Symposium Syriacum: International Congress on Syriac Studies

The Symposium Syriacum is the first periodical international conference to be held on Syriac studies. It has met regularly every four years since 1972.

The next symposium will be held at the University of the Holy Spirit, Kaslik, Lebanon, in 2004. You can learn more about it on our Upcoming Symposium page.
Within a few centuries from its origin, Syriac produced a wealth of literature in all sorts of fields, literary, philosophical, liturgical, scientific, historical, and linguistic, to name but a few.








First Announcment
IX Syriac Symposium
VII Conference on Christian Arab Studies
Lebanon, Monday 20 - Saturday 25 September 2004

We have the honor to announce that the 9th Syriac Symposium and the 7th conference on Christian Arab Studies will take place, as was decided in July 2000 in Sydney, Australia, in Lebanon from Monday 20 to Saturday 25 September, 2004.

These two events are organized jointly by the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (Jounieh) and the CEDRAC of Saint Joseph University (Beirut).

Arrival at Beirut airport is expected in Sunday 19th September for the Syriac Symposium and Wednesday 23rd September for those who want to participate only in the Conference on Christian Arab studies.

We would like to propose as a particular but non-exclusive theme for these two encounters: The dailogue of cultures.

Please confirm the receipt of this announcement and inform us, as soon as possible, of the title of your contribution. We would also like you to inform your colleagues and your students of these two events so that if they want to participate we will extend an invitation to them.

Cordially,

Samir Kh. Samir (cedrac@usj.edu.lb)
Elie Khalife-Hashem
Joseph Obeid, secretary (melto@usek.ed.lb)


P.S.: Please answer with an email to both addresses.