Monday 11 September
09:30-13:30 | Registration | Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology |
09:30-10:30 | Inauguration of Nineveh Academic Chair Congress | Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology.
Inaugural conference: Efrem Yildiz | Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology. |
10:30-11:30 | Coffee break |
11:30-12:30 | Language Panel: Conference: Moderator: Efrem Yildiz | Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology. Geoffrey Khan, University of Cambridge. The Classification of the Modern Assyrian Neo-Aramaic dialects. |
12:30-13:10 | Conference| Moderator: Shabo Talay |Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology. Samir Khoshaba, Linnaeus University.Transmissions in different machines as an example of development of the Assyrian language in the field of mechanical engineering. |
13:10-13:50 | Conference| Moderator: Efrem Yildiz |Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology. Vega García González, University of Salamanca.The development of Late Eastern Aramaic Studies in Europe. |
14:00-15:45 | Spanish Wine Welcome Lunch |
16:00-16:40 | Conference| Moderator: Efrem Yildiz |Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology. Michael Abdalla, University of Poznan.Linguistic image of the body in the Tur Abdin dialect. |
16:40-17:20 | Conference| Moderator: Geoffrey Khan |Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology. Shabo Talay, Freie Universität Berlin.Turoyo/Surayt a Peripheral Dialect of NENA? Reflections on the Eastern Neo-Aramaic Dialect Continuum. |
17:20-17:50 | Conference| Moderator: Geoffrey Khan |Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology. Mikhael Benjamin, Nineveh Centre for Minority Rights, Duhok.Documentation of Assyrian dialects, Nahla dialect as a case study. |
17:50-18:20 | Conference| Moderator: Eve Georges Sada |Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology. Susan Khoshabah, University of Salamanca.Symbols of ancient Assyrians in Assyrian literature after Christianity. |
18:20-19:45 | City Walk |
20:00-21:30 | Dinner |
Tuesday 12 September
09:30-12:30 | Registration | Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology |
09:30-10:10 | ASSYRIAN IDENTITY Panel| Conference | Moderator: Efrem Yildiz. Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology. Aryo Makko, Stockholm University. Assyrian Youth Activism in the Western Diaspora: Roads to Salvation, Perdition or Nowhere? |
10:10-10:50 | Conference | Moderator: Efrem Yildiz.Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology. Shana Zaya, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.Assyria, Identity, and Empire. |
10:50-11:20 | Coffee break |
11:20-12:00 | Conference | Moderator: Aryo Makko.Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology. Nicholas Al-Jeloo, Duhok UniversityUniversity.Exploring Psychological Reasons for the Rejection of Assyrian Identity. |
12:00-12:40 | Conference | Moderator: Nicholas Al-Jeloo.Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology. Zeitoun Hadad, Midyat/Tur.Abdin. How do we enquire our identity, a work of the Assyrian identity. |
12:40-13:20 | Conference | Moderator: Efrem Yildiz.Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology. Samira Sare, Bielefeld University.The Protection of Minority Identity as a Human Right, using the example of the Assyrians. |
13:20-14:00 | Conference | Moderator: Efrem Yildiz.Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology. Members of Assyrian Art Institute. Nora Betyousef Lacey, Dalia Ashurina; Omar Bashir, Sargon Youkhana. |
14:00-15:45 | Lunch |
16:00-16:40 | Conference | Moderator: Efrem Yildiz.Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology. Robin Bet Shamuel, Former member of Salahadeen University.The Mother Tongue and Identity. |
16:40-17:20 | Conference | Moderator: Aryo Makko.Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology. Abdul-Massih Saadi, Baylor University.The Syriac Literature in History and Self Identity. |
17:20-18:00 | Conference | Moderator: Efrem Yildiz.Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology. Eve Georges Sada University of Harvard and Lolita Emmanuel, University of Sydney. Preserving and Documenting the Assyrian Musical Legacy: A Valuable Contribution to the Global Cultural Heritage. |
18:00-18:30 | Coffee break | Hospedería |
18:30-20:30 | Assyrian Art | Moderator: Efrem Yildiz.Amphitheatre Juan de Encina/University of Salamanca. Assyrian Art Institute: Nora Betyousef Lacey, Dalia Ashurina Assyrian Music Concert. |
20:30 | Dinner |
Wednesday 13 September
09:30-10:10 | ASSYRIAN IDENTITY Panel| Conference | Moderator: Efrem Yildiz. Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology. Etlal Al Kass Hanna, Alhamadanya University. Identity struggle and biblical prophecies: The Great Middle East and the Prophecy of the Egyptian-Assyrian-Israeli Alliance. |
10:10-10:50 | Conference | Moderator: Shabo Talay.Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology. Abdulmesih Bar Abraham, Mor Afrem Foundation.Missionary Activities in the Vilyat of Diyarbakir: An Overview. |
10:50-11:20 | Coffee break |
11:20-12:00 | Conference | Moderator: Samir Khoshaba.Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology. Rony Beth Yawalaha, PhD Freie Berlin University.The Literature of Durekyatha and their Starting. The Example of Mar Khnanisho of Rustaqa. |
12:00-12:40 | Conference | Moderator: Shabo Talay.Aula Magna/Faculty of Philology. Lawrence Nader, Zakho University.Panqitha Journal 1951-1953 a Study in Content. |
12:40-13:20 | Conference | Moderator: Eve Georges SadaAula Magna/Faculty of Philology. Kristina Beniaminova, Russian State University for the Humanities.Object markers in Modern Assyrian Aramaic dialect of Ṭal. |
13:20-14:00 | Conference | Moderator: Efrem YildizAula Magna/Faculty of Philology. Michel Shamoon-Pour, Binghamton University.Assyrian Identity in the Genomic Era: What Paleogenomics and Population Genetics Can and Cannot Tell Us. |
14:00-15:30 | Lunch |
16:00-16:40 | Conference | Moderator: Efrem YildizAula Magna/Faculty of Philology. Alda Benyamen, Berkeley University.Assyrians in Iraq: History, Politics and Archives. |
16:40-17:20 | Conference | Moderator: Efrem YildizAula Magna/Faculty of Philology. Sargon Donabed, Roger Williams University.An Overview of Assyrian History Through a Lens of Assyrian Studies: Obstacles, Theories, and Narrative. |
17:20-18:30 | NAC General Assembly: Present and Future of NAC Projects and constitution of the Assyrian Academic Council. Closing of the International Congress. |
20:30 | NAC Gala Dinner |