The Seventh North American Syriac Symposium will take place at the Catholic University of America... more The Seventh North American Syriac Symposium will take place at the Catholic University of America, June 21-24, 2015. Held every four years since 1991, the North American Syriac Symposium brings together university professors, graduate students, and scholars from the United States and Canada as well as from Europe, the Middle East, and India, in particular from the State of Kerala. The Symposium offers a unique opportunity for exchange and discussion on a wide variety of topics related to the language, literature, and cultural history of Syriac Christianity, which extends chronologically from the first centuries CE to the present day and geographically from Syriac Christianity’s homeland in the Middle East to South India, China, and the worldwide diaspora. This year’s conference boasts a program of 65 papers plus 4 keynote speakers as well as an evening Forum on Preserving Cultural Heritage.
The Seventh North American Syriac Symposium will take place at the Catholic University of America... more The Seventh North American Syriac Symposium will take place at the Catholic University of America, June 21-24, 2015. Held every four years since 1991, the North American Syriac Symposium brings together university professors, graduate students, and scholars from the United States and Canada as well as from Europe, the Middle East, and India, in particular from the State of Kerala. The Symposium offers a unique opportunity for exchange and discussion on a wide variety of topics related to the language, literature, and cultural history of Syriac Christianity, which extends chronologically from the first centuries CE to the present day and geographically from Syriac Christianity’s homeland in the Middle East to South India, China, and the worldwide diaspora. This year’s conference boasts a program of 65 papers plus 4 keynote speakers as well as an evening Forum on Preserving Cultural Heritage.
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