The Netherlands Institute for the Near East

Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten  -  Institut néerlandais du Proche-Orient

18 Apr 15:30

Quadruple book launch

Antonis Kourkoulakos, Caroline Waerzeggers, Ben Haring, Olaf Kaper

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden: Leemans room (ground floor)

We celebrate the recent appearance of four new books on the Ancient Near East. The authors or editors will give a short introduction this afternoon. The titles presented will not be available for purchase on the spot, but the publishers are providing flyers and/or order sheets.

After the presentations we will proceed to a nearby café (to be determined) to raise a glass. Please join us!

Programme

15:30 Willemijn Waal Welcome
15:35 Antonis Kourkoulakos

Getting Rid of the Interface. East Aegean/Western Anatolia and the Role of Šeḫa River Land and Arzawa/Mira in Late Bronze Age Cultural Interaction

Zaphon, 2023

15:55 Caroline Waerzeggers and Melanie M. Groß

Personal Names in Cuneiform Texts from Babylonia (c. 750–100 BCE). An Introduction

Cambridge University Press, 2024

16:15 Ben Haring

Hieroglyphs, pseudo-scripts and alphabets: their use and reception in Ancient Egypt and neighbouring regions. Cambridge Elements Ancient Egypt in Context

Cambridge University Press, 2023

16:35 Adriaan de Buck, Olaf Kaper

New Reading Book of Middle Egyptian Texts

Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, 2022

16:55   End; drinks at nearby café