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We are pleased to announce that you can now register to attend the Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology. The conference will be hosted in hybrid format so you may attend in-person or online!
Registration will close on 25th March 2022.
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The Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology is pleased to announce the programme for the 2022 conference. Please see below for details:
The deadline for speakers at the Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology has now been extended until Friday 11th February. Please send your abstracts to opca@orinst.ox.ac.uk by this date!
Please note that the bursary deadline is still Friday 28th January. If you wish to apply for the bursary, please do so by this date.
OPCA 2022 is delighted to announce that we will have a bursary scheme available for the 2022 conference at Wolfson College Oxford.
The bursary consists of £200 for travel as well as three nights’ accommodation at Wolfson College. The number of bursaries available will be confirmed in due course.
Bursaries will be assessed based on quality of application and need.
Application abstracts must demonstrate:
To apply for a bursary, please submit your CV and abstract to: opca@orinst.ox.ac.uk along with a short statement outlining your financial need for a bursary.
The application deadline is 28th January 2022.
Bursary applications will be judged by the bursary panel and the winning applicant/s will be notified in early 2022.
The organisers of OPCA 2022 are delighted to announce that submissions are now open on the theme of ‘Liminality and Hybridity in the Ancient Near East and Beyond’. Please see the full details for submissions below:
CALL FOR PAPERS: OPCA (1-2 APRIL 2022)
ABSTRACT DEADLINE: 28 JANUARY 2022
The organisers of the 10th annual Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology warmly invite all UK, European and overseas students whose research relates to the ancient world (including Assyriology and Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology as well as Anatolian Studies, Biblical Studies, Classics, and Egyptology) to join us in Oxford (or online) for a two-day conference at Wolfson College on 1-2 April 2022 on the theme:
Liminality and Hybridity in the Ancient Near East and Beyond
The theme intends to encourage dialogue about ancient representations (and the subsequent reception) of liminal or ‘in-between’ states, identities and spaces, as well as critical reflection on scholarly use of hybrid or ‘mixed’ categories and approaches. Papers might relate to the following list of headings (though it is not intended to be prescriptive):
Boundaries and intersections
Influence and interaction
Inscribed and uninscribed
Colonisation and decolonisation
Transitions and transformations
Ambiguities in source material and scholarship
The abstract submission deadline is 28 January 2022. Please submit your proposed paper title and a brief abstract (250 words) to opca@orinst.ox.ac.uk. Papers are to be 20 minutes followed by a plenary panel discussion.
The main aim of the conference is to provide a forum for students at the postgraduate and postdoctoral levels to present their research to a group of peers and establish connections across disciplinary and geographical borders.
Although the conference will be a hybrid event, we intend to provide a limited number of bursaries for travel and accommodation for participants attending from outside of the UK. More information will be provided about the number of bursaries and the application process for a bursary in due course.
For more information, and to keep up to date with OPCA, please see our website https://oxfordassyriology.wordpress.com/, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/opcassyriology/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/opcassyriology.
OPCA is delighted to announce its return in April 2022 with the theme ‘Liminality and Hybridity in the Ancient Near East and Beyond’.
Call for papers to follow shortly!
We regret to announce that, due to the situation regarding COVID-19, we have made the decision to postpone the OPCA 2020 conference. At the moment we are looking to reschedule the conference for late September/ early October 2020. We very much appreciate all the applications we have received and we hope you will all still be able to join us. We will make further announcements at a later date, and will re-advertise for bursary and abstracts applications.
We apologise for any inconvenience and look forward to seeing you later in the year.
Registration for the 9th Annual Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology is now open!
Follow the link to our online registration:
We look forward to welcoming you to Wolfson College, Oxford.
OPCA team.
CALL FOR PAPERS: OPCA 17TH-18TH APRIL 2020
ABSTRACT DEADLINE: 28TH FEBRUARY 2020
BURSARY DEADLINE: 14TH FEBRUARY 2020
The organisers of the 9th annual Oxford Postgraduate in Conference in Assyriology are excited to announce that the theme of this year’s OPCA will be:
The Ancient Near East: Cultures in Contact
The aim of OPCA 2020 is to reflect on the importance of the ANE and its impact on the wider ancient world. We warmly invite all UK, European, and overseas students whose research relates to the field of Assyriology to join us in Oxford for a two-day conference at Wolfson College, 17th-18th April 2020. This year, we also extend our invitation to postgraduates from other disciplines whose research overlaps with Assyriology (incl. Classicists, Anatolian Studies, Biblical Studies etc.). Our aim is to provide a forum for students at the postgraduate and post-doctorate levels to present their research to a group of peers and to establish connections with colleagues.
