Rolf Strootman, Ortal-Paz Saar
Universiteit Utrecht
| Morning venue: Utrecht University, Drift 13, room 0.04 |
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| 09:30 | Coffee and registration |
| 10:00 | Welcome and introductory remarks Willemijn Waal, Ortal-Paz Saar, Rolf Strootman |
| 10:20-11:20 | Session 1: Assyriology Chair: Rolf Strootman |
| Céline Debourse (Hebrew University of Jerusalem/University of Vienna), Othering and Identity in the Babylonian New Year Festival Texts |
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| Ilan Peled (Leiden University), The Heroic King and His Villainous Rivals: Identity and Othering in Mesopotamian Royal Propaganda |
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| 11:30-12:10 | Session 2: Cultural Interactions Chair: Ortal-Paz Saar |
| Milinda Hoo (University of Freiburg), Between Hellas and Asia: Locating Self and Other in the Research Imagination of Central Eurasia |
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| Lecture cancelled due to illness Marike van Aerde (Leiden University), The Dynamics of Indian Ocean Exchange |
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| 12:10-14:00 | Lunch break (cafés and restaurants available in the vicinity) |
| Afternoon venue: Utrecht University, Drift 21, room 0.32 |
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| 14:00-15:00 | Session 3: Rome and Late Antiquity Chair: Leonard Rutgers |
| Lucinda Dirven (Radboud University), Religious Identity and Othering in Roman Dura-Europos |
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| Korshi Dosoo (Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg), The Representations of Magicians in Christian Literary Texts from Egypt |
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| 15:00-15:20 | Coffee break |
| 15:20-16:45 | Session 4: Next Steps Chair: Willemijn Waal |
| Bert van der Spek (VU Amsterdam, em.), A new edition of the Babylonian Chronicles and Astronomical Diaries from the Hellenistic Period |
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Lightning sessions:
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| NINO BA Thesis Prize award ceremony | |
| Final remarks, closure | |
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.