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ARABIASOUTHA GREAT «LOST CORRIDOR» OF MANKIND

2nd International and Interdisciplinary Symposion on South ArabiaIn memoriam Alexander Sima

University of Vienna, 6 – 8 November 2008

CELEBRATING• Th e re-establishment of South Arabian

Studies in Austria• Th e 110th anniversary of the Expedition to

South Arabia by the Imperial Austrian Academy of Sciences

• Th e 100th anniversary of the death of Eduard Glaser, the great pioneer in the exploration of South Arabia in the 19th century

• Th e 80th birthday of Professor Walter Dostal, Austria’s great explorer of South Arabia in the 20th century

• Th e presentation of a memorial volume for Alexander Sima, the hope of Austrian South Arabian Studies, who tragically died during fi eldwork in Yemen in 2004.

www.univie.ac.at/orientalistik

Sponsored by

Österreichisch-Arabische HandelskammerAustro-Arab Chamber of Commerce

Thursday, 6 November 2008

Austrian Academy of Sciences – Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaft en

Welcome address byProf. Herwig Friesinger, Secretary General of the Academy

Presentation “Archives of the Austrian South Arabian Expedition” and the “Eduard Glaser Collection”by Dr. Stefan Sienell, Head of the Archive

Coff ee and cake off ered by the Academy

Opening ceremony

Welcome by Professor Heinz Engl, Vice-Rector of the University of ViennaProfessor Franz Römer, Dean of the Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies

Bashir Mirzo plays South-Arabian music

Keynote addresses byWalter Dostal (Vienna): Problems and future aspects of South Arabian StudiesRoswitha G. Stiegner (Graz/Vienna): South Arabia — A great “lost corridor” of mankindWerner Arnold (Heidelberg): Vom Altsüdarabischen zum Mehri — Alexander Sima in Heidelberg

Friday, 7 November 2008

Welcome by Professor Claudia Römer, Head of the Department of Oriental Studies

Statements byProfessor Andre Gingrich, Cultural and Social AnthropologyProfessor Gebhard Selz, Ancient Near Eastern StudiesProfessor Michael Jursa, Ancient Near Eastern StudiesProfessor Stephan Procházka, Arabic Studies

Chair: P. SteinSaid Al-Said (Riyadh):Die Forschungsergebnisse der Ausgrabungen in Al-Faw, Saudi ArabienAnne Multhoff (Jena): Neue Perspektiven der altsüdarabischen GrammatikGiovanni Mazzini (Pisa): Penal Law in ancient South Arabia

Coff ee break

Chair: S. Al-SaidHorst Kopp (Erlangen): Jemen im Wandel. Biographische Anmerkungen zur geographischen Jemen-ForschungPeter Stein (Jena): Altsüdarabien im Spiegel der Minuskelinschrift enA.Scholan (Sanaa): Neue Inschrift en von Shibam KawkabanHerbert Eisenstein (Vienna): Spezielle Th emen der klassisch-arabischen Literatur aus dem Jemen

Lunch break

Chair: W. ArnoldClive Holes (Oxford): Omani Arabic dialects in their regional contextAndrzej Zaborski (Krakow): Die südarabischen Sprachen in einer afroasiatischen PerspektivePeter Behnstedt (Chipiona): Jemenitische DialekteH. A. Al-Amry (Sanaa): “Athawabit” = “Foundations”. News about culture, development and politics

Coff ee break

Chair: A. ZaborskiErika Bleibtreu (Vienna): Vorislamische Denkmäler im JemenHolger Hitgen (DAI Sanaa): 30 Jahre Forschungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts im JemenNorbert Nebes (Jena): Südarabien nach den großen Tatenberichten aus Sirwah.Yusuf Abdallah (Sanaa): “Al-Musnad“: Aims and projects

Welcome by Dr Alfred Strommer, Treasurer & Coordinator of AACC ActivitiesIce Age Arabia: archaeology, genetics and palaeo-environments along the highway of human evolution by Jeff rey I. Rose (Oxford)Reception off ered by Austro-Arab Chamber of Commerce –

Saturday, 8 November 2008

Welcome by Dr Andreas Fingernagel, Director of the Department of Manuscripts and Old Books

Presentation of the “Glaser Codices“, one of Europe’s most important collections of Yemeni manuscripts by Dr Eva Irblich.

Meeting point: 1:15 p.m.in front of the Academy Building

Dr.-Ignaz-Seipel-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna

1:30 - 3:30 p.m.

5:00 p.m.Small Ceremony Hall

Main Building of the University of Vienna

Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Ring 1, 1010 Vienna

9:00 a.mDepartment of Near Eastern StudiesCampus of the University of Vienna

Spitalgasse 2, Hof 4, 1090 Vienna

Session 1

9:30 - 11:00 a.m.

Session 2

11:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Session 3

2:00 - 3:45 p.m.

Session 4

4:00 - 5:45 p.m.

7:30 p.m.(from 7 p.m.)

Hotel Hilton PlazaSchottenring 11, 1010 Wien

9:30 - 11:00 a.m.Austrian National Library –

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Lesesaal der

Handschrift ensammlung, 2. Stock, Josefsplatz 1, 1010 Wien