30
Jan
2020

Magic, rituals and cult in the ancient Near East

NINO Annual Meeting
University of Amsterdam
9:45-18:30 hrs
Ilan Peled
Mandaean incantation bowl, NINO inv. no. LB 3503 (NINO Annual Meeting 2020 campaign image)

2nd NINO Annual Meeting

NINO’s Annual Meeting (in Dutch: de jaarlijkse NINO-dag) is held every year at the end of January. It offers an opportunity for advanced students and researchers of the ancient Near East in the Netherlands to meet and exchange ideas about ongoing and envisioned research projects. The Meeting is co-organised by NINO and an alternating host institution.

Practical details

  • Date: Thursday 30 January
  • Organisation: Dr. Ilan Peled (UvA)
     
  • Venue: University of Amsterdam, P.C. Hoofthuis, lecture hall 1.05
  • Theme: Magic, rituals and cult in the ancient Near East
  • Admission: free, no advance registration required

Program

09:45-10:15 | Registration, coffee
10:15-10:30 | Opening words

10:30-12:30 | Session 1: Mesopotamia and the Cuneiform World
• Andrew George (SOAS University of London): “Mythical Time in Mesopotamian Incantations”
• Daniel Schwemer (University of Würzburg): “Any Evil, a stalking ghost, and the ox-headed demon”
• Karel van der Toorn (UvA): “Celebrating New Year in the Ancient Near East”
• Ilan Peled (UvA): “The Scapegoat Ritual in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible”

12:30-13:30 | Lunch break

13:30-15:00 | Session 2: Egyptology and Epigraphy
• Kasia Szpakowska (Swansea University): “An iconography of protective Middle and New Kingdom daemons”
• Jacques van der Vliet (LU/NINO): “Old and new in late antique Egyptian magic”
• Margaretha Folmer (VU/LU): “A magic lead tablet in Aramaic from Late Antiquity”

15:00-15:30 | Coffee break

15:30-16:30 | Session 3: Project presentations (“lightning”)
• Caroline Waerzeggers + Melanie Gross + Maarja Seire (LU)
• Rolf Strootman (UU)
• Natalie Naomi May (LU)
• Susanna Wolfert-de Vries (UU)
• Elizabeth Hicks (LU/NINO)

16:30-17:00 | NINO Thesis Prizes: award and presentations

17:00-17:30 | Closing words, presentation of NINO Annual Meeting 2021
17:30-18:30 | Drinks (“borrel”)

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