Past Events

Presented by GoviB: Odette Boivin and Kristin Kleber organized a panel on "New Research on the city of Babylon" at the 68th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale in Leiden (17 -20 July). The panel took place on Monday, 17th July, 14.30-18.00 and on Tuesday, 18th July from 9.30-11.00.

Presented by GoviB: Invited talk by K. Kleber "Königsbriefe aus und nach Babylonien aus der Mitte des 1. Jahrtausends v. Chr." on the occasion of the conference of the Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics": "Letter Writing and the Representation of Power in Antiquity", 06.07.2023, 14:15-14:45, Stadthotel Münster, Aegidiistraße 21, 48143 Münster.

Hosted by GoviB: Talk by A. Vacek "Der nordsyrische Hafen Al Mina und der Handel mit griechischer Keramik in der Levante ", 29.06.2023, 18:15, RS 52, Rosenstraße 9, 48143 Münster.

GoviB project meeting on the subject "Evaluation of the old excavations in al-Mina and Babylon", 29.06.2023, Münster.

Hosted by GoviB: Talk by G. v. Buylaere (Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg): "Crime and Punishment according to a Neo-Babylonian Document from Babylon", 23.05.2023, 18:15, Hofgebäude RS 2, Rosenstr. 9, 48143 Münster.

Invited talk with masterclass by K. Kleber "Landbesitz in Babylonien im 1. Jahrtausend" at the Department for Assyriology and Hittitology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich as part of the lecture series "Kolloqium zum Alten Orient" in the winter term 2022/23, 31.01.2023.

Invited talk by K. Kleber, "Landbesitz in Babylonien im 1. Jahrtausend" at the Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg as part of the lecture series "Neue Forschungen zu Westasien im Altertum", Friday, 19.01.2021, 18:15, Bibliothek der Altorientalistik, Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg.

Invited talk by M. Schmidl, "From the Neo-Assyrian to the Neo-Babylonian Empire - a Babylonian Perspective", ASOR's 2022 Annual Meeting, November 16-19 2022, Boston.

Hosted by GoviB: Talk by O. Pedersén (Prof. emer., University of Uppsala) "Babylon: Die deutschen und irakischen Ausgrabungsergebnisse in einem digitalen Modell und vor Ort untersucht und präsentiert" as part of the Ringvorlesung "Cultural Heritage: Herausforderungen globalen Kulturerhalts", November 7, 2022, WWU Münster.

Invited talk by M. Schmidl, "Negotiating Relationships: The Influence of Status and Personal Ties on Conventions and Language Variation in Late Babylonian Letters," Leiden University, June 21, 2022. Part of the lecture series "With Kind Regards: Convention, Standards and Breaking the Rules in Letter-Writing," organised by the ERC project "Embedding Conquest: Naturalising Muslim Rule in the Early Islamic Empire (600-1000)", PI: Prof. Dr. Petra Sijpesteijn.

Invited talk by O. Boivin, "Doing Business in Partnership: Insights from the Itti-Šamaš-balāṭu Archive in Sixth Century Larsa", Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies. Online, March 2022.

Invited talk by O. Boivin, "The Many Arts of Writing a Babylonian National History", Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai. Online, October 2021. Part of the seminar series "Origins of Chinese and Mesopotamian History-Writing."