We are accepting papers related to the following subjects, with the theme of Influence, Adaptation, Comparison, Connectivity:
NE Literature and the Mythologies of Nearby Cultures
Mind and Body
Communication and Transmission
Perceptions and Receptions
Language Contact
Boundaries and Margins
The abstract submission deadline is Friday 28th February 2020. Please submit your proposed paper title and a brief abstract (250 words) to opca@orinst.ox.ac.uk. Papers are to be 20 minutes followed by a plenary panel discussion.
BURSARIES
This year we have three travel and accommodation bursaries available for participants attending from universities outside of the UK. These will be selected by a bursary committee (TBC). The awards will consist of a travel stipend of up to £200 and accommodation for 2 nights at Wolfson College for the duration of the conference.
To apply for a bursary, please submit your proposed paper title, abstract (250 words), CV and a cover letter to opca@orinst.ox.ac.uk by Friday 14th February 2020.
The organisers of the 9th Annual Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology are excited to announce that OPCA will take place on the 17th-18th April 2020, at Wolfson College, Oxford.
A call for papers for session presentations and panelists will soon be announced, as well as applications for bursaries!
OPCA 2020 team.
We would also like to say a big thanks to Wolfson College Ancient World Research Cluster and Wolfson College, Oxford for generously sponsoring and hosting this year’s OPCA!!
The Cluster’s areas of expertise cross a wide range of disciplines, geography, and periods from pre-history to around 1000 AD, and include Syriac studies, Assyriology, Indo-Iranian Philology, Sanskrit, linguistics, archaeological science, Classical Greek and Roman art and archaeology, and more!
The Cluster runs a variety of events and offers funding opportunities throughout the year, generously supported by a gift from Baron Lorne Thyssen.
More information here: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/clusters/ancient-world
We would also like to thank the London Centre for the Ancient Near East for generously sponsoring OPCA 2019!
LCANE organises a regular seminar series at SOAS. They promote London and surrounding areas as a centre for the study of the ancient Near East.
They ” aim to create a centre to establish closer relations between colleagues with interests in the Ancient Near East on the staff of the various academic institutions in and around London; to act as a focus for all people with the same interests who are otherwise based in London or who are visiting; to publicise as widely as possible all activities in London relating to the Ancient Near East. In particular it seeks to produce for members a periodic list of public lectures, seminars and other events in London that bear on Ancient Near Eastern topics; to act as a forum in London for seminars, conferences and international meetings; to campaign to make University of London libraries more accessible for non-university scholars; and to raise generally in London public perception of the Ancient Near East” .
More information on their website: http://banealcane.org/lcane/
We are pleased to announce that BISI is a major sponsor of this year’s OPCA (The Eighth annual Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology)! The British Institute for the Study of Iraq funds and carries out research and public education on Iraq. They offer a range of grants for research projects and conferences. BISI funds and organises lectures, study days, and other public events in London, elsewhere in the UK, and Iraq.
They also help to support, re-train, and re-equip the cultural heritage professionals of Iraq.
www.bisi.ac.uk
To find out how to become a member, take a look at:http://www.bisi.ac.uk/content/membership
Everyone can become a member of BISI, wherever you live in the world. Joining BISI means that you support our work to promote research and education about the history, society and culture of Iraq.
Membership of BISI also comes with a number of benefits:
The option to subscribe to two peer-reviewed journals:
IRAQ published by Cambridge University Press: subscription includes the annual print journal and access to the electronic archive of IRAQ through Cambridge Journals Online.
International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies IJCIS (print journal published three times per year)
Additional membership benefits include:
Monthly e-bulletins
A 20% discount on BISI publications through Oxbow Books
Priority bookings at our events and conferences
A printed copy of the Annual Report and Accounts, and the Annual Newsletter
Full voting rights at the BISI AGM
INFORMATION FOR BURSARY APPLICANTS:
We will be awarding three travel and accommodation bursaries for participants outside of the UK on a competitive basis. These will be selected through the generous work of the bursary committee: Dr Marie-Christine Ludwig (SOAS), Dr Selena Wisnom (Oxbridge), and Dr Eva Miller (UCL). The awards will consist of a travel stipend of up to £200 and accommodation at Wolfson College for the duration of the conference.
Furthermore, we will award up to four travel bursaries of £25 for students from within the UK, who would otherwise be unable to attend. These aim to strengthen the contacts between students of the Ancient Near East in the United Kingdom, in the hope of intensifying the network of Assyriologists from Oxford and from other UK universities. To be considered for a bursary, please email a cover letter, CV, paper title and abstract (limit 250 words) to opca@orinst.ox.ac.uk by 11th March 2019.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The organisers of the eighth annual Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology (OPCA) warmly invite all UK, European, and overseas students whose research relates to the field of Assyriology to join us in Oxford for a two-day conference at Wolfson College, 26-27 April 2019. Our aim is to provide a forum for students at the postgraduate and post-doctorate levels to present their research to a group of peers and to establish connections with colleagues.
