources: Reflections on the Methodology of Michael the Great as a Historiographer and its Implications for Modern Historians"
-Witold Witakowski, "The Ecclesiastical Chronicle of Gregory Bar‘Ebroyo"

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Members of the CSSS: Your copy will be mailed to you in October.
Join the CSSS and you will receive a free copy of its Journal: US$50.00 per year.
Cost per copy (including mailing):
Individuals: US$35.00
Institutions: US$50.00

To order the Journal of the CSSS, write to:
Canadian Society for Syriac Studies Inc.
Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations
University of Toronto
4 Bancroft Avenue
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5S 1C1

OR

E-mail: csss@chass.utoronto.ca

(From the Hugoye list.)

Also, a call for papers:

Call for Papers

Syriac Studies Symposium V

Syriac as a Bridge Culture
Toronto, Ontario Canada June 25-27, 2007

The (North American) Syriac Studies Symposium gathers scholars, researchers, graduate students, and interested public from all over the world for a three day conference on Syriac studies. Symposium V will take place in Canada for the first time, following four successive symposia in the United States: Providence RI (1991), Washington DC (1995), Notre Dame IN (1999), and Princeton NJ (2003).
Preference will be given to papers or sessions that directly deal with the main theme: The role of Syriac in bridging antiquity with the medieval Near East, ancient Greece with the Islamic civilizations, Christianity with the Far East, etc., in literature, translations, art, architecture and any other relevant field. Other proposals in the areas of Syriac literature, Biblical versions, history, art, archaeology, and theology are also welcome.
As in the past conferences, the Syriac Studies Symposium will jointly convene with the International Forum on Syriac Computing. This forum aims to give those working on computational projects in Syriac the opportunity to share information. Papers on all aspects of Syriac computing are welcomed, including: databases (lexical, bibliographical, catalogues), word processing, fonts, desktop publishing, critical editions, computer aided learning/teaching, software and systems.
Please submit a title and a 250 word abstract if you wish to present a (20 minute) paper. If you wish to propose a session, indicate its theme and participants, and enclose copies of abstracts for the papers. Send your abstract or proposal electronically at the following e-mail, csss@chass.utoronto.ca. The registration form will be mailed to you in the fall.

Address questions concerning papers or sessions:
For Syriac Symposium V to the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies at csss@chass.utoronto.ca.
For the International Forum on Syriac Computing to Dr. George Kiraz: gak@bethmardutho.org.

(Again, posted on the Hugoye list.)