We are pleased to announce that the keynote this year will be given by Dr Kristin Kleber (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), who will be speaking on the religious politics of the Achaemenid rulers of Mesopotamia.
The conference fee of £15 includes refreshments between sessions, lunch both days, and a Saturday evening wine reception. The fee is subsidised and the costs of the conference met by our generous financial supporters: Wolfson College, the Lorne Thyssen Research Fund, the British Institute for the Study of Iraq, and the London Centre for the Ancient Near East.
The abstract submission deadline is 14 March 2019. Please email opca@orinst.ox.ac.uk with your proposed paper title and a brief abstract (limit 250 words). Papers are allotted 20 minutes followed by questions.
Registration of OPCA 2019 is now officially open on the Oxford Online Store. Come and join us!
You can register via the University of Oxford Online Store following this link:
Deadline for bursary submissions: 28 February 2019
General deadline: 14 March 2019
Our email address: opca@orinst.ox.ac.uk
CALL FOR PAPERS: Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology (OPCA)
Wolfson College, University of Oxford
26-27 April 2019
The organisers of the eighth annual Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology (OPCA) warmly invite all UK, European, and overseas students whose research relates to the field of Assyriology to join us in Oxford for a two-day conference at Wolfson College, 26-27 April 2019. Our aim is to provide a forum for students at the postgraduate and post-doctorate levels to present their research to a group of peers and to establish connections with colleagues.
We are pleased to announce that the keynote this year will be given by Dr Kristin Kleber (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), who will be speaking on the religious politics of the Achaemenid rulers of Mesopotamia.
The conference fee of £15 includes refreshments between sessions, lunch both days, and a Saturday evening wine reception. The fee is subsidised and the costs of the conference met by our generous financial supporters: Wolfson College, the Lorne Thyssen Research Fund, the British Institute for the Study of Iraq, and the London Centre for the Ancient Near East.
The abstract submission deadline is 14 March 2019. Please email opca@orinst.ox.ac.uk with your proposed paper title and a brief abstract (limit 250 words). Papers are allotted 20 minutes followed by questions. Successful applicants will be notified by 28 March 2019.
BURSARIES
We will be awarding three travel and accommodation bursaries for participants outside of the UK on a competitive basis. These will be selected through the generous work of the bursary committee: Dr Marie-Christine Ludwig (SOAS), Dr Selena Wisnom (Oxbridge), and Dr Eva Miller (UCL). The awards will consist of a travel stipend of up to £200 and accommodation at Wolfson College for the duration of the conference.
Furthermore, we will award up to four travel bursaries of £25 for students from within the UK, who would otherwise be unable to attend. These aim to strengthen the contacts between students of the Ancient Near East in the United Kingdom, in the hope of intensifying the network of Assyriologists from Oxford and from other UK universities.
To be considered for a bursary, please email a cover letter, CV, paper title and abstract (limit 250 words) to opca@orinst.ox.ac.uk by 28 February 2019. Successful applications will be notified by 28 March 2019.
OPCA 2019 will take place on April 26th-27th at Wolfson College, Oxford. It will be the eighth annual OPCA. A call for papers will be published on this website, on OPCA’s facebook page, on our twitter, and via the Agade mailing list in late January.
OPCA 2019 is generously funded through the Lorne Thyssen Research Fund for Ancient World Topics at Wolfson College, the Wolfson College Academic Committee, and the British Institute for the Study of Iraq (BISI).
Registration:
Registration for OPCA will be open in late January.
Invited speakers:
The committee is delighted to announce that Dr. Kristin Kleber (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) will be delivering the conference keynote on the religious politics of the Achaemenid rulers of Mesopotamia.
Bursary awards:
We will be offering travel and accommodation bursaries on a competitive basis. Bursaries will reimburse candidates up to a certain amount for expenses of travel and accommodation. The selection of candidates will be made by an independent committee comprised of Dr Marie-Christine Ludwig (SOAS), Dr Selena Wisnom (Oxbridge), and Dr Eva Miller (UCL).
Current organising committee:
Lynn-Salammbô Zimmermann (Wolfson College, University of Oxford)
Jill Marcum (Wolfson College, University of Oxford)
William Skelton (St Benet’s Hall, University of Oxford)
Christie Carr (Wolfson College, University of Oxford)
Sinead Manning (Wolfson College, University of Oxford)
Chenghao Tian (Wolfson College, University of Oxford)
Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology 